Worgen Druid Forms (spoilers!)

As always, we here at Dude! have no qualms about showing Alpha leaks since we will never be visiting Blizzard HQ. Ever. We have disgraced ourselves before the gods of Blizzdom, banished to forever wander away from the Wolf Rider statue on pain of unedurable agony. And then death by pointy sticks. In the meantime, I’ve been holding back on you all, and for very good reason. These images have actually been floating out on the Interwebs for 3-4 weeks. Why didn’t I post them NOW!NOW!NOW! you ask? Simply, I could not even begin to confirm they are legit. I still can’t. However, since these apparently are coming from the latest Alpha builds, and multiple Youtube sources are showing them, I feel safe showing these. For now. SO! Let’s get started, shall we?

Worgen Druid Forms

Prepare thyselves. You will either love or hate these forms. There is so little room for anything else. Up first worgen and troll druid forms:

Next, snashots of druid forms with plenty of extra thrown in (Onyxia, Deathwing, Faceless Ones, Gobbies, and . . . facepalm:

Personal take: mixed reaction. The Tauren cat form is like a lion, so it makes much sense that the Alliance ‘monster’ race sorta-kinda matches. The Worgen cat form is much the same, like a lion, but subdued. It isn’t overwhelming me, which is disappointing. It is not BAD, which is a relief. The whole reason vanilla players loved the original worgen was because they were so FERAL. They oozed animosity just with their look, let alone their animations. What we have is far too toned down. At least give him saber teeth or something! (HINT: look at the original worgen model’s toothy grin for inspiration)

Frankly, I’m also disappointed with the other toned down cat forms Blizzard has been putting out (and I know I’m not alone). The current Night Elf cat form is downright female, which is fine for feminine people . . . which most WoW players are not. Hence my problem. We got Hello Kitty meets Night Elf. Likewise, Worgen should be ferocious, with blood-dripping claws, and literally screaming primal power. Or at least dark death with claws. Wow me, Blizzard! SPICE UP the worgen cat form before it is too late!  DO EET! DO EET NAO!

On the flip side, the Worgen bear form is downright frightening. Or unsettling if you see it in broad daylight. The glowing eyes, the armor, superior textures . . . in short, awesome, awesome work! Now THAT is what a worgen bear should look like. Troll cat druids should also be thrilled. They got the wirey, toothy appearance down pat. I expect a troll cat to look like that. But Trolls should not have the most menacing cat form! Again, Blizzard art dept, add some more masculinity to these other cat forms! I’ve got female artists drawing more menacing (awesomer?) worgen than you guys! (props to sebchyu, whose gender we will now correct on our Fan Art page). Next, I figure we’ll be seeing racial mounts before too long. Hopefully, worgen mounts will be equally as cool as the gobbies’ go-cart.