New Shaman Ascendance forms are...a thing.

[deenman]

they did say its gonna have some customization options,also yeah i would rly like a druid-like glyph option to just not turn in to anything,just have some spec specific coloring maybe

[Itisamuh]

To each his own I guess. I think they look awesome, like those Drustvar witches that ascended. But I do agree that any transformation (this, demon form for demon hunter, etc) that changes your character appearance to the point that you lose your transmog should have an option to turn off.

[FossilFree]

I like it overall, but I do think it needs a different haircut. Standing up straight with elemental power is cool, but the hairstyle they have now looks too fanned-out and "fluffy" I guess? It should be standing up more rigidly, more like a Super Saiyan's hair and less like Lady Waycrest hair.



Give em a haircut and *chef's kiss*.

[Shadowferal]

Same. I always thought it was a Twilight's Hammer thing, so it seemed weird tying it to normal shaman.
I don't know why they don't just go with a scaled down version of the primalist's asdendance form. Seems way more shaman-y to me.

That certainly looks better than the insane clown look...

[Dacia Ultan]

It looks derpy IMO. I hope we're given an option to glyph it into something else.

[Skytotem]

Blizz ought to give us the ability to choose between those forms and a few variations that are more like glyph of stars or that twilight boss

Or maybe Blizz could bother making models that fit tauren and such instead of looking like elemental/human hybrids

[phattsao]

A rare miss from the art team. They are usually solid.

This honestly might be the worst looking thing they’ve put in the game since the original female troll models.

[melzas]

Model is nice... For an evil mob to kill in a dungeon. I don't want my pretty shaman turn into this monstrous thing. Wish we got glyph of ascendance back...

[ro9ue]

I think I'd rather just look like an elemental or something. Never understood why they would link shamans to the twilight ascendants.



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Same. I always thought it was a Twilight's Hammer thing, so it seemed weird tying it to normal shaman.

I don't know why they don't just go with a scaled down version of the primalist's asdendance form. Seems way more shaman-y to me.

Agree with that you said completely, and also this example here would work for all races pretty easily.

[Unlimited Power]

I'm not the biggest fan of the new models, though I would still consider them a major improvement over the literal Twilight Hammer models. I remember when that model still had th Twilight Hammer icon on the belt.

I'd really just like them to bring back Glyph of Ascendance that was supposedly removed with Legion pre-patch because Ascendance was made into a talent instead of a baseline ability and apparently talents can't/couldn't be glyphed for whatever reason.

[DatToffer]

I like these a lot. They remain true to the spirit of what an Ascendant is and just make it seem more unhinged.

[Fantazma]

I work with audio/visual for series and movies and I'm present in the initial process when the author creates something and the editor finishes it and I can explain to you why something so bad goes through dozens of people (most of them with common sense and also thinking it's terrible) and the "art" goes live:

INTERNAL POLITICS GOVERNED BY FEAR!!

In general, the horrible idea came from someone very influential or from a very respected and influential team and no one (NO ONE) has the courage to say something like "Hnnn... sir... hnnn... this new form of Shamam is ugly... what if we reworked it?"

Seriously!! I've seen it happen dozens of times and that's why horrible Xmogs among other things are released.

Internal politics and fear of the boss or fear of the boss's sycophant...

[shoc]

I work with audio/visual for series and movies and I'm present in the initial process when the author creates something and the editor finishes it and I can explain to you why something so bad goes through dozens of people (most of them with common sense and also thinking it's terrible) and the "art" goes live:

INTERNAL POLITICS GOVERNED BY FEAR!!

In general, the horrible idea came from someone very influential or from a very respected and influential team and no one (NO ONE) has the courage to say something like "Hnnn... sir... hnnn... this new form of Shamam is ugly... what if we reworked it?"

Seriously!! I've seen it happen dozens of times and that's why horrible Xmogs among other things are released.

Internal politics and fear of the boss or fear of the boss's sycophant...

I think it looks fucking awesome lol