Just wanted to bump this thread in addition to you two doing so because Iām absolutely still waiting for my playable Saurok Warlock. 
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If playable Horde Saurok become a reality, my current plans for potential characters are:
Male Demonology Warlock
Male Unholy Death Knight
Male Shadow Priest (Considering saving him for if we get Sethrak)
Male Survival Hunter
Warlock and Death Knight would be the most important classes for me. If we happen to get Necromancers as a class, then Iād replace Warlock with it. Of course, if we got Necromancers as a skin for Warlocks, Iād happily settle for that. 
Yeah, there are a lot of really interesting races in the game, though by fleshing out, Iād like to see some of them become a playable race, myself.
As I said before, I get that some races were designed to be and are destined to just be NPC races, usually with as much depth as a puddle. At the same time, there are some NPC races that are really interesting and could have a lot of potential in getting fleshed out as a playable race. Not to mention adding some really neat variety on that character creation screen.
Still keeping up hope that Saurok will be something more someday! 
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Been looking at the datamining of the next patch. Nothing Saurok related, which I wasnāt expecting anything in the first place, but there does seem to be an interesting thing possibly involving Death Knights I wanted to comment on. Iāll hide the text behind a spoiler tag if you want to see my speculation.
Click here to see 9.2 Speculation Talk
There seems to be signs that the Helm of Domination will be reforged, which is likely how the whole undead threat on Azeroth will be dealt with.
This would mean that future playable races could be able to have Death Knights as a class option, which is something Iām hoping for with Saurok if they become playable. Iām assuming if Bolvar takes up the mantle again, that they could just reuse the newer starting area made for allied races and Pandaren. Likely, some text would need to be edited and some NPCās of the new races would get added in the area, but that seems like it would work well in that regard.
A new Lich King would mean that another further Death Knight races would need a new area, since Bolvarās starting area would be timelocked to before Shadowlands in such a scenario, unless they just replace Bolvar with whoever would become the new Lich King.
I will say that at the time of this post, there is no indication of what will be done with the helm, nor who would wear it. Iām a bit worried about Sylvanas becoming the Lich Queen, which would have a lot of problems in my opinion, but I donāt know how likely that would be. I feel like Bolvar taking up the helm again would be more likely and work better with future events. Not to mention the Death Knights would likely prefer him as their boss over Sylvanas of all people.
Weāll see what happens, I suppose. Since I want to see Saurok Death Knights in the future, Iāll be keeping an eye out and seeing what actually happens with the Helm of Domination and such. Hoping for the best, as usual.
Once 9.2 does come out, Iāll be keeping an eye out for any news on the next expansion. Still hoping to see some reptilian races added to that character creation screen! 
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With Turkey Massacre Day (U.S. Thanksgiving) coming up, I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday!
Even reptiles IRL get to celebrate by munching on turkey. This video shows off a person feeding two tegu some turkey:
Tegu are reptiles I donāt think Iāve covered in this thread for Saurok idea inspiration. Maybe Iāll do that in the near future! In the meantime, I hope Saurok will be able to celebrate Pilgrimās bounty someday with lots of delicious food! 
I have been waiting a million years for WoW to let me play as a non mammal race, give me scales or feathers! But please donāt give female Saurok boobies. Were reptiles, not mammals. Just give female Saurok a slimmer upper torso and maybe different colors or markings.
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Iāve been wanting a playable Lizardman race in this game since I started playing shortly after BC released. Itās a reason Iāve been trying to show off how neat Saurok could be as a playable race. 
And yes, I agree that female Saurok shouldnāt really have breasts. There are plenty of other ways to differentiate them from male Saurok (body size, scale patterns, animations, etc) and something like breasts on reptilian humanoid races just seems silly to me. Several Lizardmen races in other games and media donāt have such designs and still appear as feminine, so itās possible to do that with female Saurok.
Since you mentioned feathers, would Arakkoa interest you as a playable race? If so, please check out the Arakkoa megathread:
Iāve seen Arakkoa requested for a long time, so if anyone is interested in them, I want to show them the Arakkoa megathread to help support them as a playable race also. 
As for reptilian races, as I keep saying, there are several great candidates that would be exciting to see playable and offer a lot of variety on that character creation screen. Hopefully, they get some love and are giving the chance to become something more as a playable race someday! 
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I got the night fae saurolisk soulshape on my nightfae monk. It definetly feels fun to be a lizard!
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I want to role as one so I can kill Captain Kirk!
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Why do we need both an official and unofficial saurok hate thread?
This isnāt a Saurok hate thread. Itās a thread to support them as a playable Horde race.
As for the unofficial part of the title, itās a thing that a lot of the other race request megathreads did for their titles, likely naming it unofficial since it was a fan made thread, so I named my thread that to fit with the theme of the other race request megathreads.
