Phaelias last blog post..Runy and Phae Get Their Nethers in a Twist

why they dont want to do the same with cats?!”

Actually, with the Night Elf mounts, they already have. It would only take some simple copying of the additional pieces of skin/modeling, and scaling it down to size; the trouble would be those shoulderpads when the cat does mangle… >_>

But really. They already have the designs and the graphics in place; it can’t be that hard to edit it a bit for kitties!

Hell, they could make “dire cat form” a slightly modified (…and shrunken) version of the mounts. o.O Just add in some thicker fur. XD

And the goggles are badass! You know you love them. XD

<3

As always, love ya.

OH! Almost forgot;

“Stop saying that we are ignoring the issue! We are just not solving it for 4 years. Come on, we added it to our bug tracker, you should be happy about that!”

Your first two sentences imply that either you are, in fact, ignoring it, or you just aren’t competent enough to fix it. Which one would you rather have me label you as?

See, it’s not a matter of us being happy, per se. It’s not like we’re asking you to turn our fur pink and let us dance the salsa with a murloc. I, myself, am satisfied with allowing druids that snare you mentioned; the one called “Infected Wounds”? I’m not sure if I read that properly, but the way I did read it, it seems as if you’re allowing druids some form of a snare.

See, me? I play a hunter (concussive shot, my two cold traps, scatter shot, AND the occasional snake trap), a resto druid (lolol), a rogue (…no comment needed) and a warlock (fear <3. enough said <33). I’m not complaining for my own benefit, here, and I don’t think that Phae is, either.

It’s a matter of this having been a problem that has not been solved for FOUR YEARS. That, to me, signifies that there is something wrong; with either you, or your skills.

Your constant bandaids annoy me, but I’ll admit that this one is one that would cease blood loss on the most severe of neck wounds.

That is all.

Once again, Phae… <3.

looks like creating armored bears with different armours is not a problem.. on… they are event ready.

why they dont want to do the same with cats?!

@LXj: Yeah! “It’s not a bug! I’m looking at it in our bug tracker right now!”

I’ll point out that ferals could use potions in the last BC beta but it got removed. So with the beta being 1 week old, here’s to hoping these changes for our feral brethren make it all the way through.

@Phae: We can keep hoping that they figure out how to use some of the models on our behalf that are already in-game! Any shortcut that leads to form customization is a shortcut I’m cheering for!

Yeah, I was misunderstanding you. Sorry.

But…

“I think some have misinterpreted my commentary in the above post so please allow me to clarify: I am happy that there will be some variety and customizability introduced to Cat and Bear Form. I am very upset that we won’t be getting a Dire Cat Form, because it would have helped bring Druids more in line with their non-hybrid counterpart, the Rogue, by allowing him to make better use of Rogue gear since Blizzard has traditionally dropped the ball on creating gear that is ideal for the way that Ferals itemize.”

While reasonable, you’re irritation seems somewhat misplaced to me. You’re placing the responsibility for fixing the long-standing scaling problems that druids have had squarely upon the shoulders of an ability that we know nothing more about than the name.

Blizzard COULD fix druid scaling without it, via a mix of core mechanic changes, itemization, and other new abilities. Likewise, they could easily create a dire cat form that ultimately does not solve scaling problems (wasn’t Mangle supposed to fix feral scaling for a while there?).

Whether there is or is not an ability named “dire cat form” isn’t the issue. Whether there is or is not a fix for druid scaling/itemization is.

@Kuhbi: Exactly. They have cumulatively spent a lot more time on creating unique and beautiful (well, some of them!) tameable beasts for Hunters than they have on Feral Forms … and Fluffy doesn’t pay $15/month!

@Ace Calhoon: The “disgust” and “outrage” was actually related to the lack of a new form that scales better than the old one, not with the aesthetics. I like pretty things as much as the next person (okay, okay probably MORE than the next person), but I was really happy that Ferals wouldn’t be forced to PvP in Bear Form because they’re so squishy in Cat.

@Zaira: Models are very time-consuming, but they’re likely dedicating a tremendous amount of time to creating new models of NPCs that aren’t even playable. It seems like at least a portion of that time could be dedicated to creating playable new and unique Feral forms. And luckily, it sounds like it is. =)

@Warscreamer: We should be happy for improved looks and angry about the carrot that was Dire Cat Form. I think some have misinterpreted my commentary in the above post so please allow me to clarify: I am happy that there will be some variety and customizability introduced to Cat and Bear Form. I am very upset that we won’t be getting a Dire Cat Form, because it would have helped bring Druids more in line with their non-hybrid counterpart, the Rogue, by allowing him to make better use of Rogue gear since Blizzard has traditionally dropped the ball on creating gear that is ideal for the way that Ferals itemize.

@Andrige: Thanks for commenting, Andrige. I agree with you about Dire Cat and scaling.

@Kaera: Oooo that is really pretty! Thanks for sharing, and grats on your beta invite.