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where in the embassy?
My bet is that its leftover resource from the garrison.
That looks like the horde one.
In reused assets from WoD yes.
Blizz whom has a reputable track-record of never placing things without ulterior motives
Are we talking about the same Blizz
You'd be amazed at how much they reuse and just leave stuff behind when they reuse buildings
Oh yea when they had to redesign the area.
but if theyre just plopping down a reused building
theyre not going to be a stickler to detail there
They literally take any NPC or doodad that might remotely fit and use it, no matter the context (temporal or spatial). "care to detail" come on, some fish are labeled as Humanoid.
also the garrison building was put in before Ion gave that passing one off statement
Id be fine in that.
Nope because that's not what I'm debating.
Just Blizz whom has a reputable track-record of never placing things without ulterior motives
OK?
What can you buy stuff with credibility?
when blizz updates them
that's when we should expect them to get updated
yup
Its an alpha, things get put on there when theyre ready. Theres no schedule.
^
You guys will get great news this week about both WC3 and BFA.
Im doubtful
Unless its to announce Vulpera never get allied race, or Sethrakk go alliance, it'll never be great news about BFA
My mind what news?
WHAT NEWS DAMN YUUU
Dunno, what news?
Should'a changed it to "Nobody" so that it says "Nobody is typing..."
its another 'leak' I bet
I for one welcome our snake overlords if thats the news
snake gays (snays),
THE SNAYS
no they're just emo
sneks
Naga definitely.
Sethrak probably
THE SNAY SNEEPLE
that you know of Mane
sorry guys
Female Arakkoa exist but theres no defining features between male and female
Worgen didn't have a female model until Cata either
^
Admittedly the female model wasn't a huge improvement though....
the alpha female model was
I don't think I saw that
They not having a female model means nothing
Oh dang, yeah that does look way better, why did they do away with that?
androgynous player races pls and thank you
All never meant to be player characters.
I only want Sethrakk if theyre adding in the veeple.
So I can lead a proper extermination of the veeple
they haven't but you should see people vehemetly say theyre being added in cuz they got some extra details other NPCs dont have
apparently some face stuff as well
Oh who was it that was advocating the feeple here.
Which is something theyve done in the past but ya know
Because it was this way with the Lightforged and Velves
clearly the feeple are being added in
imo for april fools they should put in sheeple as a playable race,and they can only be mages,and the entirety of their kit is polymorph with 0 cooldown
Which is why I want sneeple pu tin. to hunt down the feeple
The feeple will be hunted down by the sneeple in the grandest crusade since the scourge war!
horde
cuz theyre labeled horde
Oh I fully believe they wont get added in
But I willadmit, I think theyre just goblins in the same situation as the Gilbin
Lorewise I mean
mane,the alliance already has their own furrybois
Meaning how they came to be fox people.
I do.
Keep the furries away. furries attract the weebs
Oh Im sorry are the moving rocks, space goats, british werewolves, amazon warriors, and walking footballs boring just because humans exist?
"moving rocks"?
vris now imagine a sneeple rogue with the rapiers(outlaw mage tower)
orcs aren't rocks.
they're descended from rocks. learn the difference
Dwarves are rocks
dwarves aren't rocks
yes they are
^
saying diamonds are rocks 
does Magni, a single rock/ mineral dwarf existing, suddenly mean they're all that?
yes
smh
i mean, at least try to have some sort of logic, Vris
I thought you liked the alliance, Vris
When did I ever say that?
when you called the Horde "barbarians" a while back
and the alliance aren't?
i rest my case
theyre stuffed up bigots who hide behind big ol' walls
horde are barbaric monstrosities that need to be put down
and he chose the wrong side.
every military structure needs walls to protect themselves.
The Horde and Alliance are military structures
Close enough.
The Tauren, Orcs, and Trolls had an agreement which allowed them to form the modern Horde
Yea and they ought to be wiped out. Alliance needs to be broken.
Remove factions, save the world
Honestly, I have more sympathy for the Horde.
#weareazeroth
I agree with that but I don't agree that the Horde, in its entirety, are barbarians
they rape, pillage and plunder since day one.
The Orcs were tricked by the Legion to kill their planet, forcing them to migrate to Azeroth in droves, not in a safe way, and the races of the Kingdoms never quite forgave them for what the Legion ordered them to do.
There's actually a lot of Horde that aren't really barbarians and don't do the whole rape and pillage thing
pillage and plunder, sure.
but rape? since when?
Legion didn't order them to slaughter the people of Azeroth. they did that on their own violition.
In fact I'd say most of the horde is beyond that at this point, it's been a couple decades since the events of WC3
Remember Garona?
You think her Draenei mother wanted that orc willingly?
its not been a couple decades since then Benj
since the medieval age
The Legion ordered the Horde to conquer Azeroth.
They couldn't do that with the Alliance in their way.
So, out with the Alliance and in with Legion Azeroth
it's been less than ten years since then
Well given that WoW came out in 2004 and WC3 came out in the.... late 90s? Like 99 or something, and WoW has largely been chronological with no determined "game time" differentiation
@strange falcon the medieval age is a historical thing and not a fantastical thing.
WoW is based on Fantasy and very little of it is based on History.
I have no memories of the Horde raping anyone.
If the Horde did do that however, then the Alliance probably did too.
I'd say no it hasn't been less than a decade lol
WC3 happens, four years later Vanillas events happen one year later BCs events happen, one year later WotLK, one year later cata, two years later pandaria, one year later WoD right after is Legion.
