Nightborne: Model Updates

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The tragedy is the lack of nightborne theemed gear and weps, I mean the everburning knowledge sets okay, but as for weps only one I can think of is the pvp frost apearance of ebonchill
How about some sets where we can be bare feet like the mobs in the instance ?

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https://i.imgur.com/XjG6KC3.jpg

Oooo! And there it went. Will edit up top if I can. :sunny: Thank you!

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You do realize that the npc nightborne does not support our armor right. And it’s a Allied race. Making them like the NPCs would prolly have to make them a reg race

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Some of the old Burning Crusade weapons are nice (gosh… I miss that colorful expansion). Personally, I dual-wield the Hammer of the Naaru. H Firelands has some nice purple swords, too. But you are correct… It’s slim pickings.

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I understand some of the complains. I too want to see more customization options (which I listed earlier here). But I think people exagerate a lot about the quality of the nightborne.

First, because the NPC models are actually of worse quality. Sure, their facial features are remarkable, but have you seen their facial animations? Also, their body animations are the same as the playable nightborne (both are based on night elf animations), so I don’t understand people who praise the NPC model as if it were of higher quality, because it isn’t. Sure, I’d love it Blizzard gave night elf (and by extension nightborne) animations a nice revamp.

Nightborne feel unfinished, but they are not bad. I love my nightborne mage, she looks very regal.

I feel like a lot of people who complain haven’t really tried to get used to their nightborne.

Here’s mine, BTW:

Get Griftah’s Authentic Troll Feet. It’s a cosmetic item that you can transmog into to have bare feet. There’s also a few other boot items that make you almost bare-feeted (like the Shadowmoon cloth gear set from WoD).

Really, aside from the face, it’s not that different. Same posture, body proportions and overall features. And the NPC faces are overated, they may look good when still, but if you close up on them as they move their eyes and lips, you’ll see all sorts of weird stuff.

The NPC model is just that, a NPC model. It’s full of little details that people would be complaining all the same if they were just converted to playable models.

Anyway, I’d like to see improvements to nightborne (and many other allied races as well). My suggestions for increased customization:

  • 2 more skin colors: “white” (very light grey) and “black” (very dark grey), akin to Dark Irons’
  • A few (2-3) face options with squinted eyes more like the NPCs’. (No need to change current options, just copy the best ones and make their eyes squinted)
  • More hair styles. Including some flowing with arcane energy like some NPCs have.
  • More hair colors: light blue and dark blue, akin to what blood elf DKs have
  • Remove the chin plate from heritage set and add it as a customization option (double current jewelry customization, by copying/paste the current options and adding the chin plate to the new slots).
  • Jewelry colors: Besides the standard silver, add gold a bronze recolors. This setting would affect jewelry, hair dressing (from some hair styles) and the chin plate.
  • Give their heritage set an alternate skirtless chest piece.
  • Add a way to get the datamined gold/red version of their heritage set.
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I love your Nightborne! Lovely name, too. Thank you for your post - I agree with every improvement you listed. :grin:

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I like to think of her full name as “Belledame Delalune”. “Belledame” was the character I made to level up and get the heritage set.

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I, personally don’t have any problem with Worgen or Goblin models. I think Humans need a makeover more than them. Wtf came up with that Neanderthal design!? Lol :joy:

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I was under the impression that the playable nightborne are supposed to represent the nightborne that ate the fruit of the mana tree and are recovering from almost becoming withered. I just assumed there was a lore reason for why they looked different.

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Nightborne need major changes. The males only have 1 face and no glorius beards!!! They all only have 3 skin colors!!!

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How much more fruit do we have to eat? I will eat it all. I just want my Amazonian body and conceited face!

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I don’t think Nightborne should have beards, period.

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Metal beards?

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Don’t speak such evil. Every race should have beards. Even the rotting undead need them.

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Apples and oranges, but look at the customization options in an MMORPG like Final Fantasy XIV - chances are with all the options, you’re going to land on a configuration you really like for your character.

World of Warcraft on the other hand, you have to compromise and end up picking the best out of a bad bunch of options. This is especially true for the Nightborne. It just doesn’t look like any effort was put into their development. :neutral_face:

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It only took 5 expansions for Worgen and Goblins to get their update, and they haven’t even gotten them yet. Good luck!

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They’re getting their update come what is it 8.2, or 8.3? This isn’t about either of those races.

Anyways agreed OP the Nightborne who look like a disaster need a touch up. I would really like the eyes the NPC’S haave, and just the same face shape.

It’s incredibly disappointing that the Iron/copper/gold chins aren’t just a barbershop option at this point.

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Their racials are pretty terrible. If not I would have made one. :frowning:

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We need more and way better hair styles for females :frowning:

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Agreed. The Nightborne NPCs in Suramar are the best looking race in the game. The character creation screen just makes me sad now.

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