The Unofficial Saurok Playable Race Discussion Megathread! 🐊

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@Yiig-zuljin

I don’t know which one I want more Sethrak or Saurok.

Why not both?

As I’ve said before, I don’t see why we couldn’t have both Sethrak and Saurok playable alongside Dracthyr, even on the same faction. They’re all completely different in several ways, so it would be far from redundant. It’d be like saying we can’t have Furbolgs because we have Pandaren or Kelfin because we have Goblins, which is really silly and short-sighted to think in that manner.

Besides, if we can have 4.53 flavors of elf, 2.5 flavors of Dwarves, 2 Gnomes, and other such examples, I don’t see it being unreasonable or pointless to have more than one reptilian race. Especially when they would add different storylines, personalities, and gameplay compared to each other.

Also if you haven’t done so already, there is a Sethrak megathread which you can find here:

Unoffical Playable Sethrak Discussion Thread

This thread is dedicated to discussing the possibility of playable Sethrak, as well as Sethrak in general, and all the things they might come with if they are to be playable. Such as customization and new lore. [image] Contents: Why a new Sethrak thread, when there’s already another with over 6,000 replies? Sethrak Lore Sethraliss Sethrak Culture Story throughout BfA Which faction? Emotes and Voice-Lines The Dance Emote Racial Banner and Tabard Raci…

Sethrak fans are still going strong with their passion. I’m hoping we’ll see both Sethrak and Saurok playable someday, myself. I know they would add a lot to the game and please a lot of people.

@Yiig-zuljin

Why they didn’t make them playable I don’t really know.

Allegedly, Blizzard looked at all races with two legs for allied race consideration. I’d be curious to see what all was actually considered, myself. It’s a shame BfA seemed rushed, as it felt like we should’ve gotten at least one more pair of allied races.

As for Saurok, I don’t know how high they would’ve ranked on the list. There did seem to be some general interest in Saurok at least from their appearances in BfA, the one ghost that talked in Shadowlands, and the Saurok-like mooks in Dragonflight.

It is a bit of a shame they didn’t get to become an allied race in BfA. It seemed like a revisit to Pandaria would’ve been a good time to introduce them there. Instead, we get feral Saurok we can’t help and Chen Stormstout more worried about his booze getting wasted as opposed to helping free enslaved Saurok that could’ve helped out in some way. Go figure.

Much as I do grumble about missed opportunities, especially when it comes to Horde Ogres, I do try to look forward and keep at it. I’ve noticed some more interest in playable Saurok in the years I’ve maintained this megathread, so maybe I’m doing something right to help with that. Besides, we’ll have several more expansions in the future, and maybe one of them will have the ability to add Saurok to the Horde side of that character creation screen.

@Yiig-zuljin

But they would be perfect for a horde race, they fit the horde to a tee.

This is something I’ve done my best to try and show. Their backstory, being former slaves to the Mogu who broke free and set off to find their place in the world (of Warcraft!) and potential culture would fit the Horde very well. Not to mention a lot of parallels to Orcs they have.

As long as I keep playing the game, I’ll do my best to keep supporting playable Horde Saurok!

1 more day until Dragonflight releases!

Playable Saurok for the Horde please!