Midnight preview at Gamescom

[WerebearGuy]

Alright, so we don't have a Midnight forum yet, so I'm just gonna drop this he-
OH GOD OH GOD PLEASE BE TAMEABLE PLEASE BE TAMEABLE OH GOD

[Valnaaros]

[WerebearGuy]

So the gameplay trailer showed this:
- New bird of some kind about 30 seconds in
- Plant raptor at about 1 minute in
- Plant devilsaur at ~1:12
- New dragonhawk model at ~1:13
- New water strider (outland) color at ~1:15

LET ME IN

[Valnaaros]

I'm going to guess that we're going to get a Plant family or one similar to how Undead pets work.



Looks like there is either a new reptile or just another hydra in this image


Not likely to be tamable, but there are Void Jellies


New Hawkstrider model


The giant mushroom in the water is an animal. You can see the legs underneath the water. Like a fungus Brutosaur.


New Frog model

[Valnaaros]

Faraway view of the new Dragonhawk. It has three pairs of wings, just like the mount does

Looks like the spider model from Shadowlands, but maybe a new color


New mana wyrm model based-off of the new electric eel from Undermine. A purple variant can be seen in the second image.



Got a closer view of the Hydra. It is a new model. There is also some sort of canine or feline animal next to it

[Valnaaros]

A new creature that looks like a merge between a Mana Ray and a Sporebat


Looks kind of like a giant raven, but different than what we currently have. Might be based off of the mount.


Another view of the pet that the Haranir hunter was with. Looks like a cross between an ottuk and a Salamanther


You can see its head sticking out of the water. It might be using the lapbug model.


Better view of the Plant Devilsaur


Also, the Ghostlands have largely been healed and are teeming with life.

[worgpower]

This is 1000 miles more exciting than the war within, a few reasons
1. More reptiles, we got those spiky hydras and that new lizard thing next to it, mana worms count and they look epic
2. New dragonhawks, the mount and the model I see here looks like a true amphithere, hopefully the old model stays too and we can compare them in game
3. There’s a big variety of different creatures compared to war within. I’m completely sold on the new brutosaur, although it’s unlikely to be tameable, but i would be grateful to see more fictional dinosaurs, fungal or plant raptors would be great
4. That new fen strider in the background of the brutosaur is shorter and bulkier than their Outland cousins, I’m definitely taming one
5. Tameable hawkstriders and capybaras

-edit I posted this late, that plant dinosaur is sick

[Valnaaros]

The resolution isn't great with some of these images:

Seeing as we're getting a bunch of other plant animals, it is likely that we'll be getting Mandragoras, too. They are in one of the new zones. You can also see the new bird model, though not terribly well.


Another new mana wyrm. Blue variant


New model for Nalorakk. Probably won't be tamable, even on a different mob.



An up close view of the new mana wyrm


It looks like that mana ray/sporebat is a fungal dragonhawk


A new bat/gargoyle model


Could be a new gryphon model, based-off of the ones from the trading post

[worgpower]

Crazy how they used the weird legion bear for the base of the loa model rather than a new model from scratch, I would love a new basic bear model based off the store mog mount and the bear rugs, the legion bears have such ugly teeth. If the fungal flyer is a dragonhawk, dragonhawks will get way more love and they finally get what they deserve since burning crusade and mop, new models. Also I just realized the mana wyrms are just like that mana wyrm from the burning crusade trailer which is awesome and overdue to being added in game. As for the new toad, I hope it has a new skeleton or a look distinct enough to love it and just not another dire toad, we’ve gotten many hoppers. I hope we get a closer look of the hydras and lizard thing soon enough. Also this for Druid fans. Harronir Druids are coming, they have a cool cat form that uses an entirely different rig, the lupine rig with the Druid cat attack animations. I will be bummed out if quelathalas lacks wild hawkstriders. A new strider model for tallstriders that’s actually different will diversify the family options

[WerebearGuy]

Alright, what dev do we need to kidnap to get some things in there?
- Plant hydras, aside from my very clear bias, are a must due to the very plant-oriented content we've seen
- Nalorakk as a spirit beast is a must
- The mushroom sauropod is a must
- An incredibly huge and thorough flagging of everything that's remotely beastlike is a must
- Telling the devs to stop using the four-legged hydra model and go back to the two-legged model every once in a while is a must (no really, I hate the four-legged ones for the most part)

[worgpower]

I’m with you on this one. But For hydras, if they should have four legs, they must be land based, the new ones, magmorax, etc. Two legged hydras make more sense if they are water based. If there were two legged dry land hydras, they would need to Stand on two legs rather than drag their torsos, they would get a bottom burn or a hole, and two legged hydras are way better swimmers. I don’t mind mandragoras being two legs, because they are plants and not beasts and it fits well so I’m good with that, the new hydras like the one shown, makes sense having four legs since it’s all void energy there, super dry zone, no water. And I also agree we need more two legged water hydras, a fungal one would be fun

[DannyGreen]

Tired of the elf/aliance, really tired.
But hey new pets!
I'm excited for the new manaworms, They look very cool, and I hope that those hydras aren't aberrations!
Honestly now would be a great time to teach us how to tame nature elementals with the whole, fungal plant monster things. You could get your plant hydra to.

[Vephriel]

EDIT: oops there it is on Page 1, I'll leave this here though as it's a good look at the fungal raptor creature.

Credit to HaughtyChicken for grabbing this shot!

[worgpower]

All of those new plant creatures remind me of the plant creatures that were in the old Free Realms game that got shut down

[GormanGhaste]

yay, capybaras!!

[Wain]

I split this off from the 11.2.5 thread and moved it here.