$15 versus $10 is a huge difference in terms of impulse buys. $15 is an exorbitant rate and was exorbitant at the time of release (50% higher than Everquest), let alone 10 years later. The reality is I don't play WoW much even when I am subscribed, but if I'm paying that much and not using it, I feel like I'm being robbed. They have to lower the sub price -- I guarantee that is what keeps many lapsed players away.
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$15 versus $10 is a huge difference in terms of impulse buys. $15 is an exorbitant rate and was exorbitant at the time of release (50% higher than Everquest), let alone 10 years later. The reality is I don't play WoW much even when I am subscribed, but if I'm paying that much and not using it, I feel like I'm being robbed. They have to lower the sub price -- I guarantee that is what keeps many lapsed players away.
Gentleman Jack
Member
They mentioned there will be an option to turn the new models off. It's a universal toggle though, meant more for old systems that can't handle the sudden explosion of high poly models everywhere rather than someone who just doesn't like them.
Would resub
Undead girls do have quite the booty pop.
Yeah, it got buried but I said after watching the video the animations are a significant leap over what they were able to accomplish and I'm a fan of them in that context now. Stills don't do them justice.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
... did they enhance her boobs?
Size-wise?
Size-wise?
Devolution
Member
I can play as Katy Perry?
I'm happy for the model upgrades, but they're all still much lower quality than I was hoping for. I understand that so many characters have to get rendered at once, but these are still much worse than GW2/TOR
models. Good ole lowest common denominator.
hell, maybe GW1 though they only had a few different body structures
They haven't confirmed this yet. They said it was something they were trying to figure out, though.
scoobs
Member
WoWs not really an impulse buy game.. its something you either want to play for awhile or you don't. I dunno if I buy your reasoning here but to each their own.
Just need to see them animated now. That's when they really look dramatically improved. I still think the new animations are the best I've seen in an MMO.
WyndhamPrice
Member
Like someone said, what really doesn't come across in these static images is how much better these models animate. There's a lot more weight and expression and moving parts now.
Impressive. Wish they had a wireframe comparison like their other previews
Haha omg, that brown haired gnome is begging to be a "_______ intensifies" GIF.
Just need to see them animated now. That's when they really look dramatically improved. I still think the new animations are the best I've seen in an MMO.
They really are stellar.
Just need to see them animated now. That's when they really look dramatically improved. I still think the new animations are the best I've seen in an MMO.
When i watched blizzcon i am simply amazed how well it looks. Those facial animations look phenomenal.
What do you mean you don't know if you "buy my reasoning?" That's absurd. Most people subscribe to things and use them every so often. I went 8 months without touching my Netflix Instant more or less, but knowing it was there when I wanted it and only $8 meant I just kept subbing -- why not. If it were $15 though? Of course I would have canceled it.
I re-up for WoW after each expansion and maybe play for a month or two. If the price of the sub were lower, I'd stay subbed for longer because I wouldn't feel quite as compelled to play due to ostensibly losing money by not doing so. Anything over $9.99 is not in the "impulse buy" range. Once you go double digits, people are more than likely going to give it further thought. That's just reality.
Get the sub under $10 as it should be, and people will be more likely to play casually and not feel like they're throwing money away.
And I say this as an ATVI stockholder since 2009.
captainraincoat
Banned
Log onto WoW account with free pass to see all my old characters thinking that it will be different than before
Pick my best toon and realise all of his gear that i spent months getting it effectively crap
Look at the chat window and see nothing but LFM and Gearscore Min requirements
realising that people just want to steam-roll through instances
Nothing has changed...log off
Pick my best toon and realise all of his gear that i spent months getting it effectively crap
Look at the chat window and see nothing but LFM and Gearscore Min requirements
realising that people just want to steam-roll through instances
Nothing has changed...log off
Just need to see them animated now. That's when they really look dramatically improved. I still think the new animations are the best I've seen in an MMO.
This and Wildstar are far ahead of the rest in terms of expressive characters.
Admiral Snackbar
Member
Looks like Zooey Deschanel all up and down. Wide-ass doll eyes and everything.
Yeah, she's not doing the expressions the other model previews are doing but wow. Can't unsee.
Bottom right in particular.
Yeah, she's not doing the expressions the other model previews are doing but wow. Can't unsee.
Bottom right in particular.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Just need to see them animated now. That's when they really look dramatically improved. I still think the new animations are the best I've seen in an MMO.
the way the pigtails move is mesmerising
ot : I like that they kept the childbearing hips intact
one of the few things to give wow credit for, that the human females' body looked like a woman and not some anorexic movie actress
Just need to see them animated now. That's when they really look dramatically improved. I still think the new animations are the best I've seen in an MMO.
I.....had missed this clip. Holy shit.
I know I shouldn't be surprised as Blizzard(good Blizzard anyway) rarely does anything half assed. If THIS is the result of them when they finally put their all into something like this, I really cannot wait for this expansion.
Really it's even older than that. The game may have come out almost ten years ago, but their engine was developed many years before that. Hell, Wildstar's engine will be around eight or nine years old already by the time that game comes out.
I like the new models a lot, but it seems crazy that it's taken 10 years for this to happen. Lone modders are replacing models in games like Skyrim all the time. Blizzard's pace of content production is glacial.
Oh shit, you got me with this one, literally. LOL
I take it you don't see many Blood Elves.
UnrealEck
Member
The thing I've always wondered about WoW's engine is how it would look with some sort of paralax mapping. I'd also love to see some overhaul to the global lighting. It looks very static.
I know they've said they're making enhancements to the engine in WoD but other than some fire effects, I wonder what they might be.
Oh and here's more gnomes.
I know they've said they're making enhancements to the engine in WoD but other than some fire effects, I wonder what they might be.
Oh and here's more gnomes.
I quit about a month in to Cataclysm after playing non-stop through BC and WotLK. I'm not sure why this, of all things, is tempting me to come back.
But then, I feel like if you spend 2~3 years away from WoW, there's not really a way of coming back. I take it Deathwing is dead now?
But then, I feel like if you spend 2~3 years away from WoW, there's not really a way of coming back. I take it Deathwing is dead now?
Kiru
Member
Lol so true.
I stopped playing during cata and just recently came back, it was pretty easy honestly.
It will feel kinda weird for a bit though, a lot of things have changed, mostly for the better.
Deathwing is gone, but his douchebag of son is here now.
Laieon
Member
I no longer think this way thanks to transmog. Outside of a few exceptions, if I get a piece of gear I like I'll be able to use it forever. That's awesome.
I like the new models a lot, but it seems crazy that it's taken 10 years for this to happen. Lone modders are replacing models in games like Skyrim all the time. Blizzard's pace of content production is glacial.
can't stop laughing.
Bacon_Boss
Member
Here are some other models, for those who didnt see them:
Dat ass.
I can't wait to see Draenai and Blood Elves.
Are they going to redo space goats and blondies? I thought I remembered them saying the original races were going to be done first and these 2 after the expansion.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Draenei and Belves definitely, goblin and worgen maybe later
ArtistDude88
Member
Goodness, talk about much needed updates. I genuinely look forward to seeing the rest of the characters!
Don't think I can ever play WoW again, though. Subbed for a month during Cataclysm and the magic is just gone for me
Don't think I can ever play WoW again, though. Subbed for a month during Cataclysm and the magic is just gone for me
Vanillalite
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This! Need to see it in motion to really tell especially with regards to animations.
Bacon_Boss
Member
Agreed! Plus you don't get a real appreciation for them in their T pose. Her eyes look like they're bugging out because her lower eyelids are wide open. Gnomes look much better in their neutral stance than on the t-pose.