So I made a post after seeing someone going off on how they didn’t like how someone was playing a race and class combination and how they prided themselves off of being an ‘RP Elitist’ (which is still a fucking joke). First off, sorry for the long-winded nerd rage but the whole ordeal left a bad taste in my mouth and I’ll never understand why people make such a huge fucking deal about that shit.
It started off by them making a broadcast of wanting to kill a flagged worgen player who played an archdruid, which went on a long tirade about how “people just shit on the lore”. The irony about this was that this person was saying that Kul Tirans druids weren’t real druids and that he’d refuse to see or recognize them as such. I pointed it out to him that this is exactly what happened with tauren and the sunwalkers. People said that they didn’t make sense even when Blizzard added them to the lore, but over time things felt more accepted.
“Does it sound good to you that tauren paladins, a class combo that didn’t exist at first, is added to the game and justified with new lore?”
“Yes.”
“Cool, not replace that with Kul Tiran Druid.”
“lol no.“If you pride yourself off of being a “lore-abiding RPer” yet refuse to acknowledge the new lore added, that is essentially lore breaking and accusing others of it is hypocritical and shitty. There was also backpeddling on the whole exclusivity of the Archdruid title and how only certain races should be allowed to be druids at all. Fun fact: A SATYR was an archdruid and led the Emerald Circle. I’m pretty sure if a demon can infiltrate the Cenarion Circle and lead one of its sects in secret, the list of who can and can’t be a druid is really small.
I brought up how Nightborne could possibly be druids. Look at High Botanist Tel’arn from Nighthold and look at his solar and nature spells. You know who else is a High Botanist? Freywinn from Botanica. Know what he can do? Use tree form and tranquility. Druid spells. But no, no, they aren’t druids apparently.
The lore changes. If you can’t adapt to it but want to shit on people who do, move on to another game. You can make up so many class combos that don’t exist and make them work. A good friend of mine plays a tauren mage. I have an undead druid that focuses on decaying life, and an orc I’ve styled as a paladin. People will go on and on that “playing in the sandbox given to you is a better form of writing”.
Screw that. Let people be creative and try out new things. Unless Blizzard says that something is outright impossible, then whatever, but until then, I’m going to play whatever the hell I want. Call yourself a better roleplayer or part of the “elite”. People who are judgemental pricks like my shit at the very least.
good post OP
I would like to add, that even if someone wants to RP something that’s blatantly lore-breaking, they have a right to do so and experience the game in any form they wish.
I don’t care if they’re a half-elf half-mermaid princess neko cat girl with 17 pet dragons who is the long lost sister of Arthas and married to King Varian. If that bothers you, you’re not obligated to RP with them or include them in your RP and vice versa. It does absolutely zero (0) harm. And no, your “immersion” doesn’t count.
You know what does do actual harm, though? Harassing them, bullying them, targeting them, blowing them up on social media, whispering nasty things to them, insulting them, mocking them and all around being a complete shit-person. Keep in mind the vast majority of people who go through these phases of writing are usually children and teenagers, and they have every right to grow as a writer in a friendly community as you do.
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