I just wondering how many people main a mechagnome. Lately when is a mechagnome gnome they mainly rogue and locks.
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I don’t think I’ve ever met a mechagnome main, but I’ve seen several alts. Mine is a monk.
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I have . . . One mecha gnome alt, and honestly that’s only really for the heritage armor and the ability to say I play one of every race.
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They can’t be shamans and aren’t on horde sadly. As much as I would loved to fling lightning at people and swing electric weapons at people on them.
There are, surprisingly, three mechagnome mains in my raid group.
One is a DK and the other two are hunters.
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I have a mechagnome dk that I got the legion class Mount on then got side tracked with this rogue.
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I’m not gonna play a gnome with less customization options, less hair colors, and forced to be a quadruple amputee.
If Mechagnomes could actually choose what they’ve augmented about themselves, like choosing to have a single mechanical arm, and if they could choose to have all the gnome hairstyles, I’d start to like them a little more.
They still don’t really “fit” without a Tinker Class IMO.
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I used to be a mechagnome main. They are a super useful race to main. I’m no longer progressing in raid so I’m now a void elf. I’ll probably race change back to mechagnome for 9.2
Edit: yeah they are probably the best overall alliance race for locks (can’t speak on rogues). Even better than most horde races.
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Yes but we have better hairstyles, they’re also much more updated looking. I agree about the lack of options. It’s very limited.
I do, I love it! I also like being a bit uncommon. I don’t see many of us running around. It’s fun to be a bit different. 
The racials alone have been life savers!
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I was starting to level up this guy to be that, but then I ended up switching to Horde, played a bit on my other Alliance characters to see if there was any unique Alliance side story in Shadowlands, but on seeing there was very little to any, didn’t continue leveling this guy yet.
Will likely get him leveled up before the next expansion so he can be my Alliance main for the next expansion.
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I’ve got a raiding partner who has mained a Draenei since BC: (Until we transfered Horde out of necessity, Guess who’s super happy about Cross Faction? 
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But, as a Draenei he insists that the Gift of the Naaru is just a better racial than the Mechagnome Self-Heal. They both heal for the same ammount, but Gift of the Naaru can be premtively cast at any time, and even given to others.
I suppose the Mechagnome racial will activate even if you are stunned or incaped. So that’s something.
Thoughts?
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When I was a mechagnome the self heal was amazing. Combined that with dreamweaver pod I was rarely dying.
I also enjoy the Swiss Army knife abilities of the mechagnome. Never needing an anvil, cooking fire, skinning knife, or mining pick, I could just craft what I needed whenever I needed it. The main stat buff in combat is also nice.
Edit: this thread makes me want to race change back to mechagnome
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Funny enough … I get a bit too enthusiastic and take on way too many mobs at once. So of course I need to bail from time to time and usually survive with just a teeny tiny bit of health! Emergency Failsafe seems to be the only thing that keeps me alive. Well Emergence Failsafe and Hyper Organic Light Originator.
Not forgetting Mastercraft and Skeletonpinkie, those are super handy!
Come back! We have gear shaped cookies! 
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Oh yeah skeleton pinkie…so under appreciated.
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He’s not my main but he was my third toon into the expansion.
Would have kept up with him if SLs hadn’t been such a slog…
Why shouldn’t they be rouges or locks?
I normally see hunters though myself. I do see warlocks and mages fairly often.
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Barely anyone plays them for very good reason, you lose many things that pretty much make gnomes, gnomes. Oh and for transmog you only basically have 1 style of transmog you can doo. You will always be a robot of some kind and that’s it.
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I want to be a main, but sadly I can’t get method to carry me for a few months for free.
Yeah, I doubt I’ll have a Mechagnome character in my main roster until Tinkers are inevitably a thing.
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I rolled one to reserve the name, and I’m waiting to see if we ever get tinkers. If we don’t get tinkers in 10.0, I might just level that character to unlock the heritage armor.
I’d never main one though. I dislike (mecha)gnome melee animations and the bit where I never see gloves and boots? hard pass.
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I’m loyal to the original set of characters I started with. So, unfortunately all new races and classes end up at the bottom of my play list, no matter how interesting I think they are.