Warlords of Draenor Press Events - Gameplay Footage and Press Kit

I really hope they're not finished with the graphical fidelity and models in the previews here.

Really just looks like the same old crap, the fountains are still decagonal and not truly circles, textures are still bland and uninspired. Hmm, at least Pandaria shook things up with the graphical style by being totally different

Originally Posted by champlo

I think it looks pretty good so far for only being in alpha stage, w.e to you haters. i love my wow

It's beta not alpha.

Why does Cho'gal have his scar?? he wasn't defeated on Azeroth yet!

Originally Posted by alexday14

no no no nO NO NO

THE ORC FACES ALL LOOK THE SAME

THEYRE ONLY MARGINALLY DIFFERENT

DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM PANDAREN?

Can't say I'm surprised, and I'm sure they won't add much more faces. Even if it's beta, the orc model is done and there is so much other stuff to do until release.

The question is still: Why? They did such an amazing job with the goblins. Just check them out: Faces, noses, ears, everything is customizable. And now this?

Originally Posted by aidele

How do they determine who gets to test in these press events? Seems like the first video the guy is just mashing buttons. At least they could choose someone who plays the game with some knowledge.

Agreed. What hunter doesn't throw his pet some heals?

Originally Posted by Rhywolver

Can't say I'm surprised, and I'm sure they won't add much more faces. Even if it's beta, the orc model is done and there is so much other stuff to do until release.

The question is still: Why? They did such an amazing job with the goblins. Just check them out: Faces, noses, ears, everything is customizable. And now this?

Those are literally all the exact same face. The logical conclusion is that the other copies are placeholders. Don't freak out.

edit: Wait... Never mind. Resume panic.

Originally Posted by Scorned

Those are literally all the exact same face. The logical conclusion is that the other copies are placeholders. Don't freak out.

This isn't true. If you take a closer look, you will see that they are all different, but only very slightly. Mostly some shadows between nose and mouth, on chin and on the foreheads.

Edit:

I swear to God they better not do One-Face Syndrome on the new models.

I will be so seriously pissed.

The reason there isn't much difference between the faces is those are the free ones. The others will be in the cash shop.

two things I like about WoD so far: New models, item squish

two things I dislike about WoD so far: I dont want epicness written in my face(way too many npcs and shit going on. its only stressful in the long run), zones look dark and boring.

Originally Posted by Shudder

The reason there isn't much difference between the faces is those are the free ones. The others will be in the cash shop.

LOL. Good catch!

I am even more unimpressed with this expansion after this.

Originally Posted by masteryuri

This expansion is so boring I think it might be the first I'll skip, I play pandaren so I could give a shit about old race new models, frostfire ridge looks really boring and bland, I know "it's beta and stuff" but still.

Because Jade forest wasn't boring right. Nor was valley of the four winds, nor was krasarang wilds.

Right.

Originally Posted by Shadee

I am even more unimpressed with this expansion after this.

You are never impressed with anything, ever. Go away.

I see a lot of complaining about the starting areas being boring and generic. You should remember that this is just a glimpse of 2 new zones. You really haven't seen much of the expansion yet. We don't know anything about end game contents, or the other zones, so I believe we should not judge WoD so harshly.

Also we all know that it's one of the most boring things in the world to watch someone else play an MMO. At least there is a huge difference between watching someone play, and actually playing it! There is an awesome story and surely some really epic quests there too which we could not see yet!

As for the faces of the new Orc model.. Well, I could be naive, but somehow I doubt there will not be any more differences between them. My guess is they made x copies of the original face, and used all of them when they created mobs and NPCs, so when they actualy have the time to update each of the faces, they will automatically update in the world as well. There are some wrinkle variations already, but I think more variations of the nose, eyes and ears will follow later on.

What people seem to miss is that much of the difference in the old faces were because they showed different expressions. The new faces are animated so the customization screen shows them all with the same expression.

I wish they had shown all the character customization, can't wait to see what my dwarf will exactly looki like when revamped !

Anyway I'm stunned when I see the Horde starting zone, it looks gorgeous and gigantic !!!

Originally Posted by Kaervik

What people seem to miss is that much of the difference in the old faces were because they showed different expressions. The new faces are animated so the customization screen shows them all with the same expression.

Which makes it even more important that they start giving the faces more diversity in facial features, like one guy with a large nose, one with big bushy eyebrows or one with puffier cheeks etc. Whatever it takes to be able to tell them apart. Right now the orc faces look like the exact same guy, just in different stages/ages of his life..

All the silly Twitch Play channels now.

These people realize choosing any ole random game is not going to work well. Pokemon just works for the format. Turn based gameplay and ease how the game is setup about deaths and what not. Real time game like WoW is a terrible game to do it.

To all the complainers.... Go play another MMO, less comp for mining nodes for me =P.
Just learn to be patient, the game is still a loong way from release, there isnt even a Beta release date yet, never mind the official release date.

I wane tame Porkchops!!!