Draenei role-play

Aelrath wrote:I'll put it this way...

I WANT to play a Draenei, although there are two things that put me off.

1) The starting zone, and the whole 'levelling' business. Sorry, but the Azuremyst Isles are so... UGH! I can't work through them. Really, they hurt me psychologically, and despite numerous times and numerous character creation windows, I've never gotten Rinaax past level 10 and reaching the first camp.

2) Elitist bastards. I'm not buying or reading through books just because I don't match the high level of lore knowledge that is demanded of me by these 'elitests'. Even to a point where I'm mocked and jested at by others when they pull out a random point of history and expect me to know what happened during this period. Alright, the little 'clique' that put me off Draenei Roleplaying has since disbanded and the players have left, but without saying names, a certain Blue girl lover put me off Draenei Roleplaying for a long ass time. I'm still hesitant these days because my knowledge of Draenor-to-Exodar-to-Azeroth is lacking, and I'm less than encouraged to research it when I know I'll barely be scratching the surface of Draenei lore.

Stick to Drustai. That girl is like a walking encyclopedia of WoW lore, and from my experiences with her she's not elitist and definitely seems willing to teach if you'd want to learn!

I'm already too far behind with my Nelf and Belf lore since MoP, I'd need a break to re-learn my current characters before I even think of Draenei's.

Although I'm thinking once I've caught up with MoP when I come home, I'll see about a Draenei... For real this time.

Draenei are cool and their lore really isn't that difficult.

No, honestly.

We were on this other planet when the devil came and tempted two thirds of our guys into evil and we've been running from said turned demon guys ever since untill crash-landing on Azeroth and deciding we've run from these guys long enough and are now ready to bonk some horned heads!

Besides that we're just like elves, really.

On top of that: "When in doubt, Protoss".

You do not need loads of lore to RP something well Ask Thelos he is really not eliteist at all.

Aelrath wrote:I'm already too far behind with my Nelf and Belf lore since MoP, I'd need a break to re-learn my current characters before I even think of Draenei's.

Although I'm thinking once I've caught up with MoP when I come home, I'll see about a Draenei... For real this time.

Get back to rene and torment Bob

Aelrath wrote:I'll put it this way...

I WANT to play a Draenei, although there are two things that put me off.

1) The starting zone, and the whole 'levelling' business. Sorry, but the Azuremyst Isles are so... UGH! I can't work through them. Really, they hurt me psychologically, and despite numerous times and numerous character creation windows, I've never gotten Rinaax past level 10 and reaching the first camp.

2) Elitist bastards. I'm not buying or reading through books just because I don't match the high level of lore knowledge that is demanded of me by these 'elitests'. Even to a point where I'm mocked and jested at by others when they pull out a random point of history and expect me to know what happened during this period. Alright, the little 'clique' that put me off Draenei Roleplaying has since disbanded and the players have left, but without saying names, a certain Blue girl lover put me off Draenei Roleplaying for a long ass time. I'm still hesitant these days because my knowledge of Draenor-to-Exodar-to-Azeroth is lacking, and I'm less than encouraged to research it when I know I'll barely be scratching the surface of Draenei lore.

indeed drustai is the lore to girl when it comes to lore.. she is super friendly and helpfull as is thelos I myself am more.. loose with draenic lore but know enought o get me buy.. I dont think there are any "eletist" draenei players left now.. I think they have all fled.. But yes.. thelos's summery is prity simple enough XD

Y'see, the summary I understand. I get what happened on Argus, and the whole overview of what happened between Argus to Azeroth, but it's the particulars that I struggle on.

My overview knowledge is what I base my Nelfs reaction on, when it comes to dealing with Draenei. Fellow long lived race who've seen a hell of a lot of destruction. I get that, she gets that.

When it comes to RPing a Draenei though, I can't just say I have an understanding of what happened in an overview sense. My character needs to know every little nuance and element of the Draenei backstory if I'm to give him a believable history, which in turn means that I've got to know everything (or at least as much as I can).

As Dru said in another thread:

Refusing to gear and learn how to PvP while playing a battle-hardened awesome fighter is as silly as refusing to read magic lore while playing an archmage, or refusing to read orc lore when playing an orc. Because if you don't, when push comes to shove you won't be able to able to properly and accurately portray your character.

... And the last time push came to shove and I didn't know, it killed any desire I had to play a character of mine. Ishaa my Draenic mage has since fallen by the way-side and has not been played since. I don't want the same to happen to Rinaax my future Draenei Vindicator (Paladin/Justicar... Whatever!)

