SeriousSirrus wrote:
I don't specifically mean the "Undead" fraction of the Scourge but perhaps some of the more interesting species of creatures that the Scourge possesses. Crypt Walkers, Abominations, Liches; Even if they sound like ridiculous races to play, it would help expand the lore and really, I doubt that players would honestly complain if they were allowed to play some of the coolest/creepiest looking creatures in WOW. But this is merely day-dreaming. I obviously don't expect this to be in this expansion or coming any time soon, if ever. Stuff it alongside the "two-headed ogre" race idea. ;p
Abominations are creations of the fleshy undead that we are, I don't believe liches were common enough to justify into a race of their own (let alone the shortage of class types for them to pick from), and the Nerubians (Crypt Walkers) are a non-playable but plentiful NPC race in the upcoming expansion.
However, the point is that all the playable races need to look humanoid
enough so that gear can be reasonably shown on the character models. Crypt Walkers are rather horizontal, Liches lack any visible lower half (the "robes" have nothing beneath), and Abominations have too many appendages. It
is possible to have all of these playable... but it takes more twisting, more effort, more time, more lore, more balancing.