Huh?
Dracthyr use the Worgen skeleton, not a pet. And I’m not a fan of it because the whole point of allied races was reusing skeletons, which is why they weren’t just called new races lol.
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Well done
They use the new incubus model.
It looks so incredible. I love it
It’s the worgen skeleton. I don’t know if the incubus uses it too but it’s the worgen Skeleton.
People were debunking the leak being fake by showing how you could very much tell it was the worgen and said it’s probably from a private server.
I’m quite disappointed too. Honestly the entire race feels reused and recycled.
The more I notice recycled features on them, the more I feel Blizzard took the easy route so they didn’t have to design something new
Visage form is only elf and human, which means only having to fit armor/customizations to two races
Dragon form is a reskinned Worgen with a dragon head glued on so they only had to build the head rig/model and change the feet/tail
They don’t wear armor except the easiest pieces to fit on the model (shoulders)
And they don’t have separate gender models which means only having to design 1 model AND only having to fit the armor on one model
Dracthyr look pretty good for being recycled, but it makes me wonder how good they could’ve looked had Blizzard gone with a brand new design
It’s just…. Disheartening I guess.
Maybe the Evoker gameplay will be so good I won’t notice the rest. Fingers crossed 
Maybe they both use the worgen skeleton and I guess that makes it even worse.
But yeah, bottom line, a new, box feature race should not be reskin. I’m just astounded that we’re at this point.
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Looking at them side by side, I really don’t like how the Dracthyr wings are round and soft like that
The incubus looks far more menacing with his sharp lines and harsh edges 
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More colors of ever hue and tone would be very much appreciated, even if I would never use them. More options for every aspect of customization!
The dragon form just looks bad in general. The hips shouldn’t be wider than the torso. The hips especially shouldn’t be wider than the shoulders… seriously needs to be fixed.
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Completely possible they used the female worgen for the Incubus then too lol.
But yea, all they did was add an extra toe, a spiky thing on the back of the knee, and relaxed the arms during combat and thought we wouldn’t notice.
The claws are pretty much the same on both, as well.
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Why do Dracthyr even have a visage form?
And the heads are just so small. Looks so weird.
Which is fine. I don’t mind if they reuse a skeleton, that’s just the nature of the game IF it looks good. cutting a corner to make something that looks mediocre or bad is a waste of effort and needs to be fixed, new skeleton or not.
The incubus looks fine, they did a great job with it, but the skeleton doesn’t fit what the archetypical dragon should look like. I understand these guys aren’t exactly dragons, but they don’t exactly look good either, so something needs to change.
I don’t mind them reusing skeletons.
But when it’s a brand new race, something that, by their own definition, involves an entire new rig, then it should be a new rig.
Otherwise Dracthyr are essentially a glorified Allied Race, not a New Race.
Likewise, Kul Tiran are technically a New Race, not an Allied Race.
If they can make Kul Tiran a new rig, they can make Dracthyr one. Lol.
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This is my main issue with them as well.
Exactly! It’s sad and just lazy. “Oh, but this is what happens when you smash together some primitive humans, trolls and night elves!”
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My issue isn’t so much the rig/skeleton.
It’s the fact they did nothing to make them look different. You can use the same rig/skeleton and get wildly different looking things.
The Goblins and Vulpera are a good example of this. I often forget they share a skeleton even though they share animations. The work they went through to make vulpera visually distinct paid off.
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As someone who mainly pvp’s and retuning to the game how do you get this said mount?
Yeah, which is a good point. The Kul Tiran were given a new frame because they were a new people and Blizzard wanted them to be distinct. The same thing applies with the Dracthyr. They’re a new group of people, never seen before and Blizzard probably wanted something visually distinct, but it’s not measuring up.
Human form looks great so far, dragon form looks like it needs work. If they were going to reuse the skeleton of any race, I’d much rather it was something more imposing like the Draenei.
Yeah, now that you mention it, I’m seeing that too.
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