Mechagnomes have opened the door to playable Nagas

[Nork]

I know, I know. You might be thinking: what the hell are you talking about? The thing is, mechagnomes came with a new feature that we've never seen before: you cannot wear gloves, trousers or shoes due to their mechanical "issue". That means, you cannot transmog them at all.

In the past, when people said they wanted to see playable nagas, many detractors argued they cannot wear trousers or shoes so they'll never be a playable race. But now, mechagnomes have opened season on playable races that don't need to equip every single tradicional piece of armor, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to see playable nagas in the future.

What do you think guys?

[CalamityHeart]

Sure, the gear appearance issue can be solved as easily as "X race cannot wear Y armor". That's a rather... shitty solution, if you ask me, and is part of the reason why I dislike the introduction of mechagnomes, because I hate the fact that this precedent was set. But... yeah. It's a solution. It's a point in the corner for playable naga, I guess.

What about mounts? Despite the fact that mechagnomes can't transmog boots and can only barely transmog pants, they do still have legs. Legs are pretty handy things to have when you're mounting something (or jumping, now that I think about it). Essential, almost. At least if you don't want it to look fucking stupid. Naga, as far as I'm aware, don't have legs. What's the solution here, besides just giving Naga legs? And why should I believe that it'll look convincingly believable and not like some dumb meme trying its hardest to take itself seriously? Where exactly is the precedent on things-without-legs-riding-horses?

If they wanna say 'Fuck it, nagas with legs.' I guess I might be down for them as a Horde race.

[Chonar]

Someone shut that damn door.
Bloody gnomes.

[Leyre]

What do i think? that mods should grown some balls and ban anyone who keeps insisting about making threads about playable nagas

[Uko]

Id say that the backlash to diaper gnomes having no transmog for feet and gloves ect slammed that door shut instead.

[Dakhath]

Im sure there are races worse than Naga to add to the player roster, but I sure can't think of any.

[Soulwind]

Sure, the gear appearance issue can be solved as easily as "X race cannot wear Y armor". That's a rather... shitty solution, if you ask me, and is part of the reason why I dislike the introduction of mechagnomes, because I hate the fact that this precedent was set. But... yeah. It's a solution. It's a point in the corner for playable naga, I guess.

What about mounts? Despite the fact that mechagnomes can't transmog boots and can only barely transmog pants, they do still have legs. Legs are pretty handy things to have when you're mounting something (or jumping, now that I think about it). Essential, almost. At least if you don't want it to look fucking stupid. Naga, as far as I'm aware, don't have legs. What's the solution here, besides just giving Naga legs? And why should I believe that it'll look convincingly believable and not like some dumb meme trying its hardest to take itself seriously? Where exactly is the precedent on things-without-legs-riding-horses?

If they wanna say 'Fuck it, nagas with legs.' I guess I might be down for them as a Horde race.

I agree, but mounts aren't impossible either.



I'd rather have a sub-species of nagas with legs, and no more races with such extreme tmog restrictions, but ultimately it's up to Blizzard.

[Nork]

Sure, the gear appearance issue can be solved as easily as "X race cannot wear Y armor". That's a rather... shitty solution, if you ask me, and is part of the reason why I dislike the introduction of mechagnomes, because I hate the fact that this precedent was set. But... yeah. It's a solution. It's a point in the corner for playable naga, I guess.

What about mounts? Despite the fact that mechagnomes can't transmog boots and can only barely transmog pants, they do still have legs. Legs are pretty handy things to have when you're mounting something (or jumping, now that I think about it). Essential, almost. At least if you don't want it to look fucking stupid. Naga, as far as I'm aware, don't have legs. What's the solution here, besides just giving Naga legs? And why should I believe that it'll look convincingly believable and not like some dumb meme trying its hardest to take itself seriously? Where exactly is the precedent on things-without-legs-riding-horses?

If they wanna say 'Fuck it, nagas with legs.' I guess I might be down for them as a Horde race.

Honestly, I don't see such a problem. They just have to create a proper animation that make them stay on a mount without looking ridiculous. Maybe dropping their tails on one side of the mount.

[Snowcharm]

Im sure there are races worse than Naga to add to the player roster, but I sure can't think of any.

Murlocs,Qiraji,Nerubians...off the top of my head

[Nork]

What do i think? that mods should grown some balls and ban anyone who keeps insisting about making threads about playable nagas

I hope I'll never become such a human being who gets angry due to a post about a playable race in a videogame. What a sad life you must have, mate.

[Delano]

I don't think we'll ever see a less humanoid race (i.e., one without normal arms and legs like naga). Can't just recycle animation rigs etc. then, and you know how lazy Blizzard is.

[Unlimited Power]

Playable Nagas without tails might as well be playable Sethrak in my eyes. I could see a High Elven transformation akin to Worgen's human form that would auto activate when mounting though.

[Kyphael]

I agree, I do think Mechagnomes is Blizzard experimenting with the idea of a race that can't have leg armor. It was the first thing that crossed my mind, and since there was no backlash of people complaining they couldn't transmog pants/boots/gloves on a Mechagnome, I'd say they're probably encouraged by the idea of adding Naga down the line, hopefully soon. There's also the fact they kept Queen Azshara alive when they normally loved axing major lore characters in the past. I could see Azshara entering into some pact with The Horde or Alliance if mutually beneficial that sees playable Naga.

[Azerate]

This thread is in competition with "If elves evolved from trolls why are there still trolls" for the award of the most silly thread of the month

[Razion]

[...]What about mounts? Despite the fact that mechagnomes can't transmog boots and can only barely transmog pants, they do still have legs. Legs are pretty handy things to have when you're mounting something (or jumping, now that I think about it). Essential, almost. At least if you don't want it to look fucking stupid. Naga, as far as I'm aware, don't have legs. What's the solution here, besides just giving Naga legs? And why should I believe that it'll look convincingly believable and not like some dumb meme trying its hardest to take itself seriously? Where exactly is the precedent on things-without-legs-riding-horses?

If they wanna say 'Fuck it, nagas with legs.' I guess I might be down for them as a Horde race.

Naga tails can just go down one side of the mount...

[Orby]

Still waiting for Ogres...

[Lefrog]

Id say that the backlash to diaper gnomes having no transmog for feet and gloves ect slammed that door shut instead.

This. Good luck finding more than 3 outfits like heritage armor (not including robes that hide everything) that look halfway decent. 99% of plate xmog looks horrible on my diaper DK

[Nork]

This thread is in competition with "If elves evolved from trolls why are there still trolls" for the award of the most silly thread of the month

I was reading your post and I thought you were blaming yourself. Don't be so harsh with you, mate, it's alright to post silly things now and then.

[Amsden]

I agree, I do think Mechagnomes is Blizzard experimenting with the idea of a race that can't have leg armor. It was the first thing that crossed my mind, and since there was no backlash of people complaining they couldn't transmog pants/boots/gloves on a Mechagnome, I'd say they're probably encouraged by the idea of adding Naga down the line, hopefully soon. There's also the fact they kept Queen Azshara alive when they normally loved axing major lore characters in the past. I could see Azshara entering into some pact with The Horde or Alliance if mutually beneficial that sees playable Naga.

Did you just not look or were you pretending you didn't see it?

Honestly, I don't see such a problem. They just have to create a proper animation that make them stay on a mount without looking ridiculous. Maybe dropping their tails on one side of the mount.

Yeah but how would they jump? the way I picture it in my head looks pretty ridiculous.

[Nork]

Still waiting for Ogres...

Oh, mate, I'd love to see those.