I agree, though as I mentioned, I doubt very much Blizzard would actually implement a Paladin of such a flavor. Especially if its only for one race, on one faction. Now if they ever delve into class customization as a whole, then it might be more likely to see happen.
No they aren’t. Tauren and Troll paladin say hello.
FYI, if it isn’t obvious enough, every single one of my posts in this thread is sarcasm, except this one of course.
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People can say that’s not how the lore is all they like, but they’re wrong. Paladins as a group were literally formed by priests as warrior protectors out of priests.
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Light forged DK’s would agree with you, but that doesn’t make it right. Blizz likes to cherry pick their own retconns and lore destruction.
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It’s the same reason why worgens can’t be paladin, because we’re unstable.
I didn’t read any of those WoW novels but here’s a passage someone shared with me that I really like:
I think it was put together very neatly but whole post is kinda long so to summarize it:
That is, if you’re not one of those people who says something like “LOL LORE”.
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No, I actually do care about lore to some extent, but at the same time I am not one who thinks it has to be set in stone and unchanging either, and yes the thing I said about void elves being priest was more a jest about the game mechanic than actual thinking that them being able to be a holy priest justifies them being paladins.
I guess, in a way, you could say I’m a roleplayer poking a bit of fun at those who aren’t (which are usually the ones who say “LOL LORE”) and also having a bit of fun with my fellow roleplayers and/or people who do care about lore too (like if you didn’t know, Aliliice is my void elf and yea I did pick up you were being somewhat sarcastic so that’s why I brought in Aliliice to make snarky comments with you haha)
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Get over yourself broski. I love how you clip what I said to take it completely out of context. Truly pathetic.
Stop taking what I said about worgen to fuel your agenda about void elves. Also, there is a HUGE difference about about classes vs having a customization option that has absolutely no bearing in the game.
You don’t even know what my opinion are about void elves and other classes SO DO NOT ACT AS IF YOU DO. But for the record, I think every race should have every class available. That is my opinion. Yes, I acknowledge void elf paladins would break lore, badly.
Paladins are imbued with the Light.
Priests call upon the Light. Therein lies the difference. Void elves are of course imbued with shadow so having them imbued with Light at the same time… Yeah no.
Either way, as far as my personal opinion, it’s purely for gameplay rather than lore.
You are one salty, bitter person Mevaar. Do not bring me into other threads again.
Next they’ll give Void Elves every class in the game and you would all still cry about something else that has to do with Void Elves.
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Haters gonna hate…
That makes even less sense.
You understand a core part of being a Paladin is wielding Light, right? If they wield Void and shadow magic, they’re basically Death Knights (shadow magic users in plate) and no longer Paladins.
Death Knights use death magic, not void/shadow magic. The two are different on the wow cosmology chart.
And even if that weren’t the case. Death Knights, mechanically speaking, are not Paladins.
Well, maybe you should log in and look at a Death Knight’s spellbook. Many of their abilities are shadow magic. Death Coil, for instance, is shadow.
Unholy DK’s Mastery is literally a shadow damage buff lol
Might I direct you toward Anduin. Still a Priest not a Paladin, and he wears plate.
A roll in the hay with such an Amazonian alchemilla such as yourself? Sign me up.
/tentacleflip
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I mean, that’s how we got Draenei on the first place.
The limits of the lore are ever changing. As long as it is cool ideas being well implemented, it’s a good thing.
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Those abilities do shadow damage, they are based in death magic though. We don’t have a “death” damage type yet unfortunately.
Look, if it can’t heal other players, if it can’t equip a shield and throw it like Captain America, and if it doesn’t drop a hammer on someone’s head to stun them, it isn’t a Paladin. Capisce?
Mechanically speaking a Death Knight and Paladin are different classes. I can already play a Death Knight. A Death Knight is not a Paladin, regardless of the damage type it uses.
And if it doesn’t wield Light, it’s not a Paladin either. Got it?
With Void Elves getting choices to return to a more Blood Elf / High Elf look, I’m on the side that just says. “Screw it, rename void elves to High Elves and let the void choice be something shy of a secondary race choice.”
Void Elves were dead on arrival based on story. Where they would’ve been strongest when N’zoth’s influence rose. They were completely absent, just like the Lightforged Draenei. These themes of void and light would’ve shined strongest but were entirely absent.
Void Elves offer nothing innately unique. Their story is… lacking. They are better off being changed to High Elves to at least fit with the high volumes of lore for them rather than the abyss of endless disappointment that void elves will inevitably bring.
Fine. If you want to be pedantic, I’ll try to accommodate you. Try this then.
What I was proposing is a new class, mechanically identical and visually identical to the Paladin in every way except that it does shadow damage instead of holy and its visual effects are the blue/black color we see npc void spells use in game. We’ll call it a Riftblade. Is that better for you? 