Re: Vulpera all customization for MALE / FEMALE.
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:34 am
The Draenei had lore, but it was heavily retconned with TBC. True, the Lightforged and VEs weren't a thing, but they still had lore backing them. The Lightforged share their origin with normal Draenei (up until they separated), and the lore of BEs/HEs is the background of VEs. I agree that there is nothing wrong with trying something new, and they should. But those that have established lore, culture, structure, presence, and player demand should be chosen over those that don't. Whilst I love the Lightforged and VEs, I honestly would've preferred Vrykul and Broken. Both of those have a ton of lore, have culture, have a presence in both old and recent content, and have been one of the top requests to be playable for a long time. The old Broken model can already equip player gear and has the vast majority of animations required for a playable race. It really just needs to have its textures updated and to have a female model made. The Vrykul can also equip player armor and have many animations. If Blizz is willing to take the Nightborne and Zandalari, give them full animations, make them compatible with player armor, and even give them a new model, then they could've done the same for Vrykul and Broken.
I wouldn't say that it gets retconned every xpac. It may get explained further or expanded upon, but retcons don't happen nearly as often as some think. Blizz has made great efforts with the Chronicle series to make the lore more concrete. Besides, WoW is built off of lore. We don't have lore, then we don't have a world to work with. If you don't care about the lore, then that is your choice, but it doesn't mean that the lore shouldn't be an important factor to Blizz.
I completely agree. There hasn't been anything indicating that Vulpera will become playable.
I wouldn't say that it gets retconned every xpac. It may get explained further or expanded upon, but retcons don't happen nearly as often as some think. Blizz has made great efforts with the Chronicle series to make the lore more concrete. Besides, WoW is built off of lore. We don't have lore, then we don't have a world to work with. If you don't care about the lore, then that is your choice, but it doesn't mean that the lore shouldn't be an important factor to Blizz.
I completely agree. There hasn't been anything indicating that Vulpera will become playable.