So I’m sure everyone is aware of all the new druid forms coming in 10.2 Moonkins finally get a crap ton of stuff. Guardian gets owlbears, rune, and thistlebears, the runebear being a werebear skeleton! Flight, Aquatic, travel all get new stuff! What does feral get? The dreamsaber in 3 colors, that’s it.
Travel and flight got plenty of stuff during SL as well, so it’s not like there aren’t options for both of them.
But WHY is the CATRAPTOR a travel form? It had so much potential! If it was just a raptor, I might get the “well the zandalari have a raptor travel form so duh”, but it cleary is a feline. Also, if the same skeleton motif was an accurate representation, then the cheetah form wouldn’t exist as a travel form.
The argument of silhouettes is moot at this point because of the were/runebear.
I am literally begging for this to change, and I don’t usually make a huge deal about restrictions. But for feral to only get glowy tigers using the same skeleton as every feral model just feels bad
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Wait, Whaaaat? That sucks! =[ It was perfect for a combat form! It feels like dangling a carrot. I need more silhouettes! I’ll even take a speed debuff if I could use it outside of travel as combat.
Because it uses the base frame of the raptor, which is already a travel form and they don’t have enough animations of that model to fill out the feral moves.
That’s the reason.
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Except you forget the werebear only had like 2 attack animations when it first came out in legion. That’s not a legitimate restiction. Not to mention, I literally said in my post that the CHEETAH FORM exists as a travel form for every race, not just one like the zanda raptor. If the skeleton argument had any ground, then the cheetah wouldn’t be an option for travel.
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I’ve gone this whole time thinking this was a cat form. That sucks
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Bro, I wanted the cat raptor feral form too.
They did it cause of cutting corners. You know this.
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And it’s still early PTR. Things like this have changed before with enough feedback. If it continues to be discussed before it’s in live, there might be a chance. SO why not try? If you accept things for as they are, it’s all they ever will be.
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Ok, but you’re asking a question you already know the answer to.
Just say what you want instead of acting like you need an answer.
(Oh FML my autism is kicking in, rhetorical questions)
Did you even read the headline? It’s literally a request. The question is inherently rhetorical. Why be so obtuse about the nitty gritty? It’s not even constructive, especially if you’re only glancing at the discussion.
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I’m not obtuse, I’m autistic. My bad
Me too. It really feels like a wasted opportunity. I hope there’s even the slightest chance of a change.
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I was going to say that it had to do with animations.
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Yea that’s totally why they didn’t do it.
They recently removed the Observer pet from warlocks because they said it was “too different from the fel hunters and would “confuse other players””,
So I think it’s the same case here, feral has always been a quadruped cat/dog thing, so I think they wouldn’t give it a raptor option now (wich sucks cause the raptors look so cool).
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No need to apologize, I’m on the spectrum as well. I just loathe how heated the forums get over the little things and how the entire topic gets derailed over nuances.
This makes the werebear that much more infuriating, because it is so drastically different in shape and style.
Again I would agree normally, but the werebear was introduced with like 2 animations when it came out in Legion, and they added more later
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Doesn’t seem like they were happy with it since they added more down the road. Maybe they are taking that as a lesson not to do that again.
And for years lunarwing form had no resting animation. They would just freeze in place. But they did fix it so they can settle on the ground now.
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Because the dev team is too lazy to make new animations for a raptor skeleton.
Literally the reason.
Same reason Dual Wield Survival isn’t a thing.
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Yea went to ptr and saw it’s an option for travel form. Wish we got different cat forms other than the basic cat like saberon forms. Kind of like how bear form got the werebear form, something different and unique than a typical bear form, wish they did something new and unique for cat form also.
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With every other form having multiple skeleton options, it kinda sucks that feral is the only one with restrictions like that.
But also, every other category has a ton of options and variety, especially if you acquire all the extra forms added in SL. But Feral only gets the dreamsaber, which is cool, but it’s just another tiger. The only other lacking category is aquatic, but even that has multiple skeletons
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