Project Lore: Five dudes. Four cameras. One World of Warcraft.

Posted by Heartbourne on Friday, August 14th, 2009 - 88 Comments

Tags: patch 3.2, patch 3.2.2

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By Krisnan on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

personally i cant wait to see if the troll druid combo is really i would love to see what those forms would look like and i would definitaly roll a tauren paly to piss off my BE friends heh.

By Naberian on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

I dont know about the Tauren Paladin. lol

By cocopuff on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

MAJOR FAIL look up the well of eternity lore one cannot be both a druid as a well as a mage what happen did some of the NE hit their or smoked a whole bunch of pot and said “hey i am going to learn the arts of a mage forget that it nearly obliterated our former comrades” it doesnt make any sance i dont like the path blizzard is going down blizzard seem to care less and less about history of azeroth and its residents their biting of pieces of the puzzle piece just to make them fit and allthough is easier it isnt right another sighn of blizz lazyness i sincearly hope blizz isnt going to give NE the abillity to be a mage and show that atleast someone thier has some sence

By Bearshark on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

I would say most of those combination make sense. I always wondered why Belfs couldn’t be warriors… that one just never made sense to me. I know that they were keeping a balance between factions but come on…

By Dieoxide on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

I want a Human Hunter

By Azurko on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

I would be rolling a Dwarven Shaman the instant I could.

By Cuppincakes on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

Oh bobs. I’ve always loves trolls the most, but shamanism always comes in second place to druidism. A close second, but still not my first pick. A troll moonkin? I’d trade your mother’s left arm for that to be.

By Rok on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

…There better be armor that looks good on Taurens for paladins. If it is anywhere NEAR tier 7.5k, ill /wrists.

By Dudeofdeath on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

WOOOT I’ve always wanted to be a gnome healer xD

By dianode on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

grrr….I want a TAUREN ROGUE lol

By Xian on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

Some of these make at least some semblance of sense (i.e. Human Hunter), but most are just “WTF?!” combos. Seriously Blizzard? Dwarf SHAMAN?! Night Elf MAGE?!

According to lore, Night Elves abhor arcane magic. This is the very reason the Quel’Dorei were cast out in the first place.

And since when do dwarves communicate with the Elements?

Retcon much? I think so.

By Jessiness on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 11:08 pm

O.o tauren pally hmmmm idunno but human hunter YES i’ma make one lv 2 IF these do come out tho whihc i want to

By Grant on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

Next theyll be releasing gnome paladins. o.O

By dave on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

yay, water it down more. woot.



By Bunz on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 11:35 pm

Just a quick one in relation to the whole Dwarf Shaman thing… yeh its pretty out there I gotta admit, but arent there currently iron-dwarf shaman NPC’s all over Northrend? There must be some way for it to relate back to that right?

By raijin on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 12:22 am

K um…no NE mages. Maybe if when you picked a NE mage it turned into a highborne or somethin. And their casting stance changed. NE casting is ewwww. >.< . No Undead Hunters unless all of the pets you get can turn into undead…or unless you would be able to tame demons. Then maybe. lol’d on Tauren Paladins. We want Tauren Rogues not Paladins.

By Stridah on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 1:19 am

DWARF SHAMAN IS EPIC :DDDDD

By Pirtch on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 2:02 am

Omg that is so rubbish !
wtf , this game is so much ruining it self bit by bit , im getting further and further away from the love of this game ..

By Josh on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 2:18 am

OMG I would pay the fee to re-make my 80 BE pally into a tauren pally. And troll druids might just be the key to bringing my brother in law back to the horde. I always wondered why humans could never be hunters from the start though.

By Bianca on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 2:36 am

Dwarf Shaman….????

The Alliance shouldn’t have had Shamans in the first place, so why Dwarves??

By Kalcifer on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 2:59 am

OMG I AM SO ROLLING A TAUREN PALADIN RIGHT NOW!

By Lil ole me on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 3:56 am

So… Tauren Paladin? I can see that. However, the horde, technically, does not have paladins. It has “Blood Knights”. And I can not see Taurens being Blood Knights… Just a point.

