The Roleplayers Desired Changes/Additions to WoW Thread

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INTRODUCTION

I have been roleplaying continuously for about a year now. Never before have I seen such talented writers and creative minds come together to form such an awesome community. The only limitations that they suffer from are the limitations which WoW places upon itself. From long toy cooldowns to lacking character customization options to old transmog class restrictions, I’ve been asking roleplayers how they’d like to see the game changed. Let’s get into it:

TOY ADJUSTMENTS

There’s a prevailing issue among the cooldowns/effect lengths of certain toys. The effects tend to be very short lived, and the CDs drastically long. This is how Blizzard could improve just some of these toys:

Item Current Cooldown/Effect Length Better Cooldown/Effect Length
World Shrinker - https://www.wowhead.com/item=109183/world-shrinker 15 min/5 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Infected Ichor -https://www.wowhead.com/item=200178/infected-ichor 1 hour/5 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Iron Boot Flask -https://www.wowhead.com/item=43499/iron-boot-flask 1 hour/10 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Muradin’s Favor -https://www.wowhead.com/item=52201/muradins-favor 30 min/10 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Wisp Amulet -https://www.wowhead.com/item=64651/wisp-amulet 10 min/2 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Time-Lost Figurine -https://www.wowhead.com/item=32782/time-lost-figurine 30 min/5 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Frenzyheart Brew -https://www.wowhead.com/item=44719/frenzyheart-brew 30 min/5 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Moonfang’s Paw -https://www.wowhead.com/item=105898/moonfangs-paw 1 hour/10 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Demon Hunter’s Aspect -https://www.wowhead.com/item=79769/demon-hunters-aspect 30 min/5 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Stave of Fur and Claw - https://www.wowhead.com/item=66888/stave-of-fur-and-claw 1 hour/3 min 5 Minutes/2 hour
Leyara’s Locket -https://www.wowhead.com/item=71259/leyaras-locket 1 hour/5 min 5 Minutes/2 hour

These are just some of the toys that sadly have very short effects, and very long CDs. Thusly, there’s no point for a roleplayer to acquire these toys as it wouldn’t provide them with anything game-changing. It would open up so much freedom and creativity for roleplayers if this was altered.

WANTED TOYS

  • A vendor-esque table that would allow shopkeep roleplayers to set up stalls in the city.
  • Handcuffing toy that would allow guard roleplayers to arrest people, with an animation that would place the person’s hands behind their back the animation already exists in-game: https://imgur.com/a/DcfXED7.

COSMETICS/CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION

  • Tickable option in the settings to display hair beneath all hats.
  • Race height sliders in character creation + barber.
  • Tattoos for more races.
  • New cosmetic backpack slot that would appear over the top of a cloak, and not make the cloak disappear. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/116fbez/we_need_the_ability_to_wear_a_quiver_and_cloak_at/!
  • Share hair models between races. A single 3d modeller already managed to race swap the hairs of Humans and Kul Tirans: Human to Kul Tiran - https://imgur.com/06IO93l, Kul Tiran to Human - https://imgur.com/h94hQgh. Credits: https://twitter.com/keyboardturn.
  • Customizable and location changeable scars upon body/face.
  • New cosmetic slot for pouches, weapon sheathes, pistol holsters, rifle holsters, etc.
  • Casts/bandages for broken bone simulation.
  • Updated HD textures for old white/grey clothing items.
  • Allow players to use glasses/eyepatches in combination with a hat.
  • Prosthetic arms/legs for more races. A single 3d modeller already did this for a bunch of races on their own: Draenei Prosthetic Limbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHQ9SEW1hgE&ab_channel=Keyboardturner, Night Elf Prosthetic Limbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmJHW-v7d_s&ab_channel=Keyboardturner). Credits: https://twitter.com/keyboardturn.
  • More character customization in general. Can never have too much!

TRANSMOG

  • Individual hand slot transmog.
  • Remove class restrictions on legacy armor like this set: https://www.wowhead.com/transmog-set=758/savage-gladiators-scaled-armor.
  • Customizable placement location for daggers/swords (on back, or on belt).

ANIMATION

  • Roleplay idol positions i.e. leaning back against walls, leaning over a bartop like these NPCs - https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/119gm97/can_we_please_get_these_as_emotesposes_for/.
  • Share dance animations between races.
  • Access to all current NPC animations.
  • Animation that would allow players to appear like they’re auto-attacking one another.
  • Shooting animation to allow players to realistically fire a pistol/rifle (no class restriction).

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Option to report lollers for RP sabotage on RP realms.
  • Option for players in cities to remove NPCs in shops (like the new inn in Valdrakken).
  • Extend the effect length of campfires (currently 5 minutes. Could be 15 minutes instead).
  • Put in ways for players to learn and speak more in-game languages (Vrykul, Drust, Nerubian).

