Race/Class Combo Unlocks in Warlords of Draenor Expansion

[-Superman-]

I am completely in favor of this happening. It has been 9 years, and the time has come to unlock these combos and allow us, as players, to choose our race/class based on our personal aesthetics rather than be pigenholed into a set combo for the sake of lore, which, by the way, is already being stretched pretty damn thin. We are in for some BIG changes in this next expansion, and some QoL items like this should be included.

[Deleted]

InB4 incoming Darsithis close.

Just kidding, this topic is different.

I dunno, do we need more?

[Deleted]

i think there are already too many race+clas combinations avaible

[CosmicGuitars]

If anybody suggests 'Draenei Warlocks' I'm going to cry.

[alduron]

Draenei warlocks would be awesome, but meta form would have to turn you into jaraxxus.

[Giscoicus]

No.

Why?

Because Lore says Paladins and undead dot mix, gnomes don't do nature related anything and goblin worsen starting zones have time canon events

Deal with it.

[Eazy]

No.

Why?

Because Lore says Paladins and undead dot mix, gnomes don't do nature related anything and goblin worsen starting zones have time canon events

Deal with it.

^ Exactly what this guy is saying.

Lore doesn't approve gnome druid(sorry guys, no little animals), and many other class/race combinations.

[Deleted]

Draenei warlocks would be awesome, but meta form would have to turn you into jaraxxus.

You do realize you just made CosmicGuitars guy cry?

[Aqua]

See if they can use the time they have with the revamps of the aesthetics on characters to give them excuses to learn new skill sets.

I just... can't imagine a forsaken paladin though, I mean... it's like being a vegetarian butcher. How do you even.

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I have no problem with this, providing each new race/class combo has a good explanation. There are some which don't really fit, but there's no reason they can't exist (e.g Human Druids.). Others are harder to justify due to cultural reasons (e.g Draenei Warlocks) but explanations could still be found (e.g Fight fire with fire in the vein of DHs). So to speculate for the Alliance:

Humans:
> Druids: We already have Gilnean druids who apparently took up pagan-esque practices after separating from the rest of the Alliance. Human Druids could be non-worgified Gilneans who took up the art.
> Shaman: A natural result of close contact with the Dwarves, especially the Wildhammer.

Dwarves:
>Druids: The Wildhammer Dwarves are already close with nature, so Druids aren't a huge stretch.

Gnome:
>Paladin. We already have Gnome priests worshiping the Holy Light, Paladins aren't a stretch.
>Druid/Shaman: Initially very weird seeming indeed, but they already have close proximity to Shamans (and with Wildhammer Druids, druids as well). They're also curious and inquisitive, so moving onto nature magic makes some degree of sense.

Night Elf:
>Paladin: Could be nicely explained as a subset of Priestesses of the Moon, who are in-lore far more martial than the Priest class.
>Warlock: Should we ever get DHs, Warlocks could also be justified with fight-fire-with-fire methods.
>Shaman: Not a huge stretch given the Nelf's connection with nature.

Draenei:
>Warlocks: Same as Nelfs.
>Rogues: They're big, but that doesn't mean they can't be sneaky. We already have a Draenei SI:7 Agent in Pandaria. They could wrap their hooves in felt.
> Druid: Close proximity to the Nelfs makes this a logical next step.

Worgen:
>Monks: The same explanation for all the other races: retcon a Pandaren Monk into Gilneas.
> Shaman: No real reason, but there's no reason why not either. The explanations used for humans could easily apply.
>Paladins: Gilneas was cut off from the outside world prior to the formation of the Silver Hand, explaining the lack of Worgen Paladins. But they still worship the Light, so now they've reunited with the Alliance there's no reason why Worgen Paladins can't exist.

Pandaren:
>DKs: There have supposedly always been the odd Pandaren adventurer wandering around Azeroth like Chen. Some could have been killed and risen as DKs.
>Warlocks: A hard one. It would be a bit lazy to use the "fight fire with fire" excuse for all new Warlocks, but it could work. Or an extremist group of Panda's who believe that there's too much light, and that to achieve balance there must be a bit more darkness.
>Druids: Would have made sense to begin with imo.

[Pigglix]

Goblin paladins.

yeap, let them charge their services while ride a charger.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Not in favor at all.

[Sicarius87]

No.

