I feel like what some people would call “Woke Blizz” would definitely add the beards after reading this thread, if the devs ever came here. After all, they’re trying to be more inclusive with customization to get away from their 2004 image.
The hate here also reminds me of when people adamantly insisted “Girls don’t play WoW” and would harass people for their cis-gender identity. I find it mildly ironic how we’ve gone from that to blindly insisting their WoW women must be beautiful by traditional, real-world standards for their immersion while simultaneously arguing that WoW is not the real world.
The quickest of searches will give you tons of well researched papers and articles and studies showing that yes, many women do have beards, and almost all women have facial hair which gets thicker and more coarse after menopause. from healthline:
‘Hirsutism is a common condition, affecting between 5 and 10 percent of women. It tends to run in families, so you may be more likely to have this hair growth if your mother, sister, or another female relative also has it. Women of Mediterranean, South Asian, and Middle Eastern heritage are also [more likely to develop the condition.’
And, 5% to 10 % of women all over the world, is a lot of women with beards.
Mom used to wax it and it’s like “mom I don’t think this is a good idea” cause it was too course. Man did that hurt…
Cause they are rocks in a dwarf shape.
if blizz says it is it is. Doesn’t mean you agree or disagree with it but if they say what they release is cannon then it is how it is.
I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more people than you think that get facial hair they just shave it off lol
My case is slightly different which I’m not getting into here but yeah there are ladies with it. Even genetics can cause it without any other underlying things. Their hair follicles are just more receptive to the hormones that cause hair growth simply due to genetics.
Even then this entire ‘argument’ is just typical circular reference.
Person: The lore doesn’t exist!!!
Rational Person: Ok here’s some references that shows it exists.
Person: That’s not valid!!! Show me classified and confidential documents that have been signed by Chris Metzen that explicitly states that it exists!!!
Rational Person: If you’re going to ignore that then we can just make new lore
Person: No!! The lore doesn’t exist!!! You’re destroying my game!!!
Rational Person: huh??? I already told you it exists.
Having facial hair is not the same as having beards.
Then they arent dwarves.
No, thats not how storytelling works.
Again, I dont have anything to do with it, Chronicles cannot be canon while SL is. So which one is true. Chronicles was supposed to answer everything about the universe, supposed to be definitive… then SL came along. So which one is canon, Chronicles cannot be canon so long as SL exists.
Ill say this one last time, there is a difference between facial hair and a beard. They are different.
It doesnt.
Except they dont show it exists. A fisherman insulting his cousin as being ugly and smelly “but the fish dont mind” is not evidence that dwarven women have beards. (and yes, that is how that quest reads that no longer exists)