02-07-2014, 06:01 AM
(02-03-2014, 01:48 PM)Grakor456 Wrote: [ -> ](02-03-2014, 12:46 PM)Thoradin Wrote: [ -> ]Essentially what I am arguing for is at least the choice of having the Forest/Ice Troll model. They are similar enough to establish your being one through the Scale command and emotes. The Same can arguably said about Taunka, as it is just the face that is different. Broken are an entirely separate thing, as they are extremely different than base model Draenei. My point being is that if this is the decision the team is making, at least give players the ability to choose if they want the CMC or not. I would much rather, like other characters, just use emotes to show my troll's bulkiness, not be forced to use some model I can't customize or even want to look at.
Right, here's the thing. Yes, you could theoretically use emotes to display your specific subrace, but then that reaches the point of relying on the player in question to essentially type "/me is totes a forest troll, for you new guys" every time someone new enters the RP. Not only is that tiring, people are bound to forget to post that and it creates spam for others when they do. Again, the point is to promote readability of character models, as without that we may as well be playing on a purely text-based medium without the unique advantages text-based mediums give.
I was wondering about this when I was working on a profile for a female Taunka- Why not give custom titles to some sub-races, especially those that aren't all that clear on their own? Just make an announcement reminding people to enable titles in their UI.