Allied Race Idea: Arakkoa 🐦

[Ptealadax-thrall]

Oh good point i would love to see that!

[Kaercha-kelthuzad]

This game needs a “beasts” expansion.

Add Arakoa, Snake Bois, Walrus people, vulpera, the fish dudes, dryads, and whatever else. All at once.

[Illestdan-emerald-dream]

Been waiting for arrakoa since bc. My number one hoped for AR.

Please blizz!!!

[Fangalmouth-wyrmrest-accord]

This game needs a “beasts” expansion.

Add Arakoa, Snake Bois, Walrus people, vulpera, the fish dudes, dryads, and whatever else. All at once.

Not sure if joke or not, but okay.

Been waiting for arrakoa since bc. My number one hoped for AR.

Please blizz!!!

I’ve always wanted them as a playable race, especially the short stumpy ones, the tall ones were interesting, the non cursed ones, but I always like the short ones the best.

Terrokar was easily my favorite zone in WoD by far.

Just about anyone who’s an Arakkoa fan has been waiting for them, but we are a patient bunch. We’ll soon get our wish. Though at what cost, I’m not certain.

As a bird lover and arakkoa lover from the start, I support Arakkoa as an allied race 100%. I’m really tired of only being an “arakkoa” in zandy moonkin form. I want the real thing. I really love their armor and architecture its so beautiful.

I love the fact that you put this much effort and detail into the lore and class suggestions. I really hope Blizzard notices and does something about it.

Thank you for noticing. ^-^

It would be nice to have this race added to warcraft for player use.
In the current turmoil of vulperas, Old gods, Sylvanas’s final destination, classic servers, several probable and desirable allied races have been out of the spotlight!

But it’s good to see you are not forgotten!
If Maghar orcs came to Azeroth, this makes room for Arakkoas to come along at some point too!

Aren’t they already on Azeroth? I mean when I unlocked the Mag’har, I saw at least one escaping.

holy crap, i love the extent and detail of this post but id rather not have arakkoa for a race, i mean you mentioend just about every point good and bad for it but ehh it just wouldnt work aesthetically

Sadly, that’s the one thing more inconsistent than the writing… T^T

I would like arakkoas to come to Azeroth, because that would bring a new group of gods and culture for players to explore!
The arakkoas worship Rukhmar, Anzu and Sethe!
Aviana would surely be interested in the Arakkoas!

Oh good point i would love to see that!

Same here.

[Wereberius-kelthuzad (Wereberius)]

I would like Arakkoa. But as a real race, not allied.

[Nøkken-dalaran]

Aren’t they already on Azeroth? I mean when I unlocked the Mag’har, I saw at least one escaping.

Ooh really? I just saw saberon and botani :o

[Fangalmouth-wyrmrest-accord]

I would like Arakkoa. But as a real race, not allied.

Yeah, but being an Allied Race means they’re not as restricted in how powerful they can be like the mainstream races.

[Grayphus-nemesis (Grayphus)]

Aren’t they already on Azeroth? I mean when I unlocked the Mag’har, I saw at least one escaping.

Yep!

But then the problem is to imagine if Blizzard will remember them and most importantly, consider it worth working with Arakkoa and which faction will receive Arakkoa!

It seems obvious that Arakkoa and orcs do not have the best of relationships, which would make them eligible for the alliance, perhaps!

But then the devs have the habit of always listening to the alliance say “Apple” and understand “tomato”!

[Grayphus-nemesis (Grayphus)]

Ooh really? I just saw saberon and botani :o

There is a gateway to Draenor near Stormwind that could be used to reach the Arakkoa or they could open themselves to escape the crusade of Yrell and lightbounds!
They could even end up joining the Blue faction, just like they did with the Draenei!
If the devs consider this a good idea, of course!

[Fangalmouth-wyrmrest-accord]

There is a gateway to Draenor near Stormwind that could be used to reach the Arakkoa or they could open themselves to escape the crusade of Yrell and its lightbounds!
They could even end up joining the Blue faction, just like they did with the Draenei!
If the devs consider this a good idea, of course!

Methinks I know what one you’re referring to, and that one was busted up big time by the Botani when their Genesaur tried coming through, wasn’t it?

