Blizzard has announced that it will give its somewhat controversial new World of Warcraft: Forever race, the Skyborne, a significant makeover early next year, in order to bring them more in line with the “worse”-looking older models from the original game. And most people are happy about that!

In a blog post, Blizzard said that in early 2027, it would be redoing both the standard-definition regular models for the Skyborne, as well as both the SD and HD models for all Druid animal forms, in order to bring them more in line with the look of the rest of the game.

As it stands now, all of these models look a little…dissonant within WoW: Forever‘s overall presentation. WoW: Forever is based on the original, vanilla World of Warcraft, so everything’s a little polygonal. A little spiky. A little…aggressively textured, at times. That’s part of its charm (just look at the humble prairie dog)! Now, WoW: Forever does offer improved lighting and water effects and other graphical improvements that give the whole world a really interesting, updated look while still preserving the wonderfully retro feel of it all. And you do have the option to toggle on HD character models instead, if you prefer to play as the more modern-looking version of your character.

But through all this, the Skyborne still look distinctly out of place, in both elf and druid animal form. Their colors are extra-bright, they’re missing the sharp edges and textures of the older models, and just overall look too smooth and modern.

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