Future Allied Races Speculation and Discussion

[shoc]

Let's talk about what Allied Races Blizzard can add in the future.

Here is my current wishlist:

Human - Half Elves
Dwarf - Wildhammer, Earthen, Frostborn
Gnome - Lepers, Mechagnomes
Night Elf - Children of the Forest
Draenei - Broken
Worgen - Timber Worgen from Canada Grizzly Hills

Orc - Mok'nathal, Mag'har, Blackrock, Dragonmaw
Tauren - Taunka, Yaungol
Troll - Forest Troll, Sand Trolls, Frost Trolls
Undead - Skeletons
Blood Elf - Darkfallen
Goblin - Hobgoblins, Gilgoblins, Vulpera

Pandaren - Tuskarr, Tortollan

[rcshaggy]

Or even Ogres too as a playable race...

[Bandit Mike]

I'd be down for Tuskarr to be honest.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Well now that we have something of a frame of reference for Allied Races, we can throw out some things. Half Elves? Out, they don't have their own civilization we can recruit. Children of the Forest, probably out? Not a recycled model.

Skeletons and Hobgoblins also out for not being recycled.



TBH I hope all the obvious ones that are just different skin colors are delt with in 8.0 and 8.1 so we can then get onto fun new races like Tortollans and Vulpera.

[Pebble]

Tortollans and Vulpera.

So much this.

[Ooid]

I would play a skeleton so hard. Skeletons are always so happy.

[Keltas]

Vrykul have fully rigged models AND have gear hooks on the model.

They could easily be a human subrace. It would even somewhat make sense lore wise.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

You know what, I was reading through the classes available to each Allied Race and I realized something.

Why do Horde recruit the Zandalari, who own the island they're going to, while the Alliance don't recruit the Kul'tirasians? It was mentioned at one of the panels that the Kul'tirasians have evolved to become taller and stronger than average Humans. Seems like the PERFECT setup for an Allied Race.

[Hallowseve17]

Excited we're finally getting subraces, and even more excited they said more are planned. Here's what I'd like to see coming in the future:

Human - Vrykul
Dwarf - Wildhammer, Frostborn
Night Elf - ???
Gnome - Leper, Mecha
Draenei - Broken
Worgen - ???
Pandaren (Alliance) - ???
Orc - Mag'har, Blackrock, Dragonmaw
Forsaken - "Fresh" Undead (Nathanos Blightcaller-type), Undead Elf
Troll - Forest Troll
Blood Elf - ???
Goblin - (?) Vulpera
Pandaren (Horde) - ???

[anathama]

It won't be ogres since every piece of gear in the game would have to be retooled to fit their skeleton, which is far too much work for a subrace. You all can drop that one lol...

[Veluren]

Excited we're finally getting subraces, and even more excited they said more are planned. Here's what I'd like to see coming in the future:

Human - Vrykul
Dwarf - Wildhammer, Frostborn
Night Elf - ???
Gnome - Leper, Mecha
Draenei - Broken
Worgen - ???
Pandaren (Alliance) - ???
Orc - Mag'har, Blackrock, Dragonmaw
Forsaken - "Fresh" Undead (Nathanos Blightcaller-type), Undead Elf
Troll - Forest Troll
Blood Elf - ???
Goblin - (?) Vulpera
Pandaren (Horde) - ???

We have both Saurok (which we saw will be in BFA in a trailer) and Leonid's from WoD who both share worgen skeleton/animations

Blood elf could be wretched who managed to get their minds back to them via light (share skeleton/animation with pre-WoD forsaken, maybe post wod too, I haven't levelled a Belf in forever)

Pandaren could be Tortollan

Night elf could be Highborn (paler skin, arcane eyes), or maybe some kind of life-tempered leafy things like the Botani but less genocidal

[anewok]

It won't be ogres since every piece of gear in the game would have to be retooled to fit their skeleton, which is far too much work for a subrace. You all can drop that one lol...

Plus they would have to create female Ogres from scratch. If we ever get em, it's not gonna be as part of this system.

[EbaumsTipster]

You know what, I was reading through the classes available to each Allied Race and I realized something.

