Death Knights for All Races Preview

[Krekal]

Would be nice to have different hair colours for DK's I agree. Bloodelf DK's have some cool colours like green/blue/purple but not many of the other races do I think (haven't played them all though).

Every single race (except undead i think) have unique DK skins, usually it's a greenish one, a blueish one, and a greyish one. Check any race, be it human gnome dwarf orc troll or you name it.
If they wont add these to the allied races, I wouldn't be surprised, and I'd be disappointed

[Bethanie]

Join forces with either side on the basis of which faction they normally line up with or are we saying that you can cross faction lines?

I think it is very unlikely, would Blizzard really allow Orc Death Knights to join the Alliance?

That said if you really can choose your faction, then get ready for a huge influx of Alliance Blood Elf Death Knights and Horde Human Death Knights

[Julian Rayne]

I wonder how the Pandaren faction choice is going to work in a new starting zone. Will they choose at character creation or at the end of the starting experience?

Join forces with either side on the basis of which faction they normally line up with or are we saying that you can cross faction lines?

I'm pretty sure that faction is a hardcoded function of the RaceID. Even Pandaren get an internal race change when they choose a faction. They start out as 24 and then it changes to either 25 or 26. So I don't think we'll be seeing Alliance Orcs or Horde Dwarf DKs.

[Caperfin]

panda dk... what has the world come to?

[AmazonDruid]

I'm realy not ok with DK being shoveling into everything. I DO care about lore, class fantasy. Mechagnomes DK,Panda DK, Lightforged Draenei DK.... wtf and still they dont think ita reasonable to give high elfs to alliance because of motives.

Everytime they screw with the lore It drives me away from this game. Currently I didn't run a single raid in bfa for the entirety of the expansion. Class fantasy and design is at its lowest point ever... now this...

[Rotted]

I'm realy not ok with DK being shoveling into everything. I DO care about lore, class fantasy. Mechagnomes DK,Panda DK, Lightforged Draenei DK.... wtf and still they dont think ita reasonable to give high elfs to alliance because of motives.

Everytime they screw with the lore It drives me away from this game. Currently I didn't run a single raid in bfa for the entirety of the expansion. Class fantasy and design is at its lowest point ever... now this...

How exactly does it not make sense exactly?

Every single race released up to visions has been involved in combat, will have died one way or another. The light doesn't protect people from being raised except for a few exceptions. It's literally bodies waiting to be raised again.

As for mechagnomes; gnomes are no different to mechagnomes as a species. Their still the same. Mechagnomes have made physical changes to their body to improve themselves. Thats it. Theres nothing stopping them being raised.

If you said they'd have the tech to prevent being raised, then you'd be fucking with the lore 100x time worse.

[Tarba]

Since those new dk can also be alliance. The lich king raising dead is not a crime. And he should not be taken down.
Baine will probably be very happy about it.

[Kuja]

That white-black horse is cool as fuck. Is it obtainable by players?

[McNeil]

Some DK options just make zero sense. Like how can a lightforged draenei who is the embodiment of light wield the power of death? Doesn't that just make him a normal draenei? And mechagnomes are supposed to be working on engines, so how can they be DK's? But then again there is a whole lot of things that don't make sense already, so why not continue piling it up even more.

[Danuel]

And now we NEED pandaren druids. Do it blizzard I dare you!

[barackohmama]

WoW is getting more and more absurd

[RangerDaz]

I thought the preview for all races had a picture of every DK race gender combos?

Meh, Death knights should just be fallen paladins raised from the dead, not fallen warriors or priests as well.
Some races just look strange as Death Knights (animal races for example)

Lightforged Draenei would look very cool if their holy tattoos and glyphs changed as death symbols or just no glow, as they were killed before becoming DKs?

[vitor210]

I've always said that I wouldn't mind ANYTHING that blizzard did with its pre established lore until they make panddaren DKs but now.. idk I kinda like them lmao and at least now they make sense lore wise to be death knights (lets see what the new starting area will be like and how will it explain on how they were turned to dks).

Kul tiran with the DK armor sets is a literal wet dream. Also, Lightforged dks are a joke.

On the topic of heritage armor, when will humans and orcs get theirs??

