WarCraft III Megathread

[Triceron]

Beta is live

Are all races playable? Does this mean we should see datamined all models soon?

[RH92]

Are all races playable? Does this mean we should see datamined all models soon?

Nah, only Humans and Orcs.

Grubby is streaming: https://www.twitch.tv/followgrubby

[Triceron]

Nah, only Humans and Orcs.

Grubby is streaming: https://www.twitch.tv/followgrubby

Thanks. I was watching but he's going over patch notes now. Was hoping to get a glimpse at the other two races

[Orby]

Whoever decided to give every female abs is a pretty cool guy

Elves especially, I mean all that tree swinging and flippy floppy athleticism stuff, I'd question if they didn't have abbs :P

[Brubear]

Apparently Lilithvia wanted you all to know they have beta access?

[matrix123mko]

Peons don't move their mouths when clicked on.

[ImTheMizAwesome]

Peons don't move their mouths when clicked on.

Seems like many portraits have problem like that, probably not added.

[Varodoc]

The UI is WIP right? Because I remember in the Stratholme demo last year it was much different.

[Triceron]

The UI is WIP right? Because I remember in the Stratholme demo last year it was much different.

I just screengrabbed this from Grubby's stream. It's what the latest UI looks like, so not just floating portraits like in the Stratholme 'alpha'.

[Varodoc]

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I much prefer this UI, so I hope Blizzard goes through with this:

[Orby]

I got me beta bois and gurls!!!



Will get some screen shots up as soon as I start playing

[Ochinko]

Beta is super laggy and constantly crashing, even for streamers. Guess its proper Beta afterall

[leyst]

What do you think about the new naga units? #new or #old
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[Orby]

Beta is super laggy and constantly crashing, even for streamers. Guess its proper Beta afterall

Yup I got in, really had to mess with the settings a bit, was running at 10 - 20 fps at start up :P

[The Betrayer]

The models look really good quality-wise, but something is weird about them.

[Theoris]

What do you think about the new naga units? #new or #old
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#new, for sure. Overall they all look pretty good, as is usual with the Reforged models. Lady Vashj, in particular - while her face looks too human-like, plus she has human ears - is a huge step up from her old model.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

The models look really good quality-wise, but something is weird about them.

Its probably as someone pointed out the Stylized realism they are going for and supposedly some outsourced company is helping Blizzard do the art(I mean the detail the models have are pretty extensive I doubt they could do it on their own).

[The Betrayer]

Its probably as someone pointed out the Stylized realism they are going for and supposedly some outsourced company is helping Blizzard do the art(I mean the detail the models have are pretty extensive I doubt they could do it on their own).

Yeah some definitely feel a bit too realistic. Was the model-building outsourced to some other company?

[ImTheMizAwesome]

Maybe it looks weird for some, because we've been seeing the same style of models for over 17 years?
I watched grubby stream for some time and he's been saying things like that aswell, but overall feeling when playing or from some abilities was really nice. :P

WoW would look the same way after engine updates or completely changes to it, with overall models looking more realistic and closer to cinematics.
I feel like with changes like that you need to play by yourself for like 10 hours and get familiar with it.

That saying, they still have some work to do, especially when it comes to units like spellbreaker for example to be more visible when it comes to the color of the player and stuff like that, lips in portraits for some units are stuck aswell

[Arrashi]

I was watching Wtiiwarcraft video and i must say, that in game new models have one massive flaw. They lack distinction that originals have, and its sometimes difficult to tell one mob from another. Like militia is way too similar to footmen for instance while in original you would never mistake one for another.