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    I'm GLAD Blizzard are taking their time with character models.

    Especially after this...

    [IMG][/IMG]

    And this...

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    And ofcourse all of THESE



    All of those models (And quite a few more) are the work of blizzard, i think they had more problems than just a little 'eye blink' like they said in that interview today...

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    ROFL

    And they made it look like the players were b*tching about minor details ?
    Well as I've said before: so unfinished. you can't really say they invested a great deal of work in these.

    Looks more like they were goofing around and accidentally released these "improvements".

    They should take their time, but they shouldn't take "forever" though

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    Here's a comparison of the human female model.

    [IMG][/IMG]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evyan View Post
    ROFL

    And they made it looks like the players were b*tching about minor details ?
    Well as I've said before: so unfinished. you can't really say they invested a great deal of work in these.

    Looks more like they were goofing around and accidentally released these "improvements"
    It was actually a test to see how people would react, as you can imagen they reacted poorly.

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    they need to throw more money at it so the new models are ready for launch of next expansion.. none of this 25% bs
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    What worries me is that they said since Pandas were cross faction they were able to give them extra attention and quality.

    This makes me feel like 4 (6) races will be what? Not as detailed?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crookids View Post
    What worries me is that they said since Pandas were cross faction they were able to give them extra attention and quality.

    This makes me feel like 4 (6) races will be what? Not as detailed?
    I think they meant lore-wise, for example in TBC they focused more on the blood elves story than the draenei, giving them more screen time, and again in cata with the goblins getting more time than the worgen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mokoshne View Post
    they need to throw more money at it so the new models are ready for launch of next expansion.. none of this 25% bs
    Pretty much this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mokoshne View Post
    they need to throw more money at it so the new models are ready for launch of next expansion.. none of this 25% bs
    Personally they shouldn't spend any money on something people only look at for 5 minutes out of 100's of game play hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aeula View Post
    I think they meant lore-wise, for example in TBC they focused more on the blood elves story than the draenei, giving them more screen time, and again in cata with the goblins getting more time than the worgen.
    What? No..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mokoshne View Post
    they need to throw more money at it so the new models are ready for launch of next expansion.. none of this 25% bs
    You know changing a Character Model isn't just about money?
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    Goddamn it, Gimlix, why do you keep making these threads?
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    Goddamn it, Gimlix, why do you keep making these threads?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crookids View Post
    What worries me is that they said since Pandas were cross faction they were able to give them extra attention and quality.

    This makes me feel like 4 (6) races will be what? Not as detailed?
    Creating a new race is way more difficult than updating an existing one.
    When they create a race they have to make a background story, a starting area, music, new models, ...
    A lot of art work and discussion is needed.

    Updating the new models is just looking at the old ones, trying to imrpove the animation.
    Sure they are rebuilding them from the ground but they're not spending time creating all this other stuff that comes with a new race.

    (think about the architectural style, druid forms, jokes, animations, voices, music, faction, race/class combo's,...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crookids View Post
    What? No..
    I'm pretty sure thats what they meant, but i could be wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gimlix View Post
    You know changing a Character Model isn't just about money?
    it's not just about money, but it's a driving force. the more money you throw at a project the faster it will complete up to a certain point.

    The community has mostly all said that new models are important enough to warrant updating, so they should use the new models as a primary point in a new expac
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aeula View Post
    I'm pretty sure thats what they meant, but i could be wrong.
    You are. Read the original statement. They soecifically state the quality of the model.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baar View Post
    Personally they shouldn't spend any money on something people only look at for 5 minutes out of 100's of game play hours.
    What might not be important to you, might be important to others.
    I know people who never read quests, never listen to wow's music and chose a race based on racials.

    Does this mean blizzard should just stop working on quest text, new music and new races? NO

    A lot of peope like an immersive gaming world with cool characters and armour.
    If you look at the mod websites for skyrimes you can find a sh*tload of graphic mods.

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    its an old engine, new char models wont look that much better.
    Free-To-Play is the future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evyan View Post
    Creating a new race is way more difficult than updating an existing one.
    When they create a race they have to make a background story, a starting area, music, new models, ...
    A lot of art work and discussion is needed.

    Updating the new models is just looking at the old ones, trying to imrpove the animation.
    Sure they are rebuilding them from the ground but they're not spending time creating all this other stuff that comes with a new race.

    (think about the architectural style, druid forms, jokes, animations, voices, music, faction, race/class combo's,...)
    The old races aren't being "updated". They are being re-created from the ground up. As a matter of fact, they stated it is EXTRA difficult to do this while maintaining the 'feel' of the old ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moon Blade View Post
    people look at their character 100% of the time they are playing the game actually.
    No they look at armor models. 90% of the character model is covered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aeula View Post
    I'm pretty sure thats what they meant, but i could be wrong.
    I think they meant both.
    As I said before making a new race takes much more time than updating polygons and creating new animations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crookids View Post
    You are. Read the original statement. They soecifically state the quality of the model.
    •Having only one race for both factions allowed the team to focus on making the one new race really great, rather than having to split time between two new races.

    They could have meant anything by this statement, lore, models ect... or perhaps a mixture of both.

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