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Who are the Tauren? |
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Does each race have unique properties? |
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Will there be different starting locations? |
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What races can you play in World of Warcraft? |
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Is there a chance we might see Ogres, Blood Elves, Naga, Pandaren, Goblins, or High Elves? |
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Why are the Undead allied with the Horde? |
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What can you tell us about the Gnomes? |
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Are there male and female versions of all of the races? |
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With so many great races that could be turned into playable characters in World of Wacraft, why did you choose Gnomes and Trolls? |
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How do the Gnomes fit back into Warcraft lore? They were notably absent from Warcraft III. Where have they been? |
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Will a hunter be able to tame any creature on the map? Can hunters have dragons following them around as pets? |
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What will the Orcs,Tauren,Trolls, and gnomes racial bonuses will be? |
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I have read the forums and know that each race will have special abillitys and weaknesses, but no one has said where to find out what they are. |
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| Who are the Tauren? |
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The Tauren are a mighty race of nomadic tribesmen who live on the dusty plains of a faraway land. These noble, bull-like hunters have lived in harmony for countless generations and are threatened only by the periodic raids of marauding centaur herds.
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| Does each race have unique properties? |
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Yes. Each race in the game will have access to racial skills, abilities and equipment.
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| Will there be different starting locations? |
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Yes. Each race will have a unique start location.
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| What races can you play in World of Warcraft? |
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The game currently features:
Alliance: Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves, Gnomes
Horde: Orcs, Tauren, Trolls, Undead.
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| Is there a chance we might see Ogres, Blood Elves, Naga, Pandaren, Goblins, or High Elves? |
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World of Warcraft is an enormous universe filled with many different races. All of those named above can be seen in the game as NPCs, but at this time, we can't announce any plans for future player races. The ones that we've announced so far--Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, Tauren, Night Elves, Undead, Gnomes, and Trolls--are the races that will be available for players to choose from when the game launches.
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| Why are the Undead allied with the Horde? |
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Led by the banshee-queen Sylvanas, the Forsaken are an Undead faction that split violently with the Scourge during the Third War. Knowing that no Human agency would ever give them shelter or aid against the Scourge, now their hated enemy, they turned to the savage Horde, based across the sea in the distant land of Kalimdor, for assistance. To convince the Horde to allow the Forsaken into their alliance, the Undead ambassadors claimed that they merely sought a cure for their degenerative condition, which they believed that only the powers of shamanism and the life-giving energies of the earth could provide. In exchange for the shamans' healing aid, the Forsaken vowed to support the Horde in all of its ventures throughout Lordaeron and Azeroth.
Having done battle with the Undead on many occasions, Orc warchief Thrall and Tauren chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof of the Horde were immediately suspicious of the Forsaken's motives. However, due to growing political tensions, the warriors acquiesced to a council of sages known as The Earthen Ring. The council argued that it was the Horde's duty to aid the Forsaken, who wrestled with inner demons just as the Orcs had for generations.
Though Thrall and Cairne secretly suspect the worst, it remains to be seen what Sylvanas and her fanatical Forsaken have planned....
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| What can you tell us about the Gnomes? |
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The eccentric, often-brilliant Gnomes, known throughout the world for their obsession with developing radical new technologies and constructing mind-bending marvels of engineering, served the alliance well during the Second War. However, during the recent invasion of the Burning Legion, the Gnomes refused to send any personnel to aid their allies. Though Gnomish designs helped turn the tide against the Legion, the Dwarves and Humans were shocked by the Gnomes' decision to withhold their courageous troops and pilots.
When the war ended, the Alliance discovered the reason behind the Gnomes' sudden withdrawal: an ancient, barbaric menace had emerged from the bowels of the earth and invaded the Gnomes' wondrous techno-city of Gnomeregan. Knowing that their allies' priority was defeating the Burning Legion, the Gnomes decided to make their stand alone. They fought valiantly, but Gnomeregan was lost, and nearly half of the Gnomish race was wiped out.
Those Gnomes who survived fled to the safety of the Dwarven stronghold Ironforge, where they recommitted themselves to the Alliance's cause and also to devising strategies and weapons that would help them retake their ravaged city and build a brighter future for their people.
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| Are there male and female versions of all of the races? |
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Chris Metzen: I think many of us have had a soft spot for Trolls since Warcraft II, especially once they evolved into the jungle variant we see in Warcraft III. We've used them a lot as NPCs in the Horde story recently, especially in the Orc campaign, so it seemed like a natural fit. As for the Gnomes, we went back and forth on the decision of whether to make them or Goblins a playable race. Goblins were a big part of the Warcraft universe already, and we all thought it would be very cool to play from their perspective. But in the end, we decided that we'd used Goblins in so many spots as neutral NPCs that it would be tough to fit them into a two-faction system. Both factions get along fairly well with Goblins as traders, so we ultimately went with Gnomes because we thought they would be a better fit.
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| How do the Gnomes fit back into Warcraft lore? They were notably absent from Warcraft III. Where have they been? |
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Chris Metzen: I think we deal with it a little bit in upcoming D&D supplements. During Warcraft II, the Gnomes were, in effect, building weapons and lending designs to the Alliance - but they were staying out of any direct fighting. In Warcraft III and Frozen Throne, and even in World of Warcraft, it becomes clear that the Gnomes have had internal problems of their own for several years. As of World of Warcraft, they still offer support to the Alliance in terms of building tanks, designing weapons, sending flying machines, and so on. But they had a problem at home that has recently been discovered - an ancient menace from the depths of the underground, called Troggs. The Troggs invaded the Gnome's city of Gnomeregan and wiped it out. The Gnomes decided not to let the rest of the Alliance know about this because they figured that they could deal with it on their own. But Gnomeregan fell, probably thanks as much to the Gnomes' own actions as to those of their enemies - they likely blew themselves up with whatever failsafe devices they used to defeat the threat. After the destruction of their homeland, the Gnomes fled to the safety offered by their nearby allies the Dwarves.
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| Will a hunter be able to tame any creature on the map? Can hunters have dragons following them around as pets? |
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A Hunter can tame any creature in the beast category, which includes many of the creatures out in the wilds of Azeroth. The Hunter names his or her pet and forms a bond with it, and the pet levels up in some fashion along with the Hunter. The pet retains its name and returns to the Hunter when called, but the Hunter cannot tame a new pet until the current one is permanently abandoned. Dragons cannot be tamed, as they are in their own category of creature, outside the beast category.
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| What will the Orcs,Tauren,Trolls, and gnomes racial bonuses will be? |
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We do not yet know the answer to this, but as son as we do, we will update the FAQ!
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| I have read the forums and know that each race will have special abillitys and weaknesses, but no one has said where to find out what they are. |
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Blizzard has not yet announced what they will be.
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