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Beitrag von
Septimus
Ok so I am seeing a lot of QQ threads/posts about the new race/class combos that were confirmed to be released in Cataclysm. So to deal with this problem I have assimilated this information from a thread on the MMO-Champion website, and added a few tid-bits of my own.
While some of these answers do contain certain amounts of speculation, they are plausible.
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Human Hunter
Humans have long been proficient in the art of hunting and trapping wildlife, and while it was their Elven allies that wielded the bow and arrow in wars past, many humans have been shown to be quite adept at the art, one even managed to achieve the rank of Ranger Lord before being turned the Scourge. He is more commonly known as Nathanos Blightcaller. And in Northrend, much of the Grizzly Hills is occupied by human hunters and trappers.
Early concept art has been unearthed of Human Hunters, perhaps showing they were an originally intended class.
Human Hunter:
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6910/warcraftsamwise005c.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9759/warcraftsamwise066b.jpg
Sources:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Ranger
http://www.wowwiki.com/Amberpine_Lodge
Orc Mage
Orc mages are quite frankly not that far of a stretch, seeing as Thrall condemns warlock magic, perhaps he has begun to offer magic wielders amongst the orcs training in the art of the magi. There really is a fine line between mages and warlocks, the difference usually being the employment of shadow magic instead of the arcane.
A new theory has been suggested that Med'an, who's story is so long winded that I will not repeat but provide a link to, will return to the Orcs since he is a half-orc, and bring with him his amazing mage powers passed down from his father, Medivh, to impress the Orcs and perhaps even begin to teach him the arcane arts.
Also if Fel Orcs can have a mage caste, then why can't the normal Orcs. I am sure the demon blood doesn't give then access to the arcane.
Sources:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Mage
http://www.wowwiki.com/Med%27an
http://www.wowwiki.com/Fel_orc
Night Elf Mage
Many people struggle with this one, but I will seek to perhaps even give a quite plausible explanation for the return of the Highborne that is seen in this screenshot (
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/august/highbornes.jpg
). While many people believe that all the Highborne left to become High Elves or Blood Elves, that is not a true. There are many remnants of Highborn, most notably that of the Shendralar, who dwell within Dire Maul. I speculate that since Immol'thar and their Prince Tothreldrin have been slain by adventurers, they have found themselves without a source of power or immortality, leaving them vulnerable to the dangers the demons and ogres pose. So, they send an envoy to Tyrande in order to ask for re-admittance into Night Elven culture but with the catch of being able to practice their magics as long as they do not consume sources of power like Moonwells.
Sources:
mmo-champion.com
http://www.wowwiki.com/Dire_Maul
http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:The_Madness_Within
Dwarf Mage
It is a little known fact to those who were not involved in the beta that Dwarves could in fact be mages until a last minute change was made by Blizzard. If you look in your manual you received with your copy of vanilla WoW, you will see that Dwarves are listed as having mage as a playable class, showing how last minute a change this was. Quite frankly, there's no reason why they could not be mages, in fact there are famous magi amongst the dwarves, such as Thaurissan. And with such close contact to humans and gnomes, both races with magnificent mages, it seems a small miracle they have to have mages themselves.
Sources:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Sorcerer-thane_Thaurissan
World of Warcraft Manual
Dwarf Shaman
They already exist in the form of the Wildhammer Clan. And, while some may argue that this is a lore lol because Alliance players roll Ironforge dwarves, one would notice that while the Wildhammer Clan once had the distinction of being a separate, neutral, faction, that is no longer true and they are merely designated as Alliance members.
Sources:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Wildhammer_Clan
Blood Elf Warrior
Every race has meat shields, and blood elves are shown they are no light weights when it comes to melee combat. It is not implausible for there to be warriors who are not Blood Knights.
Spell breakers are blood elven warriors who have studied the arts of magic, so to better combat them. Therefore, to have Spell Breakers there must be warriors.
In a few of the Warcraft III campaigns blood elf swordsmen could be seen.
Sources:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Spell_breaker
http://www.wowwiki.com/Blood_Elf_Swordsman
Undead Hunter
Once again, there are many humans who proved themselves quite able hunters in life, that could very well carry over into death, as in the case of Nathanos Blightcaller. Perhaps the Blightcaller provides training and acts as the leader for up and coming undead hunters?
