Belf Druids

This race/class option has been discussed now and then every since the release of Burning Crusade, now about three years back down the road is it? There is at least one in existence, as a boss NPC in the Botanica instance, High Botanist Freywinn. Most would agree the dude looks kind of cool in that Tier 1 Druid set. I would say so anyway, and I always agreed that if druids became a playable option for blood elves I would consider rolling one.

That was then, and today nothing's really changed. I still wouldn't mind rolling one. Though I do think it would just sit their and collect dust as I played my goblin mage. ;)

Well here we are with Cataclysm on the fringes, and Blizzard has opened up with brand new race and class combinations. Holy Cows, human and undead hunters, dwarf shamans, orc and nelf mages, and troll druids.

And some people blinked, when they went down that list of green checkmarks, looking in the row for blood elves and the column for druids. Lo and behold, there was no green checkmark there! People blinked, and they began to freak out.

"Wait! You let trolls be druids, but not blood elves! OMG!"

Honestly, as much of a fan I am of belf druids, I think trolls do make more sense. They're a bit more tuned with nature than the arcane addicted blood elves at this point, who care more about magic than the natural world. That's all there is to it. Sure, Kael'Thas employed a few of his followers as druids, which I did find a little odd. If not there, why not here?

Good question. Hopefully Blizzard might give this some thought, but if they do give in then they also have to give one of the alliance races access to druids. Who would that be? Dwarves? Humans? Gnomes even? Possibly draenei? No. Not one of them is really in tune with nature at all. If it's not machine, magic, or in someway connected with archeology or the light, it's not worth paying attention to.

Personally I think Blizzard made the right choice in this.

PS: Night elves are getting mages, the supposed favored class of blood elves. This is also an arguement for blood elf druids, the supposed favored class of night elves. Honest trade!

Patch 3.2 Announced!

Um, Yay?

I guess. What can we expect? As expected from those who have been keeping up on it, we will be seeing the completion of the Argent Coliseum. If you have been doing the Argent Tournament already you've seen the big building being constructed in the Scourge's back yard, the whole thing as a big sign of the Argent Crusade's defiance of Arthas. That's fair, I guess, I mean the Lich King does need to be die, but I have issues with this.

To me, this would almost be like the Alliance coming into Mulgore or Durotar and building an outhouse. It just seems so disrespectful to me, so I can sympathize with the Lich King in this regard. I'll get to my thoughts on that later though.

So, the Argent Coliseum, eh? They say it's going to have 5, 10, and 25 man challenges for players in the Coliseum. Ok, that sounds kind of cool, but what kind of challenges? Is this going to be like a Ring of Blood type of thing with rewards at the end, a daily 5 man challenge and weekly 10 and 25 man challenge with epic loots at the end? I'm thinking so, and that would be frickin' cool! A new way to get gear other than raiding, and possibly fun as well.

Could be interesting.

In other news, a new battle ground Isle of Conquest, will be unveiled. Cool, if you're into PvP, and I'm not really, at least not yet. There are a few things in PvE I need to take care of first before I start getting into battlegrounds and what not, but new battlegrounds are always cool I think.

Arena Season 7 will also be coving. For those of you who give a shit about the Arena, which I don't, this is for you. Have fun.

Finally, druids will be getting a facelift in the artwork for their animal forms. Tauren Druids in bear form, I have to say, look very cool. I love the fact that they have different fur colors for bears now. :)