I’m sure I’m going to regret this, but seeing these two sides constantly go back to the same arguments and going around in circles over and over is just tiring.
Dardillien,
Please stop saying that worgen don’t have tails whenever some tail-related thing happens. We know they don’t have tails, that is why we are asking for them.
I also understand your position on not wanting tails unless there’s a logical explanation for them. I myself would prefer tails be introduced with a reason behind them, like a short Night Warrior-esque questline or even just character dialogue. I’m sure many others here would also like a valid reason for them instead of them just popping into existence. However, we would still prefer to see tails and no explanation for them than no tails at all. Plus, there’s always the possible retcon that worgen have had tails this entire time, they’re only just now implementing them.
I know you like worgen as they are and don’t want tails just because people have whined about them. That’s fine. But the new customizations have made people hopeful; the new Hearthstone artworks showing worgen with tails have made people hopeful; Blizzard themselves is looking for what players want to see on their favourite races for new customization options. Plenty of worgen players want tails for their worgen, so that is what they are asking for. You can say you don’t want worgen with tails; that’s fine. But please don’t say we shouldn’t ask for them just because you personally take issues with the idea. If Blizzard doesn’t want worgen to have tails, then we won’t get tails. But if they’re fine with it, the best way for them to know how much people want them is for us to ask for them.
I know your biggest problem with worgen tails is the lore. I also enjoy the lore of WoW and try to follow it as closely as I can. However, I also keep an open mind about new possibilites because, simply put, the lore changes. All the time. I don’t think it’s good to be so stuck on the lore, especially because the lore is taking a backseat to new character options.
For everyone else,
Dardillien does have some good points. Asking for something just because there’s nothing that says it can’t happen isn’t a good reason for it to happen. Having tails connect back to the druid Pack Form and Goldrinn is a good reason; having a tail because there’s no concrete evidence to the contrary is not. It is indisputable fact that worgen have never been shown with a tail in-game or official lore.
I know that artwork showing worgen with tails is often brought up as evidence. However, as Dardillien pointed out, Hearthstone is NOT CANON. It CAN show us things that later become canon, such as the Tortollans and N’Zoth’s appearance, but there are also plenty of other things that do not. The recent upsurge in worgen with tails is certainly exciting: DO use it as a hope that Blizzard is thinking about it and possibly adding the option for tails. DO NOT use it as evidence that’s it’s absolutely happening.
The other artwork that is often cited is the concept art. Yes, it is true: the female worgen had tails in their concept art! But I feel like many of you fail to understand what concept art is. It is a visual CONCEPT of something. Not everything included in concept art is set in stone. If it were, worgen would have also gotten that manbearpig thing as their racial mount, instead of Running Wild / mountain horses. Devs can change their minds about things after the concept art has been created. It is true there’s the possibility that they simply ran out of time to include a tail after they scrapped the alpha model for Cata. But we don’t know that. It is also possible that they had already decided against tails.
To all of you,
Worgen are our favourite race. It is only natural that we feel passionate about them, that we want them to look how we feel they would best look. But please don’t let that passion cloud your judgement. Consider the other side, even if you disagree with it, and stay civil. Don’t immediately ignore someone’s viewpoint because you don’t think they have a solid argument. Try to understand their perspective.
Have a good day.