Why?

Because Lore says Paladins and undead dot mix, gnomes don't do nature related anything and goblin worsen starting zones have time canon events

Deal with it.

There are Undead Paladin's such as Sir Zeliek.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Sir_Zeliek

Check here. Ive had this conversation before. And it's changed my mind.

[Luuth]

I have no problem with this, providing each new race/class combo has a good explanation. There are some which don't really fit, but there's no reason they can't exist (e.g Human Druids.). Others are harder to justify due to cultural reasons (e.g Draenei Warlocks) but explanations could still be found (e.g Fight fire with fire in the vein of DHs). So to speculate for the Alliance:

Humans:
> Druids: We already have Gilnean druids who apparently took up pagan-esque practices after separating from the rest of the Alliance. Human Druids could be non-worgified Gilneans who took up the art.
> Shaman: A natural result of close contact with the Dwarves, especially the Wildhammer.

Dwarves:
>Druids: The Wildhammer Dwarves are already close with nature, so Druids aren't a huge stretch.

Gnome:
>Paladin. We already have Gnome priests worshiping the Holy Light, Paladins aren't a stretch.
>Druid/Shaman: Initially very weird seeming indeed, but they already have close proximity to Shamans (and with Wildhammer Druids, druids as well). They're also curious and inquisitive, so moving onto nature magic makes some degree of sense.

Night Elf:
>Paladin: Could be nicely explained as a subset of Priestesses of the Moon, who are in-lore far more martial than the Priest class.
>Warlock: Should we ever get DHs, Warlocks could also be justified with fight-fire-with-fire methods.
>Shaman: Not a huge stretch given the Nelf's connection with nature.

Draenei:
>Warlocks: Same as Nelfs.
>Rogues: They're big, but that doesn't mean they can't be sneaky. We already have a Draenei SI:7 Agent in Pandaria. They could wrap their hooves in felt.
> Druid: Close proximity to the Nelfs makes this a logical next step.

Worgen:
>Monks: The same explanation for all the other races: retcon a Pandaren Monk into Gilneas.
> Shaman: No real reason, but there's no reason why not either. The explanations used for humans could easily apply.
>Paladins: Gilneas was cut off from the outside world prior to the formation of the Silver Hand, explaining the lack of Worgen Paladins. But they still worship the Light, so now they've reunited with the Alliance there's no reason why Worgen Paladins can't exist.

Pandaren:
>DKs: There have supposedly always been the odd Pandaren adventurer wandering around Azeroth like Chen. Some could have been killed and risen as DKs.
>Warlocks: A hard one. It would be a bit lazy to use the "fight fire with fire" excuse for all new Warlocks, but it could work. Or an extremist group of Panda's who believe that there's too much light, and that to achieve balance there must be a bit more darkness.
>Druids: Would have made sense to begin with imo.

There may not be DK's anymore if we go back and change the time line. The Lich King may not ever come to pass.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

There are Undead Paladin's such as Sir Zeliek.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Sir_Zeliek

Check here. Ive had this conversation before. And it's changed my mind.

They're generally seen as too few in number, like BElf Druids.

[Sicarius87]

They're generally seen as too few in number, like BElf Druids.

But they're still there. Which makes them fit into lore. Which makes them a possibility as a race/class combo.

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There may not be DK's anymore if we go back and change the time line. The Lich King may not ever come to pass.

They're not going to get rid of an entire class. Regardless of what time travel stuff happens the classes, races and factions will remain the same.

[Deleted]

I want to be a Human Horde Warrior. Its been 9 years, surely there would have been some deserters and people changing sides by now!

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

But they're still there. Which makes them fit into lore. Which makes them a possibility as a race/class combo.

Tell you what, if Undead get to be Paladins than I want BElf Druid and Pandaren Druid.

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I want to be a Human Horde Warrior. Its been 9 years, surely there would have been some deserters and people changing sides by now!

Heh, not for the last 4 years where Garrosh would have had them impaled outside Orgrimmar on the spot.

[Asera]

I want to be a Human Horde Warrior. Its been 9 years, surely there would have been some deserters and people changing sides by now!

After the horrific events of Mists, now would be an easy opportunity to allow 1 time faction deserting or something similar. Especially Horde deserters saying "eff this place holy fk".

I highly doubt Blizzard would do that though.