That's the WoW timeline
Where is that timeline?
i'm all for horde,so i wasnt saying that the horde raped anyone(which they didnt) actually it's the alliance that raped a lot of people,as in with all the crusade cults that pop around
like the scarlet crusade
Like where does it specifically give those numbers? I'm curious
and all that
The blood elves were outcasts from the Alliance, painted as villains because of the good ol' Sunwell and Arthas' rise to power. The Tauren weren't any kind of villains. They allied to the Orcs on Kalimdor due to the mutually beneficial pact, and they were already peaceful towards the night elves. Thrall understood that peace, and cultivated it, but Thrall didn't have all orcs and trolls under his banners. The Gurubashi trolls and the Dragonmaw orcs were more than capable of making the more influencial Alliance races consider the entire species horrible. The Undead... well, just wanted to live in peace, which Sylvanas ruined in Cataclysm.
Honestly, out of the Horde races, I can't see anyone except Sylvanas as a real villain.
Yep.
Who needs visual guides LUL
"I can't see anyone except Sylvanas as a real villain"
Spot. On.
Theyre all barbarians.
Every last one of em. Slaughter em all, let god sort em out
Because we as humanity are so much better.
According to that the fall of Stormwind was year 3-5 and the events of WoD are year 31
I still play Horde quite willingly. I love Sylvanas, I think she's a great character, but I don't think she's a hero. I think she's incredibly selfish. And I'm excited to see that in BFA.
Yup. and right after WoD is Legion.
So that right there is almost 20 years between WoD and the Orcs pouring into Azeroth
Actually that's more than 20 years
WC3 isn't when orcs poured into azeroth
WC3 isn't the fall of Stormwind either.
That's WC1
The New Horde was formed in Year 18 with Thrall as the Warchief
So still 13 years to WoD
And then another couple of years to Legion
Humans send soldiers in to way just to die.
They rape and murder innocents to gain land and resources instead of asking them.
They're bigotted towards each other.
So how are humans any better, Vris?
Warcraft 3 is Hyjal and the rise of Arthas
Why are you all assuming Im saying the otehr side is better?
Yes and WC3 is when the Orcs are no longer doing the Viking thing
Thrall is leading them and getting them away from the Viking thing
Trying to, at least
because you keep saying that one side is horrible without referencing the attrocities of the other side as well
According to the timeline you posted, yes it has been over a decade
So? I hate one side more than the other.
and, why do you hate one side more than the other?
Okay not decades, plural, but it's definitely not less than 10 like you suggested either
WC3 ends in year 22. Its now year 32. that's not over 10 years.
Maybe year 33 now with the end of legion.
WC3 begins in 18
But, hey, Vris, I ask you this, what place remains the same for 20 years? During warfare? During trials of will? I tell you, no place remains the same. And that's why you can't call out an orc for what happened during the first invasion of Azeroth. Some of them are decendants of the ones who initially came to Azeroth. Of course, the invasions were fueled by a will to keep the orcish young safe from a dying world, but I hardly think you can give offspring the blame for what happened.
Which is the timeline where the orcs stop being Viking like
Also according to this timeline: http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_(unofficial)
This article provides an unofficial timeline of recorded important events in the Warcraft universe compiled from official timelines and all sources published by Blizzard. Blizzard has used two...
As for the rise of Arthas and the invasion of Hyjal, need I remind you that Elves, Humans and the new Horde all banded together to stop Archimonde?
Legion begins in year 43
Which is.... 25 years after WC3 begins
Its not the blizzard canon. :v
Nothing on Gamepedia is the blizzard "canon" if u want to view it that way.
but people still use Gamepedia
Did you know that the blizzard canon also is that orcs aren't a savage, bloodthirsty race, but a proud and honorable people?
Gamepedia labels what is canon and what isnt
Blizzard cannon doesn't seem to have any official timeline, this is mostly what people are determining from various novels and timelines
canon*
They were a savage, bloodthirsty race, under the command of Blackhand.
But Blackhand is fucking dead
Did you know that's completely false and theyve always been before the legion
so you're both wrong on that
and Benj, the Ultimate Visual Guide is where this timeline is from. Something blizzard had printed out. that is the timeline.
You really didn't watch the Lords of War stuff huh?
Their blood rage has always been in the race.
How is what i just said wrong?
Blackhand was a shitty person.
He commanded a shitty army.
Then he died and the army got better
: They were a savage, bloodthirsty race, under the command of Blackhand.
That is false as they were a savage bloodthirsty race before the Legion or Blackhand
Vris is deranged, he'll believe they're horrible because he doesn't like their skin tone or posture. It really doesn't go deeper than that.
Sources?
Lords of War: Durotan.
I told you all before y'all went on this that I was a racist bigot
And you all didn't believe me
now you believe it?
Lords of War isn't canon either because that's from WoD.
WoD being an alternate dimension.
Never judge a person (or orc) by their ancestors. Thrall is a good example of that.
^
LoW is canon. It's not an alternate dimension, its an alternate timeline. What happens there has nearly mimiced our timeline with the exception of several key events that turn certain people to do certain things
To be fair, Thrall's bloodline was pretty damn great.
Like Ner'zhuls wife not having perished, Garroshs' mother dying early, etc.
If it's a timeline, then that means that the Outland we know shouldn't actually exist, but it still does.
You dont know what 'alternate timeline' means do you?
