Originally Posted by
Mace
Good for you, just know that everyone has their own reasons for making suggestions.
And they don't have to make sense to you, nor do you have to understand them if you don't.
This is not an official competition on who's ideas make the most sense will see them implemented.
Nor are you the judge of that competition. It is okay for something not to make sense to me , I won't spend 3 pages arguing with you that it shouldn't happen - it's not my place to determine such things should happen or not in game.
However, It is my place to make a suggestion on a topic discussing possibilities. I think this is one of my bigger issues with you.
Even the suggestions of yours I don't agree with, I'd say why I don't like it and what I prefer, but I won't say you're wrong for suggesting it or that it shouldn't or can't happen as if you're in error for wanting what you want because I don't like it - that would frankly be immature and ignorant of me as well as a little fool
It appears to me you are making posts for some sort of development proposal - like some fan marshalling to present viable options for the devs in some united fan front - so you only go for options you feel make sense to you, because you're not posting for fun purely, you're posting to influence development and cna't understand those of us who are just sharing our thoughts and don't care whether they'll be most likely to be implemented.
My foresight is irrelevant - but I feel any class combo is possible and possible to do well. I can't foresee what will happening, but there is enough already in elven arcane arts, druidism and the void by lore of what they do for shaman to be a possibility in the alliance elf groups at the very least, , but for all elves
Can they handle the elements? Yes, night elves can through the arcane, so can the void elves, and they can do so through the void too - as per twilight cultists, and void entropists.
Can they talk to or deal with elementals too? yes, elven mages are able to summon them for sure, night elven druids can definitely speak with elemental spirits - so is a group of Nelves who have some mage and druidic training as special unit focused on elements plausible? IMO, yes, in fact in lore some of the Highborne mages amongst the Darnasisans that returned to the arcane when the Shen'dralar showed up had actually been druids - so they already have training in both. And this does not exclude them from creating a new unit specialised in this and training on them only in the areas of arcane and druidism that enable them to manipulate elements, which is why orcs call them shaman even though they call themselves Valewalkers as an example.. .
We see the void being able to be used to handle elemental spirits too, and anyone who has access to a priest class is able to deal with spirits. This certainly makes void elf shaman and night elf shaman a go on those level s alone.
Is the new mage-druid unit a mage? or a druid? or is it a shaman because it specialise in handling elements even though it's background training is the arcane and druidism?
Same with the void elementalist we shall call an entropist - who specialise in wielding the elements and handling elementals though his magical mastery is the arcane and the void - what is he? a mage because of the arcane? a void specialist because of the void? or a shaman because he employs his mage and void knowledge to specifically deal elementals and use elemental magic whether it's through burrowed power or arcane generated elements.