Heute kündigte Blizzard offiziell etwas überraschendes und für viele Spieler vielleicht sogar etwas schockierendes an;
Das nächste Addon für World of Warcraft wird folgende zwei Klassen mitbringen. Die Allianz wird mit der Horden-spezifischen Klasse des Schamanen für die Draenei ausgerüstet, und umgekehrt wird es in Zukunft Blutelfen Paladine geben.
Ob Blizzards Entscheidung auf weite Zustimmung der Spieler treffen wird oder doch eher auf Abneigung, werden wir bald sehen, hoffen jedoch, dass sich die Spieler mit der ja nicht ohne Hintergrundgedanken gefällten Entscheidung abfinden können.
Hier noch die offiziellen Worte von Blizzard zu beiden Klassen:
Zu den Draenei: 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.
Und zu den Blutelfen: 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.