This is far from the first time blizz has had us go into a different timeline to our own.
One such example is Twilight of the Aspects, Thrall goes to another timeline where he perished as a baby and Blackmoore attacked the alliance with his own Orcish horde.
"alternate timeline" being,
an "alternate universe" basically.
Have you seen "Crisis on Infinite Earths" directed by Sam Liu and Lauren Montgomery?
Alternate Timelines are different. They're alternate from the main timeline
Arthas and Jaina had married and fled into Theramore, Arthas never became Lich King.
You can't cite WoD lore as evidence for your presumptions
It's an alternate timeline as it does alternate from our timeline.
On a completely different note, I'm amazed that someone names edgy troll isn't trolling.
I dont think anyone here is actually trolling atm.
I really am not.
+1
WoD, and Lords of War is canon, whether you want it to be or not.
well, i reiterate, can't cite WoD lore as evidence for your presumptions.
Especially not if you want to be taken seriously
It is an alternate timeline, whether you want it to be or not.
Everything that's happened in WoD, except a few key events like Hellscreams wife dying and Ner'zhuls wife surviving, is canon to our timeline as depicted in Vol. 2 of Chronicles.
And that's exactly why wo isn't Canon to the base Azerothian timeline.
Yet it is? Outland used to be Draenor
When an alternate timeline is created, it alters not only the present but the past and the future
And it did alter.
He's using future events to justify his hatred for orcs in the past. See the loophole? It's literally a paradox.
Ner'zhuls wife had not perished, thus he never became the sad orc he is in Golden's book Rise of the Horde.
Garrosh's mother had perished, thus he'll never be born in that timeline.
Durotan and Draka, as well as the Orcs in that timeline, do not venture to Azeroth
These are all massive deviations from our timeline
everything aside from a few minor details isn't the same in the main timeline as it is in WoD's
These details are minor to what is being talked about: Orc biology.
and them being massive deviations, is my point.
Again, cite the main timeline for evidence if there actually is evidence for what you're saying. Not the alt timeline
In which, in Rise of the Horde, orcs are also described to still be bloodthirsty warmongers. Those like the Frostwolves weren't and actively repressed it.
Rise of the Horde, as written by Chrstine golden, takes place during our timeline in our draenor.
so, you admit that there are exceptions because orcs is an entire race of people?
Yes? I generalize. Now we're getting specific and thus require the specification.
Not to mention:
this entire conversation has been about generalizations
Lords of war was being told FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF MARAAD IN OUR TIMELINE. HIS EXPERIENCES WHILE HE WAS ON OUR DRAENOR
So yes
theyre canon to our timeline
I thought you sad Lords of War was about Draenor, not Outland.
Because of what happened to it
however
it was Draenor in the past when the orcs left it
You dont call Europe the Roman Empire even though it used to be
no
so you dont call the Roman Empire the Roman Empire when talking about the Roman Empire
Ah, screw it, I literally can't drill through that skull.
you refer to the Roman Empire when referring to the Roman Empire, not Europe.
Before Kargath was a warlord, he was a slave. Before he ruled the Shattered Hand, he was a gladiator. Before he found deliverance, he sought vengeance. Take ...
Just watch
Present day europe /=/ the Roman Empire
Vris, that video was presented around 2014.
It's likely not relevant now and everything in it will at some point be refuted if it hasn't already
Yes it is relevant to OUR conversation about this being canon to OUR timeline and the events of WoD having happened within our own.
It being 4 years old, and having been reinforced in the Chronicles volume about Draenor, makes it canon.
we've also had conversations about how Blizzard's word isn't reliable so
never
yeah, the draenor we went to and outland were approximately the same up until right before we show up
grom was going to drink the fel
then he didnt
a little bit before then it started to deviate as well.
changing all of the consequences that wouldve followed over the next several months
a bit
but in general
all of the warlord backstories are exactly the same
lords of war is canon to the main timeline
thats the entire purpose
@mild current
maraad explaining the walords from outland draenor
and how they are probably the same people on draenor draenor
which they were
ty peach.
np
Theres a very small chance it'll happen.
It could always get added in later, but for now it doesn't seem likely.
I believe
bring maraad back via AU Draenor pls
He had already died in AT Draenor didn't he?
Doesn't mean he doesn't have an AU version of himself, like Romuul
Will those heritage armor sets only be obtainable during the bfa expac
That's an odd question to ask Brown. Considering BFA isnt out yet we can attain the heritage armor sets for these allied races.
Well when bfa is over and the the xpac after that begins
The heritage armor is here to stay. We have never been told its expac exclusive, just race exclusive and you can't earn it if you Race change or Boost it.
We will be told if things are getting removed or will become unattainable, so keep a close ear to Blizzard or WoWhead.
To make them xpac exclusive would add that little something extra down the line
But if blizzard told people it was they'd be like 6?!!
Not really?
The only thing they make 'expac exclusive' are expac specific legendary questlines. Like the cloak and the ring from Pandaria and WoD. That's about it for expac exclusivity.
**mage tower and pvp skins
Oh wai tno there are acheivments that are expac exclusive.