Sources:
See Human Hunter
http://www.wowwiki.com/Nathanos_Blightcaller
Tauren Paladin
Personally, I believe the Taurens gaining usage of the Light is perhaps the biggest stretch out of all of these. But perhaps the Tauren do not tap into the Light as Humans and Blood Elves do, but rather through their "sun god".
The 'sun god' is known as An'she. In the Quest 'Injured Colleges' Tahu Sagewind wonders why his people have not tried to access the power of their sun god. He is most likely to be the first Tauren Paladin.
Sources:
http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/august/injuredcolleagues.jpg
Tauren Priest
Tauren Priests could be those who did not posses the physical strength to become Paladins, yet still heard the calling of An'she. Though, like Night Elf Priest, according to lore there will be no Tauren Shadow Priests. But obviously in-game they will exist.
Pictures have been found of early concept art that depicts a possible Tauren priests.
Tauren Priest:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4788/warcraftsamwise065b.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2986/warcraftsamwise007c.jpg
Sources:
See Tauren Paladin.
Gnome Priest
Gnome Priests may seem an odd decision at first, but take a moment to consider the mindset of the gnomes. They are curious beings who wish to understand everything around them, and what surrounds them is the Light. Every other race besides the Gnomes in the Alliance has priests, it is no wonder that they have not sought to study the art of healing through the Light sooner. I could see them perhaps taking a much more methodical approach, rather than the religious approach of the other races.
Another idea suggested by Adamsm, is that they may have their own church. A Church of Grand Ideas, that does not revolve around the eternal Light as we know it. A similar concept to that of the Taurens.
Sources:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Gnomes
Troll Druid
Once again, seemingly another "WTF?" choice, but this one is even simpler to apply and understand. Essentially every troll raid and almost every troll instances involves cases of trolls taking on the forms of animals or the essence of the animal. Usually this is attributed the Loas. It seems likely that the trolls will learn to shapeshift in a controlled manner into a select number of species by invoking the name of these "Loas". Under sources you can find a list of every troll themed instance with a case of troll transformation!
Also the Shatterspear Village is a confirmed subzone in Cataclysm and may be the source of these new Troll Druids (either they
are
the Druids or they teach the Darkspear tribe the art of Druidism). This is plausible due to its proximity to Moonglade and the blocked tunnel that seems to be heading towards Moonglade could be opened to allow access between the two locations.
Sources:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Loa
http://www.wowwiki.com/Zul%27Gurub
http://www.wowwiki.com/Zul%27Aman
http://www.wowwiki.com/Gundrak
http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Prophet_Tharon%27ja
http://www.wowwiki.com/Shatterspear_Village
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Original Thread can be found
here
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Open to all suggestions and discussion.
Beitrag von
Morec0
Everything but Tauren Paladins made sense to me from the start. I'm still dreading the variations of Holycow we'll end up seeing.
Beitrag von
hymer
Nice job, and thanks for it. :)
I guess my problem with the new race/class combos has never been 'lore'. I mean, Blizzard sets the lore, it's merely a matter of adding some lore, and you have your justification. My problem is simply gut feeling. I never made the jump to D&D 3.0, in part because any class was open to any race. This messes up everything, in my view. The differences between the races/cultures need, IMO, to be much more than cosmetic. The restrictions on class is one of these.
But don't get me wrong. I'm making a troll druid and a nelf mage. If I could forgive gunpowder, steam technology, spaceships, robots and computers, I can forgive this latest bit of weirdness.
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Adamsm
I like the idea of a Church Of Grand Ideas for the gnomish regilion. Something they could believe in, and something different from the Eternal Light that the other races believe in, something for the gnomish people by themselves. Same for the goblins, they could create a regilion and belief around their own ideals.
Beitrag von
Skreeran
I like that the Shatterspear village is being opened up, but I'm terrified that they'll screw with Una Ji'ro.
That would ^&*! me off beyond belief.
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Beitrag von
Skreeran
I like that the Shatterspear village is being opened up, but I'm terrified that they'll screw with Una Ji'ro.
That would ^&*! me off beyond belief.
There goes my Scourge Invasion Hideout :(.Hey, it's a lot more of a big deal to me... :P Una is my character Base's mate. I've carefully crafted a personality and flavour for her, and I don't want Blizzard to ruin that. :|
Beitrag von
Septimus
Good to get some feed back guys.
Beitrag von
Pmipsiile
i still cant believe they made troll into druids before they made them into warlocks.
there are npc troll warlocks EVERYWHERE but blizz had to give them a leaf instead of a demon :)
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Adamsm
Worgen and Goblin Warlocks.
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