LARGER SUGGESTIONS

This part is obviously less likely to happen and is a much larger thing to ask of developers, but I think it’s worth to add it in anyway since these were repeated themes when I talked to roleplayers about what they wanted.

  • Old world revamp!
  • Open more buildings inside of Stormwind. Also, revamp Stormwind!
  • Player housing!
  • A repository similar to the Steam Community Hub: https://steamcommunity.com/app/252490/workshop/, which would allow 3d artists/modellers to submit custom items they’d want to see in-game, and allow players to hold a monthly vote on which item should be implemented in the game.

CONCLUSION

Overall, there’s definitely a lot of smaller things that developers could tweak today and the roleplaying community would be eternally thankful (toy cd/effect lengths would literally just be tweaking some number values). Obviously, there’s some bigger things that the roleplaying community also want in-game. If there’s anything you think I’ve missed, post it in the comments!

This post was made in the hopes that SOMEONE in the WoW development team will see it and decide to open internal discussion within their team on this subject. This post is a duplicate of my Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/13fqozo/the_roleplayers_desired_changesadditions_to_wow/), but I was suggested by a WoW dev (Thank you @GameMakeJake: https://twitter.com/GameMakeJake) to post it on the forums too for maximum reach.

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Yes to literally all of this. Please consider the post, Blizz!

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And Orgrimmar, please, for the love of GOD that place is TINY.

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Add buildings to the upper levels of the valleys that are empty and complete the construction that’s been going on since it changed.

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  • Toy that lets you engage in jousting/mounted combat.
  • Spell effect customisation. A short list which doesn’t even begin to cover them all includes things like:-
    Shadowflame for warlocks, Cosmic shadow for spriests, Silver spells for Elunite priests, Water spells for frost mages, Frostfire spells for fire mages, Loa effects for (zandalari) troll monks, Nightmare spells for druids, blood magic for warlocks, necromancy kit (including pet) for warlocks, fire effects for dark iron paladins/priests.
  • Remove armour type restrictons on transmog.
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I like some of these.
Not awful suggestions.

Don’t like this one though, I don’t trust the community to keep the games style consistent.
Like i have seen some really well made trucks, like trucker trucks made from game assets and it looked good, but clashed something awful with the typical slapped together style that cars in this setting have,

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Agree 100%!

Such a revamp would also encourage more people to RP on Horde side, which I hear is very much needed.

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More so roleplaying in the city hub itself. The layout is so genuinely terrible for roleplay that the Crossroads often gets more roleplay attendance during the weekends than Orgrimmar, in no small thanks to players going out of their way to do so - but Orgrimmar’s absolutely atrociously small and roleplay unfriendly layout does certainly play a large part in it.

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Great ideas, I love the idea of a joust/mounted combat toy. The animations already exist in-game from the jousting inside the Trial of the Crusader raid.

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Oh I can think of more sliders than that, OP…

Smiles darkly

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Width, obviously.

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At this point as Orgrimmar has become so mixed with many races, I would look forward seeing Orgrimmar turn into a multi-racial city.

Mind, not one where you have the tauren quarter, then the troll quarter, and then 90% orc, but an actual city that takes the heart of multiple Horde races - undeads, elves, orcs, goblins, etc, and sees what can be done with them together.

And for the love of the Aspects remove a few spikes.

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Personally I’d add the ever-vaunted beards option for every race that misses it under character customization, and the ability to unlock any type of equipment for mogging, not just ones your current character is able to wear. If I find the cool plate helmet I wanted while I play my shaman, and never again, that’s just soul crushing.

Would also add the option to actually have dracthyr show the armor equipped, probably, and unlock more classes for them, but that’s kinda dipping into a non-RP wishlist territory, so, ignore that part.

Nice list, regardless. Even if it doesn’t end up getting traction (which I do hope it does), I do enjoy talking about these kinda ideas.

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Including body type 2 Dwarves, unironically.

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nice! sounds like good changes

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I’d love to have the ability to change the colour of pieces of transmog.

There’s loads of cool pieces of gear out there, but they havr such a weird colour palette that it just clashes with everything.

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The visual style is also an issue. It is completely out of touch with orcish aesthetics thanks to Hellscream’s metal-everywhere makeover that never got undone. A while ago I looked at vanilla orgrimmar and I can only lament how badly they ruined it.

It’s quite frankly an eyesore and that’s a huge reason why I rarely if ever go there.

Horde mogging is such a pain because every real hordecore mog uses a slightly different shade of red I hate it so unbelievably much

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It’s also lazy in comparison to Stormwind or other capitals. It’s just placable structures wedged into canyons, not even uniquely modelled either. It would be cool if Orgrimmar was a Petra-esque city.

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At this point Orgrimmar deserves an entire makeover/remake into a proper city.

(No harbor though :dagger: )

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Also while we’re loosening transmog restrictions: wands :unamused: