Which is like saying that Mages is enchanting made into a class since both are magic based.
The game feels bloated because of the high amount of melee, and the samey feel among many of the classes. The benefit of a technology based class is that it would be different thematically from any other class in the game, and potentially fill the desire for a second physical ranged class after Hunters.No. It's a bad idea and contributes to the bloat this game already suffers.
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Paladins have Divine Steed.
I disagree. I think giving Gnomes and Goblins a cool class that people would want to play would actually make them a more popular race. Heck, part of the appeal of Night Elves were their Archers, Druids, and Illidan Stormrage.No, it sounds like a very backwards idea. "Hey! Let's get something a big portion of our player base has been asking for a long time... and give it to the least liked races in the game! Genius!!" That idea is going to piss off more people than make them happy, especially since it was something promised since WotLK.
Like I said before, part of the problem with Goblins and Gnomes is that in lore you see multiple examples of them piloting mechs, and then you pick one and there's no way to live out that fantasy. I mean, Gazlowe and Gelbin are pretty popular characters. There's tons of fan art for both characters.