WoW or D3 expansion? The Dark Below

[bldavis]

Ethereal paladins with a blink racial.

Don't pretend you wouldn't want that.

if we get etherals..oh hell yes!

one of my theories was that we would return to argus, but after befriending a faction of the ethereals which would be a neutral race like the pandaren, and they would provide us with the means to get there

since you brought it up...any ideas what classes ethereals could be?

i say:
warrior (always hot heads in every race)
paladin (im sure they have dealt with the naruu at some point)
priest (see paladin plus there are ethereal priests in game already)
warlock (similar reasoning as goblins, making deals with demons, but they also have been around the legion a lot more then most of the other races)
hunter (bound to be some traders specializing in wild goods right?)
monk (not the same as panderan monks except in gameplay)
mage (pretty sure there are ethereal mages in game already)
rogue (again like goblins, i am sure there are some sneaky underhanded one)

that just leaves out shaman, druid, and dk
no contact to azeroth besides adventurers in outland prior to cata so no way to be a dk
shamans are tied to the elements, and i dont think there are elements in the twisting nether
and druids? well it would be a stretch to get them somehow tied to druidism period...but they did it with worgen druids

[Amirya]

I would dispute the warriors, hunters, monks, and rogues - granted, it's based almost entirely off of Nexus-Prince Shaffar, but his voice and mannerisms speak to me as more elegant and refined, and more aloof. They may deal in wild goods, or be sneaky and underhanded, but I don't see them doing it directly. Utilize underlings for that, let those nasty Azerothian races get their hands dirty.

I also would dispute paladins and priests because I've always pictured it as tied to faith, and just because they've dealt with naaru doesn't mean they have the faith. Can't do much about npc priests, though.

So I guess that leaves warlocks and mages lol

[bldavis]

oops wrong thread

[bldavis]

I would dispute the warriors, hunters, monks, and rogues - granted, it's based almost entirely off of Nexus-Prince Shaffar, but his voice and mannerisms speak to me as more elegant and refined, and more aloof. They may deal in wild goods, or be sneaky and underhanded, but I don't see them doing it directly. Utilize underlings for that, let those nasty Azerothian races get their hands dirty.

I also would dispute paladins and priests because I've always pictured it as tied to faith, and just because they've dealt with naaru doesn't mean they have the faith. Can't do much about npc priests, though.

So I guess that leaves warlocks and mages lol

belfs are one of the most elegent and refined races on azeroth arguably, but they have all of them...
plus he is a nexus prince..that title leads me to believe he is a higher class of ethereal. player ethereals would be more common ones, like the trade princes and player goblins, so in a way they WOULD be the underlings

what is your issue with monks though?
and priests and paladins, i am sure there are a few devoted ones that have faith...even if in lore they are rare

[halabar]

I would dispute the warriors, hunters, monks, and rogues - granted, it's based almost entirely off of Nexus-Prince Shaffar, but his voice and mannerisms speak to me as more elegant and refined, and more aloof. They may deal in wild goods, or be sneaky and underhanded, but I don't see them doing it directly. Utilize underlings for that, let those nasty Azerothian races get their hands dirty.

I also would dispute paladins and priests because I've always pictured it as tied to faith, and just because they've dealt with naaru doesn't mean they have the faith. Can't do much about npc priests, though.

So I guess that leaves warlocks and mages lol

belfs are one of the most elegent and refined races on azeroth arguably, but they have all of them...
plus he is a nexus prince..that title leads me to believe he is a higher class of ethereal. player ethereals would be more common ones, like the trade princes and player goblins, so in a way they WOULD be the underlings

what is your issue with monks though?
and priests and paladins, i am sure there are a few devoted ones that have faith...even if in lore they are rare

Ethereals are refined goblins. I think you are forgetting their dealings in Outlands. They believe in gold the way goblins do.

So paladins? no way. Perhaps priests, but that's a stretch. No to monks as well, as I can't see them doing the Zen.

However, they would certainly get their hands dirty if there was profit in it, so no problems with the other damage dealing classes.

Basically whatever a goblin can be.

[bldavis]

i disagree with w/e goblins can be, as goblins can be shamans and yeah..
there are npc monks and priests in game though, and if we had to have another paladin race, i would vote for either ethereals or the undead and alliance has its 3 already

[halabar]

i disagree with w/e goblins can be, as goblins can be shamans and yeah..
there are npc monks and priests in game though, and if we had to have another paladin race, i would vote for either ethereals or the undead and alliance has its 3 already

Well, the question is, is the rest of the ethereal race as gold-grubbing as the ones we've met sofar? If so, then no to paladins, and you are correct, no to shammies, forgot about those. Priest might not even make sense, depends on the backstory that we don't know.

