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by Matthew Rossi 
May 19th 2010 at 12:28PM
Have you, like our own Mikhail Saccovich, been dying to see what the new female worgen models are going to look like? Die no more! The Escapist has you covered, my friends, in detail. Copious screenshots of the new lady worgen models in cloth, leather, mail and plate gear to give you a general idea of what they'll look like when you roll one. The article emphasizes that these are works in progress, but I dig them. I really like how sinuous they are. My worgen rogue just might be a lady after all.
[Thanks to many tipsters!]
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, Lore, Cataclysm, Worgen
Reader Comments (Page 8 of 8)
Tirrimas May 19th 2010 6:55PM
*grumbles*
I may have to break my Horde-only rule for this one.
I ain't no furry and Twilight can DIAF.
Dreyja May 19th 2010 7:02PM
Join us! You want a Werewolf - you know you do. ;-p Then switch to your main and kill any variation of "Jacob" you may run across. I'd fully support you in this.
I'm tempted to break my "alliance only" rule and make a DK just or the twilight ganking. I don't ever gank otherwise but there are some things that are plainly - WRONG. X3
Dragonrose May 19th 2010 7:27PM
definitely rolling a worgen now *.*
one of many May 19th 2010 8:12PM
Why do male worgen models have a mane and the female models dont?
Kwipper May 20th 2010 3:55AM
Awww... no tails?
Noekh May 19th 2010 8:50PM
I can't believe you're all arguing about HAIR. Look at the male forms. They get hair in Worgen form. Watch the video of the female walking. It has hair. Shaddap, and move on. You're getting hair.
MY issue is with the way the head is shaped. The males muzzles are too wide, and the females have this weird curve from their forehead down to the bridge of their muzzle. Makes them look like they have downs. I hope they fix em up before Cata!
icepyro May 20th 2010 12:13AM
I'd reply so that this gets more noticed, but I'd have to reply to so many threads... forget it.
Fox: http://z.about.com/d/esl/1/0/4/a/fox.jpg
Star Fox: http://www.smashbros.com/en_uk/characters/images/fox/fox.jpg
Cartoon female fox (Marian from Disney's Robin Hood):
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01388/robin-maid-marian_1388463i.jpg
Foxes are canids as are wolves. They are also not necessarily red. The Simien fox is also known as the Ethiopian Wolf. Close enough for a fantasy world.
To all those claiming it's more like a feline, your point seems to be that the muzzle appears short. Some dogs are closer to feline muzzles than even this. Seriously, show me a cat that looks close to this. Even a doe is closer than a feline.
Nagi May 20th 2010 12:58AM
Anyone who didn't think female worgen would wind up looking at least partially sexualized was seriously, SERIOUSLY deluding themselves, especially considering how the last pair of added races turned out (the draenei race especially, what with big, lumpy, awkward, top-heavy males juxtaposed with sleek, tiny, arched-backed, raw-sex-on-hooves women). For them to look like they do was only inevitable, and while the "ZOMG FURRIES!!!111!" knee-jerk reaction was also inevitable, it would be nice if we could actually look at this whole thing like reasonable people. Yes, they look very curvy and feminine just like your garden variety she-wolf furry, but I would think the rather ominous claws, snarling demeanor, and savage posture would put enough noteworthy distance between Blizzard's worgen and the stereotypical angsty, persecution complex-bearing, declawed, hypersexualized furry to allow us to judge this model fairly. There's only so much you can do with the concept of "female werewolf" to make it visually distinct from a male model and visually appealing to the mass consumer market without hitting on at least some similarities to furry depictions of anthropomorphic creatures, and I think Blizzard handled it very well here. Female worgen are menacing and animalistic without hiding the fact that there's a cursed human woman dwelling somewhere under that lupine guise, which was pretty much the entire point. Add to that Blizzard's lore behind the worgen and the atmosphere of their homeland, and it's pretty clear they're still veering very steeply toward a more classic bloodthirsty, barely-contained monster running amok in London's foggy streets than your average DeviantArt fare anyway, so no matter what the packaging looks like, the heart of it is still genuine (and absurdly awesome).
I'm no fan of furries either, but the whole "OMG KILL HATE!" reaction to them and anything that could possibly, remotely, conceivably, even indirectly relate to them in some vague form or fashion in any given hypothetical context is a fad that got old years ago. We had our little internet witch hunt, it's over, there are worse things out there than a sexual fetish for anthropomorphic characters and yet we barely bat an eye at any of that. And besides, furries have been in WoW for years playing tauren and roleplaying catgirl elves and playing shaman & druids solely to exploit their shapeshifting abilities for every ounce they're worth, so worgen are bringing NOTHING new to the game whatsoever. So what if some of these furry players create worgen toons? Live and let live, because the whole petty hostility about it is beyond stale.
Precaution May 20th 2010 9:07PM
As both a die-hard alliance-hating Horde, and a guy who had his last relationship break up because his girlfriend turned out to be a furry, and I wasn't cool with it, I am going to KOS every single Worgen I see flagged outside battleground, and focus down every single Worgen I see in a battleground or arena match.
Taurens are bad enough, hell I even went as far as to roll one as a prot warrior back before they nerfed the 5% health racial due to my love of min-maxing, but seeing as 90% of furries use some form of canine/fox/feline, (trust me on this one... I made sure to learn before I judged it, in hopes of saving the relationship,) this is crossing the line for me.
warriorpanda May 20th 2010 2:07AM
You'd think, reading these comments, that werewolves, shapeshifters, and anthro animals haven't featured in the heritage of dozens of human cultures around the world for the past four thousand years. You'd think it was some awful fad dreamed up in the past decade by a group of depraved, deviant basement-dwellers bent on corrupting society's morals through the internet.
Get over yourselves.
Worgen are not a subset or an offshoot of furrydom; furrydom is a subset or an offshoot of the greater human fascination with animals. Or, if you like: while all furries are werewolves, not all werewolves are furries. Does that make sense?
riverdan4 May 20th 2010 5:01AM
oh god. the yiffs are gonna go crazy.
Zaniac May 20th 2010 12:20PM
sexY!
Precaution May 21st 2010 4:12AM
The method in which people vote comments up or down says alot about the people reading this topic and where their interests may lie, I must say. There is definitely 1 or 2 clear opinions and people are acting entirely upon those.
Anonymous May 22nd 2010 1:04AM
I am dissapoint. I really can't tell if the Blizz guys are horny or if they just want to reel in Horny players, in this case the furries.
The sexual dimorphism is incredible.
keish May 26th 2010 10:34AM
they are draenei with claws. They stand the same and hit the same, and even sit in similar fashions. le sigh.