Actually Dafire, you can still attain all of those skins post Legion
you simply wont attain them as transmoggable skins.
i heard you cant attain the magetower or prestige skins altogether
not the prestige colorations
the prestige 2 one
Is it? Have they updated their information somewhere?
it's been like that since they announced bfa
i think they said "you can do it if its up after bfa,but it wont give any appearances
^
yes
that's what I remember hearing at the QnA
when i say it wont give any appearances,it means you dont even get the one on your artifact wep neither the trasmoggable one
so it's literally unobtainable
The mage tower and its challenge aren't getting removed, you just wont earn the transmog skin. You can still obtain the skin itself as far as I'm aware and no new information, to my knowledge, conflicts with this.
well afaik you cant get the skin itself either
I ask for where you heard differently.
wowhead
Please link me that article as the 7.3 QnA has differing information.
just dig through it a bit
or better yet,
the 7.3 qna is outdated info
the QnA has vague information as they always do,they always clarify later
idk why it even matters
on wow forums
@jade basalt Have you heard anything about the Mage tower challenge being fully removed from the game? Last I heard you simply won't unlock the transmog apperance.
like if you dont get it for mogs whats the point
its still something to earn and have.
Why do you think people grind out old legendaries to this day?
yeah but it's pointless
It's something to earn and have.
old legendaries actually give you something you can use
vris,the magetower can be done and completed after bfa,but you get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING,not the trasmog,not the skin on your artifact,NOTHING
But its pointless because you'll never use it anyways
yes but the item itself is there
So are the artifact weapons
Customizable in the idea that you won't get any new relics from BFA onwards. Because its meant specifically for Legion.
yeah
@hollow dock They didn't precise, just said the appearances won't be unlockable anymore
you also don't get appearances and don't get to change anything about the weapon
thank you Quiet.
the leveling in legion will go the same as it is now,there are no changes to artifact weapons other than the fact you're not using them past 110(bfa)
My case stands. As far as we know, the apperance can still be unlocked you just won't earn the transmog apperance.
They will be. you won't earn them as transmog
Guys, unlocking them for your specific artifact and then unlocking them for transmog are 2 seperate things
Sak, they intend for all the skins for our artifacts to be transmog
since blizz is lazy bastards they'll do the same code,it will check if you have it unlocked then make you able to trasmog
i know that
I meant in terms of transmog, I think.
"All Artifact appearancesโwith the exception of the Mage Tower and Mythic Keystone 15 challenge appearancesโcan be obtained after Legion ends."
Certain skins like our Challenge mode and PVP skins won't be earned as transmog post Legion.
Thank you Quiet, that's what I knew as well.
after bfa the mage tower one will be like the secret appearance,it will outright not show up at all on the appearance tab for your artifact
with the EXCEPTION of the mage tower and keystone 15
which mean
s
they won't be obtainable
at all
because that content is going away
And also
UPDATE: If you unlock the Mage Tower's base appearance before the end of the expansion, you can obtain the color variants for that appearance post-Legion.
yes
the same goes for the pvp one
So pretty vague on the wording, that's all I know.
That line is speaking of their transmog is it not Quiet?
Don't know, wording is rather vague.
it's not talking about transmog it's about the appearances themselves
"the color variations" is clearly the artifact itself
"Unlocking an appearance" would normally refer the skin in your artifact forge
yes
exactly
Someone should tweet to the devs then. Just to be sure.
i'll do it when i can be arsed to change my pass on twitter
So never then? Great.
probably
It might be odd to let you get the actual skin but not be able to transmog it one might argue
it makes no sense
There was also a forum post, if I can find it
I can argue that its odd to allow us to earn old legendaries that are useless.
old legendaries are there for the questline
the legion legos
are just random drops
Sulfuras doesn't.
Thori'dal doesn't.
yes it does
Both are drops.
both have shitloads of lore behind them
So do the artifacts if you take a moment to actually read.
which cant be said about artifact skins
hold on
artifacts do have lore
[7:13 PM] Saksija: none of the artifact crap has that
you cant tmog ur new stuff into artifacts? what about druid cat forms??
You can Shant if you earn it pre-BFA
@crystal forum you're missing context,we're saying that after legion you cant get the magetower stuff anymore
ohhhhh okay
so arguing that artifact skins and old legendaries are the same is quite odd
sorry >.< i misunderstood
They both are old things in the game that aren't relevant to the current standing of anything other than something personal that you can flaunt for having gone and gotten in a community that would rather sit AFK on a flying mount in the expacs hub city.
and here you are completely dodging the fact that legendaries have lore and interesting story while artifact skins have none
Same similar wording on the forum post
Regarding the Mage Tower appearance. If you unlock your Mage Tower appearance before Legion is over, you will still be able to earn the colour variants of it post-Legion.
Likewise the colour variants of the Balance of Power appearance will still be obtainable post-Legion, with the exception of the Mythic +15 variant which needs to be obtained before Legion ends.
Prestige appearances will still be obtainable after Legion, though the exact manner in which they are earned may change.
i didn't go through the trouble of getting thunderfury and shadowmourne to sit afk and show it off, i went through it for the story of those items
Story's not really relevant to it staying? They pulled the cape and ring despite them having a very long and extensive story.
So much more than most of the old legendaries we currently have in the game.
they had very little story outside of "the celestials kinda made this crap" and "khadgar likes rings so he made this"
they're shoved into the game with no prior lore
they said shortly after release they were expac specific
Sulfuras has very little story outside of 'its Ragnaros' hammer'
Thori'dal has little to no story tied to it.
certainly still more than the craptastic mop and wod ones
Yet they don't? It took 2 years for us to earn the cape and ring. Yet it takes what. 2 mnths to get a bow and a little bit longer for a hammer?
arguing with vris is like trying to teach a monkey how to solve equations
that's just gameplay mechanics
Hammers not even actually Ragnaros'. It's just a facimily you make with his essence.
