Restrict customizations to a sub race and give them their own racials

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An idea, we can restrict customizations to a choice on which version of the race you want to be, and give the sub race it’s own racials. This will allow ppl to rp as they want without stepping on the core version of the race’s rp. Seperate he customization from the main ve for example. Seperate wildhammers from ironforge and vice versa. The sub races can even be given their own racials. We can even do this with out using an allied race slot by making racials baised on the customized appearance, like if you customize your dwarf to be a wild hammer, your get a racial skin to storm hammer in the rts games.

Edit: To add to this, each sub race would get their own class selection to better represent them, like a blood elf wanting the San’layn customization can’t play paladins, but say a wild hammer can roll a druid unlike the bronzebeards.

Edit #2 Racials

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Don’t restrict by customization.

But do give alternative racials for the “sub groups”.

Wildhammer deserve their racials!
Farraki too
And I guess high elves? (both sides?)

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I’d like to avoid ve looking players using he racials or bronzebeards tossing storm hammers >.<

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You realize that Allied Races are the sub races to the Core Races and have already gone through all of that, right? There’s no need to further break down racial components.

The high elf community got what they wanted, finally. Pale skinned Thalassian elves with blue eyes on the Alliance. It’s over. There’s no need for us to continue visiting this nonsensical discussion. I heavily disagree with that decision too, but it’s happening and there’s nothing we can do about it.

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Technically other folk can earn their Storm Hammers in Wildhammer society. There is a canon story on it.

Harder to figure for Farraki and High elves I suppose.

Edit: also a Wildhammer that doesn’t have tattoos should still have the Storm Hammer.

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Apparently not because they are demanding a toggle turn off for ve racials, which would end up stepping on the toes of ve players

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Correct, which is why they shouldn’t get that either. The high elf community needs to be told “No, sit down” and get over it. They’re not gonna continue to change the void elves and they should accept the gift they got with a hint of grace.

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or we can continue to request what we want because blizzard is a business and we are the consumers.

I don’t understand this logic of blizzard is the parent and the players are the children and they must listen to whatever blizzard says.

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You’re being narrow minded in this.

Think about the other available races we’ll get as customization.

This can open a lot of doors without rep grinds.

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I am thinking about it. AR’s were referenced repeatedly as one of the worst possible things Blizz could have done between not increasing the character cap and thus resulting in people having to delete characters, and the reputation grind which is only going away because AR’s are becoming outdated content, which is why they’re still present till prepatch.

Don’t be overly optimistic. AR’s, to me, are just fine. But they’re not when it’s thinly veiled attempts at just getting more high elf crap.

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Even if it means destroying another race in the process, and damn the people who might enjoy void elves, right?

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Does his mean us Lightforged get to be a Draenei subrace now too? Because I would kill for that Gift of the Naaru racial while getting to keep my beutiful white bear-daddy-beard.

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If you refuse something that could actually help folk enjoy their characters more just because it might help the High Elf folk, I think you need to reconsider your viewpoint.

Like… This can apply to so much more than High Elves.

Thats my opinion though. I mean no disrespect.

Can they buff that racial a bit while they’re at it. It feels so weak these days to me.

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Let’s be realistic, void elves were only added to try and appease the High elf fans, and they didn’t work.

Blizz didn’t even both to use the Void elves in the void/old god patch, the perfect time to let them shine and develope enough to stand on their own to feet as a fleshed out race. but nope, they did nothing atall.
Sure it sucks for the hand full of people who grew fond of the void aesthetic but they could still keep those options.

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(Commentary): While more options are always better, I think this might be best served as a feature for the next expansion. I think the devs have enough on their hands overhauling character customization to the degree they’re doing it as is.

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You kidding, its one of the best racials in the game, its absoloutly amazing, it heals for 20% of the casters max hp (since I’m a prot pally thats a lot of healing) which is not bad in itself, but the real kick to it is that it does not affect global cooldown, meaning you can just macro it to any other heal and its free bonus healing every time its off CD, its by far the best healer racial in the game and one of the best tank racials too.

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Guess it’s better on tankier builds.

Never seems to do me any good.

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No, but I would like the the army of the light to be expanded to include other races.

As sub races of course

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You have a thread about your AoTL thoughts?

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Yes!

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