http://i.wow.joystiq.com/2013/08/24/...k-25-complete/
Speaking to Tom Chilton and Cory Stockton this morning, the question came up of the character model rework. Unusually, these guys actually seemed happy to give us quite a lot of information about where they were going with the character models. Most notably, when pushed, they let us know that the percentage completion of the new character models was as follows:
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Tom and Cory also went into quite some detail about the reasons why the process took so long, and brought up the importance of maintaining a character's identity while also updating the models. They recognized how important that was to players, and how many players identified heavily with the look of their characters' models.
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There is only one thing I can say: You gotta be ***** kidding me. Serious?
Well, there goes any chance for the updates next expansion. All of us overestimated the advancements in the process, so yeah. Great.