Blizzard devs refusal to create fantasy diversity

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One upsetting memory i have about the previous Blizzcon is Chris Metzen on stage selling the world soul saga as some grand battle of light versus darkness… it made me kind of disappointed because while i despise shadowlands i did appreciate the modern lore of none of these cosmic forces being inherently good them simply behaving in correlation to their cosmic force( demons for example simply embracing chaos)

It felt like a step back… oh yay were going to join the army of light and fight off the shadow.

This literally reflects back on the fantasy that wow classes/ specs being so generic.

recently I’ve been playing supervive the game had 2 healers generic cute animal creature that heals with yellow magic and young chipper wind child with upbeat attitude

Neither of these characters appeal to me, so in retrospect i never healed in that game.

They’ve recently released a character named Eva, she’s a dark seductress character that heals her allies by harming her enemies and it actually got me to finally try the healing role.

I actually love playing the character and healing on her is fun.

*So how does this reflect back to wow

Wow healer and tank fantasy’s are just as generic as Chris Metzen trying to sell us as warriors of light versus the darkness.

There’s no fantasy diversity to go against the grain or status quo

If you’re a healer then you’re a generic good guy that uses yellow or green to make people’s health go up.

If you’re a tank then you’re an angry edgy boy.

They have no

Dva(OW)
Moira(OW)
Lilia(LoL)
Gwen(LoL)
Eva(Supervive)
Loki(marvel rivals)
Necromancer or Nightblade healer (ESO)
sage (FFXIV)
Stukov(HotS)
Pyke(LoL)

the list goes on

Tl:DR; fantasy diversity promotes people to play in roles they typically wouldn’t because it appeals to a broader audience outside of the expected audience

Edit: marvel rival just announced Emma frost as a new tank who is considerably different from the rest of the tank roster who’s just a bunch of big meaty dudes and a robot

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i am so hyped for legion 2 ; void boogaloo

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Oh yay we fight the army of darkness as the good guys and save the universe

Peak Saturday morning cartoon

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Sounds like you need SoD.

Mage Healer heals by siphoning Chronomatic energy from foes (steal remaining time on someone’s life and give it to someone else Death Note style). Basically just atonement healing mechanically but with fresh flavor.

Rogue tank is an aloof blademaster who teases his foes and dances with his blades. Arguably just a laid-back demon hunter but a much different vibe.

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its been building up for years

and has been considered a loose end

worldsoul saga is their way of tying up all the loose ends

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So now we’re making up stuff to be disappointed?

  1. No one ever claimed the entire saga was Light vs Void.
  2. No one ever claimed Light is good and Void is evil.
  3. No one ever claimed we’re joining the Army of the Light.
  4. No one ever claimed any of these cosmic forces are good nor evil.
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Tanks:

Guardian Druid - Utilizing Power of Nature, and being a giant bear to protect your comrade. Purple technically.

Protection Paladin - Wielding the power of the Light to protect you and your comrades. Yellow.

Blood Death Knight - Leeching the life of your enemies, and surviving the battlefield by draining lifeforce. Red.

Vengeance Demon Hunter - Channeling the demonic power from your Demonsoul. Unleashing havoc, and destruction. Green.

Brewmaster Monk - You drink. You kick. Nobody tanks on this class. I actually don’t know why. Green.

Protection Warrior - You charge, and bash and just call it a day. Brown.

Healers -

Priest - You wield the power of Light… Or the shielding Light. Actually you got two healing specializations. Discipline which is preventing damage, and Holy which is recovering from damage. Yellow.

Preservation Evoker - You wield the Aspect of Red and Green to restore life… And bit of time rewinding. Toss-up between Red, Green, and Yellow.

Restoration Druid - You wield the power of Nature, and trees. And you’re permanently in Treant form because you speak for the trees. Green.

Holy Paladin - You’re just Discount Holy Priest… But you can wear platemail. Yellow.

Mistweaver Monk - You effectively are just a discipline Priest but if Discipline Priest wants to move a lot. Green.

Your main desire is that you want healing class that drains life-force from enemy to infuse it onto your allies. The issue is Blood Death Knight exists and does that themselves pretty much. You’re gonna have to break into Class suggestion forum that they host or something and beg for Necromancer class with healer specialization called ‘Bloodweaver’.

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chris literally says it at blizzcon though?

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Need the link to this.

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https://youtu.be/F1pkwARaVAY?t=1348

lol

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Mages are still generic healers and rogue tanks are still edgy boys

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It’s Delfaux, what do you expect :roll_eyes:

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Then I don’t know what you want. You have to explain it then because in my eyes Mage healer is not a “shine a flashlight or splash you with leaves” healer in flavor.

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They pretty much said what they want. Which I already addressed.

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Ryan Gosling “What do you want?” Moment.

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Give me demon hunter healing spec that harvests souls from my enemies and let’s me use those souls to mend my allies in hellfire

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Do you actually play the game or do you just watch YouTubers and get angry over what they’re saying

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So thanks for proving nowhere did they claim we join the Army of the Light.

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You “make a stand with,” is not the same as joining.

This is all a made up problem

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wow ur so mad ur wrong now you are arguing semantics

“forces of the light”

= army

armed forces of the united states

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