Hoofed races can't stealth

[Swnem]

Put some fluff on the hooves and problem solved.
Such lack of imagination.

[RobertMugabe]

Yeah it’s really sad. I Remember the old days when they would only introduce new classes to races, they would try to find a way to justify it in lore. And if they couldn’t, it wouldn’t happen. Much like how we never got Draenei warlocks. It would have been the dumbest thing in the world.

"I remember the old days" -> You mean Cataclysm? Where they didn't explain a single new combo beside Tauren paladins?

[Nerovar]

absence of proof is not proof of absence, frostbolt description doesnt mention magic, do you think mages just have very cold hands?

You can assume based on the fact that it's a mage who casts spells that deal magic damage and there is plenty of lore and other spell descriptions that describe their use of magic. None of those things existed for rogues back in the day.

ehm... no? you said its not magical, you need to prove that you are right, not others that you are wrong... its called burden of proof, look it up...

You are the one claiming it's always been magic so nothing has to be explained. I'm asking you to show me evidence of rogues using magic in classic. The burden of proof is on you. Nice dodge though.

sure it works differently, its most likely based on different type of magic, but thank you for pointing out mages can turn invisible using magic without ANY sneaking abilities whatsoever, completely destroying your own argument... good work

Stealth works different in that it's tied to race (night elf racial), gear (certain boots increase your stealth value), prowling ferals have a different stealth value than rogues etc.
It's also different in that mobs will still look at you if you get too close (almost as if the rogue isn't really invisible) which is not the case with mage's invisibility which is undetectable (same goes for invis potions).

druids, who use magic to do literaly everything including transforming into said cat? yeah, its pretty reasonable to assume they also use magic to turn invisible... why would it have to be shadow magic though? you can use the same (or similar) spels by gaining power from different sources... as you pointed out (still makes me laugh how you destroyed your own argument) with mages having invisibility... also hunters too afaik...

Where is this druidic stealth magic ever mentioned? Never heard of it.

so he literaly proved you wrong, but you double down with "nah im still right despite having nothing but my opinion and assumptions"
damn, it really is pointless trying to argue with you, you just put fingers in your ears and yell "change is bad!"...

It's the game manual describing what the game mechanic looks like. It's not talking about any sort of magic.

[Soeroah]

Bandages break if you bleed, logic doesn't work in Warcraft

[RobertMugabe]

Today on "Thing that's new in world of warcraft has ruined the game forever for real this time"

If only they would actually quit for real, but instead they just keep being mad and still play the game

[Beet]

"I remember the old days" -> You mean Cataclysm? Where they didn't explain a single new combo beside Tauren paladins?

Except they did? You just didn’t pay attention. I remember they went into great detail about troll druids and night elf mages for example.

[Infinity Cubed]

Tauren stealth animations have been in the game's datafiles since day one. You used to be able to toy with them all the time with model viewers and the like, nevermind the actual stealthy tauren in the game.

[Theangryone]

Every time you have seen a “normal” cow in the game it’s been a tauren rogue in stealth biding it’s time.

[Utrrabbit]

That's just not true. Never ever have they said or indicated anything like that lol.

The said that they want all races to be able to be warriors, priest, rogue and hunters, which was already the case besides rogues.

Don't expect DH's to be available to all classes, ever, though.

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Not sure if trolling, but here you go:
It's because lore-wise, the feral wild gods, such as Ashmane had this magical ability to do so and the bears had other traits. It's simple as that, physical appearance has never been a reason why something can stealth, as stealth and prowling are magical abilities. Thought this was pretty obvious...

Tauren not being rogues for so long was never because of their physical form, but it's because they didn't want every race to be every class back then (except warrior), purely for gameplay reasons(now they do the opposite, for the same reason). There have been tauren rogue enemies and npc's since vanilla.

No in the latets interview they 100% stated they are heading towards making all races being able to be all classes. That means DH being ever race. This has been confirmed from holinka.

What was said was that certain combos will take time due to lore and graphics needed.

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"I remember the old days" -> You mean Cataclysm? Where they didn't explain a single new combo beside Tauren paladins?

Ummm. They literally explained every single clas change. The troll staring zone even had a special pre launch quest explaining where the troll druids came from.

[AlmightyGerkin]

No tauren or draenei rogues

What about the Krokul on Argus? They're pretty stealthy.

[Niwes]

No tauren or draenei rogues

to be honest: maybe its better to not get backstabbed by a silent sneaky Cow, wearing Tabis. this game already is a joke. it doesn’t need even more BS imo.

[cocomen2]

Put some fluff on the hooves and problem solved.
Such lack of imagination.

Well, they ask it in each thread.

Just use Human-feet-shaped-boots FFS

[AwkwardSquirtle]

You are the one claiming it's always been magic so nothing has to be explained. I'm asking you to show me evidence of rogues using magic in classic. The burden of proof is on you. Nice dodge though.

Sinister/Ghostly Strike are the closest. Not explicitly magical, but I'd argue there's something not altogether mundane about them. They've also been getting steadily more magical since Wrath. Killing Spree has you "move through the shadows" and striking in a 10y radius every half a second, and since then we've been getting more magical with things like Cloak and Shroud. Stealth has always been a grey area magically but with Rogues the way they are now it's clear that some level of magic is required.

[CaptainV]

To the OP's statement I think ironically this one isnt really as daft as you may want it to sound.

Grimtotem have always had rogues, Eredar have been rogues since time immemorium, Draenei actually have an entire unit devoted to pathfinding, scouting and stealth (The Rangaari).

So its actually *not* a stretch to assume they have stealth trained individuals with a gift for bein sneeky like.

[schwarzkopf]

So its actually *not* a stretch to assume they have stealth trained individuals with a gift for bein sneeky like.

Stealthy doesn't mean invisible or silent, it just means imperceptible.

Wally is neither invisible or silent - but he is stealthy

[CaptainV]

Stealthy doesn't mean invisible or silent, it just means imperceptible.

Wally is neither invisible or silent - but he is stealthy

Consider that there are 3 specialisations of rogue, one isnt technically stealthy in anything more than formality.

Swashbucklers are generally skirmishers or close quater pirates, we literally have a confirmed tauren swashbuckler as far back as vanillia in the deadmines.

As to another point, stealth in this setting very clearly means invisible, because we get confirmation, multiple cinematics, that stealth actually isnt just a metaphorical thing but a literal form of magic, as we see in BFA and in Shadowlands.

Honestly I find it odd people try to ignore 20+ years of game lore that actually has at least refferences and actual history assosiated with it to defend an argument that "tall monster cant be sneaky."

This game literally has an entire lore around us using magic to drag a planet to Azeroth so we can beat the crap out of its soul, and people really wanna call sneaky taurens unlikely?

[Kayb]

Having hooves doesn't mean they aren't capable of being sneaky. Generally speaking, the role of a rogue hasn't been something those societies have had a use for. Tauren have been hunter gatherers for generations, I'm sure they can be sneaky as needed, but the specialised abilities of a rogue just hasn't been something their culture has had a great need for. Having hooves is no reason to stop them from being the rogue class at all.

[ThatsOurEric]

IIRC, Rogues use a kind of Shadow magic that allows them to stealth.

So there you go. Totally fine for Tauren and Dranei.

[Traveler Voltin]

Its always amazing how people say hooved races cant stealth.

Yet a giant fell reaver can somehow sneak up on people.

[Kharnath]

@ OP - I feel your pain, the class/race immersion in wow is D.E.A.D. all it is now is cosmetics & homogenization... The WOW that YOU grew up with and loved is GONE, it was stabbed in the back then had its neck sliced open from ear to ear by the player base.