Patch 5.4.7 - Dread Raven Mount, Blue Tweets, Setup of the Month

[Haglaz]

You may keep telling both yourself and other posters this, but repetition simply does not make it true. This mount uses the proto-drake skeleton (just as the original Raven Lord uses a raptor skeleton). I personally hate the proto-drake skeletal animations/renderings and simply adding feathers and a sprinkle of nostalgia to an (again in my opinion) ugly base skeleton does not an amazing mount make. I had such high hopes for this Dread Raven mount, and I was even considering buying the Collector's Edition for the first time in my WoW career; that is no longer the case.

Dude, it's not a Proto-drake! It's build upon the skeleton of the Armored Skyscreamer they introduced with the Isle/Throne of Thunder.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

You may keep telling both yourself and other posters this, but repetition simply does not make it true. This mount uses the proto-drake skeleton (just as the original Raven Lord uses a raptor skeleton). I personally hate the proto-drake skeletal animations/renderings and simply adding feathers and a sprinkle of nostalgia to an (again in my opinion) ugly base skeleton does not an amazing mount make. I had such high hopes for this Dread Raven mount, and I was even considering buying the Collector's Edition for the first time in my WoW career; that is no longer the case.

Except it's not. It takes a lot of mental gymnastics to think it's another protodrake.

[Lady Tygry]

I like the idea of this mount (I've always wanted my Anzu to fly) but as a bird geek, I find the armor, frayed feathers, and legs dangling during flight to be off-putting. It looks too sickly as a result and makes me think that if Rob Liefeld drew for Blizz, this is the sort of obfuscated design he would produce. If I were still playing WoW, however, I think the mount would warrant picking up the CE (I passed on a CE for the first time in MoP as I find the quilien to be hideous). Not the greatest-looking design but they've done much worse.

[Bullderp]

Dude, it's not a Proto-drake! It's build upon the skeleton of the Armored Skyscreamer they introduced with the Isle/Throne of Thunder.

...which was built upon the Proto-drake skeleton.

[yoma]

Except it's not. It takes a lot of mental gymnastics to think it's another protodrake.

Perhaps for some. Some minds are more limber than others.

[manypillars]

It looks too sickly as a result and makes me think that if Rob Liefeld drew for Blizz, this is the sort of obfuscated design he would produce.

Oh, I don't know about that. I mean, it doesn't look like a twisted, mannequin-like Mantid with strange, puffed lips and it's even got feet rather than its talons being perpetually hidden in convenient smoke. And it's completely lacking pouches!

But I do agree with you. With the frayed feathers, the how the animations seem unmatched to the model and that hunched walk it does look like it's sickly.

[Haglaz]

...which was built upon the Proto-drake skeleton.

And yet it has a different feel, a different stance and different animations than a protodrake. Therefore it really is different although it may have its skeleton as a base. Despite its skeleton-origin it still looks great imo.

[Tybudd33]

Unless you are doing a lot of video rendering or something that is similarly multithreaded, you do not need the 4770K and should spend that money elsewhere.

So are you saying that the I5-4670 has the same amount of gaming power as the 4770k?

[chaud]

So are you saying that the I5-4670 has the same amount of gaming power as the 4770k?

The 4670K, yes. In almost every game it will be on par with the 4770K.

[Mazzic518]

Should just remove the computer set up so the comments don't end up having nothing to do with WoW or MMO's and end up in a nerd argument.

No, I like them as I am planning on building a new system sometime and have not kept up with the latest tech at all over the past couple of years.

[palladiamors]

There was no need for an imbalance in the FIRST PLACE, Tauren did not need paladins. But somehow I get the feeling that if the situation were reversed, the horde'd get a new race/class combination pretty quick.

[dokeefe1986]

No, I like them as I am planning on building a new system sometime and have not kept up with the latest tech at all over the past couple of years.

i agree. please keep doing the intermittent build suggestions! i very much look forward to checking them out every time.

[lavafoxx]

There was no need for an imbalance in the FIRST PLACE, Tauren did not need paladins.

Who would you have chosen then, the orcs? =3