PLEASE give Druids a thinner body option

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I really don’t like the D4 Druid’s body type. I love the armor theming, but it feels very strange to have him as a “big man”. D2’s Druid is one that holds a particularly special place in my heart; I was a kid with red hair, and I got picked on a lot for it. So having this awesome, cool character who just so happened to have red hair, was a boost of confidence I sorely needed.

As such, it became a character I was deeply engrossed with, and it made me a huge fan of the Druid class.

The D4 Druid being just this big, large man, it feels like it disconnects from that “fantasy” the D2 Druid represented. Where the Barbarian is “the biggest, strongest dude around”, the Druid felt a little more “normal”. Muscular, but lean; intense, without being physically large.

Moreover, because the original graphics for Werewolf and Werebear were slightly more “humanoid” in design, I always saw the base Druid as sitting somewhere between the two; very much “human”, with Werewolf leaning into becoming even more lean, while the Werebear was built more like a bodybuilder.

Plus, given the shared history between the Barbarians and Druids, it always seemed to me that where Barbarians represented the “chieftains” of their tribes, Druids were more hunters and shamans, so having these massive bodies seems a poor fit.

The D4 Druids all being chonky bois kind of feels like a disconnect from that original theming. It doesn’t capture the same fantasy, nor does it represent that sort of “ideal” to aspire to, which is what makes the D2 classes in particular seem so exciting.

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You just ruined this poor man’s childhood hero, Blizzard.

Won’t anyone think of the children?

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I guess you don’t want to play as Rosanne Barr.

I too find the Druid tremendously dissapointing. I stopped at level 2. I just can’t. Please bring back a body slider.

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You have two choices Rosanne or Rosie O’Donell! Everyone’s favorite! I bet Blizz is going to make bank selling cosmetics for those 2!

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Cool it on the fatphobia please.

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Maybe blizzard switched to boosting thick boy’s confidence now? Joke aside, I agree with you.

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I’m not opposed to having Druid retain it’s current appearance as an option.

Forcing Druid players to play an overweight character, or Necromancer and Sorcerer to play severely underweight ones is equally annoying.

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Agree wholeheartedly…c’mon Blizzard, this is so obviously bad.

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Completely agree. If nothing else, the female model should be more muscular, as opposed to just big. Also the hair options were very… disappointing

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looks at d2 Druid model bro what lol

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I made a female druid and was severely disappointed in the face options. The body type I’m fine with. But those faces are just awful, there really needs to be better ones.

I made it to Kyovashad on my first Druid, then decided I didn’t like how she looked. Tried to make another one and got her to Kyovashad as well to play with transmog stuff. Ended up not liking her either. Probably will just force myself to level to 25 and see if I like the class or not. But so far it’s a big no for me.

All the other classes looked great, but Druid females look like old Karens. Not what I want to spend my time gathering gear for. And no, I don’t want to play a big hairy caveman, sorry.

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Druid are fat and happy!

AS it should be. Little porkers. Embrace the chub

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Druid, he us supposed to be in tune with nature and they made him look like he ate half the animals in forest in one go

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the character models are all generally off, could use a retouch blizz. druid literally engulfs the other models. hit box for pvp will be confusing regardless.

p.s. im worri3d about pvp being an unbalanced mess, y’all

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I love it. There’s finally a body like mine.

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It’s a character not a personalized representation of yourself ina video game. Get over yourself and Role Play (it’s the two of the letters of ARPG).

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I think Blizzard should allow a slider in the body type for all toons rather than being stuck with premade options for each class that never change. The whole point of a new game is to improve on the old. Being able to personalize a character after spending $70+ dollars on a game shouldn’t be a far fetched ideal. The personalizations are an improvement over D3 but they could be even better.

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As a fat man living in a skinny druid’s body I approve this message.

:+1:

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I also agree the druid looks better slimer. But maybe you guys are just stuck on the D2 druid look? Werewolf form looks amazing as a larger druid transition.

Also, its going to take wayyy to much time for the devs to make a skinny druid. This is because all druid armor is already associated with druid. At least I would imagine.

So we have a fat druid? is that really stopping you from playing the game? I rather them work on the fact that druid at least seems a little boring at least early game. I could be wrong.

Apologies if I offended anyone.

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How do you not see the hypocrisy? You were a red-headed kid who’s confidence was boosted by a character that looked like you in a game you loved… Think about all the kids out there who are getting bullied for their body type who are having the same reaction you did to the same character in the same series you loved! Druid looks great.

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