New Druid form art in patch 3.2
by Adam Holisky 
May 26th 2009 at 1:23PM
That's the sound of a few million Druid players crapping their pants.
Yes, the day has finally come. Hell has frozen over, cats and dogs are living together, and the world is at peace. Two Druid forms (cat and bear) are getting new looks!
I'll just let that sink in for a minute.
Zarhym has announced on the forums today that this change will be coming during the next major content patch. The new artwork will only be for cat and bear form for the patch, tress are out of luck. Blizzard has only released the new look for the Tauren Bear Form right now, but the others are sure to follow "Soon." Check out a high res image of the new looks.
Additional clarification on the how the forms are selected after the break.
Editorial interjection from Allison Robert: YES! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF &$*&@(@( FIX TAUREN CAT FORM YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!
From the official site:
"There will be five different designs for each of these forms for the Horde and Alliance. Night elves can choose to change their cat and bear look at any time by visiting the barber shop and changing their character's hair color, while tauren will be able to change which look they use by switching skin tones in the barber shop -- a new feature for tauren in the next major content patch. Given that there are more hair colors and skin tones than unique form looks, some colors and tones will overlap with these new textures. The hair and skin colors chosen will, in most cases, correspond with the color seen in the look of each form. Some similar colors that may share a particular cat texture will not necessarily share the same bear texture. "
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 11)
jjcoola998 May 26th 2009 1:27PM
OMG Druids Rejoice!!! Grats Guys!
Ferarro May 26th 2009 2:16PM
About time!!
*cheer*
biker_rob23 May 26th 2009 2:18PM
i say they shoulda done something like making them armored bears and cats rather then this
kabshiel May 26th 2009 2:30PM
Not to sound totally ungrateful...but only bear and cat forms are getting this overhaul? Lame. You'd think they could at least make Tauren and Night Elf trees look different since there are a bunch of different treant color schemes already in game. And I was really, really hoping that they'd finally update the awful looking travel form, preferably to something that wasn't just another cat.
I guess I was just expecting a little more than this. I mean, feral druids definitely needed the most help, but it's not like Moonkins and Trees are that great to look at either or any less boring.
Futue May 26th 2009 2:37PM
HELL YEAH!
kabshiel May 26th 2009 2:37PM
OK, Neth clarified that Moonkin and Trees are coming at a later date, so I guess I'll be patient.
But the real more important update from Neth: "Also, in the screenshots the bears are roaring, but when just sitting normally, their mouths will close in a toothy grin so to speak."
No more slack-jawed bears? Yay!
Elmo May 26th 2009 2:59PM
these are awesome, shame I don't play a druid.
... gief more Ghostwolf art :P
Eisengel May 26th 2009 6:05PM
Pooh-pooh to the Druids!
... on the forums trolls were nasitly posting.
They'll find out yet again that no new forms are coming. They're just booting up, I know just what they'll do. Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, then the Druids down in Azeroth will all cry, "Boo Hoo.'
But... but this sound wasn't sad. Why, this sound sounded glad. Every Druid down in Azeroth, the tall and the small, was singing without any precedent at all. Soon(TM) hadn't stopped new forms from coming, they came. Somehow or other, they came just the same.
It came without fanfare! It came without brags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!
They puzzled and puzzled till their puzzlers were sore. Then the trolls thought of something they hadn't before! Maybe soon(TM), they thought, wasn't a dodge or guile. Maybe soon(TM)... perhaps... means a something a little bit kinder!
And what happened then? Well, in the Forums they say that the trolls' sad hearts grew three times happier that day. And then the true meaning of soon(TM) came through, and the trolls found the joy of ten trolls... plus two.
BlackTiger May 27th 2009 7:23AM
OK. Now each animal in any forest will know - it's not a bear, but druid in bear form. How they will be identify so quickly? Well, no real bears with horns! :D
scott Jul 4th 2009 2:29PM
Will their mouths actually close now? Or will they be perpetually open, dry and smelly?
MayDay May 26th 2009 1:27PM
Yay!
zetathran May 26th 2009 1:28PM
Wow. Soon =/= never. For all the time druids have been expecting these, they better be pretty darn good.
tatsumasa May 26th 2009 1:30PM
/craps pants
SunGod228 May 26th 2009 2:10PM
ROFL best comment ever
z3rb May 26th 2009 1:30PM
fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfap
lockanon May 26th 2009 3:54PM
Hey, hey, hey.... remember rules 1, 2, and 34...... Don't go much further or you risk all three of them!!!
Akke May 26th 2009 1:31PM
YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!! Will you get a choice out of these models? If so, will it be done through the Baber Shop or through minor glyphs?
Also... I WANNA SEE THE CAT MODELS FOR TAUREN!!!! That was by bar the most offensive looking model in WoW
Elionene May 26th 2009 1:32PM
The official site has all that information. The texture will be based on your hair color (night elves) or skin color (tauren, and apparently a new barber shop option for them).
My Night Elf has green hair... I hope that doesn't equal green bear. :/
Elionene May 26th 2009 1:34PM
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/druid-forms.html
yamamoto114 May 26th 2009 2:09PM
My only question is, exactly how will we switch between them?