Essence? So it's not Ragnos' Hammer, it is literally Ragnaros the hammer! ^^
yea pretty much
What is gโhuun Iโm doing this for opinions
IMO: Artifical Old God, created for research purposes by the Titans.
How is it artificial if in the Warcraft 3 manual for the ordering of Azeroth it talks about five old gods
The five old god statement has not been canon since. Blizzard has refuted it multiple times, G'huun has been experimented on and is locked away in a titan facility.
G'huun's theme is also blood.
We know that Titans use Anima, a blood-like substance, to fleshshape creatures into existance.
Where is it retconned in
Chronicle, CDevs, Interviews, etc.
Also in the text in the bfa alpha currently it calls him an old god
Until G'huun is 100% explained, it doesn't matter.
There is one reference to it, and it is in an incomplete cutscene during BFA alpha.
who's more powerful, on average? Titans or Old Gods?
How do we know it was created by the titans
Titans.
ty
Void lords
aren't Void Lords just warlock minions
Also, the plotline may change and it may even become just a construct gone wrong. BFA is still in development. @wooden topaz
Do not take alpha lore as 100% factual at this current point in time.
Doesnโt mean anything blizzard can keep ret conning but Iโm going to keep following Warcraft 3 lore since it started something for world of Warcraft
... Okay? So you're following mostly non-canon material.
๐ค That's really uh ... sticking it to the man? Material that they've scrapped and tossed out?
Warcraft 3 lore is pretty much obsolete.
Pretty much the only lore you should be reading to keep up to date is the lore volumes that are released during the latest expac
You must also ignore what Draenei are now then too, because they were basically ALL severely mutated during WC3.
and "doesn't mean anything" is a great refutation. Really
Huge majority of WC3 is still canon. But yea sticking just to WC3 and ignoring 15 years of story development is a weird choice
^
How about we follow our own opinions until the new expansion comes out
You must also ignore the fact that Malfurion, Illidan and Tyrande's ages from the WC3 manual make absolutely no sense given that they supposedly grew up together but... the Stormrage brothers are three-thousand years OLDER than Tyrande in the WC3 manual.
New lore > Old lore. Every time, it's not really a choice. :T
but when we follow "our own opinions", we're not following what we know
"there are four old gods" isn't an opinion, it's factually correct
^
I'm jealous of how knowledgeable some of you guys are on the WOW universe
well hey, some of us probably spend too much time reading and re-reading lore text for stuff.
My specialty in that case, is MARVEL more or less
oh, and Joker
I'm autistic, hyperfocussing on specific interests is what I do best
Same
that also
i rped on a forum once.
that kinda died down tho and now i do it a lot less.
never rped with other non-AI people in games tho
What do rp-ers want as a new race?
vermin
Sounds like a great addition
I think Blizzard is gonna add those bodyguards that the goblins have instead of ogres
Do they get new textures?
wut bodyguards? goblins have anything but money? since when
The ogre looking guys
From Kezan
You sneaked past them to retrieve some jewelry or something before escaping on that boat
The big dumb goblin ogre oaf things?
I doubt it, they seem to just be using races that share a basic model with existing races
No, they aren't
i just want to get the race that Rexxar belongs to
why not?
Rexxar shares the orc model, just bigger and different color skin
Unless we get a rexxar model for the horde and a Kalec model for alliance
it's do-able
There totally are smart ogres
It's a combo between an ogre and an orc
and..? i never said it wasn't.
that's precisely why i want to see them
It's do able
I was thinking maybe they aren't very unique, but I remembered the allied races in bfa
The Zandalari are probably the only new models
None of the allied races, but the Void Elves, could be considered unique
The male Zandalari that is
wut?
as a race, the zandalari trolls have already existed.
The model of the troll was used in MoP.
The species of the troll has been used in Classic and, i think, cata?
Yeah, but the model we get as a playable race is different from these allied races. New casting animations and stuff like that
yes but the model isn't new.
I think the zandalari male share the nightelf male skeleton
Their skeleton mixes night elf and troll anims on the alpha
I hope they don't have the nelf skeleton
I am bored of that
I wanna see the casting animations
If they are the same as the nelf ones, I am gonna go to Hazzikostas himself and tell him to change the animations while slipping 50 bucks in his pocket
he's not gonna give u the time of day for just 50 bucks
I'm gonna give him 50 euros and tell him it's exotic money and it's worth thousands in Us Dollars
and he's likely gonna laugh at u
and have you forcefully removed from the premises
unless you can provide something beneficial to the Blizzard team, why would they do that
I did provide them with sth beneficial. A GREAT idea related to their game.
It's important feedback
if they want ideas, they can go look at minecraft suggestions
actually zandalari have a mix of troll, and nightelf animations
along with some unique casting animations and emote animations
I hate the nelf animations
Zandalari in ToT use em too
ToT stands for?
Throne of thunder
Ye but what about zandalari with monk animations
Same as any other race, just using the monk animation rig
Personally Exso, Id want an androgynous race added in. Itd never happen because sales but I think itd go a long way for the rp community.
Why would you want that
There already are androgynous draenei and nelves in Goldshire
That isn't androgynous.
Yeah, but they roleplay as one
Thats not what androgynous means.
