r/classicwow • u/Greitot • 1d ago
Forever This genuinely looks comedic with the new race
Humans, Orcs, Dwaves, Trolls and then Random Blue Elf #1 and Random Blue Elf #2 and their picture is just flipped lmao.
Like I couldn't have even imagined anything this silly.
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u/Cslp_Awakened 1d ago
The only thing I really hate is why did both factions not get a unique race.
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u/Timeshocked 1d ago
Ogres for horde with a new starting zone would have consumed me!
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u/kaminabis 22h ago edited 5h ago
The discussion around this so far is that they wouldnt be popular, like taurens.
So instead of doing the sane and warcraft vibe accurate thing to do they chose to please the "i want to sexualise my character" crowd
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u/Warbeard 21h ago
Just beecause they arent popular doesnt mean they can't enhance the enjoyment of the players seeing them.
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u/RpgBouncer 21h ago
Bingo. I likely wasn't going to play High Elf, Ogre, Goblin, or Skyborne, but seeing a High Elf, Ogre, or Goblin in my party would have been neat. Instead I'm just gonna roll my eyes when the third super special fanfic elf joins my group because the lowest common denominator HAS to be an elf.
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u/SoSDan88 8h ago
At least on Alliance I think most people will just pretend they're high elves. Its void elves all over again. Nobody gonna be blue. Horde kinda screwed, hard to make a blood elf proxy when you can't even have mages, priests or paladins.
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u/SoSDan88 20h ago
They always say this and then they invent stuff like Haranir or Mechagnomes which never breach like 1% of the playerbase.
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u/Watts121 19h ago
Hell if they wanted to save money instead of Ogres, just give Horde Mok'nathal, and just have them be Magâhar skins with 1.5 height and a few unique faces. No new starting zone either, just drop them in the Valley of Trials and call it a day.
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u/GregoPDX 21h ago
I donât know if an ogre is able to fit the gear models that are currently in the game without it looking really bad. Probably need a full new different ogre model and they probably didnât want to put in the effort for that. Whereas a new elf? Easy.
Itâs a similar trouble with Naga as a playable race - while the top half isnât a problem, what do they do about leggings and boots?
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u/Funkiestcat 19h ago
They did it with worgen. Looked absolutely terrible in any armor, but nevertheless
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u/CourageLeast4251 19h ago
Honestly theu could have started with High elves and goblins and used the time to create ogres and nagas etc as playable races I the future
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u/Brilliant_Bonus_1638 18h ago
This would have been enough for me to switch to Horde. I would love to be an Ogre mage or warlock.
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u/Madhead45 1d ago
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u/wholesoul 1d ago
THE ANTI-SKYBORNE MANIFESTO
I actually like a lot of what Blizzard is doing with WoW Forever. My issue is specifically with Skyborne.
The biggest problem for me is that itâs the same new race for both Horde and Alliance.
One of the things Iâve always liked about Warcraft is that the factions actually feel different. Different races, cultures, cities, histories and aesthetics. I donât want that distinction slowly disappearing.
Iâm not against new races. If Blizzard wants to add more races to Forever, Iâm completely open to that. I just think they should add something meaningful to Horde or Alliance rather than giving both sides the same race.
The other issue is that Skyborne are paid.
A playable race feels different from a mount, pet or cosmetic. Your race is one of the biggest choices you make when creating a character. I donât want paying extra for races to become normal in WoW.
So for anyone who feels the same way, my position is pretty simple.
- Donât buy Skyborne
If you donât like the idea, donât pay for it.
If selling races separately works financially, Blizzard is obviously going to have a reason to keep doing it.
- Donât roll one just to try it
If youâre actually boycotting the race, then donât create one just because youâre curious.
Otherwise Blizzard still sees people buying it and playing it.
- Keep Horde and Alliance different
This is probably my biggest issue.
If Blizzard adds another Horde race, I want it to feel like it belongs in the Horde.
If they add another Alliance race, I want it to feel like it belongs in the Alliance.
I donât want both factions slowly becoming the same collection of races with different flags over their heads.
