Or what they did to Blood Elf males. 
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Dracthyr looks like something youâd see on an unsavory website where people go to dump questionable fan art.
Usually the art team deserves praise, but not this time.
And the redesigns⌠arenât? 
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No I said Dracthyr. All of them, new, old, doesnât matter. They all look liek garbage.
I appreciate the honesty. Carry on!
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Can you put the hat back on?
I didnt recognise you then! Lol
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Some of those redesigns are awful. Especially that red one that has been floating around. shudders
They look great as is. Sleek and slender reptilian race is a niche other MMOs have filled before, and I am thrilled that itâs coming here. Give body types, sure, but please, please just leave an option to play em as they are still.
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Blizzard finally took my cone of shame off. It is time the forums were exposed to my blueness.
I think a lot of it comes down to Evoker being locked to them. People didnât kick up as much of a fuss about Pandaren because monk was playable by (mostly) everyone. Now people have to come to terms with people having different tastes and preferences.
Some people genuinely cannot see why people like the current design, while others recoil in horror at these edits.
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Thatâs fair. I get what they were going for, and other MMOs have done it before, but the WoW playerbase is far too entitled to accept that a class be tied to a race. Everything has to be âfor them.â Canât just not play Evoker or Dracthyr and go play something else. WoW devs know their playerbase. They should have seen that coming.
Having watched the OPâs video, I completely disagree.
I much prefer Blizzardâs version of the Dracthyr than these fan-made versions. When I think âdragonâ I think long neck. These fan-made short-neck dracthyr look more like humans with dragon heads. To me, they feel less like dragons.
I hope blizzard does NOT change course by giving dracthyr these fan-made bodies.
However, I wouldnât mind if Blizzard changed Dracthyr posture so they resembled actual dragons even more: Instead of a vertical human-like body posture, hunch their torsos over 45 degrees so their posture is more like that of a T-Rex.
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I donât play male characters because I am repulsed by the bulging muscles the male models have, so when I see Dracthyr I am quite pleased with it.
Iâm also very drawn to cuteness when it comes to beast races, and some of the heads theyâve shown activated some feelings in me. Very understandable that people whose preferences are the opposite of mine would have an adversely negative reaction.
Most we can hope for is that the body edits add, and not remove, what weâve already seen.
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I agree mostly. No to the hunch please though. Unless itâs optional. Not a huge fan of races that are constantly bent over.
I did see posts on Twitter that pointed out that they are shaped quite like the Drakes you see in game though. More slender, with long necks and less aggressive features as the older Dragons.
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Well, if things go like usual⌠there will be a rework in checks calendar about 10 years. After we have all given up and accepted our fate of lanky, tumblr art dragon race.
yeah I am not going to make that guy money.
This was what i was hoping for, and itâs a great example of a company taking fan concerns seriously and changing course before its too late.
when this was all announced, someone i follow on tweeter shared a tweet by the lead character designer, i think it was? they made it sound like it was their design. also worth noting they draw furry-type anthropomorphic art in their spare time, if that explains anything
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agreed. most of the complaints i have seen (and have) concerning the Evoker class/ Dracthyr race boils down to just how restricted everyone feels. People like the class but not the race? to bad, only one option. People want to tank? too bad, you cant. people Love the race but want to race change/roll a non Evoker? not possible. Want more than one? not any time soon. Want to use your visage form in combat? sorry, its cosmetic only. ect, ect.
so now we have tons of unhappy people but they are all unhappy over different aspects of the design and its making a mess. So while i am happy with the look of the dracthyr, i do think that many aspects of the race/class need to be fixed.
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I was actually really eager to make a dracthyr monk, for one. Being a green Dracthyr spewing green mist and summoning Yuâlon would have felt SO RIGHT!
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I like the look of the Dracthyr. I donât want to see it changed. Some of that fan art is hideous.
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