If they tried to be pally it would kill them. NOT REMOVING UNTIL MGS staring the boss is released.
As others said before remember that your character will only have had a limited time to develop his skills connection to Elune and rise up within the ranks of the priesthood.
Wow why cant gnomes be priests. This was implemented at a time where the idea of gnomes getting a tinker medic type class was a near impossibility and so they gave gnomes priests to fill that fantasy. Whack I know but not the worst raceclass combo added. Gnomes have incredible intellect and thus could pick up any magic easier than most mortal races.
If I recall gnome priests are basically medics in the lore. Just like Forsaken priests use shadow night Elves use Elune and trolls use voodoo. They should all be different but its a case of mechanics vs lore.
Gnomes certainly have healers in the form of doctors medics or surgeons. Gnome priests are just the class that fits that role. They can be priests.
Priests wield the light. They can be warriors. Warriors wear plate armor.
How can they not be plate warriors who wield the light. Why cant gnomes be druids. Let me tell you.
Blizzard wants to spare gnomes being laughed at by other races because. - Gnome cat form would be a kitten. - Gnome bear form would be a teddy bear.
- Gnome tree form would be a flower. - Gnome flight form would be a pidgey. Troll priests do not use the Light.
They use the power of the Loa. Pandaren priests do not use the Light. Their power comes from within.
Night Elf priests do not use the Light. They get their power from Elune. Tauren Priests and Paladins draw power from the Sun not the Light.
Goblins and Gnomes are up in the air if they actually use the Light or not. Gnome priest NPCs such as the Holdout Medics in Gnomeregan and the North Fleet Medics in the Howling Fjord have existed in Azeroth for some time but the destruction brought on by Deathwing will most likely inspire many more Gnomes. As others said before remember that your character will only have had a limited time to develop his skills connection to Elune and rise up within the ranks of the priesthood.
At the same time theres a quest that hints towards priestspriestesses only being taught specific spells at a certain age. They can be Warriors they can be Priests but they cant be Paladins because reasons. One of the more popular theories.
They are able to become priests but focus more on the practical healing-abilities of the divine rather than to embrace it as a path of sorcery. In fact the gnomes practice holy magic as a form of first aid. Why cant they be paladins.
They can be warriorsand they can be priests. So whats the lore reason why they cant. Just create them a holy order.
Also why does Horde get 4 shaman races but Alliance only gets 3 Paladin races. Sounds like another good reason to let Gnomes. If forsaken can be priests because in the lore they are all shadow priests then surely gnomes should be able to be survival tinkering with trapsexplosives and marksmanship many gnomish guards use guns in the starter area and other areas I dont see how MM is all that different lorewise than a warrior or a rogue except that it uses ranged weapons.
Gnome priests have been living in Ironforge for over half a decade now. Ironforge dwarves are deeply religious and that has rubbed off on some gnomes who then entered the priesthood. Gilneas Worgen can be priests because Gilneas had priests and nothing in the lore so far states that the worgen curse cuts off access to the Light like gross fel.
Expansive Mind greatly benefits casters in both PvP and PvE so Gnomes make great Mages Priests and Warlocks Gnomes cant be priests. Just like Im not buying that Forsaken can be Holy Priests but not Paladins or that Humans still havent figured out Shamanism when Kul Tiran Humans have or that Lightforged Draenei cant be Monks. I mean come on the whole idea of.
The priest is the master of healing and preservation restoring his wounded allies shielding them in battle and even resurrecting his fallen comrades from death. While he has a variety of protective and enhancement spells to bolster his allies the priest can also wreak terrible vengeance on his enemies using the grand powers of the Holy Light to smite and purge them. They actually explained why they can be priests but not paladins.
Priests channel the Light while paladins infuse their weapons and bodies with it. Channeling the light is already hard and painful for undead infusing themselves with Light would be way too difficult and would be sheer agony. Disregarding all the short jokes from everyone else its likely because of Gnomish culture - theyre scientific by nature and are not likely to ever take a strong religious stance at least not to the degree required to effectively be a paladin.
Because theyre not religious or whatever. Priest got added as some sort of engineer doctor in lore not a religious figure. Considering all the old mechagnomes and living machines and whatnot i feel they COULD give gnomes something to worship or a set of beliefs The Light is not a deity but some stuff they follow.
Druid I doubt. Just like the Goblins strike a bargain I guess. Else no but even Goblins didnt have connection to the nature.
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2018-01-14 0233 PM 5. Gnome Priest are a game mechanic for a medic. Blizzard pointed this out.
Medic Lore wise Priest but in the game it would make since rather then add a medic class for gnomes only. Also Worgen Lore wise cant be Priest like the Humans are for the same reason the Forsaken cant be priest like the Humans and High Elfs. Why cant gnomes be druids.
Let me tell you. Blizzard wants to spare gnomes being laughed at by other races because. - Gnome cat form would be a kitten.
- Gnome bear form would be a teddy bear. - Gnome tree form would be a flower. - Gnome flight form would be a pidgey.
Undead can be priests but not paladins too. Lore wise 99 percent are void and the rest just deal with the constant burning and pain the light causes. If they tried to be pally it would kill them.
NOT REMOVING UNTIL MGS staring the boss is released. MG Meryl would be cool too as long as there is. Why cant there be a way for a Titan Creation to access that somehow.
You are to caught up in strict things of this and that instead of looking at the lore. Druidism still draws a lot of there stuff from titan creationspowers. Nothing against gnome culture or lore or even the lore of Warcraft says gnomes cant be druids or shamans.
The smallest race in WoW and the only race which has no healers. Well maybe something Cataclysmic will happen and the Horde gets a new green midget race or maybe Gnomes get to play as Priests. Maybe they will fight back for their capital Gnomeregan with a mission named Operation.
These Gnomes are the most intelligent and engineering creatures in World of Warcraft. Gnomes are adept at digging tunnels and creating tools. Gnomes are also adept at climbing trees which they use to escape predators Gnomes have bene obsurved climbing high trees to jump off and gently float down with the use of their invention.