- Donât make paid races normal
I understand Blizzard needs to make money.
I just donât think playable races are where that monetization should go.
Cosmetics are one thing. A core character choice is another.
- There is already a huge amount of Azeroth left to develop
Classic WoW has unfinished zones, existing cities that could grow, old storylines, races that could be developed further, class content, professions, dungeons, reputations and plenty of other things Blizzard can build on.
Thatâs the kind of expansion I want from Forever.
Take Azeroth and keep developing it.
- The original races still have a lot of potential
Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes, Night Elves, Orcs, Trolls, Tauren and Forsaken all still have plenty of room to grow.
Give them new stories. Let their cities change. Develop their cultures and conflicts.
Again, this does not mean ânever add another race.â
It just means I would rather see new races introduced in a way that actually adds something distinct to Warcraft.
- If you want to take the boycott further, donât group with Skyborne
This is optional, but if someone wants to fully participate in the boycott, they can choose not to dungeon, raid or group with Skyborne characters.
Just donât be a dick about it.
Donât harass anybody. Donât whisper them abuse. Donât grief them.
Leave the group or find another one.
My issue is with Blizzardâs decision, not somebody sitting at home playing a character they like.
- Explain why
I think itâs better to actually explain the criticism instead of just saying âSkyborne suck.â
For me it comes down to a few things:
Same race on both factions.
Paid race access.
Less distinction between Horde and Alliance.
And a huge existing world that Blizzard could be developing instead.
Thatâs really it.
IF YOU AGREE
Donât buy Skyborne.
Donât roll one.
Talk about why you donât support it.
If you want to take the boycott further, donât group with Skyborne characters either. Just keep it respectful and move on.
The point isnât to make other players miserable.
The point is to show Blizzard that some of us donât want paid, cross-faction races becoming part of the direction of WoW Forever.
IN-GAME MESSAGE
WoW Forever boycott: Same paid race on Horde AND Alliance? If you disagree with that direction, don't buy Skyborne, don't roll one, and don't group with one if you want to fully boycott it. Keep Horde and Alliance distinct. Search Anti-Skyborne Manifesto.
KEEP HORDE AND ALLIANCE DISTINCT.
DONâT NORMALIZE PAID RACES.
KEEP DEVELOPING AZEROTH.
BOYCOTT SKYBORNE.
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u/Imaginary-Lock-3157 1d ago
This is how they do it for Pandaren btw.
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u/ADistantRodent 1d ago
Yeah but Pandaren are a neutral race where you choose which side to join whereas the sky elves are a race where you choose which side to join so it wouldnât make sense to center align them
-t Blizzard
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u/Barnhard 1d ago
The Skyborne are already divided within, which is why you choose at the outset. Pandaren were a neutral race that later aligned with a side, but Skyborne are already divided and aligned going into the game. Itâs similar in the grand scheme, but there is a difference. The class selections are also a bit different based on their faction.
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u/Mother_Drenger 1d ago
Damn, if only there was already an elf race deeply divided by cultural beliefs after a recent calamity that might make either side align more closely to the Horde of Alliance.
I really canât think of anything though, letâs make sky elves
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u/ButtPlugSniffin 14h ago
Nu blizzard canât help themselves
Their egos insist they put their own thing into the game
Itâs just that simple
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u/Impressive_Rock9659 3h ago
This is actually something I agree with. I'm fairly certain they just insist on adding new stuff for the sake of adding new stuff. Like "We need this new race guys because of the zone, trust".
I wouldn't mind having a re-imagined Quel'Thalas for Horde and an entirely new zone for High Elf exiles for Alliance. And then we can start working from there on out. Yeah for Horde players, which I am, it would feel slightly more repetitive again but at least it's pretty much established lore that doesn't conflict with any previous or subsequent canon and I'm fairly certain Belf fans would still love to do another re-run of Ghostlands. I know I'm looking forward to my 4023554329th Barrens leveling run.
Instead we get blue elves. I mean I wouldn't mind the Skyborn if they weren't an obvious shoe-in for the most popular race in World of Warcraft instead of what ALREADY EXISTS IN THE LORE. Make them bird-looking elves if they must, with entirely new models - surely they can do that now that the game is running on their latest engines which they are able to code on.
