What current Class/Race combo makes no sense?

[Tovi-moon-guard (Tovi)]

Goblins get the Holy Light from the gleam of gold coins.

[Vertigineux-thrall (Vertigineux)]

Why do goblins have playable shamans?

Goblins from their roots have been very shamanistic. In their early days they were a very tribal race and also have historically been exposed to Zandalari trolls a great deal. Zandalari trolls of course we well known to be highly shamanistic. You will notice that female goblins have a bone through their nose as a custom option. They picked this up from their pygmy roots and history with trolls. Present day goblin shamanism is in fact combined with some tinkering. Though it is in fact primarily …

I was a fan of this explanation (prior to the contract stuff that we have to work with because, again, Blizzard can’t keep to their own lore) - I hadn’t ever thought much about the bone option except that it seemed slightly out of place… much like shamanism. I’m going with the troll connection.

[Liianas-khaz-modan]

@anon35867498

Mine would be Goblin Shaman. Apparently its suppose to be some kind of business deal with the elements but why would the elements even be interested?

Goblins had connections to the Elements when they we’re still a Pygmy slave race to the Trolls.

Them getting super intelligence from the Kaja’mite didn’t change that, It just made them better.

There’s no reason they would give up Shamanism, considering how powerful the elements are.

@Degas-feathermoon

Worgen Druid 'cuz it feels like someone can’t decide what they are - I’m a human, then I’m a werewolf. Now I’m a bear. Wait… not like a dire wolf? Nope, a bear. Now I’m a cat! Wait, what?

When a Gilnean becomes afflicted with the Worgen curse, half of their soul is permanently tied to the Emerald dream.
Not only do they make sense as druids, they are arguably the most powerful druids on Azeroth. It’s literally a part of them

The Class race combo that makes no Sense to me is Lightforged Death Knight, The process of becoming Lightforged burns away all the darkness in your soul, which is why most races that aren’t Draenei can’t survive the process.

If you raise them as a DK, you would remove the Light in their soul… And fill it with darkness. But… they don’t really have any darkness left.

[Fungi-sisters-of-elune]

Human hunter. Something about it just seems off.

Also Worgen Druid nailed it, they need their forms completely revamped. If Zandalari can be a bunch of totally different dinosaurs they deserve a big bad wolf, a medium wolf and a wolfish moonkin. I have one and it’s glyph of stars ftw all day long, one of the reasons I retired the character for this one is I can’t stand any worgen druid forms. It’s like they didn’t even try, everything looks like a reskin of night elf architecture and the very minor wolf callbacks in the present forms are not nearly enough.

[Tovi-moon-guard (Tovi)]

@Fungi-sisters-of-elune

Human hunter. Something about it just seems off.

ROFL really?

[Liianas-khaz-modan]

Human potential

[Degas-feathermoon (Degas)]

It’s not the lore that doesn’t make sense to me… it’s literally just the concept of goin’ Werewolf > bear or Werewolf > cat or Werewolf > fat chicken.

I would’ve made it -
Dire Wolf (guardian)
Warg (feral)
Coyote (travel)

Flight and Aquatic can be whatever and can’t think of anythin’ for Boomie so good thing there’s Glyph of the Stars.

[Tovi-moon-guard (Tovi)]

I agree. It was always weird to me that worgen went human, wolf then cat/bear/chicken. Just odd.

I like your wolf form ideas but I think there’s lore against it, but I’m not 100% sure on that. Something about the wolf form for Druids is like super feral.

[Liianas-khaz-modan]

you see THAT would require extra effort on Blizzard’s part.

So I Suggest you give up now.

Also yes, Glyph of stars is so cool

[Degas-feathermoon (Degas)]

Oh, I don’t have to give up. Blizzard already answered me with Zandalari Dinomancers and Kul Tiran Thornspeakers. They’re the only Druids I’ll ever play unless they get really crazy and make Mechagnome “Druids” with mecha forms. I would make a Mechagnome “Druid” named Tigerhawk in a heartbeat.

[Hibachi-sargeras]

Dwarf mages are the best mages.

[Rosenivy-area-52 (Rosenivy)]

Zandalari Paladin. They retconned the heck out of them and I hate it

“They just believe really hard” THEY STILL LOST THEIR SOURCE OF POWER TO BELIEVE IN SO WHY-

[Sopheriel-greymane]

All of them, because besides Humans, none of these things actually exists, and warriors and priests and druids in real life don’t have insane abilities or magic.

[Hellasha-alleria (Hellasha)]

They were taught by Night elves. Prior to learning from the nIght elves they were considered harvest witches.

Night elves forbid the use of pack form, why would they teach another race how to use a form they don’t like/trust/have outlawed?

[Samasha-drenden (Samasha)]

I don’t understand why Kul’Tiran druids animal forms look necrotic and skeleton like. Shouldn’t druids be dealing with life and nature magic? Why the doom and gloom?

[Wîccan-wyrmrest-accord]

Vulpera Mages and Warlocks are so far out of left field. Access to Priest is a stretch, though more believable then the former; the race is in desperate need of lore, they are currently tied with Void Elves in the lacking department.

Blood Elf Paladins, they made sense as Blood Knights. Whatever they are now is just a worse version of the Human variety.

Night Elf Mages; I know the lore from Cataclysm, though it doesn’t stop the combination from being utterly ridiculous. This was, in my opinion, a huge step backwards for Night Elf lore, not an improvement.

[Wínter-twisting-nether]

Tauren Paladin, no question… it’s just dumb.

I would give second place to male Worgen of any class because their walk cycle is floppy and silly. Great roar emote but running around like they are wearing clown shoes makes them impossible to take seriously.

[Parts-silvermoon]

@Rarumas-whisperwind

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Nightborne Warlock. My rationale is that they had a horrible Legion invasion that they fended off. Why would the Nightfallen allow Warlocks in their midst?

Why would any race allow warlocks? Orcs got screwed by them, Nightelves, Bloodelves, Nightborn, and Void elves got screwed by them. Humans lost their king to one, warlocks defile the land and offend both the elements and ancestors, Draenei lost two home worlds to them, and every time Warlocks do anything, demons screw over the whole race…

But that said, I don’t think any race/class combo makes no sense. Oh cept Tauren Rogues on account of the cowbells!

[Rosenivy-area-52 (Rosenivy)]

The Drust druids understand death is part of the cycle so they don’t really hide from it and focus on just life.

[Lüther-dragonblight (Lüther)]

Going to hop in this thread and just say (an admittedly and wildly unpopular opinion)…all races should have all classes available. I get lore, and i get why things are the way they are. But in principle, and by now, the Draenei for example, have had exposure to their Worgen allies, who know the ways of the Druid. And vice-versa for say, Paladins. It make no pragmatic sense to me at this point in retail, to restrict a class from a given race just because. Lore set us on our way, yes…but changes such as this do not detract in any way from Lore or the history of the game. My two cents (maybe less).