Troll DruidsFollow

Troll druids definitely need their own forms...complete with tusks.

That said I'm not gonna reroll mine or anything like I've heard a lot of my friends talk about doing...though I expect the race additions will get more people into the class, because I also know a good number of people who won't play a druid simply because they don't like Tauren/NE.

Edited, Aug 27th 2009 2:34pm by Norellicus

I'm really hoping for this with a lot of the new class/race combos. Some of them, like the Troll Druid and the NE Mage, have the potential for interesting storylines. Hopefully some of the remaking of Azeroth includes weaving in some of the new combos in quests, NPCs, etc.

For some reason, when I read Troll Druid in the title, the first thing I thought about was forum trolls... but I can't remember the last time we had one in the druid forums...

I must admit I fear the flippy flops as for the drunken Horse, well I think he does more damage his karma then to trolls. (Good Elune man! I've never seen a poster jump from guru to sage and back again as often as you. :p)

It's really about the pack mentalities here; druids of feather tend to stick together and all that jazz. ^^

(Congrats on 500 posts Galen!)



I really do hope they add these new class combos with style, tell a good story and not just in the comic/manga/novel/TCG/etc... Like for the Alliance when suddenly we have a king back in game. :<

As for Custom models for each race, here is what we learned form the Class Q&A's at Blizzcon -



While I don't actively play Horde I'm eager for tusked feral forms. How cute would that be? XD
..but the Worgen..? Night Elves have the floppy ears already, are they going make them look wolfish in each form or...what? ::ponders::



Edited, Aug 27th 2009 6:40pm by GryphonStalker

As far as I know, Druids don't worship animal gods. They worship Elune, don't they?

I'll buy Troll Druid, but don't tell me Worgen Druid makes any sense lore-wise whatsoever. Seriously, werewolves turned treehuggers? One moment they're killing anything that walks, the next they're hugging trees in balance with nature? Seriously? How about giving them a dimensional spaceship as well? Did Metzen participate in this thought process by chance?

Also, Tauren Paladins? Why not give them Rogues as well? I mean, if the Tauren, a shamanistic slash warrior culture, can dump their traditions for the Light, why not just admit flat out that normalizing everything in the game is more important than keeping the lore somewhat decent?

Then again, I might just be nuts, because I still miss the old days where Horde had Shaman and Alliance had Paladins. And no squidfaces.

I really don't understand why Tauren Paladin is so difficult to grasp. It's a way of life, not some naturally imbued force. The Argent Crusade exists and thrives, is it really so farfetched that some of the Tauren might find the Light way of life more in-line with their thinking than the standard Earthmother spiel? Same goes for Gnome Priest.

Troll Druid is a little harder to take in, but we've already established that the Night Elves and Tauren Druids both likely follow the same deities, but refer to/interpret them differently. The Trolls could just as easily reach a similar conclusion. Troll Shaman don't necessarily channel their power through animal gods, so it's not a universal thing that they all follow animals anyway...but even if they did, there are already animal forces at work within the Druidic reason.

Worgen are a little harder to pull off but it's conceivable that in their strain to overcome their feral tendencies, they find a certain attunement to nature.

Edited, Aug 27th 2009 10:10pm by Norellicus

Well, worgen always had a special relationship with the moon whatsoever. Maybe some of them finally embraced their curse and started liking the moon. In the trailer you saw night elves rushing to help. If some worgen (who like the moon) were interested in learning more, they could have asked their NE buddies, who teached them druidism!


although you have a damn good point too

Edited, Aug 28th 2009 5:20am by Thorpedro

I am torn on this issue.

While I can see how the Trolls will be able to access druidism as others have mentioned(natural affinity with nature), it is expected.

I was kinda stuck on the worgen issue.

I know in the Cataclysm video it is mentioned/implied (and shows) that the druids help the survivors of Gilneas. This may turn out to be the Druids 'training' the Worgen to help control their feral side and get in touch with nature(<Insert Cenarius training Malfurion in 'War of the Ancients' flashback here>). Or it may be a way of freeing them from their home dimension (what no space ship???).

http://www.wowwiki.com/Worgen



There is lots of room to fill the back story with lore (both on the troll and worgen side).

The real question is will they be the new Huntard/DKtards? With no new Hero class being introduced...you never know.

The world (Azeroth) may not need more druids, but it is definitely getting some.


Edited, Aug 28th 2009 8:44am by RaideroftheBlade

Running off to reserve the name Worgentard on my server.

I promise to spend all my time in Wolf-form, use my racial dash whenever it is off of cooldown, and misplay my character in various ways you haven't even thought up yet! I will also live under the impression the +1% damage modifier over-compensates for my lack of skill. If I ever out DPS you I'll call you a noob and tell you to re-roll a class with better racials!

gryphon has a good point; it would be very like the tauren to consider paladins and druids the "sun and moon" so to speak, so in that regard it fits quite well.

There's a "leak" that is rumoured to be one of Troll's Cat forms.



Looks too much like a kitty than a cat for me.

Edited, Aug 31st 2009 10:02am by Micros

That face is gonna give me nightmares, seriously.

They blend them with the tusks Maz. Then drink them from a bowl.