Again, I'm talking about Elerethe Renferal and her spider form and abilities. You can easily emulate them with a Crypt Lord class. The Druid class cannot emulate them at all.
Well you would, since Blizzard isn't going to make another Druid spec for Nightmare druids, and they're not going to reskin an entire specialization. The only real option is to make a new class that somewhat utilizes the concept, like a Crypt Lord class. Once again, the impetus for Blizzard to create a Crypt Lord class is an Azjol Nerub expansion. There is no such impetus to create a spec worth of customization glyphs for a single class.I would also assume that creating glyphs and customization options for a class is a thing which is way easier to do than making whole new class. Customizations are also pretty popular among players which plays a class... And druids are very popular class with huge playerbase.
On the other hand, since this thread, nobody was really demanding a Crypt Lord, and it does not seem that your concept convinced people to want one. I am pretty sure introducing a concept of dark druid would make people interested... But you don't need to waste time and resources on developing new class because of that.
The difference between Dark Rangers and this concept is that all you needed to do was add a few shadow abilities to turn a Hunter into a Dark Ranger. Crypt Lords have a completely different ability set than the Druid class and frankly every other class in the game. That means the only way you make them playable is via a new class.Last but not least, introducing a new class to the game is very big commitment to the whole balance in present and future content. Each new class brought something new and unique. Crypt Lord concept does not have nothing compelling safe it's theme and visuals... Which can be introduced through customizations. It is the same as Dark Rangers, really... Just with the exception that Dark Rangers were actually requested and would require way less effort to introduce them.
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Not really. Your post is merely another example of players who want an "evil druid" class. The Crypt Lord can easily fill the desire for such a class.