[Grayphus-nemesis (Grayphus)]

Exactly this portal!
After the botani crisis was resolved, the portal became inert, but nothing prevents a people like the arakkoas from reopening to flee Yrell and his fanatics, just as it was done by the Maghar to Azeroth!

But it depends on the devs’ willingness to work it out!

[Fangalmouth-wyrmrest-accord]

Exactly this portal!
After the botani crisis was resolved, the portal became inert, but nothing prevents a people like the arakkoas from reopening to flee Yrell and his fanatics, just as it was done by the Maghar to Azeroth!

But it depends on the devs’ willingness to work it out!

There’s also nothing stopping nosy busybodies from simply rejigging it and reactivating it from our side OTHER than MAYBE the bronze flight…

And that would only be if they think messing with the portal wasn’t meant to happen.

[Grayphus-nemesis (Grayphus)]

There’s also nothing stopping nosy busybodies from simply rejigging it and reactivating it from our side OTHER than MAYBE the bronze flight…

That would be meany of dragonflight bronze to the alliance, since nothing has been said about the Maghars and their obvious contamination of Azeroth’s temporal flow due to their presence on our timeline!

[Fangalmouth-wyrmrest-accord]

That would be meany of dragonflight bronze to the alliance, since nothing has been said about the Maghars and their obvious contamination of Azeroth’s temporal flow due to their presence on our timeline!

Weren’t they the ones that gave the okay for the Mag’har to enter Azeroth?

[Grayphus-nemesis (Grayphus)]

I don’t know much about it because I didn’t do this quest!
I didn’t have time to deal with anything related to horde’s allied races!

[Fangalmouth-wyrmrest-accord]

I don’t know much about it because I didn’t do this quest!
I didn’t have time to deal with anything related to horde’s allied races!

Ya MIGHT want to consider doing so. There’s a chance that all current ARs will be removed from the game OR put into the cash shop to make room for a fresh batch of ARs. And the empty Embassies in 8.2.5’s PTR seems to point to this.

Good chance to catch up on the lore as well.

[Wereberius-kelthuzad (Wereberius)]

I would like Arakkoa. But as a real race, not allied.

Yeah, but being an Allied Race means they’re not as restricted in how powerful they can be like the mainstream races.

How so? The Void Elves and Lightforged are powerful, but they are way fewer in number than their core races. The Arakkoa are a regular race. And they’re not a subrace. So they have to be a core race.

[Fangalmouth-wyrmrest-accord]

How so? The Void Elves and Lightforged are powerful, but they are way fewer in number than their core races. The Arakkoa are a regular race. And they’re not a subrace. So they have to be a core race.

Dark Irons make up 1/3 of the overall dwarf population. The Zandalari are an entire empire on their own, and the Kul Tirans have an entire island/continent to themselves for them to be considered a sovereign faction/nation. The size of a race does not mean squat.

Also, Kul Tirans are proto-Gilneans.

[Grayphus-nemesis (Grayphus)]

The Arakkoa are a regular race. And they’re not a subrace. So they have to be a core race.

Vulperas doesn’t have one either, and we’ll end up seeing this race being added to the game, it seems, and blizzard herself said she wanted to know from players what other races could be added to the game!
Even allied races could be included in other ways!

[Wereberius-kelthuzad (Wereberius)]

Vulperas doesn’t have one either, and we’ll end up seeing this race being added to the game, it seems, and blizzard herself said she wanted to know from players what other races could be added to the game!
Even allied races could be included in other ways!

If we ever, God forbid, get Vulpera it will be the same as Arakkoa. A core race. The allied races are all subraces and all future ones will be. And that’s a good, organized system. Core races are special, allied races are interesting reskins with special lore.

Dark Irons make up 1/3 of the overall dwarf population. The Zandalari are an entire empire on their own, and the Kul Tirans have an entire island/continent to themselves for them to be considered a sovereign faction/nation. The size of a race does not mean squat.

I specifically chose the Void Elves and Lightforged because they objectively have more power than their core races. Those others aren’t individually more powerful. Stormwind has SI7, more resources, better magic and technology, and a better military. The Zandalari Empire is probably more powerful than the Darkspear I’ll give you that.