4 new data entries in the allied race game files on the alpha?
//https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lED1xBqus3Q&t
Same UI as the Allied Race Embassy UI and covenant abilities in the allied race racial files? People have speculated this UI is a placeholder for choosing our covenants well as of the July 8th live stream event, the UI for choosing a covenant has been shown and it looks nothing like the Embassy UI.
Shadowlands Faun NPCs use Draenei models and support armor? - Wowhead
BlizzCon 2019 Q/A Panel Ion Bates (Red Shirt Guy) asked a question about new allied races and referenced how the covenant races use existing player skeletons, they responded “We’ll see” and “We will take it under advisement”. As the crowd cheered in support.
A Twitch Interview by “Zoltan” with Ion Hazzikostas they asked about new allied races Ion responded “Its something we remain open to doing, it was not just a Battle for Azeroth feature, but there are no planned Allied Races. One of the challenges with the setting of shadowlands is the idea that these aren’t traditional races, these are magical ethereal beings from another plane of existence, but maybe there is a world where it makes sense for some of them to join the Alliance and Horde, we’ll see, but definitely not at the start of Shadowlands”. We didn’t get a straight up No like we usually do, not saying that means anything, but just as they went back on what they said about blue eyes for blood elves and many other things, I could definitely seeing them change their mind here as well. Maybe its just a way to not spoil anything given the datamining by Mr. GM, but “We’ll see” - Ion Hazzikostas 
We have more information today (7/9) from an interview with John Hight by “HazelnuttyGames” regarding allied races. John replied " We are pledging ourselves to a covenants regardless of our faction and “that remains to be seen how it will play out”. Hint maybe? 
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I just really like the aesthetic of kyrians and paladins/priest just fit into that theme in my opinion. Don’t nit pick the one joke about wanting to play them, did you even read the post?
Some of it. Most of it was just wishful speculation.
People see what they want to see.
People like to hype themselves up over bread crumbs that signify nothing.
I am tired of allied races, but most of all I am tired of paladins.
You’re like birds at 4am who won’t stop chirping and singing. What are you so happy about anyways?
Obviously the only reasonable thing to do is to eliminate all birds.
And paladins.
If you weren’t interested in Allied Races in shadowlands why did you search them up to find this post let alone click on this post to begin with then? I provided sources if you care to watch the videos, but if you are so sick of them and paladins then get off this thread. Speculation is just speculation I did the research for anything that supports the possibility of them because there are actually people that would like to see them become playable so why are you even here?
Why are these forums obsessed with allied races?
More variety in player options? RP reasons, or for customization with transmog. People actually enjoy what their character looks like.
Its mainly about the Fantasy aspect of what makes an MMORPG having a diverse set of races to play and customize is part of what makes an RPG and these races from the Shadowlands fit that core fantasy aesthetic. Think D&D.
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I didn’t search anything. Just reading forums and came across the thread. I decided to read it because I like to read posts about WoW.
I also like to post on the forums about WoW topics too.
Not here in terms of the wow forums, here on this thread you literally said you were sick of allied races when this thread is about showing support for the possibility of them becoming playable, if you don’t care for them don’t read a post literally titled “New Allied Races in Shadowlands?.”
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