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Very exciting!

Battle for Azeroth looks to be a great expansion not only for new creature models, but also updates of older ones. My focus, currently, is squarely focused on those four new Silithid models, but the blur of Battle for Azeroth's looming new additions definitely has me excited as well.

Wain wrote:Wow, thanks Qraljar! Those are very nicely spotted. I really need to get a BfA speculation page up and running. Mind if I use some shots from here if I do?

Those models look beautiful. I especially like the true-to-form vulture update. It’s great gorillas are finally getting some love, though the clumped hair makes it look like some got stuck in their fur. Sorry, I probably shouldn’t have said that.

I'm going to be painfully honest. These screenshots, that I pretty much stole from videos on YouTube. I'm going to have you reward me handsomely for their use.

But no, of course I don't mind at all!

Vephriel wrote:

Qraljar wrote:
Can't wait until beta arrives to see the new models properly, haha.

Same, I am chomping at the bit to see all the new datamined models. Legion beta started in May last year I believe? I hope we don't have to wait that long.. D:

That dark, stormy night when you sit, browsing the WoWhead and MMO-Champion homepage, and suddenly you find that a bunch of new creature models have been datamined from the expansion alpha/beta you didn't even know had started yet.

Too good.

TBC Beta: October 2006

Wotlk Beta: July 2008

Cata Beta: June 2010

MoP Beta: March 2012

WoD Alpha: April 2014. Beta: June 2014

Legion Alpha: November 2015. Beta: May 2016

It might be not so very relevant right now, but I've been calling those new six-legged bug creatures "Isopods", when I just realized, they're really more like trilobites..




Cheirurus sp.

It's just a shame they don't have the same amount of legs, because that would've been cool. I guess that six is the max on Azeroth. (and also that allows them to reuse the crocolisk skeleton)

One little detail I noticed with the alpha datamining today - it seems there's 2 new colours for the raven minipet, and I can only assume that means the raven model in general. A proper black and an albino! I hope we see them as tameable creatures too. (the original is very pretty, but it's also very blue compared to a real raven. I'd be very happy with a nice black version!)
https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/23 ... p=48760582

Beast - Bee (New)
Beast - Wendigo (New)

Huh?

Oooh more ravens! Yay!

Most if not all mobs have somesort of internal classification, which is probably what the Wendigo and Bee thing is. Now, if they were listed as Pet Families, then that would be a different story. Though it looks like the speculators were right as to why Blizz randomly updated the Wendigo model.

I can't see a Bee family really happening, seeing as many beasts in the Wasp family are very similar in function.

mech frog yes

Qraljar wrote:Beast - Bee (New)
Beast - Wendigo (New)

Huh?

I think wendigos are the new wicker/bones things from Kul Tiras

Wendigos are the Yetis that you find in Dun Morogh and Feralas.

Valnaaros wrote:Wendigos are the Yetis that you find in Dun Morogh and Feralas.

Yeah, I don't know if the term has ever been used in the game, but the model is called 'wendigo' so this could refer to them. But it's weird because those yetis have already had a couple of model updates and it seems odd to do yet another so soon :/

I've wanted a proper hawk/falcon model for years and finally my prayers have been answered! :'D

Valnaaros wrote:Wendigos are the Yetis that you find in Dun Morogh and Feralas.

yes but my idea was it could be a ph name for the wicker beast

I love the duck billed dino pet ❤

pop wrote:I love the duck billed dino pet ❤

it's Ducky! ;A;

Speculation about possible tameable bees?

Those komodo dragons NEED to be tameable.



And they come in like 12 colors.

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Not the BEEEEES!!!