LOL at the Blood Elves teaming up with the Amani against the Alliance because "BUT GARITHOS!!..,.
My Vote goes to
GNOLLS FOR ALLIANCE!!!
It sounds ridiculous but it actually could make a lot of sense in lore. Alliance have tried to control their numbers but can't - Best next solution is to buy off and aid one of their leaders to be dominant over the other tribes and get some control. It'd give some ambiguity to the Alliance too if they basically have a cannon-fodder race.
I wrote a whole thread here a while ago on why this actually would work and make sense -
https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...liance-please!
Why would they join the Alliance?
Gnolls, like Goblins and Ogres, have been working with humans since vanilla. We've seen them working with the Defias, Dark Moon Faire, the Bloodsail Pirates, the Twilight Hammer, and the Venture Mining Company. It's not unrealistic that they could work with Alliance if it helps their numbers. They're pack animals and will do what it takes to be the strongest. Being an ally of Stormwind would make their clan the dominant Gnoll tribe in the whole EK. Maybe the race recruitment quests could be the player (discretely) helping the leader of one smaller tribe kill the leaders of the other tribes so he can lead them all together. Because of the tribal nature of them, you wouldn't need to change anything with all of the hostile Gnolls already in the world.
Why would the Alliance want them?
Numbers and control. Alliance have always had trouble with them and their numbers no matter what they do. Trying to guide them as allies might be a better idea. Also, the sheer numbers and ferocity behind the race would be an obvious strength against the Horde.
Other points -
- Granted it would be more work than normal Allied races, but Gnolls massively need a huge model update anyway. Why not add all the different feature options to allow them to be a playable race at the same time
- We've seen them using Shamanistic magics before so more classes would be open to them
- They're humanoid so won't have any issues wearing all of the armour
- Adds a proper "warrior race" that the Alliance is really lacking.
- Tied to the Alliance and EK since Vanilla
- Huge amounts of lore behind them already
- Hyenas are matriarchal so Bliz could have another strong female leader #diversity
- Because of the above point, you could make the females slightly larger and more ferocious instead rather than sexing them up.