Rise of the Naga Empire Expansion Leak.... Reddit source

[Teriz]

Trolls and shamanism is a bit tenuous. The Loa's grant them the ability and only Healing and Lightening are really represented, not fire and earth. Trolls didn't actually really get "shamanism" until they became part of the Horde. Meaning that in general Witchdoctor/Shadow Hunter is different for them. Granted I would prefer to see Shadow Hunter and or Witchdoctor added to Shamanism as a sub spec. Because they are related, no reason to add a whole new class.

Actually Witchdoctors and Shadow Hunters are part of the Shaman class. Blizzard utilized both concepts when they created the Shaman class in vanilla, and the Shaman class houses the vast majority of their WC3 abilities (Sentry ward/totem, Healing Ward/totem, Hex, Healing Wave, and Searing Totem/Serpent Ward). Trolls, along with Orcs and Tauren, are the core Shaman races. Nearly all of the Shaman abilities originate from Orc, Troll, and Tauren shamanistic units and heroes from WC3.

Blood Elf: The paladins aren't part of the class fantasy they were added on. Mages yes, the arcane, the only race that pulls race/class fantasy is Orc for warlock, it's an iconic class for them, no other races though. Everyone can learn it, but that's not really the point of this discussion. Demonhunter too, anyone can learn it (limited due to the timeframe that in game DHs are trained), it's more of a Nightelf fantasy. The Bloodelfs were followers of Kael-Thas and were basically donated with the exception of a few that went to Outland seeking Illidan, but these represent a small minority.

Actually BE Paladins are Blood Knights, and they learned to use the light by draining power from a captured Naaru. That falls well in line with their racial culture. Demon Hunter BEs originate from TBC, but their history comes from WC3. Again, they have a shared history with Illidan, so DHs fit in just fine with the BE class culture.

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How would Naga ride my horse? They have tails. They would slide off at a hard left turn.

According to the leak, Naga have the ability to turn into elves out of combat.

[Leyre]

Actually Witchdoctors and Shadow Hunters are part of the Shaman class. Blizzard utilized both concepts when they created the Shaman class in vanilla, and the Shaman class houses the vast majority of their WC3 abilities (Sentry ward/totem, Healing Ward/totem, Hex, Healing Wave, and Searing Totem/Serpent Ward). Trolls, along with Orcs and Tauren, are the core Shaman races. Nearly all of the Shaman abilities originate from Orc, Troll, and Tauren shamanistic units and heroes from WC3.




Actually BE Paladins are Blood Knights, and they learned to use the light by draining power from a captured Naaru. That falls well in line with their racial culture. Demon Hunter BEs originate from TBC, but their history comes from WC3. Again, they have a shared history with Illidan, so DHs fit in just fine with the BE class culture.

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According to the leak, Naga have the ability to turn into elves out of combat.

Apart from us and Illidan, do everyone else knows nagas are ne?

[Mojo03]

It's like someone took all the popular thoughts and made up a leak, which should be a pretty big red flag in and of itself.

[Nyel]

According to the leak, Naga have the ability to turn into elves out of combat.

Just this is enough to verify this "leak" as the worst fake ever. Naga transforming back to Elves... lol. Even when they just use some kind of disguise this is just ridiculous, don't you think?

Like Undead transforming back to Human just because they could.

[Gaidax]

Rofllol... you can see it's fake from like third sentence in the opening drivel.

[The Penguin]

:cough: bullshit! :cough:

We are going to be leaving Azeroth for awhile. Plenty of signs are pointing to it in 7.3 (Titans, the Void, a new inter-dimensional spaceship built by the Draenei.)

Edit: Shit, just saw it is an old thread.

Karesh and the Ethereals would be a good expansion. After that come back and Azeroth is a Void Titan. Final battle / last Exp?

[Deleted]

Last three expansions have had leaks a few days before they were revealed.

MoP had a fairly detailed one about a week before it was trademarked the week before its announcement.

WoD had a short one with many errors (or changes in development) the week before Blizzcon.

Legion had a very small, but accurate leak here on MMO-C in a random post inside a massive thread full of speculation and fake leaks, two days before Gamescom. It was dismissed and ignored.

Leaks do happen, but they no longer happen months in advance, and they're rarely a full list of features.

yeah those poem like chinese stuff said it all...

[Deleted]

Prolly not true, but I would like Azshara & N'zoth to take 1 raid tier, not whole expansion based around them, they aren't really that interesting ;p

[TriHard]

Just this is enough to verify this "leak" as the worst fake ever. Naga transforming back to Elves... lol. Even when they just use some kind of disguise this is just ridiculous, don't you think?

Like Undead transforming back to Human just because they could.

Not really. Especially if the Titans have returned, if anyone could undo the curse, it would be them.

[Thimagryn]

Just this is enough to verify this "leak" as the worst fake ever. Naga transforming back to Elves... lol. Even when they just use some kind of disguise this is just ridiculous, don't you think?

Like Undead transforming back to Human just because they could.

Or Worgen turning back into Humans, hahaha!

Oh wait...

[Nyel]

By the amount of absurdity in this thread, why are we not talking about Murlocs as playable race transforming into Gnomes or Goblins if they want to (at least they share the same size)? They're grmlmrmllrm and just mlgrgrlglrm! And we know they can be Demon Hunters. So we've got an additional race for DH as well - win win.

[Faylinn]

Oh boy its leak season again.

No joke though id love to visit the South Sea islands/Naga.

[Jaylock]

The addition of the kultirasquest01 gear in the latest 7.3 data mine almost confirms that this will be the next expansion to world of warcraft.

The guy on reddit was right lol.

[Katie45]

- tinker and im onboard.

Kul'tiras stuff in the PTR is the main convincer tbh

LOL yeah right, just cause we get a naga south seas expansion doesnt mean this shit is right, its like those people who kept saying we are getting a legion xpac, it was bound happened at one point.

[Katie45]

I don't buy the whole thing, but kul'tiras finally showing up in the game convinces me greatly it will be in 8.0 regardless of this leak.

I agree with this but this leak is fake, a new class after a new class, a neutral race which blizzard said they didn't like the idea, killing factions, which blizzard just said in a interview that they will not be doing. fake as hell. We'll be going to the south seas probably but the xpac isnt going to be anything like this leak

[Shefu]

All things considered this seems plausible and would be fun. Hope it's true!

[Teriz]

I agree with this but this leak is fake, a new class after a new class, a neutral race which blizzard said they didn't like the idea, killing factions, which blizzard just said in a interview that they will not be doing. fake as hell. We'll be going to the south seas probably but the xpac isnt going to be anything like this leak

Keep in mind that Blizzard released a new race after new races (MoP and Cata) which was a first at the time, and that Neutral Race comment was made a long time ago (during MoP). The WoW team has changed a lot since that time, and gotten a lot bigger.

In other words when it comes to Blizzard, never say never. A new class and a neutral race are very much on the table.

[Katie45]

Keep in mind that Blizzard released a new race after new races (MoP and Cata) which was a first at the time, and that Neutral Race comment was made a long time ago (during MoP). The WoW team has changed a lot since that time, and gotten a lot bigger.

In other words when it comes to Blizzard, never say never. A new class and a neutral race are very much on the table.

Races are different than classes, for one, races don't have a large impact on balance

[FelPlague]

How would Naga ride my horse? They have tails. They would slide off at a hard left turn.

ever heard of side saddle?

[Katie45]

Ever since wod's leak was real, i will never disregard a leak with 100% certainty ever lol.

Ion just said he will never get rid of factions