I didn’t say you weren’t I was just pointing out the parallel in situations, and I’d rather get something than nothing. And I think the case to argue them for BE customization is solid enough to do so.
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I mean, that might be the best people hoping for Gilgoblins end up getting. Wouldn’t it be super weird to be a Gilgoblin that drowns though?
I understand this too. I’ve been a Dark Ranger and San’layn fan since Wrath.
They are the same race though. That’s why you can make a Death Knight of any race.
An Undead Blood Elf is still just a Blood Elf. He’s just got death cosmology propping him up.
Technically there are tons of Undead who are actually Elves. Obviously, Arthas tore through Quel’thalas and killed 90% of the race.
They’re just not shown in game mostly.
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In the end this just really the end. A lot more customization requests need to be granted by Blizzard to allow people to do what they want to do…
Trolls got the voice thing easy at least.
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Well I do feel Dark Ranger is inherently different than San’layn of course. I think the case can still be argued for an AR for them with BE’s receiving DR customization. Or the case for both to be implemented as well as customization.
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Yeah. But that being the case, Requesting more from Blizzard is a thing we can do.
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They don’t fit for Sand trolls either. Its really not that different.
Even undead vs alive and Darkspear vs Sand Troll are the same difference overall.
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An Allied Race where the only playable class is Hunter…
It doesn’t really make sense to make a whole Allied Race for Dark Rangers.
Especially after they phoned it in for the different Trolls, the Wildhammer and High Elves.
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This always felt like gameplay over lore to me. Belf DKs never seemed to fit in in Silvermoon to me. My DH was Illidari, so I never felt like I fit in in Silvermoon on her, but for gameplay purposes I’m lumped into that category.
If we have to settle for a situation like this for Dark Ranges, so be it, but I’d much rather something more ideal.
It is a genuine request. There’s an entire thread that spawned because of this thread that opened an avenue to the concept being realized when before people were asking for it as either a new class or such.
It was and has always been this. To say otherwise seems kinda rude to the people who want it to happen.
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Nah, give me San’layn! A Darkfallen Hunter would be close enough to a DR for me.
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But Gilgoblins are kind of like Mechagnomes. A ton of work to make them an Allied Race so the four people that want to be a Gilgoblin can play them.
Easier just to give Goblins some ear customizations.
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In the case of DKs, their skins aren’t customization that extends to the rest of the entire race, but is class specific.
Undead skins as customization for Blood elves as a race though, unless tied to Hunters/DK’s exclusively, would not make much sense.
San’layn would be a good Allied Race. Could even get their own models.
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I know they’re not popular and I highly doubt they’ll get the work.
Just saying, it would be like if they made Naga without a swim speed or breath racial.
It works for achieving the look, but it’s just odd is all.
I feel like we’re going to lose out on the main thing people want, because some people are obsessed about the minute details.
Overall I think more want the DR themes for BE customization than not, so all I and we can do is hope Blizzard sees this, and considers the big picture as I do think at the end of the day it makes sense, especially with the current exiles reach being the definitive start lore wise for new characters, and you having player agency to decide when you became undead.
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That is the only way I see them working tbh.
Yeah. But that’s just the route we’re going with this.
They tried Allied Races. Had to deal with the Void Elf fallout for two years, Said they were listening to player requests and learned that a ton of people just want to play what they’ve wanted to play since vanilla or warcraft II or whatever and those races have analogues.
It’s not an ideal fix. Just like playing a High Elf on a Void Elf sucks. But it is what it is.
The sort of race that would need it’s own race slot are like… Ogres.
So all we can hope for is customization options for race name, etc… and sure, you’ll have a few purple High Elves with tentacles running around. But that’s also a limitation of the, “We give up.” system.
I’d have preferred they just did a racial drop down menu but that ships sailed now. We’ve got this half assed fix.
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No, but it doesn’t hurt in Dark Ranger Customisations for the Blood Elves though. After all, player characters are not lore characters. What we customize our characters as doesn’t even effect the lore.
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