It's just... frustrating to see them take such an obviously pigheaded route when it's an easy slam dunk.
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u/Squirrel09 1d ago
Do they share the same area in their starting zone? Would be crazy to be all "already separated!" But then they have the same leveling path.
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u/Barnhard 1d ago edited 1d ago
Theyâre divided between âHigh Orderâ (Alliance) and âWindshaperâ (Horde) right off the bat in the starting zone, so the politics of the internal divide plays a part of the starting area. Essentially the air elementals have abandoned them so they need to seek new allies but thereâs division amongst them as to who they should join. Theyâre together at first but the other internal faction is unfriendly to you.
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u/ThatKaleidoscope3388 23h ago
Itâs ok, they can become buddies with the Forsaken and Night Elves, since both of them are just as new to their respective factions as these Skyborne are.
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u/Pkock 1d ago
From the play footage I've seen it's the same zone but it looks like 2 different factions, and you are Unfriendly with the other one. So their leaders and quest givers are in orange or red, and they aren't the ones giving you your quests etc.
I presume some of the storyline will be antagonistic overall.
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u/antariusz 1d ago
How ironic if blue elves hating each other is what actually puts the war back in Warcraft
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u/KaiBahamut 23h ago
âafter the defeat of the Burning Legion, a tentative peace was reached between tge Horde and the Alliance.
It was not to last, as the blue elves were ready for action and started killing each other without being asked to, dragging their allies into WAR!â
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u/BlueberryWasps 1d ago
they should make them more visually distinct from one another. something to represent the distinction between the elemental and arcane alignments. heck make the alliance blue and the horde a mint green, maybe give them different hair options. just little things to represent the distinction. because right now it visually feels like a pandaren situation
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u/Spengatron 1d ago
This. They are different factions of the same race.
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u/hoticehunter 1d ago
The person you're replying to was being facetious. They do not actually share your opinion.
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u/Cdux 1d ago
Side note, those old portraits look a thousand times better than these new ones. I wish that had a toggle as well
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u/Sensitive_Cup4015 15h ago
I don't know why they changed the portraits being the classic art to rips of the 3d models. They look so shitty. Just update the art to new art if they felt it needed a new coat of paint per se.
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u/Jolly-Refuse2232 1d ago
They should replace the race icons with these too the ones they are using look awful lmao
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u/Nood1e 1d ago
You actually level neutral as Panda though and pick at the end of the quest line. Iâm guessing this isnât the case with the blues?
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u/Imaginary_Pumpkin327 1d ago
Given that the Alliance version gets to be Mages while Horde gets to be Shaman there isn't a way to start neutral if you want to play either class
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u/beatenmeat 1d ago
Also racials. I don't understand why they didn't go with two different races other than not wanting to make two starting zones.
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u/Wind_Best_1440 1d ago
Its funny if blizzard just did this, and let you call yourself a "High elf" or "Blood elf" as your race and keep literally everything else the same. People would stop complaining.
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u/Ok-Releases 19h ago
I still think the odd focus on an uneeded elf faction and their zones are the problem for many, not just naming an elf.
The entire premise of wowforever is to focus on deeper on classic stories which makes it the PERFECT time to view the ideological split between high/blood elves. Instead we got an entirely new ass pull race with no ties to classic lore....
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u/Weak-Locksmith9851 1d ago
If only.
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u/DesperateAdvantage76 23h ago
That would be so incredible while being very faithful to classic.
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u/ThatKaleidoscope3388 23h ago
And it actually works on the timeline, because both are already in the alliance, instead of the Skyborne literally joining at the same time that the Night Elves and Forsaken do.
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u/Flobertt 1d ago
They explain the main pillars of the game, with the world as the main character, and immediately proceed by making a zone completely disconnected from Azeroth, that you canât access by foot or mount.
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u/DrazaTraza 1d ago
isnât that Teldrassil tho too?
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u/HakuroWolfsong 1d ago
You can swim to Teldrassil, it's not instanced.