Ooh, yeah, that'd be really cool to have.
Even if there is still a male/female choice, they could make the differences between them subtle.
Why would it be cool
It'd be completely different than anything we have already.
I can't think of any really gender ambiguous race.
We actually have an androgynous race
The dwarves
There is no difference between male and female
Only the beards
That is false.
Just as you said, slight differences
Their body types are quite different.
:P
Their faces are quite different.
It was a joke
I imagine their voices are also quite different.
You... did not make that very apparent.
It's a stereotype
Wait, there are female dwarves?

Ah, sorry, I haven't been introduced to that meme yet.
I've heard of female dwarves in long lost folktales.
Recent theories suggest that dwarves simply spawn from stone, though.
I do wanna say that Blizzard does a good job in general of avoiding http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/124/167/adf.jpg
At least in their Warcraft properties.
Actually the orc females look horrible
I can't wait for the Zandalari
I will do anything to unlock them unless they cost money
Yes, thats my point, female orcs already look great to me, straight backed males will make them look better too
Why did they not add the straight orcs in the latest patch along with the new races
didnt want to distract from the allied races probably
Yeah, everyone would have rolled an orc xD
But what's the story behind it? Why were they not made straight from the beginning?
WoWHead mentions stuff like "Mythic Recolor Lookalike" as a set. Does that means there's ways to get those things without doing a mythic?
Maybe yes, but that would be stupid. I hope they don't do that
None I'm after, but I was curious.
Or there will be vendors for such gear just for a tmog
There's probably no story, just adding something that always should have been in
orcs being hunched over in the first place was dumb, only peons were ever hunched
@subtle flower I think that means it's a set that looks like a Tier set, but is available to everyone through non-set pieces.
@ruby prawn the reason the orcs had their hunch back is because of their forced growth through fel magic. They were made to look that way as heavier warriors to do more killing. Hunched backs were a sode effect of the sudden muscle gain on their upper body but no where near as much om the lower. Current generatioms of orcs shouldnt have the hunched back, the older generations should be evening out as fel fades and the Draenor orcs should never have had the hunched backs.
@hollow dock .... Source? No, seriously. Only grunts and peons should have hunched backs. They were created out of need for the war machine. Average orcs would not have the back issues.
Especially when you have Saurfang as a blatant example now that's .. actually 100% wrong.
Since he's fel effected but still completely straight backed. That's how he's supposed to be by lore, and now its finally reflected.
My source is Rise of the Horde when it was described that Guldan made orcs that way though fel magic rushing their agimg
except mag'har also have the hunch due to the model. :T
it was never supposed to be canon for all orcs to hunch
But shouldn't they be straight if they had more muscle on the upper body?
not to mention we've seen even BC red fel orcs represented in artwork and comics with straight backs.
fel mutation doesn't hunch you.
Yeah, Blizzard should get their writing in check
the model literally is hunched because during vanilla you're basically
a newbie grunt
that wouldn't have meant much
since that was the original writing.
Thanks Vris for explaining though
If our orcs are grunts, then humans should be all peons as well
But why did they update thralls model only to a straight back?
In Cata?
Oh, no
It's not thay
That
It's the fact that the alliance already had some special models
And they needed them to be equal
By lore though, most orcs do actually stand straight.
And honestly, it is. They were going to use a hunched model for his Cata version, but they scrapped it and made him upright because of how dumb his robes looked on the hunched version.
Can you find a link to the hunched Thrall with robes?
its probably an internal model as I dont remember ever seeing his model hunched over with the robes.
I found a pic
pretty sure it was his beta model
Also Xan, I believe the Mag'har and all orcs have hte model not due to lore accuracy, but due to resource managment.
It was, at the time, cheaper to make orcs look familiar than make an entire new model for them at the time.
How many employees does The WoW department have?
Doesn't matter how many they have.
It does
What matters is the timeframe they have.
And they are always working half on the current stuff, half on the new stuff.
Its why blizzard reuses assets so very often.
What about now
More employees just cranks it out faster, not easier to make new stuff.
The new X-Pac is huge imo
If anything, more employees is actually worse for making new stuff as its more people all this stuff has to cycle through.
Yeah... I guess you are right...
They did have a surge of recruitment, but that was more towards Classic than BFA this round. They did huge recruitment for Legion though so the team is probably almost filling a room in Blizz HQ.
yeah the female vulpera quickly got replaced with updated texture/model (and eyes!) while the male are broken for now
yeah as said, male weren't really updated yet
Afflication locks = bugged as all hell on alpha right now
selecting certain talents means it does save the talent tree
they get randomly unset , all talents doo
its almost like this is an alpha and need work.
Them arms.
Clearly theyre the next allied race.
The furries will go nuts
you realize the arms are like goblin arms
I think gnomes are the only ones that are proportionately correctly.
people are acting like vulpera are the first "furry" race, tauren have been there since vanilla, and worgen since cata
A few days ago we had a big ol' arugment about that one Sir Dude.
I think there were way too many arguments about that already
Next allied race: Anthropomorphic sharks
I'd pay for that :D Like their racial be faster swim speed and underwater breathing. But that would be kinda week xD
Do ya guys think they'll add upright orcs at the start of the expansion? They never mentioned when they will implement them I believe
it's ok Vris we already know you're salty about vulpera
I think Vris is just salty, period
I exude salt.
I believe they will add in the upright orcs at the startof the expac. Its already in game for Legion so I see no reason to delay it.
upright orcs probably will be prepatch IMO
it's just not ready yet thus not reflected in alpha.