By Trial on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 3:58 am

dwarf shaman?
tauren priest and tauren paladin?

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

By Phanttas on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 4:12 am

I have to say I’m not sure about Orc mages or Troll druids. Are Orc’s really literate enough to be a mage. Besides, it seems like mages would be a bit to soft for big burly orcs =P. Still, are trolls really closer enough to nature to be druids? They are close friends with the orcs not the tauren and I can only see the tauren being the one’s who would teach them.
I can just about justify the rest of them. The Nelf mages though, would have to be a separate group of Nelfs which I don’t think could quite follow some of the Nelf starting zone quests, so would need a new starting zone. I can understand if some Nelfs went back to using magic, but’s just I wonder how outcast they would be.
Finally, if these changes do go ahead, poor orcs will be the only race who cant be a priest.

Overall though, I’m not sure about the changes. I’d quite like to see the lore behind a few, but if blizz don’t put enough effort in, I think there is no point in having them. I’ll make my mind up if and when they come around.

By Henryzx on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 4:36 am

Fricken crazy awsome!!!!! Taurens retadens with tauren health buff WTF!!!

By Shamtastik on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 6:30 am

There’s nothing wrong with those races getting those classes. NE Mage for example, sure they hate Arcane magic now after the War of the Ancients, but NE & BE were once the same race, they just have different Status, BE being Highbornes and NE as their commoners. Sure they separate after the war but doesn’t mean they can’t convert or change their believes.

The BE & Tauren Paladins might be called differently (Blood Knight & Druid of the Sun) but doesn`t mean they are different classes.

Dwarf Shaman, they were Earthen once before the Curse of Flesh takes over them, so the least they can do is control the Earth element.

And last but not least, life in Azeroth is no different than in other world, there are schools, and orphanage, etc. People do get taught new things by other people, just like the Human was taught Arcane magic by the BE (High Elves back then) back in the Troll Wars as a payment to help the HE against the Trolls. Maybe some interested Trolls decide to travel to TB to learn Druidism, after all there is a new Zep from Org, traveling just made easy.

As for Human Hunter…let`s not even go there, it`s like saying Robin Hood is impossible.

By ledg on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 7:05 am

Human Hunter … OK
Orc Mage … WTF???
Night Elf Mage … WTF???
Blood Elf Warrior … OK
Dwarf Shaman … WTF??? OMFG!
Undead Hunter …WTF???
Tauren Paladin …WTF???
Tauren Priest …WTF???
Gnome Priest … OK
Troll Druid … WTF???

This isn’t the WoW I used to play…

By Horuzumi on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 7:15 am

NE mage… we already have one elf mage we don’t need another one. :\

Dwarf shaman. Need I say more. :\

Human hunter… eh it’s possible, not saying I’d roll one though.

Troll druid… just doesn’t sound right. Tauren paladin… what?… What? Tauren rogue before paladin.

Honestly I’d rather have Worgen and Goblin have new classes of their own. Or maybe a hero class or two. Healer/DPS hero class please. :3

By scorge99 on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 7:18 am

So they are finally thinking about a BE warrior huh? Bout frigging time!!! Only race in the game to NOT have a warrior class.

By bloodraptor on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 7:30 am

Human Hunter
Orc Mage
Night Elf Mage
Gnome Priest
these race/class combinations are the only ones that would make sense. atleast imo, the other ones just completly screw with lore

By Staffan on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 7:53 am

Dwarf shamans make perfect sense. Dwarves are mutated Earthen, which gives them a strong connection to the Earth. I don’t have any problem with them exploring that connection some more and connecting with air, water and fire as well.

And if you’ve done the Thorim quest chain in Storm Peaks, in one of the quests you’ll be leading a group of five earthen shamans. So that’s more justification.