Why do Horde recruit the Zandalari, who own the island they're going to, while the Alliance don't recruit the Kul'tirasians? It was mentioned at one of the panels that the Kul'tirasians have evolved to become taller and stronger than average Humans. Seems like the PERFECT setup for an Allied Race.

I mean they will probably be the "Zandalari" of the Alliance, but they get unlocked later.

Maybe Mag'har will be the "Dark Iron"?

[shoc]

You know what, I was reading through the classes available to each Allied Race and I realized something.

Why do Horde recruit the Zandalari, who own the island they're going to, while the Alliance don't recruit the Kul'tirasians? It was mentioned at one of the panels that the Kul'tirasians have evolved to become taller and stronger than average Humans. Seems like the PERFECT setup for an Allied Race.

I am willing to bet that Kul Tirans (or whatever the fuck they are called) will be the human Allied Race.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

We have both Saurok (which we saw will be in BFA in a trailer) and Leonid's from WoD who both share worgen skeleton/animations

Blood elf could be wretched who managed to get their minds back to them via light (share skeleton/animation with pre-WoD forsaken, maybe post wod too, I haven't levelled a Belf in forever)

Pandaren could be Tortollan

Night elf could be Highborn (paler skin, arcane eyes), or maybe some kind of life-tempered leafy things like the Botani but less genocidal

Yeah if I had to give ONE Allied Race to each existing race.... (based on underlying animations not the race itself)

Human - Kul'tirasian
Dwarf - Dark Iron
Night Elf - Nightborne (goes to the Horde) (They technically also provide the animations for the Zandalari soooooo..... oops?)
Gnome - Mechagnome
Draenei - Lightforged
Worgen - Saurok (goes to the Horde)
Pandaren- Furbolg / Tortollan (both go to the Alliance)
Orc - Mag'har
Forsaken - Wretched
Troll - Forest Troll (though I imagine Zandalari "count" as their Allied Race)
Blood Elf - Void Elf (goes to the Alliance)
Goblin - Vulpera
Tauren - Highmountain Tauren

[shoc]

I like Kul Tirasians as the Human allied race because they have models shown in the trailer. Physically larger than regular Humans, to me they look like the 'missing link' between Humans and Vrykul.

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Yeah if I had to give ONE Allied Race to each existing race.... (based on underlying animations not the race itself)

Human - Kul'tirasian
Dwarf - Dark Iron
Night Elf - Nightborne (goes to the Horde) (They technically also provide the animations for the Zandalari soooooo..... oops?)
Gnome - Mechagnome
Draenei - Lightforged
Worgen - Saurok (goes to the Horde)
Pandaren- Furbolg / Tortollan (both go to the Alliance)
Orc - Mag'har
Forsaken - Wretched
Troll - Forest Troll (though I imagine Zandalari "count" as their Allied Race)
Blood Elf - Void Elf (goes to the Alliance)
Goblin - Vulpera
Tauren - Highmountain Tauren

I think Mag'har is a waste of Orc allied race. They are already all members of the Horde, and the change is just a simple skin swap, it should be added to the regular Orc customization options.

I think Mok'thanal (Half Ogres) are better, since they would have to be recruited from Outland, and would have a slightly different model than regular Orcs.

[Veluren]

I could also see those noodly snake people standing as the Troll's model swap instead of forest trolls, depends on how tribal/sentient they are when we meet them

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

I like Kul Tirasians as the Human allied race because they have models shown in the trailer. Physically larger than regular Humans, to me they look like the 'missing link' between Humans and Vrykul.

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I think Mag'har is a waste of Orc allied race. They are already all members of the Horde, and the change is just a simple skin swap, it should be added to the regular Orc customization options.

I think Mok'thanal (Half Ogres) are better, since they would have to be recruited from Outland, and would have a slightly different model than regular Orcs.

I mean they added in Dark Irons which are already part of the Alliance (except when they're not in that one dungeon). And for that matter they added in High Elves just to sate a long-standing complaint of a certain community.

Don't see why the OG Sub-Race wouldn't be added.

Though Mok'nathol would be cool.

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One thought I had. What if the reason that Night Elves provide the base for two Allied Races is because in their grand master plan they don't intend to add two races for Pandaren?

That way both sides still end up equal, as if Pandaren only provided one then one faction would end up +1 in the races category.