[reacher]

How exactly does it not make sense exactly?

Every single race released up to visions has been involved in combat, will have died one way or another. The light doesn't protect people from being raised except for a few exceptions. It's literally bodies waiting to be raised again.

As for mechagnomes; gnomes are no different to mechagnomes as a species. Their still the same. Mechagnomes have made physical changes to their body to improve themselves. Thats it. Theres nothing stopping them being raised.

If you said they'd have the tech to prevent being raised, then you'd be fucking with the lore 100x time worse.

But if the owners of the content add races and classes and new combinations of those two, how does it mess with the lore?!? They create the lore! Honestly a panda DK doesn't seem as out of place as a motorcycle!

[valky94]

.....wasn't the first wave of Allied Races locked completely behind BFA preorder?

yes it was

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ARCHERUS????

Blizzard can't even spell Acherus correctly?!?!

Its like Blizzard don't even play Deathknights.

Correct spelling as rightfully displayed on Wowpedia: Acherus: The Ebon Hold
Heck the Deathknight discord is even called Acherus!

oh noes, someone from the PR department made a tipo, better burn down blizz HQ

[JacobusRex]

Lightforged and Void Elf Death Knights make NO sense at all. I don't care if "the light leaves them when they die" or mirror for the void, they just would NOT become death knights with bodies so saturated by opposing magics. Lightforged are infused, body and soul with Light magic. Void Elves are infused, body and soul with Void magic. Neither could stand to be resurrected and not explode from such violently conflicting forces within them.

And indeed, the whole idea of new Death Knights being created in this timeline, while sadly interesting compared to other pieces of "lore"... is sort of unnecessary and a bit ridiculous fan service. It's as ridiculous as "monks for everyone" while restricting Highmountain and Lightforged from tons of other classes. >.>

WoW has no lore, no baseline, no integrity anymore. Rules are made solely to protect Blizzard's laziness, plain and simple.

[Edlarel]

Lightforged and Void Elf Death Knights make NO sense at all. I don't care if "the light leaves them when they die" or mirror for the void, they just would NOT become death knights with bodies so saturated by opposing magics. Lightforged are infused, body and soul with Light magic. Void Elves are infused, body and soul with Void magic. Neither could stand to be resurrected and not explode from such violently conflicting forces within them.

And indeed, the whole idea of new Death Knights being created in this timeline, while sadly interesting compared to other pieces of "lore"... is sort of unnecessary and a bit ridiculous fan service. It's as ridiculous as "monks for everyone" while restricting Highmountain and Lightforged from tons of other classes. >.>

WoW has no lore, no baseline, no integrity anymore. Rules are made solely to protect Blizzard's laziness, plain and simple.

This tells me only life opposes death, neither light nor shadow, so you're wrong.

[Unholyground]

Great but DK are a shadow of their former selves, garbage specs that were gutted into oblivion.

[Varodoc]

Lightforged and Void Elf Death Knights make NO sense at all. I don't care if "the light leaves them when they die" or mirror for the void, they just would NOT become death knights with bodies so saturated by opposing magics. Lightforged are infused, body and soul with Light magic. Void Elves are infused, body and soul with Void magic. Neither could stand to be resurrected and not explode from such violently conflicting forces within them.

And indeed, the whole idea of new Death Knights being created in this timeline, while sadly interesting compared to other pieces of "lore"... is sort of unnecessary and a bit ridiculous fan service. It's as ridiculous as "monks for everyone" while restricting Highmountain and Lightforged from tons of other classes. >.>

WoW has no lore, no baseline, no integrity anymore. Rules are made solely to protect Blizzard's laziness, plain and simple.

Void-infused undead are an old concept, dating back to WoD, where Ner'zhul used Void magic as necromancy (so even before the cosmic chart of Chronicles). In BfA we see Magister Umbric do the same with skeleton beasts. Ren'dorei DKs make perfect sense.

[Piesor]

Preorder Legion to unlock DH --> "shutup and take my money"
Preorder BFA to unlock allied races --> "meh... don't want to .... so bored .... I'll buy it anyway ... ok I preorder"
Preorder Shadowlands to unlock DK for other races --> "gtfo"