I am one of the 10s of people who are excited to play a Mechagnome, a race option I’ve been wanting for years (although I was hoping for true mechagnomes vs the junkers we are actually getting, but I digress). I was truly hoping they would be playable as Shamans, even though lore-wise it might not make the most sense, but after getting my goblin shaman to 120 and having fun on the pint sized zapper I really don’t see why an exception can’t also be made for the Mechas.
The reasoning for goblins being able to be shamans is really weak at best already imo. But alas, they are a thing. Their totems are just mechanical creations, not truly “totems” as the other shamans would have them.
Mechagnomes augmented their limbs in order to enhance themselves and improve upon their base forms, so it would make sense that those augmentations come with some form of class-specific option opened up to them. As we see them currently, their body modifiers serve only to effect their racials, which are cool but I’m not sure they are worth going under the knife for.
Granting access to the shaman class, however, would be a sign of their power boost – zapping zaps and projecting fireball missiles! Slowing foes with frosty joint inhibitors and healing allies with their revitalizing mists!
I just want to play a gnome shaman ok, and this is really the only chance I can foresee it to be an reality, so come on throw me a bone here blizz.
Pretty please~
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They have gone to far and offended the elements, it cant be done.
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Bodies made of metal (earth)? - Check
Carrying fire (Mastercraft racial)? - Check
Electricity (wind) flowing through their parts? - Check
Water flowing through their flesh? - Check
Spirit contained in their flesh? - Check
I’d say they fit the bill more than any other race, period.
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There is no reason why they cannot analyze the elements and fashion augmented devices to serve similar functions. I am also hoping that with the attention given to character customization that the glyph system gets some serious love and opens up the option to make things such as character pets more race-specific/flavorful, and summoning my elecrot bot of lightning bolt doom or my fire-lord-o-tron moves my gears~
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It would also add them as a niche option for shaman considering their class options are unfortunately exactly the same as regular gnomes.
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Communicating with the spirits of their missing appendages. Oh! Their totems can be shaped like ARMS AND LEGS.
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No one has made technology that can mimic magic to such a degree. So no, you are theory crafting.
Being a shaman requires a connection to the elements, and the elements and druid have made clear that the island of mechagon is damaged goods that is only getting worse.
The elements aren’t going to deal with that.
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Lorewise, make them technoshaman. They don’t do any magic, but their tech is indistinguishable by it. Mechagnome shaman make more sense than warlocks, IMO.
If we got mechagnome shaman, I’d make one right away. I’m not sure what/if I’d make a mechagnome now, the other classes are less appealing or make no sense.
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And being a priest requires a connection to the light which gnomes (and goblins) don’t have, alas.
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That isn’t true, read the lore, its not hard to make a connection to the light, you can even use the light and make sacrifices with it. Read trolls.
I mean if you want to get me started on the case for Mechagnome paladins then by all means I’ll go there too, but in the meantime please share your source for the above – I’d love to check it out, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be enough to sway my opinion that my lil zappy bois are just as lore-compatible as a goblin could be.
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Including me makes it 11s of people.
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Electricity is wind? Wtf?
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I’ve wished for either gnome or mechagnome Shaman or Paladin for a long time. I was truly excited when we received the hunter class. For something made of metals its baffling that mechagnomes can only be one plate wearing class or one mail wearing class???
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Yeah, the mechagnomes really need to bring something new to the table. The Alliance got the short end of the stick and good racials aren’t going to help much.
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I know I’m in the minority, but I personally wish blizz would open up and allow players to choose any class/race combination.
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Have you seen all the light bulbs in Mechagon?
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Yeah, it’s a derivative of wind element in a lot of stories. Golden Sun, for example. Wind is associated with storms, which are also associated with lightning. Yes there are plenty of ways to pick that apart, but nobody writing the classic elements really knew electricity was a thing into itself.
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Air moving against itself generates the static electricity that creates lightning.
This is why the enhancement shaman air elemental mount has lightning bolts all around it.
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Goblins can be shamans, their totems are literally technology harnessing the elements.
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