By Slyfanitor on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 9:26 am

I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again! Tauren Paladins= /cutwrists…. Is there nothing sacred about the World of Warcraft anymore? Either give all races access to a paladin or don’t do this bullshit that has absolutely no sense
/rant over

By cocopuff on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 9:30 am

the only race/class combination that doesnt make any sence is is night elf mage maybe be blizzard can do something something like they did with the DKS some high elfs start of as horde then betray their faction and join the alliance i would make aa NE just so i can screw horde.this game is going down a terrible rode blizz used to carre about the lore of the game but now they seem to care less and less and retconing more and more

By Eric on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 11:00 am

I thin they should at least make a worgen druid.
1. It’s closer to nature, obviously, having barely retained any human cognition besides the unrestrained animalistic features.
2. Why should the Horde have 2 druid races and the Alliance only 1?
3. It would be awesome IMO but raises the question, how many cusomization options?! Worgens will have 2 shapes, human and worgen, both customizable. Then comes the hair color/ skin color for the bear/cat combo. A lot of detail that can go wrong.

By Eric on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 11:08 am

Oh, and please read to the bottom . I really want to hear what Proverb might unearth on this “worgen druid” concept. Personally I think it’s one of the few combinations that makes sense. Tauren paladin? Sounds like a wet dream, not a plausible reality. Dwarf shaman?!?? Go with night elf instead, both them and taurens have a closer connection to natural aspects, just as Proverb hinted at with the Druid of the Sun article.

By Rasmus on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

I really hope that dosent get to happen D:

By Trion on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Tauren paladins are possible, the power of paladins come from the light, the light will heed the call of anyone with faith enough(meaning that any race could be a paladin, just take a look at Argent Dawn/Crusade, they have orcs and taurens there), and if there is a faitful race on the Horde it’s the Tauren, they have a strong connection with their gods(”The Earthmother watches over you”), so why not worship the light? Everyone meets the power of light once they reach Shattrath and meet the Naaru.
Tauren priests make it even more clear, priests worship the light too. Same goes for Gnomes, being priests that proves they could be paladins too.
Troll druids are possible too, they have a good connection with the nature and all, they are great shamans, it’s just a diferent kind of connection with the nature.
Undead Hunter? I didn’t like that one, only if they say that they still have the power to tame beasts as they had when alive.
Blood Elf warrior is kinda weird, I mean, Blood Elves are too connected with magic to just throw it away and hit stuff, but there are rogues, so why not Warriors?
NE Mage, about time. Only because they know that arcane magic destroyed them before, that doesn’t mean can’t try again.
Orc mages would make sense, they could learn it with the Trolls, and they already use Fire and Water/Ice in their shamanistic magics, they would need to learn how to commune with arcane magic now.
As of Dwarf Shamans, as stated before, they were Earthen before the curse of flesh, and they are the one who dig in the earth to learn about the past, why couldn’t they learn about their own past and their connection with the nature?

By Taskun on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 12:49 pm

I don’t find much point to this…I find myself asking “why” but then I find myself asking “why not”

By Alayea on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 1:05 pm

Human Hunter — This makes so much sense that you’d have to have been dropped as baby if you don’t get it.

Orc Mage — Kinda stretching things, hmm?

Night Elf Mage — Only if the highborne are making a comeback, otherwise this is completely off-the-wall stuff.

Blood Elf Warrior — I’ve always wondered why blood elves didn’t get to be warriors. How’d they defend Silvermoon back in the Third War, then?

Dwarf Shaman — It’s plausible, since there’s the Wildhammer clan and the Earthen Dwarves.

Undead Hunter — Wrong on so many levels.

Tauren Paladin — Plausible, with the patch 3.2 quest.

Tauren Priest — Seems rather iffy. A priest is to be seen as a guiding influence, but the Tauren have druids in their society for that purpose.

Gnome Priest — Nothing in lore that’s for or against this combo, so I say go right ahead.

Troll Druid — Implausible. Shamanism is at the center of Troll society (amongst the Darkspear, anyway). While the elements are a part of nature, Trolls do not worship nature as a whole.

By Pekko on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

I wonder what kind of form would troll have…So going to do troll druid.

