With Patch 8.1, the raid Siege of Dazar’Alor comes to World of Warcraft. Players will have to deal with new racial abilities there.
The big highlight of Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance will be a new raid. In the “Siege of Dazar’Alor”, the Alliance attacks the capital of the Horde, and the conflict is presented in two parts during the raid. The Alliance must fight against different bosses than the Horde, and three bosses are exclusive to each faction.
However, so that all players can experience every boss, one can be shown a flashback by scouts and then play from the perspective of the opposing faction. But there is a special twist.
Exchange of racial abilities: When you start the flashback, your character becomes a character of the other faction – seemingly at random. This is not an illusion (like in the Caverns of Time), but an actual racial change! As a Tauren Druid, you could become a Night Elf. You lose the racial abilities of the Tauren and gain those of the Night Elves.
Which character transforms into what? What your character transforms into seems to depend on the chosen class and chance. Horde Druids almost always become Night Elves, while the selection for other classes is larger.
By the way, these bosses are waiting for you in the Siege of Zuldazar.
Reputation bonus as a Horde race? Some Horde players are already looking forward to being temporarily transformed into a human. Because then they would have the racial ability “Diplomacy” and could benefit from 10% additional reputation, which one can get from usable reputation tokens and use in the raid.
Part of the player base speculates, however, that Blizzard is currently just experimenting with this “exchange” of abilities and in the end will just revert to a “normal” illusion.
Please note that this is still PTR details. It may change before the release of Patch 8.1.
What do you think about this mechanic of temporary racial change? A cool thing that makes the new raid even better? Or will it feel “wrong” to play a true hero of the other faction?
