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It's not just hunter pets that need to be kept up to date. Warlock pets got a lot of attention recently, except for the still absent incubi. And DK's core pets have fairly recent models.
The basic water elemental, though, really needs an update. It could stand having more fluid looking animations, like its cast could look like it was stretching out its arm, using its own water for its spells. It could have a few more animations, to give it more character. Like for summoning, it could be a giant drip coming out of the ground. For a dance, it could do the arm wave. But most importantly, the skin and particles engine really need an update. It doesn't look like splashing at all. It has those weird sort of ridges / fins that don't look like water, and the refraction lines are static.
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=510/water-elemental#modelviewer:10+0
In my opinion, water elementals should look more like the water on the "Balance of Power" (Flow of the First) version of Ebonchill. Wowhead doesn't show the refraction lines in its modelviewer, but they move. The particle engine even looks more like water spray.
http://www.wowhead.com/item=128862/ebonchill#modelviewer

ok, back to DK. This is more a wishlist for alternate "ghoul" models and accompanying "dark transformations". I personally don't like the current 'dark transformation'. It doesn't look like a transformation as much as a temporary replacement. I'd have the ghoul transform into a larger, sauronite spiked ghoul. The vrykul skeleton would transform into a vargul. I'd have more options for skeletons too, since we saw troll skeletons in blizzcon pictures, and we've had orc skeletons since WoD. Both of those riggings have fleshy undead models/skins that could be used for dark transformation.

I'm probably wishing too big, but water elementals really need to be updated.

I would love to see those things too. I definitely want more skeletons for my DK! My mage is a baby, and is arcane, but that is actually partially because the water elemental looks like jello. The water effect on that weapon would be a nice change to it.

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Incubi may never be seen. Legion was the perfect opportunity, and we didn't see them. Possible that they aren't even around anymore, since it is believed that the Succubi ate them all.

The Water Elemental is on the short list to be updated (according to an interview some months ago).

DKs may not get any updates, at least until another LK xpac, seeing as they just got the Ghoul and Abomination updated.

It’s a shame if they don’t produce incubi. It’s more than a bit last-century that the most female demons are usually the most sexualized. It needs to be spread around to both sexes

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Ugh, yeah. :/ Still pretty disappointed they never came through on their promise to give warlock demons more gender options.

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I totally agree. =/ I was really looking forward to the gender options they promised since I assumed Legion would have been the perfect time for that. Would have really balanced things out and given warlocks more pet variety.

Its a shame. I have a warlock modeled after one of my original characters who is always bickering with her snarky incubus and i had hoped this would be the xpack where i finally got to have her run around with the proper demon in game.

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It makes sense with Succubi, since that has always been what they are. Besides, the majority of male demons are already sexualized. Most male demons just wear short pants or somesort of greaves, are shirtless, and are extremely muscular. Look at Archimonde, KJ, Wrathguards, Doomguards, Felguards, Mo'arg, etc.

I always believe that Pandaren Mages and Shaman should have gotten Pandarian elementals instead of the standard ones.

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The Water Elemental deserves so much love, just like Gorillas, Hyenas, and all the other outdated models. Compared to today's standards, the old Water Elemental looks like a fish with sturdy chest muscles that jumped through a construction paper factory. It's an iconic design, and altering it in any way that would remove how unique it looks would be absolutely HERETICAL, but it needs a touch up so badly. I did a Darkheart Thicket run last night before reset, and those blood elementals look so bad compared to all the good models in the instance.

As for Incubi, those are just male Succubi, right? Just make a shirtless dude in hotpants with a very obvious bulge for compensation purposes, maybe add some really dumb hairstyle that you'd find on those "straight" male fashion models, and bam; Incubi. Bonus points for using the same guy who voiced Archmage Xylem, because that guy totally sounded like he needed female companionship. I personally don't even use my Succubus that much (mainly because it's a trash pet outside of pve, and I suck at pvp with Warlock), but if it ever became useful, I'd have a sexy red demon gal at my side 24/7. I do love me some succubutt. I wouldn't use an Incubus, but for those that would want it, the option should eventually be there.



Careful; while this is true, some naysayers may throw out a dumb argument like "That's just male power fantasy" or whatever.

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Name the game these characters are from, and I'll be amazed.

As I said, if Incubi weren't added in Legion, then they never will be. And at least there is lore explaining why we've never seen them.

Aye, it could be male power fantasy, but they are still sexualized.

Yes, absolutely. That's even how I imagine it in my pandaren shaman's backstory.

I think there’s a big difference in the degree of sexualization between “showing some skin” and creating a personality that is all about sex. For a succubus it can hardly not be, though a poor choice to be the one of the only female demons. But then they create shivarra and decide that they’ll base their personas on aggressively sexual prostitutes. Interesting choices for the first two prominent female demons and I think telling for where the creators minds were (or were not) at the time. I think they can and should do better now.

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Except that Shivarra are inspired both in personality and appearance of Durga and Kali of the Hindu religion, thus not on aggressively sexual prostitutes.

The image is, not the personality.

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Even in the personality. I have seen the Shivarra discussed on forums (SoL, Story Forums, Etc.), and Kali and Durga are always brought up as their inspiration. Even wowpedia lists them as the inspiration behind the Shivarra.

Nah. The innuendo is overt for anyone willing to see it. Especially in the Black Temple.

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Yes, of course there is the innuendo, but their general personality is inspired by Durga and Kali, forms of Shiva's consort, Devi.

Of course Blizz has "expanded" upon that and made them more sexual, but that isn't all Shivarra are.

Exactly. My argument is what Blizzard (at least Blizzard of a decade + ago) have made them to be. Their choices when depicting purely female demons as sexually promiscuous, either for gratification or saying that women being sexual is the most degrading thing they can think of for them to be.

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I would think (hope) Blizz wouldn't make them that way for the purpose of degrading women. I think part of it is that there isn't a ton of inspiration for female demons that isn't already like that. Succubi in RL mythology are like that, as are most in many other forms of mythology. If you go to other mediums, whether it is books, movies, or other games, it is the same way.

Archimonde


Doomguard


Felguard


Succubus


♩ One of these things is not like the others ♫

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