By rhy on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

pls tell me that this is one sick joke….

i like to be able to play the clas i want with the race i want but that should not happen if it doesint fit in the lore

By alluweb on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

tauren paladin CMON WHERE IS THE TAUREN ROGUE!?

By Skorch on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

This probably means that Worgen (the new race) are gonna have druids.

Think about it. Come Cataclysm, there will be 2 existing races with druids for horde, and 1 for alliance, so a new race could take the druid class on. Not only that, if you look at the alliance races, there aren’t really any other races at the moment that could be druids.

All the leaked information sounds really cool. We’ll just have to wait to see if its true come BlizzCon

By billybob on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

i dont see why people are complaining about orc mage? mage and warlocks are very close, its just warlocks are dark magic users, maybe some orcs got bored and took a lesson from the trolls on magic?

By cocopuff on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

the NE are the only once restricted by lore the NE race would have to broken into 2 parts cuase the current existing nlue hair pointy ears elfs could never be mages for 10,000 years they stayed away from aracne magic how much sence would it make if they all of a sudden ditched their fear of arcane magic

By Lul on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Rofl, i can see what the Dwarf Shamans Totems would look like… coloured Kegs ftw =]

By Formofdruid on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

Human Hunter would be beastly Pvpers. 2 Free Pvp Trinkets( If you are Beast Master Talented Enough to Bestial Wrath and The Beast Within). Dont You think that it would be quite unfair for pvpers to have to deal with that and that. Plus that is with 2 Trinket slots open you could have Three Pvp trinkets and Human Hunters would get nerfed just as Hunters will get nerfed.

By madarra on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

NE mage,,,,,sigh
the lenght they would go to to kill ARTHAS

By Sup1212 on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

What about Blood elf warriors, the whole reason the horde got paladins was because blood elves weren’t warriors.

By cocopuff on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

sup@

BE got paladins because no other rrace of the horde had paladins it was an attemp to balance the game

By Michael on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 7:24 pm

Looks like another alt may be in the making for me then. Definitely gonna be trying out the Undead hunter.

By madarra on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

Human hunters exist his name was Nathanos Marris (ok well actually he was a ranger lord but what ever)
and after he died he became an undead hunter Nathanos Blightcaller(from what i know this one is a hunter as he has 2 pets)

By Josh on Saturday, August 15th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

I would love a troll druid, to those who say they shouldn’t be possible what about Zul’Gurub, the troll bosses in there each transform into a different animal so how’s that any different than a druid’s shapeshifts. Undead hunters make some sense to me in the fact that if humans get to be hunters when they die and become forsaken they shold still be a hunter. Don’t think I’d play one though. I like the idea of Tauren Pallys for the simple fact that Blood Elves overpopulate the horde side as is at least now there would be some diversity to the horde paladins. And as far as the alliance combonations I don’t much care cause I play horde and haven’t had too much experience on the ally side.

By Helsing on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 12:19 am

I see so many of these post that say WTF this WTF that,blizz is crazy,you guys didnt even read anything did you?Dwarf do have elemental abilities as Hearthbourne said in his previous posts,Tauren can use “the power of the light” if you did the quest(I dont know the name but it was in Proverb also),NE mages can make sense if they are highborne,Undead hunters tottaly make sense,cmon just look at Nathanos in Eastern Plaguelands,he has a pet dog and uses his bow and it would make sense that undead have every class human have(except the paladins,because that would be just stupid) and for Gnomes,well,they had to give them something.

By Oshnagie on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 12:25 am

undead hunter could work if what ever you tamed became undead aswell ?

By Dentodili on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 4:18 am

Human Hunter
Orc Mage
Night Elf Mage
Blood Elf Warrior
gnome priest

Those i can live with the others…SIMPLY RIDICULOUS !