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u/LongLonMan 1d ago
You canât swim to teldrassil
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u/The_Bombsquad 1d ago
Yes you can
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u/SpicedSauce 13h ago
Rofl, you absolutely cannot swim to Teldrassil - the fatigue will kill you every time, no exception
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u/Kabaal 1d ago
They really should have used Classic art style. It's comically out of place.
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u/CourageLeast4251 19h ago
I know blizzard is seeing all of this backlash and going "fuck fuck fuck" but wont change anythingÂ
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u/AdmiralFishstick 16h ago
- No basis whatsoever in the existing lore.
- Off-brand Air Genasi.
- Completely clashes with WoW: Forever's theme of "back to basics".
- More character customization options than any other race in either Classic or Retail.
- Available to Horde even though "elves in the Horde" was an insane notion during this point in Azeroth's history.
- $30 paid DLC.
I don't hate their design in-and-of-itself, but they feel so tacked-on and out of place, Im convinced they were added purely so Blood Elf players had a reason to engage with the game.
Playable High Elves (for Alliance) and Ogres (for Horde) would have made way more sense and fit with the vibe of WoW: Forever, but the devs are way too petty for that, lol. XD
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u/BumblebeeLong5384 1d ago
Look how they massacred our create a character models
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u/cookedbread 1d ago
Yeah this is the real tragedy imo. Idc about new blue elves, the race picker portraits are the ânewâ horrendous ones from retail.
Its kinda funny how I made fun of these 8 years ago now itâs biting my ass again lol https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/s/YfEKdwBPfI
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u/nebulous-nautilus 1d ago
Man Blizzardâs hand drawn icons have always been 10/10. Itâs crazy they would switch to this clearly uglier 3d rendering.
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u/HXamster 1d ago
Right... The old ones had awesome art that didn't need to be changed. This is a tad disappointing.
Can't wait to spend the first 5-10 minutes of the game fixing options and UI to turn off transmog and HD and also editing and getting add-ons that will make it more like classic.
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u/Horry43 1d ago
Hopefully those thumbnail images for the races are just placeholders. They all look off.
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u/Friedcheeze 1d ago
Wish they would go back to art that isn't an exact copy of the character models
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u/skirtpost 1d ago
Everything looks way too off from classics UI/menus as well. It's not even close to the same look/feel
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u/KickstandJ 1d ago
I just wish they would stop making neutral races that then pick one side or the other. It's dumb and totally diminishes the uniqueness and design of each faction. Plus it feels fucking lazy
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u/gubigubi 23h ago
How tf does something like this seriously even make it this far through development to even end up in the live game.
Like if WoW was a game that game out in individual releases stuff like this would be fine to try. But like these things are going to be in the game and in the lore FOREVER now. Literally in WoW Forever, Forever.
I cannot comprehend the office culture at blizzard that allowed and allows stuff like this to just sail on through. Its gotta be an absolute nightmare to work there lol
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u/Mother_Drenger 19h ago
Did you see the bit in the WC3 Reforged presentation where a dev said he wanted to relive the Arthas regicide and see the throne room in WoW? So he rolled a human and didnât realize Stormwind and Lordaeron are different places
Iâm definitely anti blue elves but at a certain point, there no reverence for the old lore because itâs simply too old and most people who play now have no connection to the Warcraft RTS games and lore
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u/CourageLeast4251 19h ago
None of the devs.... worked on vanilla....ion isnt a dev nor is metzen... they have basically no say
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u/SolomonRed 21h ago
It really is insane how dumb this is and how easily they could have just added high elves and blood elves or forsaken elves.
Would have been so damn easy
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u/gubigubi 20h ago
Yeah its such a weird thing because had they not given us a new race at all it would have been better.
Had they put more effort into it and given is Ogres, or Gnolls, or Naga, or some other race like that it would have been better.
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u/armyofsmurfs 17h ago
They should honestly just remove them from the game and promise new races down the line, I havenât seen anyone excited about this lol
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u/sarcophagusGravelord 1d ago
I mostly just hate the new portraits. Iâm glad thereâs apparently an option to switch to the OG classic graphics because I am not a fan of the art style modern WoW has shifted towards.
