I think everyone would actually be happier if racials were off. I might still play orc but it’d be kind of nice to play something else and not feel like I was nerfing myself.
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On one hand some of them are kind of cool, nelf in particular, then gnome, velf, KT, pandaren, etc.
Orc in particular is just always so much value, and it’s passive. It’s not even a “does my spec synergize with this?” You just go orc if possible. Orc could lose Blood Fury and Command (rip 5%) and they’d still be excellent.
Honestly as strong as orc is, nelf is worse imo. It’s way too good for rogues and druids and my alliance warrior loves melding shackles.
Too bad they look so stupid.
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delet this
Nelves come in two flavors, stripper and lanky dude.
I really don’t like either option. 
You want meld nerfed because it counters a trinket? >.> Orc Racial is a passive CC reduction. Meld is on a 2 min cooldown. What the
Not sure if Mali will still see use in the next patch anyway. Nerfing meld cuz I can avoid Mali once is hardly a reason to nerf it.
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Restealth for druids/rogues
Dodge big damaging abilities
Dodge incoming crowd control
Break trinkets like shackle
I’m not saying that it needs to be nerfed, just that it has a lot of uses outside of shackle
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Yeah its a pretty fantastic racial, one of the best IMO, but still Orc racial gets more value, and meld doesn’t always guarantee a restealth.
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That leak is most likely not real.
that would be WAY too rock paper scissors
but racials really should be removed or mage uniquely for flavor with very little spread sheet buffs involved
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Yea I think atm any kind of racial that gives PVP advantages over others is too strong when it comes to CC DR’s.
Either they all have to have some form of it, to make it uniquely strong or none at all. Not that our opinions matter or blizz will ever make changes but would be nice.
I’d rather everyone play what they wanted and not be instantly making the game harder for themselves by not being orc/human/nelf. Your always gonna have the “but its an rpg” crowd tho so its hard to please everyone.
role play dn
That’s not why people want meld nerfed it is because it literally gives you a free restealth every 2 minutes
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I don’t think that’s a big deal tbh. If anything lets not let rogues get free restealths every 10sec.
I don’t think racials should be removed, but shared between factions
Humans get Orcs
Dwarves and Trolls
Night Elves and Taurens
Gnomes and Undead
Draenei and Blood Elf
Worgen and Goblin
etc
I don’t think humans getting orcs racials is really a good idea…
Let’s be honest they aren’t ready to let go of the $30 faction change and that’s the only reason they’re keeping it
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The way I imagine it goes for a lot of returning Alliance players is either that they hear that their beloved faction is still in shambles or they sub for one month, see it themselves and don’t resub after realizing their only resource is to pay 30-55 USD per character they’d like to play.
30-55 per char to the company that let their faction fall to ruins, mind you.
You’d be surprised tho of how many people pay the $30. And it’s not just for that. A large community of Battleground players consistently faction change because they think one faction wins more than the other. Same thing with tokens, they make money so can’t expect to get rid of faction changes or a better gearing system (but that’s another topic)
I think that instead of nerfing it, just redesign a good portion of its arsenal. Delete 2 dance talent (buff shadowdance significantly), make step only a 1 charge ability for sub, make finishers more effective (buff slice and dice to where it gives extra haste and faster energy regen, buff eviserate’s dmg, and make rupture meaningful), and finally give gouge back for the spec.