I might actually play an orc when they get to be upright
I still want playable ogres.
I love vulpera, just hope they don't have gay lore
what is "gay lore" supposed to mean
bad habit
aaaa
There is absolutely NO reason for the Mag'har orcs to join the alliance @sullen dagger
there is, in fact
saurfang stuff indicate that
anyhow it's a long LONG longshot
but well see
Please explain?
We love talking World of Warcraft Battle For Azeroth and we love talking allied races! We know that Draenor Orcs will soon be joining the ranks on the Horde ...
#MakeTheHordeGreatAgain
just that
waved together it's a reasobale fact
the video has spoiler on datamined things, be warned
that's a hell of a tinfoil hat
yep
but i f*love that tinfoil hat
and it's goping to be a blast if this happens
i'm SO going to enjoy it
anyway i know it's not certain
BUT not impossible
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
the facts are there
and the shitshow it would creatw would be epic
like when in mop changed the talent system, more or less
Hordes always sucked.
^this
Thrall ;-;
horde was great before green Jesus stepped down and made the worst decision ever made by him
wanyway watch the video and create your own theory
Sucks. He's green jesus who cheats when he can't win legitimately.
We learn from the best; the opposing faction - the Alliance.
putting sylvannas in charge oif the horde is a dick move
Pre-mop garrosh is the same as post-MOP garrosh.
cata garrosh was gross
the tauren leader would be neato aswell
But but
I could never take Garrosh seriously.
Stonetalon
but not that edgy bitch
His head was always so feckin small
muh undead
lmao to his pauldrons
HIS HEAD WAS SO TINY
his head was tinier than his chest, shoulders, everything
ji for warchief
he probably had bigger toes
It looked like he had a blow up suit on
zappy boy for warchief
its zappy boi*
Lor'themar for warchief so the horde can finally become gayer than the alliance.
I think the only person who would make the horde the aggressor but not fucking evil would have been sylv
why?
Anduins the only person who'll actually fight for peace.
i think saurfang would have done the thrick way better
well yeah
he's the only guy that's true to the original horde layout imo
Have you seen him just one hit a dreadlord?
Actually Baine wants peace as well
yeah he saw bad shit, but i thik he's way softher that he needs to be to fight aganist the horde
We haven't even seen him actually fight other than him actually being a human being, unsure of himself to measure up to the legend that is his father.
it's easier to fight (as a priest) the "great evil" than his previous comrades
because at the end we're all l living in azeroth
Saurfang took 3 arrows to the chest, while Anduin cried when he was knocked over
(it's a joke comment btw)
also, agree with exosdar baine would have been great asl horde leader
I hate that I can't tell if we're just joking or having a legitimate character discussion of anduin
but alas, we wouldnt have the spark for conflict we have with sylvannas
some of both?
i do thend to diress and say stupid shit, as a joke, but i'm seriously discussing the capabilities of anduin as a leader of the alliance
digress*
or it is egress?
Digress is right.
ty
I think he has it in him, we just need to give him a chance. Again, he's going through an entire arc of becoming sure of himself because of how legendary Varian was. It's a huge act to follow and a lot of pressure to put on the shoulders of a 17 year old boy.
yep, totally agree
but still think that there are alliance races that dont have enough representation for the weight they had
like dwarfs
I do agree on that. The three hammers should be, THREE HAMMERS. not one and a half hammers.
Gelbin should get some more interactions, even as a science advisor or something. Tyrande should get written properly and Velen. Well. tbh Velen can stay where he is.
i hope through the expansion we can sort some kind of treaty
Put an end to this stupid war and let's fight the real enemy.
yep
voidlords here we come
(first old gods and let azeroth wake up or recover tho)
anyway they have been hinting us with void stuff since illgonoth
the huge eye in emerald nightmare
HAHAHAHAHA. This quest NPC that accompanies you on this one quest on BfA mounts her horse by standing on top of it
They've been hinting at void stuff since Xala'tath.
That's not how you ride a horse!
Yup its an alpha.
ah the priest weapon
its how pros ride horses
I just can't wait to actually see N'zoth.
in all his tentacly glory
Oh hey, WC3 might actually get remastered.
MANDUIN
I think you will see G'huun before N'zoth
I mean. thats pretty obvious?
G'huun has to be dealt with and is apart of the blood troll quests.
^
but ghuun isnt an old god
weve gone over this
they have no reason to retcon chronicles
the theory is that the blood trolls think it is an old god
but it actually isnt
Hmm
its some kind of old god thing that was made by the titans and corrupted then locked away
oh thats going to be an interesting thing to murder
How can an artificial loa be created
Anima.
Nalak is an example of Lei Shen shaping something very similar to a wild god with his magic.
Ghuun is an old god tho
Indeed. He could be an artifical loa or old god, one the titans attempted to make thinking fighting fire with fire is a good idea. Peach and I agree that a very likely story is that he was created to devour the Old Gods, a parasite for the parasites, and it used their blood as the base. Which is how he has these old god abilities without actually being an old god.
System restoration in progress. Data recovered. Source of corruption is from an old god entity. Multiple entities detected nearby, blocking goal of analyzing and containing corruption in Nazmir. Entities appear to be from the Void. Drawn here from old god corruption. Request to destroy void entities. Void presence inhibiting repair of systems.
