Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[blaatschaap]

Arakkoa for alliance is my dream

[Hitei]

Arakkoa for alliance is my dream

Arakkoa are sweet.

[Nightshade711]

So, just for fun, lets say the expansion is a greatest hits to the community, and it gives the biggest requests for things like playable races.

What do you all think?

Horde gets Ogres.
What would Alliance get?

Blizzard would probably forget Night Elves and Naga don’t like each other so they’d probably get Naga.

[Calfredd]

Arakkoa for alliance is my dream

Arakkoa are sweet.

The question is corrupted or uncorrupted arakkoa?

[Hitei]

Broken were teased just this patch.

God, if Horde get ogres and Alliance get a third version of Draenei.

[kavikor]

Blizzard would probably forget Night Elves and Naga don’t like each other so they’d probably get Naga.

if draenei and eredar can hash it out im sure nelves and naga can get over it

[Hitei]

The question is corrupted or uncorrupted arakkoa?

Corrupted, the tall ones look like dumb lanky chickens.

[Vakir]

God, if Horde get ogres and Alliance get a third version of Draenei.

It's tradition for the Alliance to get the short end of the stick race-wise at this point. Even when it's against initial expectations.

"Holy shit, werewolves! Awesome!"

Suddenly, fucking Goofy is flumping around Night Elf areas after taking an off-screen L.

[Nymrohd]

To be fair, it doesn't say some allied races. Just Allied Races. But which Allied Races would you say are combined, then?

Mag'har, Highmountain, Lightforged, Dark Iron would be my picks. Then maybe, maybe Mechagnome, Nightborne and/or Zandalari (in which case Farraki could also be an option).
I think Void Elves, Kul Tirans, Vulpera would remain separate for sure (They could add High Elves and have Void Elves be an alternative option to them).

[Hitei]

It's tradition for the Alliance to get the short end of the stick race-wise at this point. Even when it's against initial expectations.

"Holy shit, werewolves! Awesome!"

Suddenly, fucking Goofy is flumping around Night Elf areas after taking an off-screen L.

I'm still real salty about not getting Sethrak.

[Raetary]

So, just for fun, lets say the expansion is a greatest hits to the community, and it gives the biggest requests for things like playable races.

What do you all think?

Horde gets Ogres.
What would Alliance get?

Arakkoa or Botani!

[Vakir]

I'm still real salty about not getting Sethrak.

You'll take your prosthetic tin diaper and LIKE IT!

(I like their heritage armor but it's one of the only things that works with their limitations)

[matijwow]

To be fair, it doesn't say some allied races. Just Allied Races. But which Allied Races would you say are combined, then?

Every allied race is a type of the first 10 races except Vulpera, because apparently the first expansion where they introduce a lot of new Undead who aren't hunched over and rotted was not a good time to introduce an Undead allied race.

Humans - Kul Tirans
Dwarves - Dark Iron Dwarves
Night Elves - Void Elves
Gnomes - Mechagnomes
Draenei - Lightforged Draenei

Orcs - Maghar Orcs
Trolls - Zandalari Trolls
Tauren - Highmountain Tauren
Blood Elves - Nightborne
Undead - ??
Vulpera - ??

[Ferlion]

Arakkoa or Botani!

Botani would be awesome!

[Leowyld]

Mag'har, Highmountain, Lightforged, Dark Iron would be my picks. Then maybe, maybe Mechagnome, Nightborne and/or Zandalari (in which case Farraki could also be an option).
I think Void Elves, Kul Tirans, Vulpera would remain separate for sure (They could add High Elves and have Void Elves be an alternative option to them).

Even that would cause issues. Nightborn would be rolled into Blood Elf? They have very different skin tone options, Nightborne have the glowing tattoos. But moreover, being customization, you would be able to take a Blood Elf Demon Hunter to a barber shop and walk out as a Nightborne Demon Hunter. That's not to mention heritage armor. Are regular Tauren able to use Highmountain Heritage and vice versa, if you are wearing the heritage armor of one and change some customization options, does the armor disappear? These are just two potential problems I see, I imagine there would be a number of smaller ones. I think this leaker saw the whole "Allied Races should just be customizations" idea, that people often say, and threw it in their leak. Problem is, most people who say that don't think it all the way through. Maybe it's something that could've been done *before* Allied Races released. Now, it would cause more complications than solutions.

[kavikor]

I think the most ideal Alliance races we could get would be Naga or Vrykul.

Both have deep roots and are long requested

[Woggmer]

Blizzard would probably forget Night Elves and Naga don’t like each other so they’d probably get Naga.

Honestly, neither side likes the Naga for a lot of reasons. And even then, there would have to be a small amount of Naga that oppose Queen Azshara or follow a different leader who isn't a total monster like Neptulon or some other character.

[Hitei]

Honestly, neither side likes the Naga for a lot of reasons. And even then, there would have to be a small amount of Naga that oppose Queen Azshara or follow a different leader who isn't a total monster like Neptulon or some other character.

No different than warlocks, DKs, Draenei, Worgen, DH, Dark Irons, etc. Plenty of playable stuff was previously villainous.

[Thomir]

I think the most ideal Alliance races we could get would be Naga or Vrykul.

Both have deep roots and are long requested

Vrykul for Alliance paired with Ogres for Horde

[CrossNgen]

SL was so repulsive to me I stopped playing after 2 1/2 weeks and never came back to WoW. Content cadence had nothing to do with that.

SL did irreparable damage to the story and at this point I view expansions as just different fantasy themes to frame the gameplay experience, nothing is cohesive or thought out and it all disrespects what came before.