That is a good point. Though if we have Forest Trolls siding with the Void, I’m hoping that it’s the Vilebranch.
Technically you do have High Elves. After all they are a customization race, like Sand Trolls, Darkfallen, and Man’ari. To be honest, I just don’t know if Blizzard would have three playable races that can look exactly the same.
Now I have to admit that I have a hard time picturing neutral Amani. While Forest Trolls have gone on the record of hating both the Horde and Alliance. There are avenues within the Horde to give us playable Forest Trolls. The Revantusk tribe are amongst our ranks and could easily be made on their playable. If Blizzard decides to go with the Amani, then the Zandalari have the potential to bring the Amani to the table and begrudgingly working with the Horde to defend Zul’Aman from the Void.
I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if we had a storyline, where the Amani decide to recreate the Amani Empire and the Revantusk arrive with us as honored guests in an attempt to sway more tribes into the Horde. Could it feel like Zandalar 2.0? Perhaps as Blizzard hasn’t been shy of repeating storylines. Would it bother me? No, because it would bring more Forest Trolls into the Horde and potentially gives me Zul’Aman as a Horde capital.
Now before people argue about how the Earthen gave the Horde an Alliance skin, it is likely that the Haranir will give Alliance players that Horde skin.
This same argument can be used against the addition of the Amani trolls. Like forest trolls like say the Raventusk look exactly like the Darkspear trolls. And unless I am mistaken the Darkspear already have the green skin look of the Amani.
Yes, but, i cant not ignore the fact that since tbc they teased that there was something below zul’aman that had some kind of influence and gave them dark powers.
It was related to Hex Lord Malacrass, but also, in the rpg they had some weird stories that related them with the old gods.
So i would not be surprised that some amani (as i say more like a fanatical faction in them, not the main faction) would be under the Void influence.
That’s not happening. Their grudge against the alliance is worse. And yes eyou do have High elves. You do have the exact same model that can be without void stuff in the options already.
Blizzard hate against trolls festers peoples racism. Don’t be a racist and support Amani today.
Just who do you think you’re shouting at? Devs don’t pay any attention to this forum. You want to shout at them? That’s what General Discussion is for.
I am not really sure what this have to do with racism, thats just old lore that they had before, and as i point out and as it was pointed also by Gothicist they did it with the Zandalari who joined Zul as well as the Blood Trolls.
So what? You will say that Blood trolls are related to racism? I am bit confused.
I think the grudge arguement is not a good one, as it never really played out in WoW, like, elves should have a grudge with the orcs but thats fine they joined the horde (even if they have forest trolls in their ranks being the raventusks).
While the Darkspear and Forest Troll female model is the same, the male model is completely different. The Darkspear being lean, while the Forest Troll is more bulky. That is what gives me hope that Forest Trolls will become a playable race on their own right. Furthermore I could easily see the Forest Troll model getting updated, like how the Goblin model was when they became playable, so that their is a more of a distinction between the female models.
When it comes to the idea of High Elves being playable, we have to consider that we never know what Blizzard has planned. Plus a High Elf and Forest Troll allied race pair would be iconic. If Blizzard goes that route, perhaps playable High Elves could have the face tattoos from the Elven Ranger unit in War2?
I’m just not personally sure if Blizzard would make them playable since it would 1.) Three different playable races that could look the same, and 2.) When they had the chance in Battle For Azeroth, they straight up created Void Elves instead. However I’ve been surprised before when it came to playable races, such as Dragonflight giving us the new Dracthyr over the long requested Drakonid and the playable Mag’har being from AU Draenor over Outland.
I am not the one making the grudge argument. I’m pointing out that the Amani would have even more reasons to hold grudges against the Horde than they do against the Alliance.
I think this will be more of the case of how Kul Tirans have “lanky” humans but we never get access to them.
My personally preference is for there to just be high elves given to the Alliance and fel elves given to the Horde. Arcane and void vs holy and fel seems like the winning combo.
This. Like all their grudges toward the Alliance would be a grudge toward the Horde and with the bonus grudge that they would feel like they were abandoned/betrayed so those sweet sweet elves can join the Horde. The people the Horde promised they would help wipe out.
Amani are a larger tribe. And I am tired of being forced to kill the majority of the whole troll race whenever Blizzard feels like villain batting them again. They would never do something like this with Dwarves or humans.
I would be fine with them doing a wide pass of additional customization options, like adding Taunka or Forest Troll body types, Dragonmaw skin tints, Forsaken race types (honestly, they could just give them DK skin tints with different eye colors as a quick bandaid).
Amani were a larger tribe. At this point they are the remnants of the remnants of the Amani Empire echoing out a meagre existence in Tal’aman. They are not the majority of the “whole troll race” nor of the forest troll subrace.
While Tal’aman is the Amani enclave in Dazar’alor, there’s nothing that says it houses what’s left of the Amani. I always figured it just the Amani having their own established embassy. After all one of the Amani present has the Amani Troll Ambassador title.
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Panogo
Per the Troll Compendium, the Revantusk tribe had established specialized in the trickier art of negotiation and acquired a reputation for trustworthiness that was well deserved. So if we get a Forest Troll union storyline, the Revantusk could easily have a niche in that union as the diplomats. That way they won’t be forgotten should we get the Amani rejoining the Horde.
All that’s left of the Amani? Of course not, probably not even most of it. But a lot? Most likely.
It’s worth pointing out that the Darkspears have an embassy, the Drakkari and Shadowtooth have a Speaker each that is said to be the last of their tribes, but the Sandfury, Gurubashi and Amani have enclaves. Now, that could simply be because they are the largest of their respective subrace’s tribes.
But they are also the ones who joined the Zandalari in droves during Cata and MoP, first to retake their empires which failed, and then to conquer a new homeland in Pandaria.
Ultimately I’m just making the point to Erevien that the Amani aren’t really a large tribe anymore, and them joining the Horde would make forest trolls playable at the expense of the Revantusk.
This is a good idea, though. With Jintha’Alor in their grasp and with the Horde aiding them the Revantusk are poised to make themselves the prominent forest troll tribe and it’d make for a cool story to have them unite the forest trolls, Amani included, and put an end to whatever void-y things might threatens Zul’Aman and the rest of Quel’Thalas in Midnight.