Hands on with baby Draenei
by Jennie Lees 
May 12th 2006 at 1:45PM
The Draenei that feature in The Burning Crusade are firm believers in the Light, and I took a Draenei Paladin out for a spin. As a healing class, the Blessing of the Naaru racial becomes another tool to be used in tricky situations, but its effectiveness leaves a lot to be desired. The spell takes 1.5 seconds to cast, with a 3 minute cooldown, and acts as a fairly weak heal-over-time.
The alien feel of Ammen Vale works well with the storyline -- the Draenei are survivors, and much of the questing revolves around healing. The vale is dark and blue in atmosphere, similar to Teldrassil but with hints of Un'Goro Crater's otherworldliness. It's a futuristic and strange place, and serves as a nice bridge between the fantasy feel of the current WoW zones and the new planet Outland.
See also:
Hands on with baby Blood Elves
Filed under: Events, Blizzard, Expansions
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kang May 12th 2006 2:01PM
What in Sam Hell is that plant thing? Is that a new tameable pet?
Scott May 12th 2006 2:05PM
FYI - Blizzard has stated that heal is designed to help reduce down-time between fights more than a combat tool. That's probably not how most people will use it though :).
Tryst May 12th 2006 2:48PM
The plant thing looks just like the Bloodpetal's in Un'Goro to me.....You can't tame them although the baby ones you see on the quest are pretty cute!
elizabeth May 12th 2006 4:02PM
With a 1.5 second cast time, the racial can't be very much of a combat skill, methinks!
obo May 12th 2006 4:34PM
"Blizzard has stated that heal is designed to help reduce down-time between fights more than a combat tool."
Because we don't have food and bandages for that already.
>_
Alarius May 12th 2006 4:53PM
The racials for the Draenei pale in comparison to the Blood Elf's Mana Tap and Arcane Torrent. GG, Blizz; hate to sound like everyone else, but enough is enough. Should be a fun class to mess around with though.
fox May 16th 2006 11:03AM
can u get screen shots of the female Draenei? please
i realy would like to see them
ty
-Fox