Originally Posted by
Sylar Hao
Ever since the announcement of the so called "Allied Races" (1) (2), I've been thinking that it's wrong they have different racials, let me explain this with every new race:
The Tauren
The only real difference between Bloodhooves and Highmountains are their horns, which, from a genetic point of view, it's just a mutation. Everything else it's pretty much the same race, even with how long these races have been separated, so both Tauren types could breed between them. So, I can understand that the Bloodhooves get an increased herbalism skill trait since they live in a vast prairie plenty of herbs and flowers, while the Highmountains get an increased mining skill because they live in a much rocky place. But the rest of the traits or racials should just be the same:
- BH get slightly more stamina, HM get slightly reduced damage taken, which is pretty much the same thing.
- BH get increased critical effects, HM get increased versatility, which is pretty much the same thing.
- They are both collector races, so the extra food trait should be given to both, imo.
And now the active skill: imagine two bodybuilders, they don't know each other and they workout differently, but they have the same body and strength, they meet and they decide to train together, one works chest one way they other doesn't know, so the former teaches the later and maybe the first time he tries he doesn't have the technic to do it correctly but since he is well trained after a couple tries he knows how to do it exactly like the first guy, and it has taken a few minutes to learn. Well, that's exactly what both War Stomp and Bull Rush are, physical skills a naturally big and strong creature can learn and master quickly, so, why don't they both get both active racials and share CD much like Goblins' Jump and Barrage?
So in my opinion, both Tauren racials should merge somehow.
The Blood Elves.
This case bugs me more. How long have been Void Elves outcast from the Blood Elves? A few months? A few years? They are still the same race, but corrupted by the void. Is that enough time to completely transform your natural YOU into something completely different to consider you a different race?
The comparison I'm gonna do here is done in a respectful way: Imagine you're a natural at playing guitar (Arcane Torrent) and for whatever reason you fall into a depression (getting in touch with the void) and you stop playing it. You are feeling so sad, you don't suddenly acquire, say, masterful skills at playing chess (Spatial Rift), it's something you must develope over a long time. This depression may corrupt your mind for a while so you get used to it (arcane and shadow resistance) but you are still you, even if it takes long, whenever you decide to play the guitar again you will still have your natural skill (Arcane Torrent) even if you sound rusty.
So I find it weird that they have different racial traits than the standard Blood Elves. (3)
The Trolls
Same argument here. As far as I know, Zandalari trolls have inhabitated many places all over Azeroth, not just Zandalar, it was a big empire after all, and although there have been many evolutions (forest trolls, sand trolls, etc...) they all belong to the same family of species, and share the same wild, savage, loa-guided tribal nature. I don't know for how long the Darkspear and the Zandalari have lost contact, but is that enough to make them different races?
Shouldn't they just share the same racial traits with maybe 1 different trait like the Tauren proffession trait?
The Draenei
The Draenei, lightforged or not, have a natural bond with the Light and the Naaru. The regular Draenei just happen to be forced to land on a different planet and start from almost zero a new civilization while they others could keep their bond up and well, get lightforged and all that stuff, but, is that enough to make them actually have different racials? I think not.
In these 4 cases, they should just merge these traits and consider them a trait update for the old races, while maybe keeping 1 or 2 traits different. (4)
When it comes to Nightborne and Dark Iron Dwarves, they have been separated (isolated?) for so long that it's only logical they have different racials, although they could still share 1 or 2 traits with the Night Elves and Bronzebeards.
(1) - Technically, what we call races in the WoW universe are species, but we've been using the term "races" for so long...
(2) - I think the name "Allied Races" is not very well-chosen. I mean, aren't orcs and trolls, or human and gnomes, allied races between them? When you join a faction you are an allied, unless you don't fully join it but more like some sort of economical or political agreement without full commitment, and as far I'm concerned, the new races join their respective factions without strings attached, and calling them Allied Races would imply they aren't fully committing to the cause. I feel it's an ambiguous term.
(3) - While writing this text wall I got this sudden thinking: can the different elven races breed between them? I guess the answer is yes since there are Half-Elves and Human share much less genetic percentage than Elves between them. This led me to: what would a NE+BE child would look like? What racials would it have? Could this mixed-Elf breed? Can Half-Elves breed? (Lions and Tigers can inbreed but their children are sterile)...
And all of this led me to: what about a Human+Worgen? Would the child be cursed? How do two worgen do the sexual act, in human or worgen form?
(PLEASE, DON'T JUDGE ME. XD)
(4) - I know that for gameplay sake, they all must have different racials as a way to incentivate players to unlock them and level them up.
TL;DR: Trolls, Taurens, Blood Elves and Draenei should share all (or most) of the racials.