[Era]

Friendly naga player race, anyone? just tie the boots to your tail like a trinket, and wear one XXL trouser leg.

As for ethereals, I'm not sure what I think about another "both sides" race.

[halabar]

Goblins and Ethereals could form a new faction called "The Cartel".

[Era]

Maybe we'll see a rearrangement of races into five factions.

The Pink: Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes
The Green: Orcs, Trolls, Goblins
The Hairy: Pandaren, Worgen, Tauren
The Hairless: Night Elves, Blood Elves, Draenei
The Foreveralone: Undead

[cdan]

The Instantly forgetable: Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes
The Irritatingly voiced: Orcs, Trolls, Goblins
The Only ones with decent weapon models, but bad everything else: Pandaren, Worgen, Tauren
The Annoyingly Prissy: Night Elves, Blood Elves, Draenei
The Only option I want as a main, but can't have: Undead

[halabar]

Hmm.. forsaken paladin.. *casts Turn Evil (runs away.. )

Much hilarity to be had by an forsaken paladin doing as much damage to himself as to the enemy, but perhaps that might be a leg up for vengence.

[Era]

That'd be an interesting mechanic, if undead paladins actually took some damage using their skills, but in turn got buffed damage/healing. :p

[Worldie]

The Only option I want as a main: Gnome

Fixed.

[cdan]

The Only option I want as a main: Gnome

Fixed.

Now I see how you break guilds.

[halabar]

Ima just gonna leave this here....

http://pastebin.com/vszFYq2p

[Newsom]

Ima just gonna leave this here....

http://pastebin.com/vszFYq2p

Interesting read.

Sounds a lot like this from 2011 though http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/949761-Official-Thread-Mists-of-Pandaria!?p=13608837&viewfull=1#post13608837

[KysenMurrin]

Why would Nerubians fight against N'Zoth? Thought all the bug races worshipped the Old Gods.

[Worldie]

Nerubians are the ones we saved in the northrend istances and aren't tainted by the old gods.

Also would love to see that Would totally make me buy the exp and at least enjoy the storyline as super casual

[Newsom]

I'd love to see Azjol-Nerub as a zone. And who can say no to spider mounts.

[Sagara]

Wait wait wait, I thought the Nerubians were Old God worshippers (like the Aqir and Mantid), which set us in the middle of a Scourge vs. Old gods fight.

But the I remembered the Nerubians in the Azjol Nerub instances sent us to kill the Faceless whatshisname in Ahn'Kahet.

But then again, as far back as 2007, Blizz stated Nerubians and Old Gods were B.F.F... Could there be some kind of philosophical split among the people of Nerub? Or did they ask us to kill the Faceless as "acceptable collateral" or just as a backstab against a rival?

*brain goes boom*

[Newsom]

Hmmm. Not sure. After reading up a bit it seems C'thun was friends with the original Aqir, but it's unclear what happened with the Sundering when the Aqir were split into the Nerubians and the Qiraji. Obviously the Qiraji remained loyal to C'thun but I'm guessing the Nerubians lost contact/broke free.

The quests in AN states that when the Nerbians fought against the Scourge they dug a little too deep and discovered the faceless ones, who they also warred against. It seems like they're not huge fans of the Old Gods at all.

The Old Gods are not exactly friendly with each other either - so while the Nerubians might still be loyal to C'thun it doesn't mean they're loyal to N'zoth.

[Darielle]

Wait wait wait, I thought the Nerubians were Old God worshippers (like the Aqir and Mantid), which set us in the middle of a Scourge vs. Old gods fight.

But the I remembered the Nerubians in the Azjol Nerub instances sent us to kill the Faceless whatshisname in Ahn'Kahet.

But then again, as far back as 2007, Blizz stated Nerubians and Old Gods were B.F.F... Could there be some kind of philosophical split among the people of Nerub? Or did they ask us to kill the Faceless as "acceptable collateral" or just as a backstab against a rival?

In the Frozen Throne campaign, Anub'arak was also terrified of the Faceless Ones.

[Sagara]

Yeah, so most probably the Nerubians lost contact with the Old Gods, found freedom to their tastes, and would be horrified at the prospect of becoming slaves again.

Which makes the Mantid a nice twist on the same concept, actually.

[Nooska]

The big issue I have with that pastebin, is that its based on the old 10-level expansion premise.

I saw a blue quote not a week back that talked about 5 level expansions as a given at this time (something about getting new abilities when you get 5 more levels in a new expansion - nb! not verbatim)

So this seemslike ooold specuulatioen - which probably means its based on something that blizzard once worked on (and where cataclysm was 80-90, with no pandaria), so some of it will probably be true, but I still call BS on whoever is posting it actually knowing anything xecpt 5-6 year old thoughts and ideas - maybe with a little personal speculation mixed in.