Worgen can transform, why not Goblin?

#0 - Aug. 28, 2009, 2:12 a.m.

oky, maybe not transform in-game like the worgen do...however... why not allow you to create the different types of Goblins?

Make rolling a goblin a bit more interesting to boost its popularity. In lore, you know you have several su-species of goblin.

1. Hobgoblin [big and huge]
2. Spidergoblin

and a couple of others.

Basically one of hte major perks to being a goblin is the choice to choose different model other than the standard green short guy. Would so cool. And maybe later on they can introduce extra creature models to certain races, like you can choose a Taunka type tauren instead of the normal usual ones. You can choose a Dark ranger elven model as an alternative to either forsaken or blood elf, while on alliance you can even choose a high elven model as one of the human or night elf types

Wryxian

#45 - Aug. 28, 2009, 3:43 p.m.

I think if you're expecting the "standard green short guy" to be the Goblins in Cataclysm, you're either going to be disappointed or pleasantly surprised, depending on whether you want them to be the same models as they currently are in game or not. Sure, they are not quite as different as the TBC Draenei were to the degenerate ones found in the Swamp of Sorrows before TBC launched, but they aren't purely recycled old models either.

From some of the concept art, I get the impression that what we've seen of the Goblins from the BlizzCon sneak peak was just the beginning... but only time will tell!

Wryxian

#49 - Aug. 28, 2009, 9:10 p.m.

Q u o t e:
I think they wont get nerfed, but other races racials will be buffed (no more 1% hit to ranged!)
im pretty sure that blizz did mention racial boost..... they sure do.... plx buff em :(

We certainly aren't going to be ignoring the existing racials; an expansion can often be the perfect time to take a long hard look at things like this and re-evaluate the situation. Purely as an example, maybe Dwarven Find Treasure would now be better as a buff related to Archaeology. That is just an example of the type of change we may consider when looking at existing racials whilst working on the expansion, but of course there are those that directly affect combat and we've definitely not been afraid to take another look at those in the past, either.

Wryxian

#52 - Aug. 28, 2009, 9:56 p.m.

Q u o t e:
why not just make find treasure give a slightly higher chance of not finding complete crap in chests? :P

I'll leave the design team to think about such things ;-) I know they are already well aware of player feedback concerning Find Treasure.