Unofficial Sethrak Discussion Thread 🐍

Kahlua-stormrage · April 9, 2019, 10:45am

It would really depend on what kind of forms they got. There’d be a lot screaming heresy if Alliance got two races with distinctly unique druid forms and the horde only had one race that had vastly different forms. Let’s not forget that they said the druid forms take the longest to create, so on top of all the work they had for Sethrak at the start of the expansion, granted they’d have an entire expansion to work on it, I don’t want to give my hopes up.

I’d love Sethrak druids as well, but I just…don’t see them coming. If we new more about what kind of power Sethraliss has/had, then it might give a better indication. If she’s more nature oriented, then hey! It might be plausible then! ^^

Nitrolatte-emerald-dream · April 9, 2019, 10:47am

Showing support for Sethrak!!

Meadia-proudmoore · April 9, 2019, 12:45pm

Alliance Snek plz

Hildrasea-moon-guard · April 9, 2019, 1:50pm

One thing I wonder

Was there a thread this long with a twitter and discord for Arkoa during WoD and Tuskarr during Wrath? (Yes I realize Discord was not around during Wrath)

Aspbeard-moon-guard · April 9, 2019, 2:22pm

Arakkoa have been requested since their introduction in the burning crusade, the Tuskarr as well but not to the same extent. Bear in mind though that the heavy campaigning of playable races started with bfa and allied races. As we very rarely got new races back in the day.

Grayphus-nemesis · April 9, 2019, 4:16pm

Arakkoas, tuskarr, taunkas, ogres and some others are always present in the thoughts of the people!

There is not much to be said about them, as there is no relevance to them in BfA, because of the great hype that vulperas and sethraks have generated!

But for the future, we can expect the allied races system to bring them into the game, something they did not have before, in the period of their appearances!

Lahkshmi-wyrmrest-accord · April 9, 2019, 4:20pm

I saw that goofup Grayphus, you cant hide it from me

Seije-aerie-peak · April 9, 2019, 5:53pm

the biggest requests that we haven’t gotten and were made before the introduction of ARs were Ogres/Mok’nathal, Naga, High Elves, and Murlocs (probably more of a meme than a serious request).

As expacs were added, new races got some requests as well, like Arrakoa and Vrykul being more common requests.

Outside of high elves (who received a huge swell of support recently with all the silver covenant involvement being prominent at the time of AR’s introduction), and Ogres (who were horde units in the early WC games) none of the other groups have had near as much hype as newer races like Vulpera and Sethrak.

Personally, I’m of the opinion that more varied races are better for the game (variety is the spice of life, after all), and that alternate versions of the same races should take a backseat to newer, more exciting ones. But considering how many people want more elves, i’m not sure if i’m in the majority.

Belitt-sargeras · April 9, 2019, 5:57pm

It doesn’t have to be either or. We could have both. I want Vulpera and Sethrak as much as I want High Elves.

I’ve even reserved a name for my Sethrak if they ever get added. Sibilance, it’s a light hissing sound that some headphones or speakers might have.

Seije-aerie-peak · April 9, 2019, 6:18pm

i have no problem with High elves getting added, i just think they shouldn’t be next. when i said ‘take a back seat,’ i meant they should come after newer, more varied races.

When Blizz announced ARs as ‘Allied Races’ and not ‘Sub-Races,’ they said this was because they didn’t want to limit themselves to just different kinds of dwarves/elves/humans/trolls/orcs/etc., and yet we haven’t seen a truly different race with the ARs yet.

I have no problems with people getting races they want to play. I’m not gonna try to crush people’s hopes for ARs, because i know how awesome it is to get to get to play -exactly- the character you’re hoping for, and having to make compromises steals away from your connection to your character.

But by the same token, people like me, that have been waiting for a reptilian race since TBC announcement (where speculation pointed towards a possible Alliance Naga race), have yet to see anything near that wheelhouse and have to make a lot more compromises with their characters, than an elf enthusiast has.

There are currently 4 elf races. There are currently 0 lizard races. I’d prefer we get lizard race #1 before (edit: or at the very least, at the same time that) we get Elf race #5. Not saying Elf race #5 shouldn’t happen.

Lahkshmi-wyrmrest-accord · April 9, 2019, 6:20pm

I agree with this. This is the same as my stance on the Gilblin, Junker Gnome, and San’Layn. At least add a new and unique allied race before you add a variant of existing ones. Like Sethrak, Arakkoa, Saurok, Vulpera and so on.

Bagzak-rexxar · April 10, 2019, 12:14am

So if the Sethrak did join the Alliance as an allied race, then I would think the main Alliance NPC thats involved with dealing with the Sethrak could be the recruiter that gives the quest. It doesn’t have to be a high profile leader, in my opinion. I’m sure the questline could be an interesting, military related one also.

Fallynn-wyrmrest-accord · April 10, 2019, 12:52am

If it helps, the chances of Sethrak and Vulpera are higher than San’layn anyway. If San’layn have any chance, it’s for after things like this (From what I see).

That being said, I still have high hopes for Sethrak, especially since the devs have said they’re looking at Feedback. Also Sethrak have more of a chance than Saurok, probably. I really would love playable Saurok too though, I think they’re so cool and the closest we’d ever get to “playable dragons”. >.>

Hah… what if…

Horde: Playable Saurok…
Alliance: Playable Sethrak!

Wouldn’t that be cool?!

Bagzak-rexxar · April 10, 2019, 1:22am

Saurok are in my top 10 most wanted races, along with Sethrak, so I would be all for it. I’d get two different lizardmen races, one of which being snake related, and I’d get one of them on the Horde. ^^

Grayphus-nemesis · April 10, 2019, 1:43am

HOHOHO! I saw what you did here!

Grayphus-nemesis · April 10, 2019, 1:57am

We see many sauroks in freehold!
And this shows that they are less savage and more looters, to the point of acting with other races when they are need to!

I also remember that the pandarens in Pandaria said they continue to try to deal with the Sauroks in order to end the clashes with them!
That is, it is not impossible that they can appear in the horde, led by Ji Firepaw!

Once the freehold sauroks show themselves more … “social”, it would not be impractical, I guess!

They are not wild and aggressive with everyone all the time, if that is not what’s most interesting to them!
The same reasoning can be used with the quillboars, who are also there!

Fahrenheit-doomhammer · April 10, 2019, 2:20pm

Saurok, Sethrak, Naga (the real kind, tails and all), Drakonids, whatever.

I just want a playable reptilian race, preferably on the Alliance side. I want my D&D Dragonborn, or a close approximation, in WoW.

Grayphus-nemesis · April 11, 2019, 1:41am

Me Too! Although Sethraks will be included after BfA!

Kahlua-stormrage · April 11, 2019, 1:42am

Or released at the end of it, so it wouldn’t be so bad at all either

Bagzak-rexxar · April 11, 2019, 9:22pm

So I realize Sethrak don’t have much of a navy, but with 8.2 hitting the PTR next week, I’m going to suggest what I’ve said in a few allied race megathreads and keep an eye out for clues of any sort for any allied races. You never know what we’ll be finding. ^^

Also, at the very least, when 8.2 does hit live, be sure to at least get the war campaigns done on both Horde and Alliance. Likely whatever allied races are coming in the future will require them to be up-to-date on completion.