By ludde on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 5:23 am

i wanna be a gonme hunter /gnome paladin

By ludde on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 5:25 am

gnome*

By cocopuff on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 6:38 am

GNOMES RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By silvermax on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 7:35 am

Tauren Priest/Paladin..What’s with that?! This is going to be so stupid.I thought these guys are a primitive and a spiritual race not holy knights and not anything holy at all.And lets not even talk about the dwarf shaman.As for some other combinations like the human/undead hunter and troll druid i think they’re good.

By dotts'ers on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 7:36 am

I think that all the above combonations are possible, you just have to open you eyes and think about every one. NE mage is probably the most possible. just because they are supposed to be afraid doesn’t mean some still pratice the magic. We still make bombs and guns even tho we are afraid of them so why can’t they still pratice it in private? Troll druids are easy enough they pratice shamanism obiviously the next step up from that would be druidism. Its not so different from shamanism. its just the foucus of nature and not elements. Orc mages, i don’t have any problem with them either should you they have enough influence from the races of the horde. Tauren cannot be rouges do to their beliefs and alliance to the horde. so they CAN be druids of the sun. BE warrior isnt a paladin a holy warrior? so why not take out the power of holy and enhance the fighting. From what i read some of you are bias to your faction and what YOU think is right. these class options should have been out when vanilla came out. if they were you wouldn’t have played the game i think you still would have because they do make since…… You have to believe that Azeroth is just like us. they have secrets and beliefs just like us they can pratice things and preform some magic that isn’t usuall custom to them, they may get shunned for it but they still do.

By madarra on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 8:03 am

I think Taurens cant be rogue`s Because of thier hoofs not because of their beliefs + cat form druid is close enough for me isnt it for you?

By Vayder on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am

okay all the lore of the races do aid in these combos. There are some Highbourne out there who werent affected by the destuction of the sunwell, so a NE mage is possible, Tauren(since the new patch) do follow their owne form of the Light, so a priest and pally are possible, the Wildhammer dwarves do celebrate the elements so dwarve shammys are possible, human hunters…well any race can be a hunter really,gnome priest…well that one is a little more difficult,gnomes have turned away from the gods and turned to technology, but who says that some still follow the light. the only one i have a small issue with is the troll druid. their entire society is surrounded by shamanism and voodoo, but i guess it is possible.

By Spifftastic on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 11:46 am

Okay, so I read a few comments and it’s mostly people wondering why each class/race combo doesn’t make sense. So I’m offering at a small idea of how.

Human Hunter:
This one is the least confusing in my opinion. Anyone who has taken the time to learn the skill of a ranged weapon and learn the ways of nature could act on this, there’s nothing racial about it. Plus, in defense, what about all the Human trappers we see in the Grizzly Hills? Don’t they qualify as hunters?

Orc Mage:
Contrary to popular belief, Orcs are not unitelligent. Yes, many are violent and bloodthirsty, and this does give the illusion of stupidity. However Orcs are in reality very cunning, and it should also be noted that not all orcs rely entirely on brute strength, as Orcs can already be Warlocks. Should an orc take the time to study magic, they would likely have just as much success as any other race.

Night Elf Mage:
This is one of the more confusing ones. According to Lore, the Quel’dorei (Night Elves) are no fans of magic after the events of the War of the Ancients, and it is mainly for this reason that the Sin’dorei (High/Blood Elves) seperated from them. However, this does not mean that the Night Elf race as a whole completely hates magic. It is very possible that some do practice it despite the racial disapproval. And once more, look at Orc warlocks. Consorting with demons is heavily frowned upon in Orc culture, but yet Orcs can still become Warlocks.

Blood Elf Warrior:
No confusion as to this one. Blizzard had originally removed the idea of Blood Elf warriors due to the fact that they wanted to keep things balanced with no more than 4-6 classes per race. As there are now more options avialable to all the other races, it only makes sense that Blizzard provides a race with a class they were originally forced to remove.

Dwarf Shaman:
Once more, this has caused much confusion. However, looking at the dwarves history things begin to clear up. The Dwarves have always had a close bond with the earth, living within it and recieiving many neccesities from within it. It would come as a surprise to none if the dwarves could learn to communicate and call upon the powers of the earth. In turn, they could likely learn to associate with the other elements as well. And let us not forget that Iron Dwarf Shamans have been seen in Northrend as well, acting as additional proof that the dwarves have a chance of learning shamanstic abilites.

