New kind of Aqir!?!

[Ithekro]

And the AQ40 models need an update.

If not just because all of BfA seems to be updating everything in the game, but potentially for Classic WoW (HD) as well.

[DaHomieG]

It's not new really, it's an HD update on the existing one.

Then you should go back to Pandaria and get a good look. These new models have spikes and tentacles. The Colossi don't.




Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about so please refrain from being a dumbass on the forums and double check what you're going to talk about before you talk about it.

This new model seems to be a void-influenced version of a Silithid Colossus. And even if you were to say that this new model is an HD update of THIS colossus you'd STILL be wrong because it's way different.

[Wiyld]

Obviously zerg.

[Deleted]

they say its new but it looks just like the ones in pandaria

it's model skeleton of the colossals from AQ in classic

[mickybrighteyes]

This model isn't new. It's one of the Klaxxi colossi.

the model has been in since vanilla... it's a silithid as well.

edit:

I think we can all agree that it's an updated version of something that's been around for awhile. sort of like how we got updated wolf mounts in WoD. As far as we've been lead to believe, Ahn'qiraj was a place where aqir have existed and those bug like beings were aqir. Mantid, Nerubians, and Qiraji are all aqir until lore states otehrwise.

[Magistrate]

the model has been in since vanilla... it's a silithid as well.

edit:

I think we can all agree that it's an updated version of something that's been around for awhile. sort of like how we got updated wolf mounts in WoD. As far as we've been lead to believe, Ahn'qiraj was a place where aqir have existed and those bug like beings were aqir. Mantid, Nerubians, and Qiraji are all aqir until lore states otehrwise.

I mean, don't the tol'vir run on the same skeleton as the centaur and other quadrupedal humanoids? In the end this is just a circular nit-pick that misses the larger concept: Aqir are now literally present in the game.

(Not to say you're the one making a fuss out of this, you're just who I ended up quoting after reading this tiring argument for 2 pages.)

[mickybrighteyes]

I mean, don't the tol'vir run on the same skeleton as the centaur and other quadrupedal humanoids?

I was under teh impression that they had to redo the legs on tol'vir vs centaur since they don't bend the same way

[Destinas]

I mean, don't the tol'vir run on the same skeleton as the centaur and other quadrupedal humanoids? In the end this is just a circular nit-pick that misses the larger concept: Aqir are now literally present in the game.

(Not to say you're the one making a fuss out of this, you're just who I ended up quoting after reading this tiring argument for 2 pages.)

Most quadrupedal races are actually quite different, animation-wise. Tol'vir and Centaur use entirely different animations - take a look at their run animations, for instance. Two that use the same animations are Magnataur and Genesaurs, which are also different from Tol'vir and Centaur due to the fact that they attack downward.
For reference:
Kolkar Centaur
Tol'vir Merchant
Yalnu
Magnataur Huntress
Particularly look at their "run" and "attack1h" animations. Also, Tol'vir have nearly twice the amount of animations as Centaur.

But otherwise, I agree with your statement.

[Deleted]

In the Silithus quests the... hm, the Gnome I think it was?... said the 'new' Silithids emerging from the destroyed hives look stronger and somehow changed from the ones that were there before.
Maybe those changes will include tentacle-faces in the future?

[Falarson]

Makes me think of this guy, which was previously datamined.


Maybe Aqir evolved from Faceless Ones? Seems logical to me.

[Skeppio]

Makes me think of this guy, which was previously datamined.


Maybe Aqir evolved from Faceless Ones? Seems logical to me.

The Aqir, N'raqi (Faceless Ones) and C'thraxi (the lobster-like faceless like the one in your pic) were all born from the Old God's flesh together, so it makes sense that they'd have some similarities.
Given that Qiraji, Nerubians and Mantid all have multiple forms, and similar beasts in their territory, it's likely we'll see more Aqir castes.

[Venziir]

... That's a Zerg Queen!

[Al Gorefiend]

This model isn't new. It's one of the Klaxxi colossi.

they say its new but it looks just like the ones in pandaria

except those alone are not klaxxi
We have had that shape since vanilla, so idk why you call them klaxxi...

The name of the creature is a Kunchong, btw.

Ye I can remember the name of a damn bug from 3 expacs ago but not to set an alarm for work this morning.

[FelPlague]

The name of the creature is a Kunchong, btw.

Ye I can remember the name of a damn bug from 3 expacs ago but not to set an alarm for work this morning.

uhh what?
i know the things in pandaria were called kunchong, but i was saying that we have had that shape since vanilla, called the silithid collosi

[digichi]

Nah, just a regular silthid trying out a new hairdo...

But srsly, whatever it is, is looks dope (and I smell new lore/drama...)