World of Warcraft: Alliance Race revealed

[Sui]

http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_mai...9bbc2x10b1f0f03a5x4eff&rdm=500017.66817985673

 

[Mr. Redundant]

a video?! oh wow, cool... well its still loading but

yeah I read the draenei are the new race on gamespot.

edit: awesome find, thanks for that suicide

yeah the draenei look cool, silly that horde gets elves while alliance get demons, the blood elves make sense I guess... but the draenei... pally draeneis? lol

 

[Septih]

Yep, video won't load for me :<

Draenei are cool, not the ones like the Lost Ones in game atm, which suck

 

[Sui]

It's not the Draenei... the new race look almost identical to archimonde... I'm guessing they're demons.

 

[Septih]

The article calls them Draenei, and the official WoW site links to the article

 

[Mr. Redundant]

gs calls em the draenei as well http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6150056&pid=928901

(not the ones in swamp of sorrows)

 

[Sainku]

Kind of weird considering the lore, but it doesn't really matter...I got bored with WoW and quit a long time ago.

 

[The Mullinator]

The draenei that appeared before were the corrupted versions of what the former draenei race was. It was known according to the lore before the expansion was even announced that when the orcs began experimenting with warlock magics it began to alter the planet and many of the creatures on it. The draenei were severely altered physically apparently.

From a couple things I have seen so far this appears to be an uncorrupted race of draenei. Apparently they are relatives of the Eredar (Archimond is an Eredar) which is why they look a lot like them.

 

[Sui]

Ah, that makes a lot of sense Mullinator.

 

[staticprimer]

It has been confirmed by Blizzard on the official site, the new race is the uncorrupted Draenei. I know I am going to try one out when it comes out, they look awesome.

 

[Sui]

 

[The Mullinator]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/draenei.html

Ah yes, it is just as I had predicted. We are playing uncorrupted Draenei. The image above shows the the de-evolution of the Draenei into one of it's various new forms. A form which we already see in the game I might add.

The story behind them however from before they came into contact with the orcs is all completely new lore. None of that was in any of the games before.

 

[Eejit]

Yeah their lore is completely made up and in places contradicts previous lore (Eredar corrupted Sargeras originally, now Blizz have it happening the other way around).

Also Blood Elves are now space pirates. rofl.

the Draenei hold no affinity for certain Horde races. They outright hate the Orcs, who nearly drove the Draenei to extinction in Outland. And more recently, the Blood Elves stole technology from the Draenei and also sabotaged their dimensional ship, which crash landed on Azeroth.

 

[Mr. Redundant]

gah unfair I say
horde get recolored night elves :/
they get whole new models/anims

graaah
dont make me play alliance,

guess they had to put a decent looking race on ally, so that some horde players might come over and ballance the pvp a lil....

 

[Lemonking]

eredar

 

[Bad^Hat]

From a thread on the WoW boards.

"With their commander gone [Archimonde], the remainder of the Burning Legion's army was cast into disarray. Malfurion and his companions escaped from the summit of Mount Hyjal, and the remaining Night Elves silently reflected upon the sacrifices of their Wisp companions.

Yet, the spirits of the Wisps lived on. Floating invisibly throughout Mount Hyjal and nearby Felwood, they began to slowly intertwine with the demons that had taken up residence there. Almost imperceptively their presence began to twist the forms and minds of the local Satyrs and other foul, demonic creatures.

Now, a handful of these creatures have been transformed in mind and body; they have the thoughts of the Night Elf spirits coarsing through their veins, yet their bodies mutated to take the form of the last creature the Wisps had made contact with -- the Eredar warlock, Archimonde."

 

[Septih]

That's not the official lore behind them.

Although the official stuff is weird. The original story, hosted on the main WoW site says that the Eredar were already demonic and evil before sargeras found them. Whereas the new lore for the draenei says that they were a great civilisation and were enticed into working with sargeras and he turned them into evil demons

 

[Bad^Hat]

Hmm...

Weird to see they'll be able to play paladins. Females are hawt though... stupid horde being stuck with stupid crappy anorexic blood elves...

 

[Boogymanx]

That's not the official lore behind them.

Although the official stuff is weird. The original story, hosted on the main WoW site says that the Eredar were already demonic and evil before sargeras found them. Whereas the new lore for the draenei says that they were a great civilisation and were enticed into working with sargeras and he turned them into evil demons

Wrong. They weren't demonic - they were extremely powerful in the use of magic and only Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden turned evil after Sargeras found them.

 

[Danimal]

I wish The Horde had Pandaren.

EDIT: Am I the only one who notices that the male's model looks alot like the Tauren's?

Edit2: And the females are just blue NE's.

 

[Septih]

Wrong. They weren't demonic - they were extremely powerful in the use of magic and only Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden turned evil after Sargeras found them.

From the official site:

Over the eons, Sargeras encountered two powerful demonic races, both of which were bent on gaining power and dominance over the physical universe.

The eredar, an insidious race of devilish sorcerers, used their warlock magics to invade and enslave a number of worlds...

...Sargeras was forced to contend with another group intent on disrupting the Titans' order: the Nathrezim. This dark race of vampiric demons (also known as dreadlords)...

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/story/chapter1.html#2

 

[Boogymanx]

From the official site:



http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/story/chapter1.html#2

Nearly twenty-five thousand years ago, the eredar race arose on the world of Argus. They were extremely intelligent and had a natural affinity for magic in all its myriad forms. Using their gifts, they developed a vast and wondrous society.

Unfortunately the eredar's accomplishments caught the attention of Sargeras, the Destroyer of Worlds. He had already begun his Burning Crusade to eradicate all life from the cosmos, and he believed that the brilliant eredar would be pivotal in leading the vast demonic army he was gathering. Thus, he contacted the eredar's three most prominent leaders: Kil'jaeden, Archimonde, and Velen. In exchange for the loyalty of the eredar race, Sargeras offered untold power and knowledge.

Although the offer sounded very tempting, Velen had a vision of the future that filled him with sick dread. Sargeras had spoken the truth: the eredar who joined the Dark Titan would indeed gain enormous power and knowledge. However, the eredar would themselves be transformed into demons.

I guess that Blizz didn't think about the already existing lore.

http://lorelol.ytmnd.com

 

[Septih]

Heh, I'm just waiting to see if blizz admit they got it wrong, or try and blag their way around the plot hole.

As much as I love the warcraft universe and it's story, at the end of the day i think the draenei look like a fun race to play, and the story holes won't affect how much i enjoy the game.

btw, for those that want to see a lot more about the expansion, have a look at these videos of an interview with a designer:

http://www.worldofwar.net/video/files.php?temp_view=files.php&game=&id=6
http://www.worldofwar.net/video/files.php?temp_view=files.php&game=&id=7

I love how they've designed the belf starting area with the scar where arthas' army deforested to get to Quel'Thelas

 

[Sainku]

http://lorelol.ytmnd.com

That was great, one of the funniest ytmnd I have seen. And it's true!

 

[Bob_Marley]

I'm morbidly disapointed at the lack of panderens...