Scans indicate errors in reality surrounding nearby structure. Portals directly to the void. Current theory, corruption has old god as source. Void attracted to old god corruption. Portals must be sealed to contain entities lured here by old god corruption. Take this device. Titan Keeper Hezrel has forged it thanks to help in powering up systems. Use device to seal void portals, prevent more void entities from entering area.
Must scan interior of structure for damage and determine best course for repairs. Have limited time before old god corruption lures more forces. Inform me when you are ready to proceed with operation to restore containment.
PLACEHOLDER SCENE - Hezrel reveals G'huun being an old god, being experimented upon, and reveals blood trolls want to destroy Zuldazar in order to free G'huun. No way of fixing current containment, must protect Zuldazar. Ateena, blood troll matriarch, arrives, badly damages Hezrel, and prepares to strike.
Return to Gloom Hollow
Old god G'huun behind destruction of containment structure. Commanding blood trolls to destroy final one in location, Zuldazar. Titan Keeper Hezrel must aid in destruction of blood trolls. Cannot allow G'huun to be freed. Must leave interior of Atul'nazman. Meet Titan Keeper Hezrel outside of temple, will help return to Gloom Hollow.
There's a lot of context that points to the fact that G'huun could be artifical though.
Blizzard said he was created.
He probably is, but he is an old god
An old god yes, but not a true one like N'zoth or C'thun.
Artifically created by the titans for some unknown reason.
if azeroth wakes up wouldnt the planet be destroyed?
We dont know.
We have no idea.
Not that we know of. Argus did fine (as fine as Argus can do)
Its still up in the air of what exactly happens to the shell once a titan wakes up.
But given the fact we could kill Argus without destroying the planet Argus, we'll probably be fine.
I would argue that Argus was quite possibly severed from the planet prematurely.
More than likely, although given that titan souls are nebulae. I believe Azeroth can emerge without destroying her shell.
so what shattered the planet argus?
It would probably drastically remove the amount of magic on Azeroth though when she does wake up.
The Legion destroyed Argus.
Sargeras getting to Argus more than likely
And plunged it into the Nether.
Had to test his soul groping on Argus so he wouldnโt damage Azeroth, clearly.
absolutely
Azeroth: โBe gentle. Itโs my first time.โ
Sargeras: โDonโt worry, I have practice.โ
Azeroth does the hanky panky with the old gods every few expacs
the hokey cokey
Why did the UT fandom get here
Undertale.
cute
what does undertale have to do with any of this?
^
Soul groping. Its their version of the s word.
Portergauge is probably an undertale fan
and, doesn't that make u an undertale fan if you got a vague reference to a vague theme?
Yea.
why not then
Are all of you beta testers right now?
nope just people reading the data mine stuff 
Weโre a bunch of losers
^
^
We're just people who dont mind spoilers and have nothing else better to do but sit here
somebody got an alpha invite on an account they have no characters on created like 7 years ago for RaF
the only thing on that account is 2 months of sub time for the RaF stuff
Yea its called 'random invites' and they mean it
Clearly this means they are the next allied race.
i honestly hope not
everyone but the weebs are hoping they aren't allied races.
I don't want fucking zootopia animals in my warcraft
i mean, you already have cows and wolves in your warcraft 
Quiet you'll start a howl!
Oh yeah, WoW is Zootopia
I suffer those unwillingly
All the furries
this is nothing new
Unfortunately, Zootopia didn't have fish people or I'd link that too
Or lobster people
CRAB PEOPLE
yes it does. it just never honed in on them
We're left to assume Zootopia's society only had mammals evolve to become people.
it's a world of animal people. the ocean is in there. why would the ocean be empty?
because they do have a fish market.
^
Oh I dont mind the furries
i've nothing against furries btw
I mind when theyre shoving their tails in my face
I said I don't suffer them willingly
just dont play on moonguard 
but I have more reasons to play wow than I have not to
i want to see a Shark People race in WoW.
that'd be cool
Sharks are one of my top-10 favorite animals too ;3
I want to see Sethrakk become the next allied race so I may create a grand crusade against the Vulpera.
wut
you dont know that questline?
Oh yea that was a quest wasn't it
no
wat
you help sentient raptors build a rocket, and launch it to the moon
w a t
I dont remember where. But you help out hyper intelligent raptors make a rocket to the moon
no theyre normal raptors that are just hyper intelligent
lame
its in Azshara
I'd think so
oh it seems so
Azshara is probably mostly Horde focused because it centers on goblins and trolls (Both of which has neutral members, ik but eh)
tfw
yea it is.
An expac of Orcs and Humans as the cover gives us more orcs and more humans?
but what if, draenor orcs go to the alliance, and kul tiras humans go to horde 
blasphemy
if the Kul'Tirans are alliance counterpart to Dorcs, how is the Alliance getting Dorcs?
wat
[7:08 PM] SirSlayerDude: but what if, draenor orcs go to the alliance, and kul tiras humans go to horde :rooW:
kul tiras is one of the greatest human kingdoms
nooo, keep humans out of the Horde.
Filthy hoomans
keep ur filthy orcs out of our already filthy alliance
them going horde would be the same as draenor orcs going alliance
pissing on the very idea of warcraft
hey, the Mag'har aren't filthy.
They're just... complicated
I dont see how.
theyre at war
its still orcs vs humans
what exactly is being pissed on?
draenor orcs aren't going alliance, but saurfang might
Saurfang in Stormwind would be trippy af
How again?