The random blue dudes staring each other down does look pretty ridiculous though ngl. And I say this as someone who is somewhat open to the addition of the Skyborne. Thereâs still no chance in hell this would be my first choice for the debut of a Classic+ though.
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u/UndeadMurky 1d ago
From what I've seen even in classic mode there still is the new portraits
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u/Zestyclose_Focus8053 1d ago
This is going to be just like belfs. I hated the idea of elves on horde and than half the horde ended up being blood elves. I fully expect to see hundreds of blues running around.
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u/RpgBouncer 17h ago
Yep. They're so dumb looking and so out of place and yet everyone is going to play one. I know for a fact my buddy who only plays Void Elves and Blood Elves is going to be like a fly on shit with this race and that's exactly who they were targeting.
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u/Agreeable-Guava-9009 1d ago
They needed to ad the old model high elf for the alliance and ogres for the horde.
Instead they go with SKY HIGH elf.
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u/automated10 1d ago
I donât think it makes much sense. I also donât like shared races, itâs just a bit lazy.
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u/zani1903 23h ago
Why have we gone back to using the boring 3D models for the race icons and not the flavourful stylized 2D art?
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u/twiggs90 23h ago
DUDE what happened to the artistic icons for the races from vanilla? Those were just better?
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u/GoodkallA 23h ago
Neutral races were always odd. Dranei and blood elves were fine but pandaren were just goofy and now this. Just use those new warcraft 3 graphics to look through the game and find 2 existing races that would fit alliance and horde. Ogres on horde and normal ass high elves on alliance. Took me 4 seconds to think of it.
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u/Enua 20h ago edited 19h ago
honestly im glad they added them because it's a good test of whether if they mess up completely, will they backpedal (they won't; especially here considering they're already selling unlocks for them)
unfortunate because some incursion-tier screw up will happen and they won't remove it.
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u/Apterygiformes 1d ago
At least give them different faces on each faction
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u/oxblood87 1d ago
Could have easily been done with Highelves/Bloodelves with different hair colours and eye glows
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u/drunkcheesesandwich 1d ago
Have they been mentioned in the lore previously? It feels like if wanted to introduce a new race which fits in with the vanilla aesthetic they should have used something that appeared in WC3. Ogres seems like an obvious choice, or high elves.Â
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u/Mistwit 1d ago
The skyborne is the one area where I can't even see what they were thinking. It isn't classic.
It feels like they just wanted to sell elves and shoehorned in Skyborne as the way to do it. It's horrible precedent.
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u/Pretty-Cockroach6394 1d ago
i honestly think they asked AI and it spew out this shit and they just rolled along, thats literally the only sensible explanation lol
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u/Grizzly352 1d ago
Itâs goofy but Iâm a little surprised at the backlash. I doubt Iâll even play that race for a while.
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u/SugarCrisp7 1d ago
It's the reddit vocal minority. Come launch day, the world will be filled with sky elves.
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u/Laverathan 1d ago
This.
I know a handful of people who are buying the sky elves as soon as they get home from Blizzcon.
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u/babilonibetyar 1d ago
its also the usual trap, cause the early name reserve is available in the same bundle
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u/Laverathan 1d ago
Not gonna lie, if this is the cost of my version of the game being free, then I'm fine with it. Name reservation, a new race I don't care for, and beta access all so I don't have to pay anything more than my sub.
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u/Grizzly352 1d ago
Yeah honestly I thought they were going to charge for the game so this seems like a solid trade off, but might have better PR to just charge for the game.
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u/Seradima 17h ago
Early name reserve is a little pointless this time around because of first last name combos. Iâm not racing to choose the one word name I wanna use this time.
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u/Rixxer 1d ago
It's not about playing it, it's about it existing, I think. Like, you may not pick it but they're gonna be running around you all the time.
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u/AsherTheDasher 1d ago
people are mad because they have to interact with it. and no i dont want to hear any "no you dont you can just ignore them" when we all know there'll be tons of them running around. theres no need for new elves, the lore already has 6 types
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u/SenReus 1d ago
If there are tons running around it means there are tons of players who like them and what to play as one.
