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Adamsm
Yeah but those Watchers were built like that; I'm just saying that when it comes to the Forger races they only ever mentioned one gender.
Post by
Skreeran
I just don't think that's grounds to assume there are no female seed races, especially when you have pre-curse female Titans, pre-curse female Watchers, and then we see that there are female vrykul, female gnomes, female dwarves, female mogu, and so on. It seems simpler that they just had females from the start, rather than some (the Watchers) having females from the start and some getting them after the curse.
I mean, yes, we've never seen a female earthen, but we've never seen a fleshy female Tol'vir either. It's more likely that they only wanted to make one model. Lots of games are like that. In Mass Effect, you only had a female Quarian model, a male Salarian model, a male Krogan model, a male Turian model, and so on. We never assumed that they only had one gender, and in-fact they brought in opposite gender models in later games.
Post by
Adamsm
/shrug It would have made sense in regards to the Mogu, and would have added something to the race.....as opposed to just adding in sex pot female forms for no real purpose other then to have 'priestesses'.
Post by
Skreeran
Again, I do think it's fitting, because they're using the draenei model, and they're based on lions, who are mammals.
While I get where you're coming from, it does make sense this way.
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Post by
Rankkor
I give some credit to Blizz for giving females to non-player races. It always bothers me when they're too lazy to do that.
WTB Female Ogres. Cuz good things happen when you're good to mama, HUBBA HUBBA.
Post by
Skreeran
http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/28/hellscream-is-my-warchief/
Very interesting perspective, and one that I realized quite a while ago. However, I think--just like human beings--not all orcs are the same. I was going to post this in the comments of that article, but I didn't feel I'd get any response as one comment among hundreds, so I figured I'd post it here.
I love the orcs, and I have more orc characters than any other race. Each one has their own personality and opinions toward the Horde.
Nakresh
once used to be one of those types that would follow Garrosh. He grew up in an internment camp, and really grew up with a dislike for humans. In his early adulthood, he would certainly have embraced that ideal of taking what you need from those too greedy to share it. However, he's a middle-aged veteran now, and he has a young daughter to look out for. He's fought demons and zombies and elementals and all manner of other monsters, and he has seen enough to understand that there are worse things out there than humans or elves. He's watched the orphanages swell, and seen the corpses of children in burnt towns. He's grown above the manifest destiny that possesses younger orcs, and he's tired of killing people who didn't deserve to die.
Kitanga
is a shaman, and for her, the Horde's recent actions are reprehensible. Careless spilling of blood violates all of her morals. She believes in balance and harmony in nature, and killing is an action that is done very deliberately for survival or justice, not pride, anger, or greed. Not only has Garrosh chosen to greedily take all of Kalimdor, but now he has sworn to slaughter every last member of the Alliance out of pride, stubbornness, and hatred. The spirits of the ancestors abandoned the orcs when they slew the draenei out of paranoia and bloodlust, and this new genocidal campaign is just as great an affront.
Dag'rema
is a warlock that hates life. Her goal is the snuffing out of reality, and thus, she could not really care less who is Warchief, but the more easily manipulated and predictable they are, the better. Hence, she prefers Garrosh to Thrall.
Rashakk
is an older orc who grew up on Draenor and crossed through the Portal with the Old Horde. He was born into a small clan that demanded strength of its members in all things. If they were weak, they lost territory and resources to the bigger clans, and their people paid the price. What they lacked in numbers, they made up for in brutality. Rashakk was raised among them, and had to learn strength to survive. When his brother was born a runt, Rashakk was made to drown the infant to learn why strength was necessary. He begrudgingly served under Thrall after the New Horde was established, but regularly sought out violence and warfare, in Ashenvale and elsewhere. After he was slain in the Plaguelands and resurrected as a Death Knight, he discovered he was stronger than ever. Rather than bemoaning the need to inflict suffering that came with being a Death Knight, he embraced it. To him it was a small price to pay for the great power that came with his new form. Now that Garrosh has taken the reins of the Horde, he is quite pleased to have the opportunity to show everyone why the strong survive instead of the weak.
Post by
Adamsm
Okay so the cut scene for the final quest of the Valley/Wilds is just plain awesome; that is great to see all of the people you've helped show up to attack the Mantid invasion force....and Chen is pure bad ass.
Post by
Skreeran
Okay so the cut scene for the final quest of the Valley/Wilds is just plain awesome; that is great to see all of the people you've helped show up to attack the Mantid invasion force....and Chen is pure bad ass.Yep. I love how the Hidden Master ties into the whole thing (not gonna spoil it).
Post by
Adamsm
Okay so the cut scene for the final quest of the Valley/Wilds is just plain awesome; that is great to see all of the people you've helped show up to attack the Mantid invasion force....and Chen is pure bad ass.Yep. I love how the Hidden Master ties into the whole thing (not gonna spoil it).
Oh I know how it ends Skree; did it back in Beta, but that cut scene wasn't there yet heh.
Post by
Skreeran
Okay so the cut scene for the final quest of the Valley/Wilds is just plain awesome; that is great to see all of the people you've helped show up to attack the Mantid invasion force....and Chen is pure bad ass.Yep. I love how the Hidden Master ties into the whole thing (not gonna spoil it).
Oh I know how it ends Skree; did it back in Beta, but that cut scene wasn't there yet heh.Well yeah, I figured you'd done it. I just meant I'm not going to spoil it here if other people haven't done it yet.
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Post by
Rankkor
I'm not gonna hit Pandaria for a while. Just got the expansion, busy monking it up.
when you're done being a monkey, you HAVE to get the monkey Riko the Hozen on your side.
(Seriously, Riko = BEST character in the expansion)
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Post by
Anaran
Not sure about the details, but supposedly the elves have a mini-sunwell on The Isle of the Thunder King, thoughts?
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Post by
Rankkor
HOLY CRAP!
Kratos
is that you?
Also, dunno how to feel about the Female
Zandalari
model. Too human I guess. Needs to be a wee bit more Troll.
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Post by
oneforthemoney
HOLY CRAP!
Kratos
is that you?
Also, dunno how to feel about the Female
Zandalari
model. Too human I guess. Needs to be a wee bit more Troll.
Describe 'wee bit more troll.'
Less rigid stance and human-like build, I assume. Maybe more tusk? I'm just guessing.
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