Don't make *every* race be able to play a DK!

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Sure, every character should get the opportunity to unlock the cass. But I think every race being able to *play* the class just totally destroys the "cool-ness" (for lack of a better term) of the class. I mean, Humans, Dwarves, Undead, and either (or both, I suppose) Orcs or Blood Elves, are understandable. But Night Elves and Tauren? Maybe it's just me, but that totally destroys the sense of Lore behind the class. I think 2 races on each side should be the limit.

We're very aware of the lore considerations. We are also aware of how it could be very unfair for those that would love to have a Death Knight to not be able to unlock it or have to level up fresh in order to get it.

As you know, we currently are allowing everyone to become one. There will be a method to the madness that will be evident for such corruption to have occurred as people progress through the questline to become one. I'm quite sure that Human Paladins aren't the only ones that can be so tempted and corrupted by their own good intentions that they can end up becoming a Death Knight. We shall see however.

Yes, we have ideas of how we want things to work, but we are still working toward refining a lot of those ideas. I love seeing the discussion that is going on, but would caution everyone not to get too wrapped up in any one idea as a 'must be or else' type of thing. The Lich King is a seductive force to be reckonned with no matter who you are.

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Wait.

What?

I thought the Death Knight class was something you unlocked like, "Complete a quest and you can create a Death Knight character", and not something your character becomes.

Me is confuzzled.

No, you have it right. You unlock it. You won't be exchanging a character for a character or morphing into a Death Knight.

People however still have been expressing their want for there to be lore restrictions on who can unlock the Death Knight. We feel at current that it could be unfair to those that have a character that would be excluded from being able to unlock it. Whether this changes or not will be seen.

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I got a reply from a GM? ...................................................................Shweet!

Anyways, yeah, I was more concerned with the actual character creation, than who is allowed to unlock the Hero Class. I mean, I guess it depends on the approach of the quest line. If the quest line is about *you* becoming corrupted, then I can see where there would be huge issues. However, I was more under the impression, when you completed the quest, you would "redeem" a Death Knight (ie. "Come back to the Light!" "Umm, k?"), and it would introduce *how* they are accepted into their respective factions.

That said, that's why "Night Elf Death Knights" or "Tauren Death Knights" throw me off. But again, I suppose it's sort of how you approach it. But, if you're going to be keeping your original character, and simply gaining the ability to create a new one, it doesn't make sense to me how you would effectively have "a corrupted version of yourself" (again, from a Lore-perspective), while at the same time, have your original "uncorrupted" character.

Anyways, thanks for the response ^_^

CM ;)

I know what you are saying and honestly, there are still things to be worked out on this. We're excited about the opportunities this hero class gives. We can all theorize to a degree on what will and won't happen when death knights make the scene, and we may very well have a lot of death knights running amok for the first bit after people hit 80, do the quest, and unlock it, but that doesn't mean everyone will continue playing one.

I have seen many people say that it isn't their cup of tea and they have no intentions of playing one. Others will think they want to play one, will for a bit and then decide they still love their hunter or whatever other class they were before. Guilds and grouping opportunities will also have great influence over who really ends up playing one and who doesn't. I think that even with theorizing, we're still a bit too soon on worrying overly much about who becomes a Death Knight in the end.