Do you feel Moonkin was the wrong creature to go with for Balance druids?

[ravenmoon]

Is it just me? or do you think that blizzard should've chosen differently for the balance form? and is it too late to change it or at least give a few more alternatives - and make a whole in-depth lore thing about it.

I never new why they went for that creature, but I think the Dryad(female) and Keeper of the Grove (male) i.e. Sons & daughters of Cenarius model would have been perfect, and moonkin the glyph.

As it stands atm, you can be Astral form or Moonkin form, it'd be cool if the lore supported that and the possibility of Cenarion form as the 3 alternatives for balance druids , and even make lore on the 3 schools. Like perhaps moonkin formed druids specialized in Lunar spells, whiles Cenarion ones in Solar spells, - Astral were balanced leaning more on the utility side. And players could pick which form they wanted to go with and each had some slightly different perk.

[Deleted]

I think it would have been better lore-wise if we were just in caster form like Malfurion but a cenarion form sounds epic to me. It seems good lorewise too as keepers of the grove had druidic powers right? If it was implemented though I'd say it would just be cosmetic, even though I don't think any keepers of the grove ever casted spells to do with the sun and moon.

Back to the original question, do I think blizzard should have chosen differently for balance druid? Definitely, but I think it's too late now to change moonkin form because people hate when you give them something and then take it away (ability pruning). It's more the actual spells in balance druid then the form that annoys me though. I'd rather we got more nature related abilities before we got a different form.

The more I think about it the more I think a Cenarion form would suit us. I really like it. You could almost make a new spec out of it! But I guess we have four already. We'd get so much hate if we got another.

[huth]

No, i think it fits perfectly fine. All of our forms are ultimately animals, quite unlike the Children of Cenarius.

[Deleted]

No, i think it fits perfectly fine. All of our forms are ultimately animals, quite unlike the Children of Cenarius.

Wasn't Cenarius the first being with druidic abilities though? He didn't have an animal form or at least not one he used. I think Cenarion form is more lore appropriate then astral form, for example.

[boomkinhero]

Wasn't Cenarius the first being with druidic abilities though? He didn't have an animal form or at least not one he used. I think Cenarion form is more lore appropriate then astral form, for example.

Yeah but astral form is sooooooo much easier to create.

[Triggered Fridgekin]

Do wild Moonkins even cast spells? I forget.

[Fearsom1992]

I fking hate Moonkin form, I dread ever time I go into incarnation at the pull -.- lol

[huth]

Do wild Moonkins even cast spells? I forget.

Yes. Druid spells, even.

[Wildmoon]

You shouldn't even shift into any form like at all. You know like all freaking famous Druids in lore. None of them shift into Moonkin to wreck shit. At most, give us animal features like Malfurion.

[apples]

moonkins are kinda the epitome of druidism in nature

theyre animals with the power to commune with the nature aspect

its almost like they were created with the idea of being a druidic representation in mind

[Wildmoon]

moonkins are kinda the epitome of druidism in nature

theyre animals with the power to commune with the nature aspect

its almost like they were created with the idea of being a druidic representation in mind

Since when?

[apples]

Since when?

since the points i listed below the line you highlighted

[Austilias]

The Moonkin form has always made good lore sense; particularly during the old class quests, which for some reason Blizzard thought it wise to remove.

Are they hideous/ugly/comical? Sure. They're still appropriate, however.

[Wildmoon]

since the points i listed below the line you highlighted

They are thought to be Elune's pet. That's it. Furborg could also commune with nature. As far as Druidism goes, none of the famous druids shift into this comical looking specie.

[apples]

They are thought to be Elune's pet. That's it. Furborg could also commune with nature. As far as Druidism goes, none of the famous druids shift into this comical looking specie.

furbolg are sentient humanoids
i dock you 10 lore points

[ravenmoon]

You shouldn't even shift into any form like at all. You know like all freaking famous Druids in lore. None of them shift into Moonkin to wreck shit. At most, give us animal features like Malfurion.

yes.. that's what I Was thinking, kinda like a morphed humanoid, a bit like Malfurion.

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No, i think it fits perfectly fine. All of our forms are ultimately animals, quite unlike the Children of Cenarius.

Moonkin is a humanoid actually, and i think Children of Cenarius models are animal enough to fit the bill, while not quite been an animal, which is exactly what you're shooting for for balance druids.

[therealstegblob]

They are thought to be Elune's pet. That's it. Furborg could also commune with nature. As far as Druidism goes, none of the famous druids shift into this comical looking specie.

Yeah but that's just like saying "In the cinematics/etc, no orcs walk with a stupid hunch!".

I guess it's just the idea that the player Druids have to shift into the Moonkin form in order to, say, be more "on par" with the powers of Lorical Druids such as Malfurion or Broll.

[ravenmoon]

Wasn't Cenarius the first being with druidic abilities though? He didn't have an animal form or at least not one he used. I think Cenarion form is more lore appropriate then astral form, for example.

exactly, if you read WotA he teaches Malfurion how to cast the wrath spell. the new spell visual that changed from the pre-cata visual of green which changed from the classic beta visual of white, is modelled after the spell described in the book.

EVery druid spell, whether moon, sun, stars, grass, wind, water, earth - comes from Cenarius' teaching at the base, so nothing epitomises the balance moreso than the epic Cenarion form, which fits the balance druid perfectly.

[therealstegblob]

exactly, if you read WotA he teaches Malfurion how to cast the wrath spell. the new spell visual that changed from the pre-cata visual of green which changed from the classic beta visual of white, is modelled after the spell described in the book.

EVery druid spell, whether moon, sun, stars, grass, wind, water, earth - comes from Cenarius' teaching at the base, so nothing epitomises the balance moreso than the epic Cenarion form, which fits the balance druid perfectly.

Druids turning into Cenarius-like creatures would be ugly and stupid as far as I'm concerned.

[Dreadmure]

agree.hate moonkins.so stupid