I had recently came back to playing after being gone for a few month do to personnal reasons and WoW. But I came back because I really missed you guys. Don't really get that "one big family" feeling playing WoW. Alot has changes since I last really played. The addition of mining and smithing. The new zones and new adepts. The major RP events. So much that has changed that I almost get that new game feeling again.
One thing that really caught my eye since coming back is that alot of the models have changed. I love the old models. The old skeleton models kick ass. The old wolf not so much. And the tiger models...... ah yeah.... Anyways something I found out that with the revert back to old models some cool changes also occured. Such as the necro pets becoming zombies and mummies. With those changes it got me to thinking. Why not have the same for beastlords. I know it may not be completely possible do to some models not being on the global file. But its something I'd like to see nonetheless.
My idea for the beastlord models would be to have models be more SoDish. Meaning have the pets fit more with the mobs around the starting beastlord cities. Something to make SoD stand out more then EQLive. What I'd like to see is make some of the beastlord pets fit more with the starting surroundings. Like for instance take iksar beastlords. There are no scaled wolves nearby. The closests ones are in ToY. For barb beasts the closest wovles are in centaur hills and those aren't even white wolves.
For ogres the closest bears are in OSM. The only beastlords with pets from their starting area are troll's whose pet is a gator. Which stinger's bog is full of.
I had put some thought into the pets that would fit best with the beastlord races that are from the surrounding areas. For barbarians I think snow leapords would be a fitting pet. For ogres it would have be gorillas cause they just seem to be a perfect match. For iksar i had trouble thinking of a pet that would be a good combination. At first I really couldn't think of something that would be really iksarish. But after hunting some in Southern Wastes it hit me. Scorpians. Just the thought of an iksar with a scorpain pet just sounds bad ass to me. The only beastlord race that had a pet that already fit perfectly is the troll. Cause both trolls and gators are vicious, nasty, swampdwelling meanies. And you have to admit. Green just goes with green.
Anyways I just wanted to throw this idea out and see what you guys thought of it. It may not even be possible but I thought it would still be a cool idea.
Oh and btw if someone mentions there are white wolves in the pens in Halas I didn't count them cause there are only 2 and they don't really matter when it comes to a barb beastlords early life. They're not really wild and not really "beastlord"esk.
One thing that really caught my eye since coming back is that alot of the models have changed. I love the old models. The old skeleton models kick ass. The old wolf not so much. And the tiger models...... ah yeah.... Anyways something I found out that with the revert back to old models some cool changes also occured. Such as the necro pets becoming zombies and mummies. With those changes it got me to thinking. Why not have the same for beastlords. I know it may not be completely possible do to some models not being on the global file. But its something I'd like to see nonetheless.
My idea for the beastlord models would be to have models be more SoDish. Meaning have the pets fit more with the mobs around the starting beastlord cities. Something to make SoD stand out more then EQLive. What I'd like to see is make some of the beastlord pets fit more with the starting surroundings. Like for instance take iksar beastlords. There are no scaled wolves nearby. The closests ones are in ToY. For barb beasts the closest wovles are in centaur hills and those aren't even white wolves.
For ogres the closest bears are in OSM. The only beastlords with pets from their starting area are troll's whose pet is a gator. Which stinger's bog is full of.
I had put some thought into the pets that would fit best with the beastlord races that are from the surrounding areas. For barbarians I think snow leapords would be a fitting pet. For ogres it would have be gorillas cause they just seem to be a perfect match. For iksar i had trouble thinking of a pet that would be a good combination. At first I really couldn't think of something that would be really iksarish. But after hunting some in Southern Wastes it hit me. Scorpians. Just the thought of an iksar with a scorpain pet just sounds bad ass to me. The only beastlord race that had a pet that already fit perfectly is the troll. Cause both trolls and gators are vicious, nasty, swampdwelling meanies. And you have to admit. Green just goes with green.
Anyways I just wanted to throw this idea out and see what you guys thought of it. It may not even be possible but I thought it would still be a cool idea.
Oh and btw if someone mentions there are white wolves in the pens in Halas I didn't count them cause there are only 2 and they don't really matter when it comes to a barb beastlords early life. They're not really wild and not really "beastlord"esk.
