I don't like Trolls or Tauren

Have you done most of the Troll zones with an open mind of wanting to play a troll? Tauren…yeah they’re not very fleshed out, but Vanilla/Cata zones do offer something for Trolls.

In Shadowlands it looks like they’re opening up the other troll tribes so if you have an interest in Sandfury/Witherbark, you will get those options soon. We might even get Forest/Frost trolls etc etc. Like, there is a lot of Troll Tribes to play around with.

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Emerald Dream?

:smirk:

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You’re a Druid!

No matter what race you pick, you’re going to spend 95% of your time looking like something else anyway.

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Darkspear are a bit underappreciated. So here is a bit of a love letter to my favorite tribe.

From the shadows of the old empires, came a tribe of the unwanted. The outcasts. The lowly. The Darkspear are the underdogs. For years they have been trampled under the oppression of humans, naga, and more powerful troll neighbors.

But in their progressive thinking, in allying with non-trolls, they were able to thrive. Succeed in a world where trolls are all too often dying remnants in bygone glories in ruins of ancient empires. Along with the tauren and the orcs, they made up the core and heart of the Horde in its formulative years. And indeed, succeeded in bringing to form great political change in the rebellion against Hellscream.

Darkspear don’t dwell on the past more than necessary, they look to the future. Build a better future. Not just for Darkspear children, but the Horde as a whole. And indeed, for all of Azeroth’s children. For many Darkspear druids have thrown their lot in with the Cenarion Circle, and Darkspear shaman with the Earthen Ring.

The Darkspear are open-minded, discarding harmful aspects of culture and taking in new elements from allies. At the same time, never forgetting who they are, their ancestors, or most of their traditions. As we see in Shadows of the Horde, to be a Darkspear is not to live in opulance and luxury in great cities as the Zandalari do, but one of humility and communion with the spirits.

“Darkspear nevah die” is not meant to be taken literally. But rather summing up a state of mind that I can quote from the Starks in Game of Thrones.

“When the snows fall and the wind blows. The lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.”

You can kill us. But you can’t kill the idea of the Darkspear. Nor our legacy, which has and will continue to shape the future of Azeroth.


So that’s why I personally like the Darkspear, if it helps your decision at all. :smile:

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Couple other peeps in here said it better than I ever could but I wanted to pitch in because I feel your pain.

Druid is one of my all-time fav classes, and as much as I love trolls and their lore and aesthetics, I can’t RP one because I’m crap at RPing already, trying to add an accent into my RP gives me way too much anxiety.

As for tauren, I <3 them but they’re not what I prefer to play aesthetically.

So for now I’ll just keep my 2 troll druids, not rping them.

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Writing out accents is not mandatory. Imagination is enough. Or they could just not have a strong accent. :clap:

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Forest Trolls

YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.

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Yeah, I tend to avoid accents. The most I’ll do is say things like “goin’” or “gonna” on certain characters but not others. Avoid contractions on more formal characters, etc.

But I never saw the point to typing out an entire accent. To each their own, if someone finds it fun. But we are all lore nerds, most of us know what a troll or dwarf or draenei sounds like.

Another thing I’ll do is describe the accent, if there is one, in the “At a glance” bubbles on TRP3. An accent isn’t really something you can “see”, but if you’re overhearing the character or something it makes sense.

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We probably won’t be getting the…physic of the forest trolls…but customizations to reflect the tribe will be nice as well. For real tho Blizzard give players the physic if you can.

This is important OP. But even if you do the accent, it doesn’t need to be perfect.

Man what I would give to get a drakkari model. It would break my elf character streak fast.

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They’re a bunch of jerks…but OH MY LAWD BLOOD TROLLS WHEN!? Just give us the whole tribe collection.

If they want folks to get pumped for Shadowlands, they should start leaking the customizations :wink: If they go hardcore with a revamp, they might give players body options.

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Want ya blood! GUZINCHA!

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Excuse you. Tauren are great.

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I cannot like this enough. Thanks for sharing, Zatiya.

That said, I’ve been toying with making a balance druid, and I’m planning on making a male Revantusk troll! I was inspired by the sheer amount of Moonkin in the Hinterlands.

Looks like I might need to ask Keurig for some tips :stuck_out_tongue:

But yeah, I’ve been meaning to play one of the more tribal races and I think a young Revantusk druid might be the ticket. Sorta just a young guy, still learning, having come to the big city for one reason or another. I’ll give it some thought!

In any case, I need an alt for Orgrimmar. Now that Sarestha ICly leads Lordaeron Unbound, she’s got a lot less time to hang around Orgrimmar, and I miss the random RPs!

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Not gonna lie, while I have a passing interest in trolls, two things always kept me from committing in RP:

  1. I like mogging boots. Having gloves but not boots always looked super goofy to me. Granted, gloves can be hidden now, but still.
  2. The fact that I’d be RPing with people who overdo the accents. I have some trouble understanding people talking IRL, the last thing I want is to deal with that in written RP as well.
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At least they can still wear fuzzy-pig slippers =3

https://imgur.com/qIcs1S0

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I don’t get what’s goofy about that. I didn’t realize footwear was required to wear gloves. Troll feet just aren’t made for boots. Not necessarily talking game mechanic wise here. Big, wide feet, thick soles, footwear is unnecessary.

There are web sites for that. Or Goldshire. Posting the details on this forum will just get me another temp ban, and while I like you, I don’t know if I like you that mu-

Oh, you didn’t mean it like that. I’m’a go now.

I kind of feel the same, but found a compromise with moging the finger-less gloves on my troll. Otherwise it just feels like she’s way too worried about her fingers but is all ok with getting a rock dropped on her toes…or stomped on by a dino.

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Not having shoes bothers me too. They’re an important part to the ensemble.

Frankly, OP, I think we just need to face the facts. You don’t want to roll a Druid. You want to roll a Goblin. A Goblin mage, or shaman.

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