Teigan wrote:It appears to have teeth. And claws. It is not a bird. Worgen flight form is an archeopteryx. :D
This actually bugged my nerd side because it lacks the archeopteryx tail, and clearly must have a keelbone (which archeopteryx lack) because it flies instead of glides. Ichthyornis is a much closer match to the Worgen flight form (except for the minor detail that Ichthyornis was a bit like a sea gull). Not that these are details that Blizzard would stick to if they ever DID put archeopteryx in the game (which I suggested in their suggest-a-pet thread) anyway.
The reason I would have liked to see a wolf as the Worgen cat form is pure aesthetics. Western aesthetics specifically. Despite wolves and cats (and bears) belonging to the Carnivora order, wolves and cats simply feel like an even more extreme than a wolf turning into a tree (which isn't even in the same Kingdom). Also, I am having a bit of difficulty spotting the difference between the Worgen cat form and the Tauren cat form (which IMHO should be a (drum roll please) cow or bull... they're pretty deadly in rodeos, bullfighting, bullleaping, and running of the bulls) at a casual glance. Night Elves are easy, they're the short haired kitties probably inspired by cougars. Trolls are the ones with the mohawks. Taurens are the lion inspired cats (with horns that I never seem to actually spot subconsciously). Worgen cats have manes... leather bands and wrinkly noses. Except for colors they look (to me) like scraggly lions. Bah.
Another thing I really wanted to see (before Blizzard decided the Tree form was a quick spell boost) was different skins on the Treants. Sure we're getting that with the new tree form and the color swaps... but what I REALLY wanted was to see different barks. A druid with dark hair could have had Juniper bark while a druid with light hair could have had birch bark. Obviously this is the kind of desire that spawns from being a healer.
And speaking of tree bark, I HATE HATE HATE (Kefka imitation) the current tree bark. Especially in Grizzly Hills! Those poor trees look neked! I live in the mountains and I've seen barkless trees, they look like that!