Undead Hunter:
Again, this is a simple one. A human whom died in death would likely retain his ranged combat prowess and beast-mastery skills if reborn as a Forsaken. And as Undead can already play as any human class (With the exception of the Paladin), it only makes sense to include the Hunter in the Undead options.

Tauren Paladin/Priest:
As explained in the previous Proverb blog post, it is highly likely that Tauren in the past used the powers of the Light to their aid before taking up drudism. If Tauren could relearn to use this light, they could easily use it in battle. Hence Tauren could use the light to the purpose of healing, defense, and combat as many other races do.

Gnome Priest:
Personally, I know of no good lore explanation for this option. I see it mostly as a sense of balance, as gnomes have yet to have a class with healing options. All current gnome classes can DPS, and Warriors and Death Knights may tank, but none have healing abilities at their disposal. Also, as there are many religons in the world of Azeroth, it is likely that some gnomes worship the light (Or possible some other religon) and can call upon it to their aid.

Troll Druid:
As with the gnome priest, this is entirely speculation on my part. However, with the various troll tribes existing in Azeroth, there are many tribes which practice various forms of magic, combat, and survival. If one or more tribes of trolls learned the ways of Druidism, it would not be out of places considering the various rituals and magics the trolls practice.

These are simply my opinion. I think these work great, but I don’t expect everyone to agree with me. If you disagree, that’s cool. These are just MY opinions, and I don’t expect everyone to share them.

By DrAwesome on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 11:49 am

i wanna see a dwarf tankin somthin as shammin get heals and shields i mean come on thats awesome

By Gilanor on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

no way there gona make a nightelf mage, it goes against everything they stand for. dwarf shammys..maby. i dont know much about how shammys roll but dwarves arnt in to nature THAT much.

tauren pallys is stupid too, there a spiritual race in the sence of nature, not light.

but it will be cool to see more variety in hunter races and troll druids sounds realy cool. gnomes will be layin the rezes now (other than with the help of booster-cables)

all in all i think this will add alot more choice into the charicter creation and i am realy looking forward to this, if it is for real

By Gilanor on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

oh spiff i just read you poast and that does clear alot of things up. i totaly agree with all of that

By laninja on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Dwarf shaman Tauren paladin , priest Nelf mage LOL
others are neutral

By Nick on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

ok i read the comments and have this to say:
ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT TAUREN CAN’T BE PALADINS?YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT LIGHT ISN’T PART OF NATURE?gooood…oh, and the dwarf shamans…you are a noob if you haven’t heard of this, but earthen were given the curse of flesh, meaning they must still have some connection with the earth.
Spiff, you’re comment is true, about the humans in Grizzly hills.When humans died they were reborn as forsaken.The forsaken remember all of their abilities in their past lives (warlock, mage, etc), so i doubt they wont be able to remember something like shooting arrows or using guns.
Blood elf warrior.the people wondering and bashing that blood elves are way to connected with magic are wrong.when the sunwell was destroyed the blood elves lost their magic, but some of them still had a little left in them, but thirst for more.what if the warriors had all of their magic drained?
Tauren rogue before paladin?come on, tauren are noble and honorable, i can’t imagine a tauren running around with a knife killing and robing people.If you are thinking of the twillight and grimtotem you are wrong about them.no tauren is bad IMO.they were either forced, tortured or taken away when young and brainwashed.
P.S.I read a comment that said about the orcs: why are such big strong guys mages?well why are such big strong guys warlocks?

By madarra on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Troll druid is simple look at Zull`aman
Halazzi (Lynx)=cat form
Nalorakk (Bear)=bear form
Akil’zon (Eagle)=moonkin
Jan’alai (Dragonhawk)=flight form for all i care
and i remember a troll that turned into a elephant(maybe mammoth)

p.s. @ Spifftastic Quel`dorei are high elfs
Sin`dorei are blood elfs
and Kalei`dorei are night elf

By madarra on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 3:04 pm

seamingly its kal`dorei = night elfs

By epicwin on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

When is the PTR coming out ?

