Schokkende verandering met Burning Crusade

Richard (Richardfun)
Blizzard heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat in The Burning Crusade, de uitbreiding voor World of Warcraft, het mogelijk zal zijn voor de Blood Elves van de Horde om de Paladin class te kiezen, en de Shaman zal beschikbaar voor de Draenei aan de kant van de Alliance. Op de officiele World of Warcraft site staat de een uitleg hoe deze grote verandering in het verhaal van World of Warcraft past.


As for the Blood Elves:

Back in the capital city of Silvermoon, Magister Astalor Bloodsworn was not content with this idea. After long months of study and experimentation, he and his fellow wizards learned how to manipulate and corrupt the naaru's luminous energies. In the end the wizards devised a process by which the powers of the Light could be transferred to recipients who had not earned such abilities. Instead of feeding upon the naaru's magic, the blood elves would wield the naaru's Light-given powers themselves.

Lady Liadrin, formerly a priestess, had recently renounced her vows, for she felt the Light had abandoned her people. She learned of the wizards' achievement and volunteered to be the first to bend the stolen powers to her will. With her decision a new order was born: the Blood Knights. These renegade paladins are able to harness the sacred powers of the Alliance's noblest heroes.

And the Draenei managed to harness the elements by:

Velen's vision was given substance in the form of Nobundo, a one-time draenei priest who had devolved while the orcs decimated his race and tore the planet apart. Like his fellow Broken, Nobundo had lost contact with the Light, and so he ventured far into the deserts of Outland to meditate and pray for guidance.

After decades of silence, an unfamiliar voice finally answered his prayers. It was not the Light that whispered to him, but the wind. The breeze spoke to him of lost truths, of the might of the elements - of the delicate balance of power embraced by the shaman.

Het is nu dus de vraag wat voor effect deze beslissing zal hebben op de gameplay van World of Warcraft. Het feit dat beide facties een unieke class tot hun beschikking hadden was een van de grote verschillen tussen de twee en sommige mensen verwachten bij wijze van spreken dat de strijd tussen de Alliance en de Horde nu gewoon een conflict wordt tussen twee teams die verschillende shirts dragen.