It wouldn’t have been so bad if there wasn’t allied race slots to begin with, but because of this there ended up being two races with the goblin rig. If any one group got what they wanted, someone else would be sad. If we got both, it would have been fine, but it never seemed as though bliz would add two side faction side. Like I think the Vulpera are a pretty good race. Just sad to only have one of them.
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I was so hoping for the Kelfin since the Nazjatar patch first started. Though I started to have my doubts when they hadn’t even updated their models, yet finally made female gilblin.
They 100% would have made the better option than vulpera. At the time, we were fighting old gods and had just lost the Zandalari fleet in the Dazar raid.
Perfect for adding to marine warfare PLUS the added benefit of having those that have fought against the naga and their old gods for lord knows how long.
But, obviously, that lore side of things was overlooked too. As a goblin fan, I’m still sad that my fave race ever, missed out on getting gilblin for an allied race.
I was hoping the new customization options would have something worthwhile to maybe give something for the fans, but I’m still waiting there.
Sorry not to be a downer. I’m well-aware that Blizz just looks at what brings in the most subs, so it’s no surprise that goblins get overlooked so frequently and if they are in gameplay stuff, its usually a bad stereotype or for comedic relief.
At least with some Mechagon stuff, we did see more goblin content.
Sorry for rambles. TLDR, I would kill for goblin monks and gilblin/Kelfin to become playable. Guarantee subscription from me for the next 4 years!
Hahah!
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Your blue hair kind of makes you look like a kelfin!
Hope this race is going to come out on the future.
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Give Broken and Kelfin.
The races that are set up enough in lore to be ARs and also different enough from their base race to require it.
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I really appreciate the amount of work you’ve put into this. Very impressive. I love them I especially love the guy who is just vibing in the puddle and wants us to lay there with him. I think that while they do look like regular goblins they seem to be a lot different culturally and I like that. I have been drawn to them since naz and hoping for an eventual release
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I was so hoping for the Kelfin since the Nazjatar patch first started. Though I started to have my doubts when they hadn’t even updated their models, yet finally made female gilblin.
Yea. Given they hadn’t updated the goblin models either I was thinking those would get a model update sometime. There was so many indicators that suggested they might be the goblin AR at some point.
They 100% would have made the better option than vulpera. At the time, we were fighting old gods and had just lost the Zandalari fleet in the Dazar raid.
I am bias so I definitely would have prefered them over vulpera, but I think it would have been awesome if both were included and made partners with each other. If they had just made one of them playable(which happened with vulpera) one group was always going to be sad. Plus it would have been nice to have an aquatic race and thematically they make excellent sense as an allied race for the expansion.
But, obviously, that lore side of things was overlooked too. As a goblin fan, I’m still sad that my fave race ever, missed out on getting gilblin for an allied race.
There is this blue skin tint I use on my goblin right now. I like it. Although I would really love for them to go a lot farther and add:
- Tentacle hair options like void elves.
- Algae/Starfish, shell hair additions
- Glow in the dark eyes.
- The unique feet and fin shapes they have.
- Maybe go extra far with the rig and do like they did with Zandalari or add some somewhat unique geometry.
Sorry not to be a downer. I’m well-aware that Blizz just looks at what brings in the most subs, so it’s no surprise that goblins get overlooked so frequently and if they are in gameplay stuff, its usually a bad stereotype or for comedic relief.
At least with some Mechagon stuff, we did see more goblin content.
I think that Kelfin/Gilgoblins if they had enough effort put into their model, they could have easily been one of the most popular allied races. Just look at that Sea Dragon moonkin form. They have a lot of potential for interesting design. Plus. They did add mechagnomes which aren’t the most popular of races.
Sorry for rambles. TLDR, I would kill for goblin monks and gilblin/Kelfin to become playable. Guarantee subscription from me for the next 4 years!
Hahah!
Just help us continue to be vocal. The main purpose of this thread is to make it know that Gilgoblins/Kelfin are a desired allied race in hopes that blizzard may include them soon or later.
I’m excited to see them in story going forward since we see them outside Orgrimmar, I find them (personally) a bit more endearing then normal goblins they just have a personality about them or seemed to throughout Nazjatar.
I am still uncertain what the purpose of them being outside of Orgrimmar is for. Blizzard had to add them out there for some reason. I wonder even if they have canonically joined the horde. Either way. They are still there when shadowlands hits. This means they are probably long term allies of the horde that just at the time aren’t playable. Kinda like taunka and ogres.
Your blue hair kind of makes you look like a kelfin!
Hope this race is going to come out on the future.
Thats the idea! Now if I can just have tentacles and some starfish, shell, algae additions.
Give Broken and Kelfin.
The races that are set up enough in lore to be ARs and also different enough from their base race to require it.
Definitely!
I really appreciate the amount of work you’ve put into this. Very impressive. I love them I especially love the guy who is just vibing in the puddle and wants us to lay there with him. I think that while they do look like regular goblins they seem to be a lot different culturally and I like that. I have been drawn to them since naz and hoping for an eventual release
Lenu Gillbrack a is a very wholesome gilgoblin. It can often be hard for people to see the potential of this race when they look at their cata models. Many often just look at them and think its a lazy goblin reskin or something like that. I see the potential beyond that.
I have a name reserved for my Kelfin. Just waiting on blizz to add them either as an allied race or customization options to Goblins.
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Gnomest, you’re doing way too much for this allied race.
I approve.
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Two good ones I noticed. No shortage of great gilgoblin names.
Gnomest, you’re doing way too much for this allied race.
I approve.
I am quite passionate about this race. Athough I’ll will be doing some fanart for other races too in future. Model editing is fun.
Yessss.
Kelfin could be really cool.
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I have more ideas. So from what I have seen the main issue some people have with this race is that some percieve it as not being unique. I am going to come up with some ideas for how it can be made more unique without breaking from lore and what it is established as.
I’ve reserved the name Gillyweed 
Funny you should mention. I have an alias that goes by the name of Sea Prince Gillywix based on this:
A bit wild, but the principle is interesting.
Got my crab mount. Loving this blue skin. I guess in some ways I am kind of a short void elf.
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Or give goblins kelfin customizations
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Its wasted potential. To that I suggest just putting some effort into the model/rig and make it more unique. Plus they would probably be able to be druids if made an AR.
I’ve been wanting this since I saw the little guys, and the personality they were given in 8.2 just solidified my want even more. Maybe someday.
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100% THIS!!!
i support all of this. i fell in love with my bluegilled cousins.
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Yea. The kelfin and helping them through Nazjatar was one of the brightest highlights of BFA. They may not have gotten model updates at this time, but blizzard did a great job at developing their story and personalities. As you help them in Nazjatar one become progressly attached to them over time and you see their character growth.
100% THIS!!!
i support all of this. i fell in love with my bluegilled cousins.
Help us be vocal in this thread. Even if they do become just a customization, we can always make suggestions to help their be good customization ideas. I am going to continue to add more ideas over time.
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On the note of “just giving goblins kelfin customization”, honestly, they’re one of the allied race options that would work for that the least imo. Their entire concept is just screaming “new racials” and they’re different enough that pretty much everything (aside from their hair, which allied races get new styles anyway) could be completely different in every way.
They don’t have the typical goblin greed, they’re aquatic for chrissakes, and they’re community-oriented on a level that reminds me of the Pandaren more than anything. There’s a lot you can do with that.
One thing would be an architectural style, which, one, other Allied Races proved we don’t exactly need (looking at Void Elves here, mostly) and if they really needed something, they could just take from Naga.
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