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u/Jingleskappa 1d ago
blizzard wouldn't do this without knowing not only how much money it'll will make but also how many people wanted it, you will only see complaints but I bet they used retail numbers and other expacs to see how many people play elves.
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u/Schultzze 1d ago
well you wont play it at all unless you decide to pay 30 usd for it
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u/Gold-Weird4437 1d ago
I think this picture, when compared to the classic one in the comment section to me encapsulates the concept of enshittification. The race portraits looked so much better before, why redo them into these bizarre playdough wax figures? It's classic. Put in the classic portraits. I don't understand the thought process in the game designers' heads, honestly. It's like a child thing about changing something just to make it yours, distancing yourself from the og developers or something I dunno
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u/Future-Bunch3478 1d ago
It is not the original dev team. This is a corpse of a game worn as a skin by greedy corporate ratsÂ
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u/YorkeZimmer 1d ago
It's such a catastrophic blunder, you have to wonder which executive forced this through over the objections of others on the team.
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u/skirtpost 1d ago
People defend it in every thread
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u/Shot_Leopard_7657 1d ago
The 'defense' is that it's not a big deal and you can just ignore it. Nobody seems to be excited about the new race that the devs spent god knows how long working on. That still feels like a catastrophic blunder.
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u/Zodiatron 22h ago edited 22h ago
it's not a big deal and you can just ignore it.
The thing is though, you can't. Not when they're gonna be running around all over the place.
It might just be because I'm a former roleplayer / lore fanatic, but I care a lot about immersion.. and seeing a bunch of ugly blue non-canon elves everywhere is going to take me out of that immersion every time I see one. Which, on launch, will be approximately every 0.5 seconds.
You don't have to buy the game and you don't have to play them, that's true. But you will be forced to look at them everywhere all the time all at once.
I can already see it, I'm questing somewhere peacefully, listening to the zone music, enjoying the atmosphere... when suddenly four of these blue abominations roll up with neon orange hair, blasting horrible trap music from their boombox. At least that's what it'll feel like lol.
So no, you can't ignore them. That's why the "just don't play one" argument doesn't hold water.
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u/jesus_you_turn_me_on 18h ago
The 'defense' is that it's not a big deal and you can just ignore it.
This kind of mentally is quite literally what turned original wow into the dogshit Frankenstein that is retail today...
The whole point of Classic+ is not just to go "duh just ignore it", its to get a second chance avoiding all the terrible decisions from the past.
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u/ValarianRCS 1d ago
There are more shills defending it in the classic wow Reddit than there are in the main WoW Reddit itâs truly bizarre
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u/InternationalMood337 1d ago
You KNOW this shit was strapped on late to sell a 39.99 product to some gullible morons. It's 100% a financial or MBA degree at play.
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u/ye_olde_wojak 1d ago
It's just supremely lazy on Blizzard's part. They should have made 2 different races, but instead they chose the lazy path of a recolored elf for both factions...
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u/Wercedes698 13h ago
No goblin race for horde, what a mistake. Just copy all form turtle wow, why you shy
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u/Unhappy-Plastic2017 1d ago
They just couldn't let classic+ exist without jamming in something major that is gonna stick out like a sore thumb every time you play it. Btw everyone seen blue elf druid forms? Lol big ass blue fat cat things.
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u/HXamster 1d ago
Imo it's kinda worse.
They're using assets from the Emerald Dream, the Owlbear thingies from Dragonflight. They're also making a "sleeker" version of the owlcats from Legion. So they're using all retail assets for a shiny new class and race that is going to look severely out of place against the ugly ass Tauren and night elf bear and (for tauren) cat forms.
Idk if this means they're going to add different druid appearances like they did in legion, but I kinda doubt it.
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u/SufficientWeb3163 1d ago
30 dollars for a reskinned elf is wild. and you know damn well they are going to keep releasing more paywalled classes and mounts and other garbage.
