new racials?

[justme123]

I heard some rumors a long time ago, that there will be some new racials. is it true? and if there are gonna be new racials is there any info about them yet?

[Worgoblin]

They're redoing racials for Cataclysm. No real info yet though.

[justme123]

well I hope I get something else then shadowmeld kinda boring...
but i'm glad they are redoing it! :-*

[Worgoblin]

Shadowmeld is extremely useful. Compare it to any of the Dwarf racials. Yeah, Dwarves need a serious racial makeover.

[Cyph3r]

It was actually clarified in a blue post that they simply intend to "rework" existing racials, not redesign them all from scratch. Though with that said I won't be surprised to see a few completely new ones, or certain old ones disappear (track treasure).

[Smittles]

Remember all those chests in WotLK? I don't.


Yeah they rework racials in every expansion. Well, these two at least.

[Basmothel]

Remember all those chests in WotLK? I don't.


Yeah they rework racials in every expansion. Well, these two at least.

They already mentioned that Dwarven racials (Find Treasure) will likely have something to do with Archaeology.

They also mentioned they want all racials on par for how fun/useful the Goblin racials will be. So a lot of races will need work.

[Worgoblin]

I remember when Treasure Finding was actually useful. Back in classic, before they nerfed chests.

[Redbtk]

In the 2009 blizzcon they said they wanted to rework the current racials to match the racials of Worgen's / Goblin's

[Direpanda]

Well then, what would you like to see?

Humans will almost certainly see their racial change YET AGAIN. And that will probably be for the better. Sick of seeing high-end PVE gear in arenas. What will they get? Anyone's guess, but I'd like to see something offensive.

I'd like to see Gift of the Naaru be less of a joke, Arcane Torrent go away, and Dwarf racials get a complete makeover. Would be nice if some racials (Shadowmeld, even War Stomp and the CC breaks) had usefulness in raids.

[Queen Sylvanas Windrunner]

Well then, what would you like to see?

Humans will almost certainly see their racial change YET AGAIN. And that will probably be for the better. Sick of seeing high-end PVE gear in arenas. What will they get? Anyone's guess, but I'd like to see something offensive.

I'd like to see Gift of the Naaru be less of a joke, Arcane Torrent go away, and Dwarf racials get a complete makeover. Would be nice if some racials (Shadowmeld, even War Stomp and the CC breaks) had usefulness in raids.

Shadowmeld certainly helps with threat.

[Tycho]

They also mentioned they want all racials on par for how fun/useful the Goblin racials will be. So a lot of races will need work.

Aye. This has me pretty excited.

Ultimately I'd rather there weren't racials, but selectable "character backgrounds" that gives you the same bonuses. This would largely remove any conflict between form & function when chosing a race/class combo.

[Arrcus]

Draenei's should get "Crystalization", like a mages icetomb but a giant exodar-ish crystal.

[Brutallus.]

lets just hope gnome racials stay the same :0

[Basmothel]

Arcane Torrent go away,

Blood Elves already have one less racial than every other race in the game.

Oh, yes, Ghostcrawler mentioned that Alliance will likely lose Heroic Presence. Muahaha. Now Alliance has to gear up with the same amount of hit as Horde.

[Direpanda]

Shadowmeld certainly helps with threat.

If you play a melee class and pass the tank on threat, you die before you can Meld. You could meld before passing him, but you could also stop attacking with an identical effect. It's redundant for Hunters, so we have ... Priests and Moonkin?

The only use of Meld I've ever seen in a raid is when an OT's taunt is resisted and the MT needs to dump aggro. And if the tank's a feral Druid, it's too risky to use anyway.

I'm sure someone can point out a couple more situational uses, but the fact remains that it's almost as lackluster as Stoneform on your Holy Priest.

Blood Elves already have one less racial than every other race in the game.

I think the 2% resist spells and Torrent more than make up for it. Would you prefer to dock that to 1% resist and give 'em Find Mana Potions instead?

I just find the additional silence to be silly on Paladins, Rogues, and now, Warriors.

[ComputerNerd]

Blood Elves already have one less racial than every other race in the game.

Oh, yes, Ghostcrawler mentioned that Alliance will likely lose Heroic Presence. Muahaha. Now Alliance has to gear up with the same amount of hit as Horde.

Plus the removal of the hit debuffs from SP's and Moonkins so that you do not need to juggle your gear around who attends a raid.

I can see something like the +Intellect for gnomes going away, since it is caster specific, and with the changes to the stats +5% intellect with the associated spellpower increase could be a bit imbalanced.
Generally with alliance having defensive, and horde having more offensive racials then it is more than time they were evened out a bit.

[The_Butcher]

Well, Worgens have sprint, Goblins have a portable Bank. hopefully *crosses fingers* Blizzard will bring back [Plainsrunning] for taurens ;D

[Myrsky]

It was actually clarified in a blue post that they simply intend to "rework" existing racials, not redesign them all from scratch. Though with that said I won't be surprised to see a few completely new ones, or certain old ones disappear (track treasure).

Track Treasure is staying, they want it to work with Archeaology.