By swingly on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 12:12 am

I generally like the new concept but I’m mostly having a hardtime imaginating Orc mage.. For those who have read the well of eternity trilogy you get alot info about the orcs (Broxigar in this case) that they are clever warriors that work with intillegence and strength not migicians .. but I really like the idea of Ne Mage.. In the book, Rhonin, krasus and Brox went back in time to just the well of eternity to Malfurion / Ilidan and Tyrandes time.. Illidan right away got intrested of Rhonin and the powers he wielded (and rhonin is a mage as we all know) and the Highborne were some sort of mages so I just have one thing too say altough I Dont play alliance , w00t

By Rayl on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 5:19 am

all of you saying dwarfs cant be shamans…..LOOK AT THE EARTHEN IN NORTHREND……u all remember the quest in storm peaks…..The earthern u summon have LAVA BURST EARTH SHEILD EARTH SHOCK………they are dwarfs……..so who said dwarfs cant be shamans?

By Quilan on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 8:38 am

Human Hunter eh? Make a human Hunter named Dickdasterly and get a wolf named Muttly, dwarf shamans and tauren pallys HOLY COW (Pun intended)

By Moophobia on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 8:47 am

I agree with an earlier poster, I would pay a fee to convert my BE pally to a Tauren pally. Personally, I can’t stand blood elves, but since its the only option to play one as Horde I bit the bullet.

By manuss on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 10:00 am

Taurens… as pally’s, No! not at allt in my opinon. warstomp, hammer of justice and repentance. and i normally dont play pally’s so i might be missing some.

BTW play as hode but still pallys are OP as it is.

By Shamtastik on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

I laughed at the posters who kept typing “WTF?! WTH?! Screw Blizz!” just because they can’t get around the idea that people learn new shit everyday.

Nuff rants, to finally have a transformable Troll aside of Shaman Ghost wolf form will be nice, pity they can’t morph to the Amani gods form, that would have look epic (boo to boomkin)

By cory on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

personally, i think an undead paladin would be the ultimate.

By Carlos on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

Blood Elves can’t be warriors.

Blood Elves = Magic

Warrior = No magic

Blood Elves = No Warrior

Period.

By Carrion on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

As for undead hunters…. Sylvanas ring any bells?

By Gravitylapse on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 1:30 am

Hyjal does have ground access as far as I know of. There is a raid instance portal entrance in south Winterspring right at the tip of Darkwhisper Gorge. This could completely throw off the flying mounts in Azeroth concept; however, Blizz would have to find a way to not players angry about them unable to use their flying mounts endgame in the upcoming expansion.

By Gravitylapse on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 1:33 am

sorry for double post but I made a mistake in my previous one. The raid instance portal is blocked and in my last statement I meant to say “not to make players angry”.

By Joe on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 9:15 am

Troll druids! image cat from being a tiger/panther depending on you hair colour that would be awesome. And as stated before in ZG you ahve shapeshifting trolls. I like the troll race so i might be overexited ^^

By Krakon on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 at 9:10 am

for ppl saying wtf to dwarf shamans, here is it. Dwarfs were created by the Titans as the Earthan, thats why they shamans. Undead Hunters just makes sense cos Human Hunter and Human hunters since it makes alot of sense. Trolls druids makes sense, but as an anti- Cenarion Circle druid. Not the one that wants natural peace but the one that prays for animals and such.

By Navari on Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 10:48 am

cocopuff, Wasn’t it the path of warlock that made all that shit with burning leagions?

By Numenor on Thursday, August 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

Eh, lol.
Remember the good old days when Alliance had no Shamans, and the Horde had no Paladins.

Gief back those days!

By leldon coffey on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 at 7:16 am

who cares abouyt lore i mean really come on its JUST A FREAKING GAME NOT REAL LIFE…………………………………….FREAKS