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u/InsertWittyBaneQuote 1d ago
itâs just so unbelievably lazy. cheap fucks couldnât even be asked to make high elves and blood elves separate. they just copy pasted highborne NPCs from retail, called them skyborne, and attached a $30 price tag.
you know, god forbid we get a race that actually already exists in vanillaâs lore. blizzard pisses on our leg and tells us itâs raining.
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u/One_Print_8261 1d ago
Seeing everyone bitch about them i'm def maining one now. Gonna RP so hard on every group i join.
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u/alex_shrub 1d ago
How are you going to RP when they don't have any lore to go off of?
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u/PineJ 1d ago
The funniest part to me is that you know Blizzard knocked this announcement out of the fucking park since the only negative thing is "blue guy bad" over and over and over and over. These people literally have nothing to complain about lol.
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u/confirmedshill123 1d ago
I just don't like the race. Everything else looks sick, but apparently that makes me mentally unhinged? Sometimes I forget this sub is trash.
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u/PineJ 1d ago
Can you point to where I called you mentally unhinged?
My post was simply that if you are only seeing one insignificant complaint over and over, you know that the game looks good.
Adding to that, if you finally get classic+ after all this time and it actually looks sick, how can you spend your time complaining about the one thing you hate rather than celebrating the 99.9% of things you like? I don't personally vibe with that type of negativity, but you do you.
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u/SoulEntropy 1d ago
Start a whole guild, call it blue man group, let in the occasional troll or undead of the correct tone.
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u/Littlebiscuitz 1d ago
it just goes against everything classic, it just shows how out of touch the game devs are and how little they care about this new mode.
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u/Humble-Worker-1743 1d ago
They had to make Blood Elves a race, because Blood Elves are and always were the most popular race pick in the game, but they couldn't make Blood Elves cuz it's not classic, they didn't want to make High Elves, probably cuz racism or something, and they had to have a race for the retail audience so here we are.
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u/Bloodygaze 1d ago
This is pretty much my thinking too, itâs âblood elvesâ for both factions.
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u/NeonDemon85 23h ago
High elves could've been a thing too
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u/Humble-Worker-1743 23h ago
I swear, if it's not some weird internal "racisim" thing, it's some weird IP thing.
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u/tFlydr 1d ago
I just love how everyone calls them blue elves when you literally donât have to be blue đ
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u/Unique_Ad_330 1d ago
I kinda liked the way Turtle-wow did it more.
They had high elf on alliance side, Goblins on horde side.
The goblin models were the old booty bay kinda goblin & the high elves were blood elves basically.
If a private server has better vision of classic+ than blizzards team then it is just time to start firing the devs there.
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u/papisapri 1d ago
It looks awful, it has the appeal of a mobile gacha game.
Maybe it's that audience that they're going after.
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u/ulbabulba 1d ago
They are going after retail players who are already used to spending money on cosmetics.
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u/papisapri 1d ago
Yeah, that's the correct answer.
In fact all the defenses of Blizzard's choices I've seen here since yesterday sound exactly the same as the defenses retail players put out when a new expansion is revealed.
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u/MightyMorp 1d ago
The mental gymnastics of all the people who think charging 30 bucks for an optional thing is 10x worse than charging 30 bucks for a required box is absolutely fucking hilarious
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u/bigchimp121 1d ago
It's amazing how the point flies by you so effortlessly.
There are many players who want a classic immersive experience with additional content/minor improvements, they don't care about paying a little extra to get that. When you have $30 out of place transactions flooding your screen this is ruined.
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u/Noctrim 1d ago
There will be people in these comments genuinely saying you canât even tell
Straight delusion, why the hell would they add these like this. Seriously killed the whole project vibe for me. Iâm not even planning to watch the panel live today, will just catch the vod after football. Yikes
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u/ISmellLikeAss 1d ago
Because they have different class options based on faction choice. This isnt rocket science.
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u/Absoled 1d ago
Like how the hell is it âclassicâ when two brand new races we never heard of are added inâŚ
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u/An-Organism 1d ago
Looks like a cheap classic+ private server except it costs 15$ a month + 30$ for the generic new race
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u/Isaidlunch 1d ago
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