Which would have the best chance of putting a serious dent in the % of elven races being played?
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Another elf race.
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vrykul
but that would lead us back to square one
The funny thing is if you told me we could be a “dragon race” and the playerbase actually got models like Alexstrasza and Wrathion, it’d destroy the elf percentages.
Unfortunately, that’s not what we got.
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They wouldn’t necessarily be the ones most commonly requested. I think Ogres would be popular, but with people who normally play Orcs. Tuskar would be a niche like Pandaren. Arrakoa would be cool, but also a niche race.
I think people just like elves. They’re the closest you can be to being human, without being human. I don’t see any other playable race being able to change that.
See I think that’s the exact formula they should use to make new races. 80% humans and 20% something else.
If we say for the sake of argument, elves are 80% human and 20% fairy, or 20% wood spirit, you can just apply this to other things.
- Kul Tiran would have been better received if they were 20% drust.
- If there was a Worgen faction that was partially feral, rather than 80% wolf
- Draenei are pretty close to ideal.
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Kobold. The only answer to combat the elven infestation is Kobold.
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Sethrak
I don’t actually care about beating elves, I just want to play a Sethrak.
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Ethereals or depending on how they look maybe Nathrezim?
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The first rule of GD: Don’t let a topic get in the way of a good soapbox.
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I don’t get it. How is that a lecture? 
What he said?
I didn’t bring up naga because some people might consider them elves.
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Saying they don’t care about elves and they want to play snakes instead? Again, I don’t get it.
I feel like I’m missing something.
I’m using soapbox here to mean “talk about my pet project” not necessarily that you talked at length.
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We need vampires as a race on the horde. That way we can have the destined vampire vs werewolf fantasy this games been missing.
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Constellars but not sure there is supposed to be many of them so maybe lore-wise, it wouldn’t make any sense to have players playing them. lol
I think there was 1 in WOTLK, 1 in Legion, maybe some more but 2 constellars is not a lot.
They look amazing though. So mystic and mysterious.
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Give the Horde a normal looking Kul Tiran spellcaster that shapeshifts Worgen-like into a Human/Drust hybrid and I think you’d see significant interest.
none honestly, as cool as stuff like vrykul, arrakoa, gnolls, kobolds, and half a dozen other races are, there’s a reason people like blood elves.
people like playing pretty things, and human characters in games, Blood elves are just prettier humans than the actual human option.
Do Dracthyr half count?
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