Many WoW fans are hoping that the Allied Races will be playable in just a few days. However, there are several reasons against this.
Patch 7.3.5 of World of Warcraft has been on the PTR for quite some time and will likely be released within the next week or the week after. In addition to the complete overhaul of the old areas, which will then scale with character levels, there are also new quest lines in Silithus to conclude the story of Legion.
There is also a lot of information in the game data about the Allied Races, which will join the Horde and Alliance.
Allied Races: Not in Patch 7.3.5?
First, the bad news. Many fans now assume that the Allied Races of Void Elves, Lightforged Draenei, Nightborne, and Highmountain Tauren will be made available with the release of Patch 7.3.5.
However, this is likely to be incorrect. Just because the quest lines for the new races are already on the PTR for Patch 7.3.5, it does not indicate that they will be implemented into the game soon.
Blizzard has not mentioned anywhere that the Allied Races will be made available with Patch 7.3.5 – they were clearly announced as a feature for “Battle for Azeroth” and not as content of Patch 7.3.5.
The Allied Races: The Most Likely Scenario
It is highly likely that Blizzard will handle the Allied Races similarly to how they did with Demon Hunters before the launch of Legion, meaning: They will make the Allied Races accessible early as a “pre-order bonus”.
It might look something like this:
- 2 weeks before Patch 8.0 (in many months): The quest lines to unlock the Allied Races will be activated. Those who meet the necessary requirements can already play the backstory of the Allied Races.
- Patch 8.0 (Pre-Patch of Battle for Azeroth): Those who have already purchased or pre-ordered the expansion Battle for Azeroth can play Void Elves, Lightforged Draenei, Nightborne, and Highmountain Tauren after completing the quests.
- These players would then have 2-6 weeks to bring a character of the respective race to level 110, so they can set off with the new species to Zandalar and Kul Tiras when Battle for Azeroth starts.
Of course, this is just a theory of ours, but it would correspond to Blizzard’s “typical” approach, as was also the case in the last WoW expansion.
It seems a bit clumsy, as many players instinctively assume that they can fill the coming months with leveling Allied Races in the old world – but this has never been confirmed by Blizzard.
Are you looking forward to the Allied Races?
