Honestly, I’m fine with Dracthyr as they are. They have their own unique identity. There’s no reason to dilute that when Drakonids are right there as an option, giving us all the bulk, boobs, and tanks we could ask for from draconic humanoids.
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To all those “Envokers need tank!” threads… this suggestion right here is likely to be the only viable solution. Blizzard overtly stated that Evokers, even if they get another spec, are envisioned as a ranged DPS and healing class. That’s the foundational philosophy. That’s not going to change, no matter how many times it is posted about. If High Elves still don’t exist as a playable option, what chance do you think you have?
That being said… Drakonids. In full plate. Tanking your raid. With a few draconic racials. There’s your draconic tank fantasy, realized in full.
Unless you just want to be a full-sized dragon outright. In which case, you will never be satisfied.
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I dunno, looking at the new Dracthyr talents on Wowhead they have quite a couple for reducing damage and strengthening armor. They’re all Black Dragonflight talents too, very earthy. They seem like Tanking abilities to me at least.
But you’re not wrong, they don’t even really use physical damage [Which I am a little bit upset about, I wanted to be lethal with them claws] and are primarily magic based. Magic and Tanking don’t exactly go too well together.
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I would say solely magic-based damage. The only physical abilities they have are racials that do no damage.
On the topic of Drakonid sexual dimorphism… new lore added in Dragonflight seems to have complicated things.
It was strongly implied - but never outright confirmed - that Drakonids are mortals unnaturally infused with draconic power to expediate a transformation into a draconic form (whereas the natural, long-term process resulted in dragonspawn).
Now, we know that Drakonids (or perhaps solely the Dragon Isles breed?) arose from the newly introduced tarasek, in a process analogous to protdrakes becoming dragons. Their now strictly reptilian origin would seem to rule out the possibility of vestigial mammalian traits.
This may come down to Rule of Cool, though - I would love to see a more feminine form offered, while still remaining bulky and monstrous.
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Also, shout out to Thallia’s thread:
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And here’s an idea: if Blizzard can get the bugs ironed out, perhaps Drakonids could be the first truly neutral race, beholden to the Dragonflights themselves and not choosing a side in the faction conflict. Allow them to toggle between factions for the purposes of PvP and faction-specific content, but otherwise? Divorce them from factions entirely. They’re one of the few races for which neutrality would make sense.
Probably better off keeping everything consolidated to just one thread.
Having a truly neutral playable race could be interesting, but I’m just not sure that Blizzard would put in the work to make it happen (assuming you mean having their own faction hub and whatnot).
Whichever the community embraces, so too shall I.
As for the neutrality, I suppose it comes down to how many of the kinks are ironed out in the process to make cross-faction guilds. If they’re already doing the groundwork to make it possible, I would encourage them to try it.
On a different note, I’m imagining a Drakonid Paladin with the NPC Primalist Earth eyes. That is a classic WarCraft tone and aesthetic.
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Perhaps the most important point of all: Drakonid not wearing shoes actually looks ok while wearing plate armor.
Only reason I don’t play troll/ztroll plate classes is because it just looks silly having all that armor and having those bare clown feet sticking out.
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drakonid paladinos
love their new model
I like that you can’t see shoes, for the most part, on Troll races. I just wish that they’d either make it optional at the barbershop for the people that would prefer to confine those toes.
God I wish this was the model we got.
Should have been a dual race/class release. Drakthyr for caster/healer and Drakonids for melee/tank.
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That’s an interesting thought, too. That being said, I don’t think the Drakonid necessitate a class unto themselves. They’re still typically humanoid. It doesn’t strain credulity in the same way that a Dracthyr ignoring the existence of their wings would.
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Dragonborn Paladins are absolutely iconic. I’d love to get an analogous fantasy in WoW.
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And some Death Knight action for good measure:
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This race looks very cool, really great concept. 
It does, doesn’t it? I think it really hearkens back to the aesthetic roots of the franchise that we’ve moved away from in recent years.
Playing through Dragonflight only makes me want it more. The Drakonid have a lot more agency than I originally thought.