The Forsaken should have been a faction.

#0 - March 30, 2009, 8:54 p.m.

WotLK should have added them as a new faction separate of Alliance and Horde.

What if I wanted to join the forsaken? Just because they betrayed the Horde doesn't mean they have evil plans.

IMO, Forsaken are going to win. And I want to play for the winning team.

The Forsaken:
All classes and races can become Forsaken. You must be max level and "sacrifice" yourself to join the ranks.

After you join you appear to be an undead version of your original race. (i.e. A Troll would have the "bone" effect and missing skin that current Undead have)

You gain a few new abilities and lose some others. Healing spells now damage you and Shadow spells now heal you. etc etc...

I could go on all day with this but I'm supposed to be "working" and "earning my paycheque". Pft.

Anyone else have anything they think would be cool to add to this?

Eyonix

#17 - March 30, 2009, 10 p.m.

Q u o t e:
WotLK should have added them as a new faction separate of Alliance and Horde.

What if I wanted to join the forsaken? Just because they betrayed the Horde doesn't mean they have evil plans.

IMO, Forsaken are going to win. And I want to play for the winning team.

The Forsaken:
All classes and races can become Forsaken. You must be max level and "sacrifice" yourself to join the ranks.

After you join you appear to be an undead version of your original race. (i.e. A Troll would have the "bone" effect and missing skin that current Undead have)

You gain a few new abilities and lose some others. Healing spells now damage you and Shadow spells now heal you. etc etc...

I could go on all day with this but I'm supposed to be "working" and "earning my paycheque". Pft.

Anyone else have anything they think would be cool to add to this?

It's a cool idea, but the reality is, there would be too many major game-play aspects that we'd have to completely change completely, or at the very least -- revamp. Additionally, it would introduce too many new balance issues (from unique angles).

Eyonix

#24 - March 30, 2009, 10:08 p.m.

Q u o t e:

I have no doubts that it would be horribly difficult and confusing to develop.

But honestly? Allowing players to fall into The Forsaken and battle against the Alliance and Horde?

Epic.

Edit: As a sidenote, why weren't other races ever allowed to become Undead as part of the character customization feature? That would also be awesome(and simpler to add).

We actually had some really awesome ideas when first developing World of Warcraft, but unfortunately, they just didn't play out well as we progressed through internal play-builds, alpha and ultimately beta.