Nothing but love for Saurok here!
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Saurok for the Horde!
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Got another video of a tegu enjoying Thanksgiving:
Itās cool to see reptiles getting to munch on delicious food during the week. Hoping Saurok get to enjoy the feast of Pilgrimās Bounty someday as well. I know they would really enjoy some delicious turkey. Likely several pounds of it! 
Hope everyone has a safe and happy week! Iām likely going to unleash the hunger of several Saurok this Thursday, myself!
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Going to post this in both my megathreads, though slightly different to tailor to the theme of both of course.
Since part of Thanksgiving is to give thanks, I wanted to give a big thank you to everyone who comes to my megathreads. Whether you just come to look and see what all Iāve typed up in posts or if you make some posts here yourself, Iām very appreciative of everyone who comes to check my megathreads out.
I feel very lucky in that both of my megathreads have been going smoothly and received positively in general. Yāall are one of the big reasons I keep going. I canāt say whether text I type on here will lead into anything, but I still feel itās worth a shot to continue on at present. As long as I keep playing the game, I plan to keep going on the best I can. Thank you to everyone who has offered their support to our cause!
Still keeping the dream of seeing Saurok on the Horde side of that character creation screen! As always, more Saurok research and support to continue in the future!
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HAppy turkey munch time my lizard friends, hope the Saurok get tons of good stuff. Hoping to see them playable someday and would roll one. Hope you have good holidays whatever you celebrate 
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I love you both, just saying and adding that.
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Happy Thanksgiving my friends!
Were my Saurok Ssisko around heād be living the dream right now going between cities tasting their feasts and reveling in the season!
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Happy U.S. Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it!
Iām hoping that Saurok will be able to one day celebrate Pilgrimās Bounty and enjoy all the delicious food part of it, as well as other holidays in WoW!
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Iām ok with the idea of playable saurok, but Iām in the air of what faction they should be. Obviously more lore needs to be made on who would try to recruit them and why.
I will note here alliance could use more monster races though.
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I stand firm with my personal opinion that Saurok should be a Horde race for several reasons I noted in the main post of this megathread, though Iāll give a brief abridged version here.
The Hordeās theme really fits the backstory of Saurok, who were formerly slave soldiers of the Mogu, and there are some interesting parallels between Saurok and Orcs. I really donāt think they would fit well on Alliance at all, and theyāre more likely to be what makes a Saurok a Saurok on the Horde, if that makes any sense.
Obviously, Saurok would need to be fleshed out in many ways when designing them as a playable race as well as storyline reasons for them wanting to the Join the Horde and the Horde willing to accept them, but thatās part of the fun of making new races. Many playable races were once enemy mooks, but they got some great world-building and became pretty neat playable races. The same could happen would Saurok someday if they get lucky enough to be promoted to playable race status.
And I do agree that Alliance could use some more variety in their race selection. There are a few races I have in mind I do lean towards Alliance for one reason or another that I think would add a lot to that faction.
All of what I typed was in my own personal opinion, of course.
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Having reached 80 Renown with the Venthyr covenant some time ago and with covenant swapping much simpler to do when you get to 80 Renown with any covenant, Iāve switched to Necrolords for my main covenant now.
Originally, I had a character for each of the covenants to go through to see if there was anything of interest with any of them. It was getting a bit hard to go through four characters a week to keep up on Renown and such, however. With this new system, I can do it all on one character and swap freely as I see fit. Oddly enough, the covenants grumble at you for leaving them despite that the four covenants were suppose to be united and allied together. Go figure.
Of course, with 9.2 not adding any more Renown levels, it doesnāt seem like much will come with the covenants in general. Weāll beat up the Jailer, theyāll go āShadowlands is free!!!ā and party, and weāll go towards whatever the next expansion is at some point. I donāt really expect much else out of Shadowlands, but in the off chance I happen to see any other Saurok spirts than the one Iāve reported on as I do Necrolords stuff, Iāll be sure to report it here.
To be honest, I feel like Necrolords may be my favorite of the four covenants. Not just because itās where Iād expect Ogres and Saurok to go, of course. I think I like the aesthetics, the idea of them defending the Shadowlands, the arena with nonstop action, and all the slime building stuff. It seems like the most interesting of the covenants to me.
Something Iāve been meaning to do is to look into the Abomination Factory. If I understand correctly, youāre suppose to build Abominations for spirits to go into. Who knows? Maybe I could create some for some Saurok spirits to reside in and help me fight stuff! Guess weāll find out at some point.
Anyway, from now until the end of Shadowlands, I donāt really expect much, but whenever we see info on what comes next, Iāll be sure to report it here and keep an eye out for anything of Saurok interest!
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