Considering we are getting a sand troll skin tone, what are your thoughts on them? How would you explain a playable Sand Troll? Are RP guilds finally allowing sand trolls in Orgrimmar? Do you think the Zandalari Empire has a hand in it? Give me your thoughts!
I quite like them actually.
Troll is troll
I doubt it
Most likely
Wowhead suggested Blood Troll styles would be possible. Thatâs bound to be a lot more controversial than some Sand Trolls!
Wowhead was being silly, because all weâve seen is red bodypaint. That does nothing to suggest the white skin tone of blood trolls.
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Unless the lore of Shadowlands says that new troll tribes are joining the Horde, Iâm going to assume that all of the cosmetic additions for Horde trolls are meant to represent trolls that are already a part of the Horde in one form or another.
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Only under the guiding eye of two certified Zandalari handlers : )
(but yeah go with what Taxation and coffee said)
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idk why do you even assume that every sand troll was/is supposed to be hostile to the horde/a part of such a tribe
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burn 'em rp guilds
Iâm not keen, really.
Iâd rather more attention be given to the Darkspear tribe properly, not just in how they relate to all the other tribes. Iâd also hoped the new troll customisations might have brought more people RPing trolls to the best tribe, but now itâs looking like weâll be losing even more of them.
For how they fit in Horde⊠if theyâre aligned to Darkspear or Zandalari guilds or people, then that seems like a means to be involved. Accepting your troll mightnât be popular or respected comes with that as well.
Truthfully, if you want to be a troll aligned to the Horde, deeply involved in its policy and culture, free to roam Orgrimmar without scorn or question, and not reliant on the goodwill or allegiance of other trolls⊠be a Darkspear.
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I hope we do get it, because I think the pale white skin and brightly colored markings look amazing.
I guess what really distinguishes Blood Trolls is the black eyes though, since some Blood Trolls have more sandy skin tones, so maybe we could just get the pale skin and not the eyes? Iâd be okay with that.
Sand trolls and the like are one thing, they have a way in via the Zandalari.
Blood trolls are insane, murderous zealots and enemies of all other trolls (and Azeroth at large). They should not be playable.
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And slightly longer pointier fingers and toes.
I mean, look at their toes, theyâre longer and more pointy than a regular trolls, same with their fingers.
Not a great fan of the idea, not out of any inherent âoh noes a sand trollâ - itâs actually an opportunity to create a sand troll guild out in the sandy wastes if people wanted to, bring more life to dead areas.
Nor do I particular care if non-horde troll races are in org, like Iâm sure people who do that can think of viable reasons as to why they would be there. A Horde spy that turned reporting in, a rejected tribe member that found a home in the Horde etc. Itâs not difficult. And the notion that a character could be âbarredâ from orgrimmar by guilds is just silly. Only as much power as given and all that.
No my issue with it leans more towards what Watrus expressed - itâs potentially less focus on the Darkspear who, imo anyway, are by far the most interesting and invested tribe.
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âJust because you can doesnât mean you should.â
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I believe sand trolls would be okay if they are part of a Horde based guild, specifically a Horde military guild IC.
They are conscripts or something like that and the guilds are responsible for them.
Keep in mind sand trolls are hostile in the Hordeâs view so of course they wonât fit in so easily or ever.
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Canât the Sandfury tribe join the Horde already. ;_;
We could be able to have a repaired ZulâFarrak with vendors etc and all that.
Itâd be Amazing⊠same with the Gurubashi and getting ZulâGurub.
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Hey, thatâs not true! It was all the false god, Gâhuunâs fault⊠But heâs gone and NAZMIR IS FREE!
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The lesser tribes suck up to the Zandalari. If they act out, just get a nod from one of them, and kill the Sand Troll. Or kill the sand troll and explain the situation, Iâm sure the Zandalari wonât mind.
Zandalar forever.
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Pretty much.
I mean, thereâs a quest given in Northern Stranglethorn by a Zandalari (sent and ordered by Rastakhan) to kill either the Bloodscalps/Skullsplitter Tribe (I donât remember which one it was), due to them fighting over pointless ruins.
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These filthy sanddwellers can try to roam around my cityâŠ
But theyâll be met by orcish steel!
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Iâll elaborate on what I said earlier.
If weâre given a customisation option for a playable race without any additional lore to go with it, Iâm going to assume that thereâs no reason for that new customisation option to cause any fuss and that thereâs no reason for anyone to fret over it in-character.
Itâs how Iâm acting towards Wildhammer tattoos, the human ethnic options and the boneless undead, so itâs how Iâm going to act towards the troll options as well. I see no reason to treat them as an exception to the rule.
So if Blizzard releases customisation options that allow for ochre-skinned and ochre-haired trolls in the Horde without any lore to go with them, Iâm just going to assume that theyâre an unremarkable sight within the Horde thatâs not worth commenting on.
So Iâll be a little bemused if characters with these new customisation options end up facing in-character discrimination solely because theyâre using the new options, especially if thereâs no new lore that will come with them.
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