I think the future holds a new faction.

Last week I thought of WOTLK coming out, and I thought...What then? Are we doomed to see expansion every year or so with another 10 or 5 levels, a new land and....that is it? Do not get me wrong, games like EverQuest have been doing it for years and years and are making money and lord knows WoW has 10 times the people it does, but perhaps it is time to shake it up. Let WOTLK come out, let players get to 80, but THEN I think we hsould have a choice to go to a new faction. Here is how I see it...

Many WoW lore geeks know Sargeras had two champions, Kil’jaeden the Deceiver and Archimonde the Defiler, but how about introducing a third? maybe......Bob the Gaseous. Yes, the demon Bob. And Bob was unhappy and though Sargeras was a wuss so broke away and has been hand picking the strongest heros across many worlds to make an army of his own to challenge Sargeras. So, when we hit level 80 we can decide to stay with Alliance or Horde, and join the....Dark Shadow.....Or maybe the Burninators.....yes, Trogdor would be part of it.....I mean he has to right? Anyways, if you join this third rank you can change your character into a different race, one of 4 or 5 demon forms, each with it's own racial abilities and look. Then you lose all alegance to that faction, lose all flight paths you have recieved in those towns, but keep the neutral ones. You will be attacked on sight going to the cities you once called home....Hey, those who seek power cannot have it too easy right? So this new faction gets its own city and own quests and from 80+ there will be three factions......God I can imagine the rush of a night elf priest healing an orc warrior as he takes down a lock of the new faction....And of course victorious, the orc turns on the elf.......Do not blame him, after all, he is just an orc.

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*EDIT* I orriginaly had this idea over a week ago but had been so busy studying for a certification test in school that I never took the time to write this idea, and as SOON as I blogged this I got an email from a friend of mine which pointed me to THIS post by Matthew Rossi who basicly had the exact same idea I had, yet beat me posting the idea by 9 hours or so. Apparently a third faction is not a new idea but seems odd he and I both posted so close. Touche Matthew, you beat me this time! If you beat me to my post about deep fried kittens as the new hunter pet food, then I will see you in court!!

Ideas For New Hero Classes

Besides the Death Knights, no other hero classes have been mentioned by Blizzard. Have they not come up with any? Well for the sake of this conversation lets say they have not, so I can feed my ego and come up with ideas and pretend they have never considdered them. So, on with the show....

1 Necromancers: Now, before you say "Hey! We have these! They are called Warlocks!" I have to correct you. They are not Warlocks at all. Warlocks harness the powers of shadow and fire and use demons to do their biddings, while Necromancers use Death and Pain and use the undead as their servants. Ok, so there are no gloves that have +34 spell damage for death spells, so let us say that Necromancers use Shadow and Ice. Kel'Thuzad is a necromancer and uses ice, so why cannot other necromancers?

2 Blademasters: These are a nice combination of warrior and rogue. In Warcraft lore they are an elite fighting force of the horde and can go on rampages that make Godzilla envious. I think of their use much like a warrior, but they can only use two handed weapons, and lose their ability to wear platemail, and are forced to wear something lighter, like leather, but they gain a fierce speed increase to compensate.

3. Monk: Look, we need monks, plain and simple. We need a melee class that wears cloth, and can do some funky stuff. I am talking "Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique" cool. I am talking Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon cool. I want dancing on top of trees! I want running on water cool....No, not some sissy shaman using a spell, I want just their AWESOMENESS to make water walking possible. I want chakras, and bald heads and......GAH! There is such potential here to tap into!!! I mean look at this picture, this is just 100% kick ass monk.