Would you want to be this guy?

[Shiza]

So, with Threats of being a Tinker class being rather common and dominated by the same people, I would want to tackle the question of Tinkers with a different approach in this Thread. My question at you would be, whether or not you would want to immerse yourself into the fantasy of being this guy:



Many people who argue in favor of Tinkers do so with the arguments that a class using machines would be neat or that it would be something different and similar arguments, which may be true but in my opinion are not indicators of whether or not people would actually play the class. During my time in World of Warcraft, I often saw people argue in favor of certain concepts because they are there, while ending up not actually supporting them by playing them. A good example would be for example Pandaren, which was an often demanded race which still ended up being one of the least popular core races despite being playable by both races.

So I want to appreoach this not with the question whether or not a Tinker would be an interesting or unique idea, but with the question whether or not you would want to live out the fantasy of being the character posted at the Screenshot. People chose classes based on aesthetics, performance or class fantasy which is more often than not tied to lore characters, but in my experience when it comes to brand new classes the most common pull towards them and the strongest reason they end up being successful or not is aspect of class and character fantasy. So far in the history of World of Warcraft, the two immediately successful and popular new classes, Death Knight and Demon Hunter, played strongly off the fantasy of being an iconic Warcraft Character, in these cases Arthas the Lichking and Illidan Stormrage. The Monk was the outlayer, being based on a less popular and more niche and gimicky character in the Setting who doesn't pander towards the typical fantasies, interests and wish fulfillment of the general WoW Community, he ended up creating no hype and being received rather coldly during his release.

Which I feel like should teach the lesson that new classes shouldn't be based upon whether or not people may find the idea of it neat, but whether or not the fantasy of being the character who most strongly represents this class is appealing to them.

So is being this Gnome on the picture a fantasy you want to engage in?

[Devilyaki]

Don't like gnomes

[Teriz]

I wasn't aware that people were advocating for a Depressed Gnome class....

[Varodoc]

It is not a fantasy I want to engage in at all. I would accept tinkers ONLY if elves can also be tinkers. Blood elves, void elves, and nightborne all have a history of creating powerful machinery by using magic.

Also mods should make a Tinker megathread, so that all the people who want this comic relief class can gather there.

[Grimbold21]

Gnome is the only race for which genocide is an acceptable course of action

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

Even though I've always picked humans for my characters I would 100% roll a Gnome Tinker if they made it race locked to them. Would I prefer Tinker for all/more races? Yes definitely, but it won't stop me from playing a Tinker.

It seems so weird people are so against a class that fits into WoW so well.

[Pury]

Gnome race transmog is engineer-themed. Gnomes themselves are...gnomes. Mechanical mount. Tinker class.
Race-Class-Mount-Transmog, all in perfect mechanical harmony.
I am so glad they didn't make tinkers a thing, otherwise I would be tempted to try it out and drop my 10+ years old main character.

[A Chozo]

So is being this Gnome on the picture a fantasy you want to engage in?

Sure, gnome in the picture is quite the boss



Hell, even the Warcraft Tinkers that appear in spin-off games are awesome



And there's also the non-gnome tinkers / engineers of WoW, like the Iron Horde crew, Draenei who build spaceships, Elves with their constructs, etc.

[Amerissis]

I’m horde, why would I ever play a gnome? Give me a troll tinker though and I’d switch mains in an instant! I’d settle for goblin too, if Blizzard went the DH route and only allowed gnome and goblin tinkers (or tinkerers?).

[Shiza]

I wasn't aware that people were advocating for a Depressed Gnome class....

I was linking a picture of the character who embodies the concept of a Tinker the most.

[Mirishka]

I was linking a picture of the character who embodies the concept of a Tinker the most.

Even as someone who wants them to become playable... why did we need yet another topic about this? There's no reason that OP/screenshot couldn't have been posted in one of the other dozens of existing topics about Tinkers.

[enigma77]

Goblin Tinker? Hell yeah!

Gnomes though? Gnomes suck!

[Pony Soldier]

I'm glad at least someone here shares my view on Tinkers. I think you hit it pretty spot on. I get the same feeling that a lot of people who desire Tinkers as a new class want them because the IDEA of it is cool but when it comes down to actually playing them on a consistent basis I just don't see it happening.

[Shiza]

Even as someone who wants them to become playable... why did we need yet another topic about this? There's no reason that OP/screenshot couldn't have been posted in one of the other dozens of existing topics about Tinkers.

Because I wanted to tackle the question from a different approach. My personal opinion is, that what draws people the most into new classes is not just aesthetics or mechanics, but more the fantasy of being an iconic Warcraft hero. With Mekkatorque embodying the tinker concept the most, I feel like the question should be, do you want to be Mekkatorque, just like the question with DKs and DHs would be, do you want to be Arthas/Illidan.

[Mirishka]

Gnome is the only race for which genocide is an acceptable course of action

I agree, gnomes should genocide the other races.

King Mechagon came close...

[Rendark]

Make it a Goblin and i would love it.

[cocomen2]

1 (Orc,Human,Nightborne,Dwarf) Tinker = YES

2 (Gnome + Goblin only) Tinker = NO,ty

[Powerogue]

Maybe if they added better mechagnome customizations, particularly customizing which limbs are robotic to avoid diaper gnome syndrome and being able to have part of my face mechanically replaced on the side with a big red eyeball terminator style.

[Syegfryed]

i want to be this motherfucker not a gnome:


or this one

[Shiza]

Nightborn or DID tinker YES

Gnome + Goblin tinker NO,ty

The Question of the Poll was whether or not you would want to be Mekkatorque.

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i want to be this motherfucker not a gnome:


or this one

This was not the question I asked in this poll though. My question was, would you want to be Mekkatorque.