Patch 8.2 - Gnome and Tauren Mount Size Update

One of the things that make Tauren (or HM Tauren) my favourite race are how big they're mounts are...

A bit late but I'm glad its finally getting adressed.

Originally Posted by gnomeagain

Please remember that this is the PTR, and these should be directly reported

They have been reported, but I'm just giving people an idea on here too.

LOL Blizzard pretending like they care about aesthetics, as though our characters hands aren't gripping invisible reins, as though half of the races don't clip our legs through chairs and benches. Blizzard couldn't even get the Blood Elf males to sit right in their own benches in Silvermoon. Submitted suggestions for changes dozens of times, for years, with absolutely no results - Blizzard doesn't really give a shit.

Part of why I rolled a tauren was the huge mounts. Not a huge deal, but definitely not a positive fix from my point of view. I was totally fine not fitting through certain doors. Was a fine compromise for my beautiful giant beasts.

I think blizzard are doing it on purpose now.

Originally Posted by tangers58

How dare they remove the inability to get through doors!

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... wow, that takes a special kind of stupid to come up with.

Guess simple things are too hard for your small mind

Originally Posted by Halyon

Why? Because now the penis envy's less obvious, aka same as everyone else?

Sure, why not.

Originally Posted by brydence

So they're "fixing" something that no one asked for, that's been around since Vanilla. Similar to how they recently "fixed" portals and are "fixing" mounts by adding mount equipment that eliminates the specialness of the water strider. What's next fun or QOL thing that they're going to "fix"?

This was asked for, quite a bit. Just because YOU didn't ask for it doesn't mean no one else did.

Originally Posted by gutnbrg

im gonna miss my gnome having a bigger mount than everyone else even tho im smaller as a character, was a fun little perk for being a gnome. Gonna look and feel weird after the last 15yrs...

Agreed. I farmed exalted with Ironforge reputation, so my (pink-haired) gnome could buy a Swift Brown Ram (it has pink accents) and look awesome with her large mount. I'll miss how cute she looked on disproportionate mounts.

But... why...?

The use of Tauren and Gnome transformation toys just lost 90% of their flavor / appeal from this change.

Originally Posted by lolitaofthevoid

Looks like someone didn’t play Warlords of Draenor

It must have been you.

Originally Posted by Valianthe

Agreed. I farmed exalted with Ironforge reputation, so my (pink-haired) gnome could buy a Swift Brown Ram (it has pink accents) and look awesome with her large mount. I'll miss how cute she looked on disproportionate mounts.

lol yea, i remember grinding honor so i could buy the pvp elekk mount and ride around ironforge thinking i was so cool on this huge elephant thing...

Originally Posted by Lollis

Mechgineer's Chopper, PTR vs Live



Mecha Mogul/Mimiron's Head, PTR vs Live



We still have this total joke though too, Geosynchronous World Spinner, PTR vs Live



Darkmoon Dirigible, PTR vs Live

so all are fine but the chopper

I just logged into PTR with my tauren. I could not notice a difference to be honest...

yikes the retail dev team is so out of touch with their playerbase

Originally Posted by FelPlague

so all are fine but the chopper

Basically yes, some could do with just nudging a little bit, but it's probably because of my gnomebias needing them to be perfect. They do appear a little different when in motion though.

Maybe the Gnome gets bigger.

Originally Posted by Nixiuz

Maybe the Gnome gets bigger.

It's honestly difficult to tell without an exact camera zoom (im sure there is a script that can be used rather than relying on number of mousewheel turns) but it does seem that the mounts are slightly smaller.

However, without someone to compare against on both live and ptr at the same time, it's not completely clear as to how much of a change is is.