I think what I'll need before I properly look into Draenei is a good source (and sourced) page that lists all the information I could desire about Tempest Keep and the Exodar on one page, and then I could branch out later and discover little things I need later on, as and when I want/need them.

well what you can do in this case is play a relitivley young draenei like me my Monrena is around 1.5k years old and has only seen the last majoyr events:

the orc massaker on the draenei on draonar, (burning leigion was wispering to orc's for many of there generations slowly corrupting them leading to this genoside)

the reclemation of exodar,(in preperation to leave to escape another genoside the draenei had to reclaim one of the satelight ships.. exodar was chosen and a large taskforce sent to liberate it from the corrupted blood elf's at the time)

the flight of exodar,(this is something left to interpritation, I myself class this voyage as taking time, something similer to hyperspace tecnolegy only wowafied.. a slip streem threw the nether, again people have no accurate timeframe as to how long this vouage lasted)

the crash,(we all know what happend here thow every draenei has there own spin on how it crashed)

those are the main events monny has seen and there big events yet simple in nature

naturaly the older you get the more you need to know.. but anything older than that I dont have a clue

Lexgrad wrote:

Drustai wrote:

Vaell wrote:DKs on the other hand have built their own bad rep. A lot of them walk around and cause trouble, or at least they used to and now it has given them a negative outlook.

This. The bad reputation comes from all the shitty people over the years who played it piss poorly.

Vaell, wasnt your DK a mass murderer?

Didn't yours wield the light?

There is a difference between people playing a character badly and playing up to a cliché, Lex. A lot of DKs used to stand around in their starter gear (in a populated city), antagonising any who came past with threats of "my time is coming mwahaha!"

Vaell wrote:
Didn't yours wield the light?

W-what's wrong with t-that?

):

The only thing more dangerous then a zealot is a zealot with nothing to lose

@Monny.

To be honest, whilst I understand the overview of what happened, until I'm more confident of my knowledge, and until my character reaches a point where he's comfortable enough to share his story, I'll have him dismiss any questions with 'duty'. "Do you not have something better to do?" "There are people suffering out there, and you are asking me about something so trivial?"

Besides, when this guy has been my entire inspiration for my future Vindicator, I don't think too many people will be looking into his 'loving' eyes and asking him anything personal.

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2010/april/ss991.jpg

Wow, that's an amzing picture.

Yeah, OT I know, but had to say it.

He's back.

I will consider making my paladin a draenei. Your devotion to this has impressed me.

Wine, dine and convince me now!

Aelrath wrote:@Monny.

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2010/april/ss991.jpg

that is an awsome pic it even has a slightly diferewnt version of monny being hugged all be it she looks more of the age of abbout 6/700 rarther than monny's current age of 1.4k XD you choose well!

and im so looking forward to busting thelos the dk's true identity! its gona mess monny up so much when she finds out.

I have my Draenei roaming around. My involvement in anything will probably be minimal, due of my lack of time, but i will keep an eye on this project.

I won't be in the army forever.

Skarain wrote:I have my Draenei roaming around. My involvement in anything will probably be minimal, due of my lack of time, but i will keep an eye on this project.

...what project?

All I said in this thread was that I was going to try and play on my draenei a bit more.

Project or not, it's an intiative that is trying to put Draenei back into some sort of limelight. Even unwittingly Thelos, you've got people thinking, talking, and considering Draenei.

Vangrel's thinking about making one. I'm making one. Draenei Roleplayers are coming back together to announce that they exist and are up for more.

To be honest, I've also got a small group of close friends who may follow my lead and make their own Draenei as well.

I don't know about reviving Naaruvada, or making a new Draenei guild or anything of that ilk, but it's definetly something that you've started/created here Thelos.

I've got a good feeling.

Well, I'm once again guildmaster of the Naaruvada, if you want to join the guild, I'll be around, as will my character. Dont expect too much in the way of me organising stuff though. I'm too busy with the Pandaren to be doing any of that.

I can't say I'll be a preachy kind of Draenei, but sure, we'll see when I get back.

Hmm... Although whilst making myself a cup of tea I had a thought. Would it be too much metagaming to have a Draenei that recognises 9/10's of Draenei near immediately and remembers their name?

Just names. Nothing about the character, or where he remembers the name from, just that he remembers from 'somewhere'.

I can imagine that with the Draenei keeping together as one community for a few thousand years, someone who's good with names and faces would thrive in the Draenei community.

I wouldn't consider it meta-gaming, no and I remember doing something similar before on Thelos.

However, make sure you check this with the player whose character you are remembering first. They might not like your character knowing theirs for whatever reason.

So Soleth came out of the closet as a Thelos or what?

Shouldn't be too difficult I reckon... Small Draenei Community, only a few faces/names I need to whisper.

I'm well aware Thelos is keeping himself in a bit of a disguise, same with Dru hiding out with Skarain so I already took that into consideration. I'll be keeping that same kind of cautious-ness with me for every other Draenei I meet I reckon.

Edit: Uhh... Good question? Ehh, doesn't matter (for me), I'll keep my cautious nature anyway.

erwtenpeller wrote:So Soleth came out of the closet as a Thelos or what?

Nope.

Vindicator Soleth is a persona made by Drustai and Thelos with a pretty vanilla story to him. Old Vindicator who fell fighting scourge, got raised, razed some shit as a Death Knight and finally joined the Mograine and his Knights of the Ebon Blade.

He works just fine as a Vindicator for the Naaruvada. We were never too iffy on including the undead.