Hoofed races can't stealth

[Selah]

Nah, it was a great move by Blizzard and we need to apply that logic to all race/class combinations.

[WinningOne]

I think I'd just like to point out, for everyone who's taking a look at this scientifically, that the raid bosses in this game are the size of mountains. If we're dealing with reality then the first time Ragnaros swung his hammer at anyone in the game, let alone a gnome tank, they would have been launched across the room and splatted against the wall like a smear of bloody vomit. In other words, that ship sailed the moment they first turned the servers on.

[Koollan]

"hooves make clip clop noises my suspension of disbelief is ruined"

My guy. We literally fought Space Satan after using a spaceship to reach an alien planet infested with ET demons. A player character pressing the Stealth button shouldn't be where your disbelief comes from.

[Powerogue]

where is my zandalari blood magic warlock

Stay aweh from da voodoo.

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If Draenei can figure out how to travel in through void of space, they can figure out how to silence some clip-clop. /thread

A special short rogue questline where you craft the legendary [Padded Horseshoes] from a combination of thorium, khorium, elementium, azerite, saronite, titanite, dracyte, and the leftover insoles from a pair of Medivh's bunny slippers.

[SinR]

"hooves make clip clop noises my suspension of disbelief is ruined"

My guy. We literally fought Space Satan after using a spaceship to reach an alien planet infested with ET demons. A player character pressing the Stealth button shouldn't be where your disbelief comes from.

Not to mention we've killed two Old Gods... stood against the Firelord not once but twice, stared down the Lich King, traveled to an ALTERNATE TIMELINE to stop an invasion...

but yeah. clip clop is suddenly immersion breaking

[Gaidax]

They use special hoof cushions.

[Berkilak]

They use special hoof cushions.

Hooves are hoof cushions.

Horseshoes clip clop, and even then only on hard surfaces.

Hooves are stealthy.

[Dejiko]

No tauren or draenei rogues

Sure they can, dampened hoof soles, magic, alchemy.
You`re talking about becoming invisible in a fantasy world, if you can conceive of even a remotely plausible
reason, chances are it can be implemented in some way.

I`d go even further and say that every mount can stealth too.
From a narrative viewpoint, the sword in silithus is stealthed too.

[chrisisvacant]

First, a rogue doesn't need per se to stealth. Of course, it is part of the mechanic.
But if you take a look at the hunter... well, a hunter stalks prey and if we would view it from a realistic angle, they would sneak around too. But tauren hunters are okay? If a tauren hunter can camoflage and become undetectable, why can't a tauren rogue?

Doesn't need what "per se"?

[Sableye]

Its always amazing how people say hooved races cant stealth.

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

I half wish blizzard had kept the tradition of putting one giant (nearly) unkillable mob patrolling in a zone to keep people on their toes.

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mages only being able to be invisible for like 30 seconds at a time is more unrealistic

[AlmightyGerkin]

No tauren or draenei rogues

Have you forgotten that "Draenei Rogues" existed since Vanilla. Look at those broken ones in Swamp of Sorrows.

[Yooginava182]

No tauren or draenei rogues

Wait till you find out that Rouge Draenei existed back in Warcraft 3..

[Kavenoff]

Well this post didn't age well.

On-topic: isn't a rogue's "stealth" ability usable due to a minor application of shadow magic? Or so I've heard, anyways. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Lochton]

Well this post didn't age well.

On-topic: isn't a rogue's "stealth" ability usable due to a minor application of shadow magic? Or so I've heard, anyways. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

This part was under discussion after the release of the cinematic in BFA where Thrall and Saurfang were attacked by Forsaken Rogues who made the depiction of using stealth look like a magical ability. I guess it is down to who/what goes into stealth? I mean, I don't see a druid adding shadow magic to nature but just normal bestial stealth of prowling, meanwhile, Hunters just camouflage themselves, you can even spot them when they move, so, I could imagine Rogues adding a dash extra for the more advanced stealth, meanwhile Mages applies the Arcane arts to conceal themselves, and Night Elves just has an ability, in general, to blend in with nature and shadows.

[Ohforfsake]

A Gnome tank is a lot more ridiculous than tauren rogue I reckon. It's not the lore that concerns me though. It's the racials; tauren rogues will get one more stun.

[Lochton]

A Gnome tank is a lot more ridiculous than tauren rogue I reckon. It's not the lore that concerns me though. It's the racials; tauren rogues will get one more stun.

Don't be racist against the ankle-biters! Not their fault that they are vertically challenged! They make for good puntable objects!

As for the extra stun, true, but oddly enough, I have not seen many Tauren Rogues (I guess they are doing their job perfectly fine).

[Lionwoman]

Neither big guys like Kultirans yet here we are (?)

[FuxieDK]

No tauren or draenei rogues

Tauren rogues is not a new thing; Blizzard have previously stated that Tauren rogues exist, but not in large enough numbers to allow for a player option.

Apparently, they have made a lot of calves in the last decade