I’ve explained this in my thread, Gnomest, which you’ve been in before. Just as an apparent reminder, here it is.
They make just as much sense as any other Allied Race, including Kelfin, thank you very much.
And to further emphasize my point, this is a thread that delves into many of the questions and concerns brought up by other players from ends that are very loose right now, yet still, from them not being resolved in Battle for Azeroth.
I don’t necessarily see the problem with requesting a race I’ve been wanting to see added for years, and I don’t see the “IT’S JUST ANOTHER ELF” as an excuse not to, because I can pull that card on everyone else asking for certain allied races at this point, as in "No one wants another [insert monster-like feature here] race, or et cetra.
I do not, however, because I would like to see all AZEROTH/LIVING PLANE races as playable that people have been requesting, so I don’t challenge when one comes up like ogres, sethrak, saurok, kelfin, taunka, furbolg, et cetra, because the game is always evolving and people are allowed to want and request what they will. Especially since yes, it does make sense for all of the above, because all of the above express free will.
If we can have void elves from out of the blue as playable, and Mah’gar from a literal other timeline out of nowhere, then we can have any of those listed.
Already bloody explained above, but we can play the “I don’t know why people want them” card where there are people on a regular basis requesting San’layn here & on twitter.
People have been asking for these for a long while, they are already a part of the Horde, they have unique lore people enjoy from Northrend that I’m not getting into because they aren’t something I know much about, but at least I can understand the appeal people have for them.
Point (1), correct, you do speak for “nobody”, as in you don’t speak for Alliance players in just yourself, so no, we’re not ‘being honest here’. From my experience, and I’m speaking from mine and not in fact FOR PEOPLE, I’ve seen MANY Alliance players support Sethrak, thank you.
Point (2), you make a point to absolutely love mechagnomes on a regular basis, so I don’t know where this came from other than to outright try and fail to put them down. Not to mention, what you said is entirely subjective. I just don’t understand this card in particular, ‘the mechagnomes of ’. Technically speaking, since you love them so much, you’re prasing them then…? So what is it that you don’t understand about people loving them?
We had a Saberon in the garrison, not to mention, once again, they are a race with free will, and some escaped the portal into the Barrens. It’s not that much of a stretch to formulate a coherent story. If they can bring mechagnomes/void elves out of literal nowhere, they can craft stories. And yes, mechagnomes were brought out of nowhere, at least the form we see them in now.
See pretty much every point above.
Honestly? This is just a thread in very bad taste. I would go as far to call it another anti-thread when people otherwise have been respectful to each other when talking about allied races. I’m not going off and spamming thread creation against things I do not want to see playable, and merely bring it up when I see a thread pop up regarding them, leave my opinion, and go away. I have 0 interest in Shadowlands races and do not want to see them playable, but I’m not going to play pretend and be like “I DONT GET WHY PEOPLE WANT THIS” or “IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE”. I’ll point out why, in lore, I do not see it happening, and why I don’t want to see it happen, but I at least understand that Blizzard can throw curveballs and don’t deal in definites or 'no’s.
This is playing the “I don’t know card” when you very well know. I would understand if this was by a random poster, but by someone who has been in those threads and currently is in active in some of them… really?
I get not wanting any of those mentioned, but just be honest and don’t dance around with all of this utter nonsense. Flat out, say, “I am not interested in these being playable, and that is my opinion”. Rather than: “I DoNt GeT WhY OtHeR PeOpLe WaNt ThIs” or “ThIs DoEs NoT MaKe SeNsE” when it’s spelled out in the threads you’ve been in as to why. I am very forward with what I am not interested in being added to the game, and I appreciate people being straight up honest with not wanting what I want while not being rude. I might disagree with them, but that’s life. (Of course, I’d prefer most people to not flat out slander/be incredibly rude to those who do want them, as I don’t exhibit such behavior toward others who want certain things I do not, I merely point out why I dislike concepts/the race. ) I don’t accept games like this, especially when people try to spread misinformation about lore & speak in definites where there are no definites.
Edit: To further add about the San’layn, people are talking ‘definites’ when there was no confirmation anywhere of ‘extinction’ or ‘the last of them being wiped out’. That’s hogwash, flat out, and anyone that subscribes to it is being ridiculous. You’re headcanoning lore at that point. It is an objective fact that nowhere in the Alliance chain did they say “We completely wiped out all of the remainder of the San’layn and their leaders”.
Not to mention? Dreven came out of literal nowhere, so who turned him? Did he exist back in Wrath? If he did, there could be any number of Blood Princes walking around–including the two STILL MISSING since Wrath, Theraldis and Atherann. Was he turned recently? Many still applied. There were San’layn neophytes meaning new San’layn were being made at that time. There were Vampirates in Legion, with the vampyr curse (same as San’layn). So no one can bloody come at me with ‘all of them are dead and they can’t make more’ especially since pre-patch Shadowlands showed them, with other Lich King bosses, being ressurected many times over.