That is a different type of taunting from Blizzard than seeing a Draenei Rogue Garrison Follower or watching Night Elves become paladins in the Class Order Hall Campaign.
At Least the Pandarens got their death Knights playable after they had a DK Garrison Follower appear. (a few expansions later)
Now if only there were Pandaren DHs. One of the Brewmasters says he’s interested in learning this technique from Illidain if you hire one in the WC3 Outland campaign.
Considering they’re the only race with proper honest to God ninjas you could use that as an excuse to recreate a fuzzier version of this classic rivalry.
Not disagreeing, but why are swamps in fantasy settings always blighted or decaying? Swamps and other wetlands are beautiful and full of life.
They’re certainly full of life but beauty’s rather subjective.
I’ve spent some time and New Orleans and Orlando and people being comfortable with dinosaurs just dead bone chilling nearby has never computed.
Japanese devs seem to know better. at least between Ghibli and Secrets of Mana I have a romantic view of Green swamps, blue water, and very large trees.
You know, I think I have seen requests for paladins on every single race that doesn’t already have them. Why are they so desired? Nobody seems to care much whether they have shamans or not.
Seen a lot of reasons. Biggest one seems to be (and don’t quote me on this) that lots of people thought Blizzard chose the wrong races to be Paladins. Plenty of people have voiced dissatisfaction with, for example, Tauren and Z.Troll paladins, especially when there are other races that arguably make a lot more sense to have as paladins (for example, undead, who were once humans)
That’s just a theory though. I’m sure there are other reasons out there.
As to shaman… well, I couldn’t say, but they do have more races that can play them already, so maybe that’s a factor (13 races compared to the paladin’s 8)
Tbh I don’t think their as popular a fantasy trope as the knight in shining armor. Next to a robbed wizard and elven ranger they’re found in pretty much every fantasy setting. I want Forsaken ones because I think they could be a fun spin on that classic trope, much like the Zandalari Prelates are.
As for Shamans, well Blizz has really taken a sledge to their lore multiple times now. They already had to share the Nature’s Wrath and Spiritual Leader hat with druids and priests respectively. Then Goblin shamans came along and I’m still struck by how stupid their lore is. I’d presumed sight unseen that their lore was going to mirror the Blood Knight’s. They’d use machines to harness elements against their will but then discover some forgotten shamanistic tradition from their past and become proper ones by the end of Cata.
But no turns out they just bargain with them. How exactly this is done I’ve no idea. What could you possibly trade an angry rock for it’s services? It’s a rock. And if that’s the case then presumably any race with merchants could have Shamans, which is to say all of them.
Also makes Thrall look a bit silly. If the elements he was working with terminated their contract because they didnt appreciate him cheating in a duel then just go and find less scrupulous rocks to work with. Sure the Bilgewater could recommend him some rocks who have more flexible morals.
Tauren do seem a little odd—and don’t get me wrong, I love and play tauren—but Z.Trolls had them in canon lore; I don’t see the problem there.
Yeah, but if white castles are boring (see all the complaints about Stormwind), aren’t knights in shining armor equally boring? They’re kind of part of the same schtick.
Also, shouldn’t you be able to get the knight-in-shining-armor with a warrior? Paladins are holy warriors and are frankly regarded as killjoys by most D&D groups…
“You get to smash things—that makes you happy. I get to tell you what to smash—that makes me happy.”
That … isn’t what happened. He didn’t cheat. I’m convinced by the video of the earlier duel that clearly shows him using spells and no one had a problem, least of all the elements.
Because I mentioned it’d be a twist on the trope. I admit its a bit cliché but as a RPer I’ve loved maining an undead Priest as you get that duty to heal VS instinct to feed duality that’s fun.
Preforms brain surgery on a Tauren who suffered head trauma from being trampled by Kodo. Then licks the juice off his claws with almost feral enthusiasm after darting around the corner post successful operation.
A knight of the realm with that affliction seems all the more interesting. Suffice to say a knight in shining armor is one whos never had their mettle tested.
Also frankly my favorite bit of Forsaken RP is when said friendly doctor went berserk on some Dwarves who’d deliberately incited the Quilboar to war.
Essentially this scene;
A good reminder that even the kindest Forsaken is fundamentally a monster. And the same undead who fondly tussled your kid’s hair and gave them a lolipop will 200% dance in a fountain of blood they personally made by tearing out jugular veins.
Except that Human Druids ARE a thing. They just happen to be a bit on the rabid side.
And the seafaring side.
Ironically, the Kul Tiran druid forms could have also worked really well for Forsaken.
“Human” with a capital H refers to the playable race called Human, which has no Druids.
I wonder what their playable forms would look like. Humans are supposed to be blamd, so I guess they’d be extrenely generic animals.
A wolf form for either Feral or Travel would be cool. Probably would never happen, considering that Worgen never got a real wolf form, but it’d be fun to have for humans as a nod to Lo’gosh/Varian.
Edit: Also, wouldn’t work cause lore, but hey, I still think it would be fun.
And Kul-Tirans ARE Human and playable… with just a couple of addons.
I’ve been playing a darkfallen paladin (belf males look so terrible compared to nelf males, idk why anyone plays them) and an npc in light’s hope chapel asked another npc if my character was a demi god.
it was pretty eye opening because i don’t recall that term ever being used for anything but nelf stuff. certainly not the light. the light didn’t have gods, right?
anyway, back to your regularly scheduled tomfoolery.
I’m actually pretty sure everyone’s asked that. I’m not 100% sure but I think my undead rogue was asked the same.
And I took it more as a 4th wall wink wink about the player characters. Who are essentially one man armies who cannot die, so, can see why one might wonder about them.
The PCs in general have a hilarious position in the story. As they’re simultaneously a hero of legend trusted to wield mythic relics and lead entire armies. But at the same time nobody remembers their names and is completely sporadic with giving them credit for their achievements.
Was amusing doing the Ardenweald theater quest on my brand new Warlock. Because I knew for a fact I never touched Legion or Wrath content with him but nevertheless he was still credited with saving Azeroth from both Sargeras and the Lich King.
I feel just the opposite. Those weird Popeye forearms on the nelf males creep me out.
How can one even see arms under the giant baggy clothes WoW characters wear?