First Orc shoulders, now Draenei shoulders

by Elizabeth Harper Aug 30th 2007 at 8:35AM

Hot on the heels of the Orc shoulder scandal (to be fixed in patch 2.2), World of Raids has some screenshots suggesting that Draenei shoulder graphics are smaller on the PTRs. While I always thought the level of concern with shoulder size to be sort of odd, the outcry over Orc shoulders made it clear that it's an issue players care about. So why-oh-why is Blizzard restarting the debate over appropriate shoulder size by shrinking the shoulders of another race? We'll see if this graphical change, more minor (at least to my eyes) than the Orc alteration, causes the same level of public anger.

[Thanks, Akyl]

Tags: 2.2, draenei, draenei shoulders, DraeneiShoulders, patch 2.2, Patch2.2, ptr, shoulders, world of warcraft, WorldOfWarcraft, wow

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

nebuchadnezzar447 Aug 30th 2007 8:44AM

i hate it when people complain about their orc shoulder's size. It's a really pathetic topic to QQ about.

BSChim Aug 30th 2007 8:45AM

This change is intended, unlike the orc shoulders.

BL_Picolo Aug 30th 2007 8:47AM

As the player of a draenei shaman i always found the shoulders annoyingly large to begin with.

Seprin Aug 30th 2007 8:54AM

Der...there's nothing wrong with the shoulder size of Draenei shoulders...they fixed them...they look a lot better after the fix...if anything they are way to big in game

st0rmy1 Aug 30th 2007 8:57AM

Indeed, Male Draenei wearing stuff the T6 shoulders look absolutely *HUGE* in game.

Then again, WoW Forums, changes, crying, cesspool. It's to be expected.

BillDoor Aug 30th 2007 9:03AM

Soon Tauren will be the size of goblins. Our world is in trouble.

Sonvar Aug 30th 2007 9:06AM

I play a Draenei and after looking at those pics thats a lot more reasonable for shoulder size. The orc shoulders they really got shrunk whereas this isn't as extreme of a size change.

Hollywood Ron Aug 30th 2007 9:11AM

The shoulders are still too large, IMO. I understand the need to have big shoulders to show off the fancy graphics of the elite loot, but let's not totally obscure the character's head.

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Sylythn Aug 30th 2007 9:20AM

Shoulder armor in WoW...the male genitalia of the gaming world...

rafe.brox Aug 30th 2007 9:46AM

I am so, so tempted to pen a screed entitled "PERIPHERAL VISION AND YOU."

Douglas Aug 30th 2007 10:05AM

Shoulder armor has always been very important in Blizzard games, from Starcraft, Diablo and Warcraft II, all the way to World of Warcraft. It's a simple equation in the minds of Blizzard art designers: the bigger the shoulders, the closer to god.

Bart Aug 30th 2007 10:11AM

I really liked the new smaller ones.
Leave it this way...

Illithiel Aug 30th 2007 10:28AM

I dont mind the smaller pauldrons on a dranei, they were way to huge in my opinion, simply because they take up 40% of your character's spot on the screen and never really connect to your dude's shoulders.

Incendo Aug 30th 2007 10:27AM

NO NO NO NO NO! It was funny when it happened to the orcs but this is just cruel and unusual.

John Aug 30th 2007 10:29AM

but big characters SHOULD have big shoulders....

lumiden Aug 30th 2007 10:32AM

I wish I could turn off the shoulders on my female priest. So unbecoming!

Slayblaze Aug 30th 2007 10:53AM

The Draenei shoulders should be bigger than Orc shoulders but smaller than Tauren shoulders - right?

I'm still not sure that they got it right if this change goes live...

Rich Aug 30th 2007 11:06AM

I wish they'd make the tiny female Draenei shoulders a bit bigger...

Silverfire Aug 30th 2007 11:09AM

Thank goodness. Draenei shoulder graphics are way too big on live.

Grummsh Aug 30th 2007 11:17AM

Why is it people always start QQing about orcs QQing about their shoulder size? I know it's not game-breaking, or anything, but if your shoulders ballooned to 3 times their normal size after a patch, you would expect Bliz to fix it. When they instead told the entire orc player base, "LOLZ, AR BAD" and told us to wait all summer for a fix, because they couldn't be bothered to hotfix it? That's just shoddy.

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