WoW Petopia Community

So it's come to my attention that there is just not enough bugs in WoW. I mean I was having a look the other day at the shear splendor and terror of some of the bugs we have on our planet is spectacular, and got me thinking how amazing they could look with a Wow twist ingame

Now I could list so many that I'd love to see in game, but here are just a few that I didn't even know about until the other day, and they would be so good!


Scorpion Flies

Whats not to love/fear, it's a flying scorpid! well sort of

Trilobite Beetles

The low profile, the armor plating, the colours, I'm loving these guys!

Cicadae Parasite Beetle

Well they are not all that terrifying, but my goodness do they make up for it in OMGSOCUTE!

Anyone else have any particular bugs they would love to see introduced in WoW?

Oh wow, I'd never heard of trilobite beetles. Those are awesome!


I'd love to see rhinoceros beetles. They'd fit so well!




And I've always wanted a true dragonfly



And fancy Saturnid moths with ornate wings

Unfortunately, there are probably just too many people repulsed by insects to make pouring hours of development time into new creature models worthwhile.
(And Blizzard has said that new creature/NPC models are the most expensive and time-consuming aspects of new content to produce).
Better to make some more cats, wolves, and cat and wolf spirit beasts.


Which is a shame, because insects are some of the most diverse and fantasy-like creatures that exist in our own world.
Just a few examples of what I'd love to see.


Assassin Bugs




Various horned/tiger variations of the Beetle family


Antlions or other similar creatures


Mantidflies


Leaf-Mimicking Insects (the orchid mantids' wings are really cool, too)


Dragonflies (not the scrapped versions we got in WoD)


Centipedes (Not insects - but still, Blizzard please!)


Other Bizarre Arthropods - Vinegaroons, Whipspiders, and Solifuges, oh my!

We can probably expect one new arthropod family every three expansions, if we're lucky. Hopefully sandreavers become tamable at some point, as they are basically centipedes + solifuges.

Trilobite Beetles would be a perfect fit to reuse the crocolisk/basilisk/grub/sandreaver animations. The bugs have a very simple design to them as well, so there would likely be little issues with making a model that's more or less upside down triangles with legs. Mix that with features of other bugs, such as a black widow's hourglass butt symbol and a scorpion tail, it could look like a true horror.