Transmogrification and the dismissal of the silhouette theory

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-23-2011 @ 8:12AM

styopa said...

"No two sides have races that feature identical silhouettes."

You mean, aside from Night/Blood Elves?
(OK they may not be identical, but at the level of recognition you're talking about there's absolutely no difference.)

At a more general level (ie lower LOD), gnomes/goblins, tauren/draenei.

No, the whole "silhouette recognition" thing I'm pretty sure was advanced as a half-baked player theory why there would never be cross-faction races. I'm pretty certain it wasn't ever something Blizzard said.

Further, it's not like we're taking 1000-yard sniper shots at each other. The glowing nameplate already tells me friend/foe, and the piddly what, 46-yard maximum range(?) means that I'm going to have a nice long look at whomever I'm fighting before it matters.

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.