If you've been reading our
Shifting Perspectives druid column, then you'll probably remember our discussion of
the way druids look as they level up and get newer gear. The druids over in Europe have found a new way to show Blizzard how they feel about it on their forums: in a post by Rawr, entitled "
[Screenshot] Season 3 Set Looks So Awesome," they've not only highlighted how druids look in the latest arena gear (as pictured above), but they've shown compiled pics very much like all the the different gear they've had leveling up, from level 10 to level 70.
My druid looked
something like this at level 10, which as you can see, is pretty drab. But once I got to level 45 or so, I completed a set I thought
looked pretty nice. Now at 70, I have three sets
for Bear form,
for Cat form, and
for healing. I don't mean to brag or anything -- my gear isn't the best in the world -- but one day I hope my druid can look like
Xgeno does in
his armor!
There are many players out there who may think druids' opinion on their looks is a petty issue that doesn't matter, but when you think about it, there are lots of people out there with very strong opinions on class-specific issues that other classes don't understand in the least. In an age when some players stage
riots on their servers or
spam forums to protest class problems, these druids have once again demonstrated that there are
alternative ways to share your feelings on a particular issue.
For anyone out there who feels extremely angry, happy, or whatever, about any particular class issue, it makes sense to stop and think how you want to look in the eyes of other players before posting on the forums about it. Do you want them to get really frustrated because you're disrupting their gaming in some way? Or do you want them to read your post, then grin and say, "
I see what you did there?"
[Thanks Lewi!]
Edit: Apparently the European thread Lewi brought to our attention
has its roots in the US. The level 20 druid Pando showed everyone
what her animal form looked like, and invited everyone to show theirs. Classic. [Thanks Delkral!]
Jul 17th 2013 at 7:00PM 
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