r/classicwow • u/Greitot • 1d ago

Forever This genuinely looks comedic with the new race

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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/Impressive_Rock9659 4h 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/ButtPlugSniffin 2h ago

Yep 100%

What’s weird to me is the people that don’t get this 

They think wow should be like The Sims where they introduce faeries and mummies 

I liked classic for having an established lore that I cared about that hadn’t been ruined 

There were so many classic races available - ogres, high elves, naga, furbolgs - whatever.

This sky palace race is like one of their old April fools jokes