World of Warcraft: Forever- The Future of Skyborne Visual Updates

Summary

The World of Warcraft development team began our journey into World of Warcraft: Forever with ambitions that grew and evolved over time. Our aim has always been to uphold the original WoW era aesthetic, while giving players more choice in how they experience Azeroth.

Over the course of development, we have been aligning on the right range of fidelity and what feels like it belongs in the WoW: Forever world and what does not. The team has learned much in the process, and that will continue to strengthen more with future content.

Along the way, there were some ideas the team wanted to explore that ultimately didn’t quite meet the consistency and cohesion we are aiming for. To align with our goals better, we are taking aim at updating some of those visuals for the future. Here is one example of how we are revisiting the High Definition (HD) Skyborne Druid forms.

We removed a bit of the softness, added more detailed fur textures, and adjusted the color saturation. The Skyborne are from an exotic environment, and their Druid forms reflect that, but we don't want that to be dissonant with the visual language of other creatures in the world.

Skyborne Standard Definition (SD) Player Character Update

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