Alright, so as the comic implies, both Vas and I are now in the beta. He was there during the F&F beta though, I was lucky enough to get my invite just the other day. I actually had this idea for a comic a while ago if I did get into the beta, but I honestly didn’t expect it to be so soon, and I had half finished another comic before I started this one! Oh well, I’ll post that one next week! This one was kinda fun because instead of using Flash symbols, I actually got to kind of draw them out. This is usually how rough my first pass of any drawing I do looks like. Its super sketchy, construction lines everywhere, and I usually only take about 5-10 minutes to lay everything out before I go into the detail work.
I’m excited to actually get in there, I haven’t had too much time, except to fly around and explore. It really is going to be a whole new game. I just hope that they actually listen this time if I make a report. TO THIS DAY when a female blood elf dances (specifically when she does the spin move) her right foot twists completely around in the opposite direction. Its super quick and hard to catch (You can’t really see it at all if they are wearing a robe), but I reported it back in the Burning Crusade beta…TWICE! What can I say! I’m a stickler for animation! Don’t even get me STARTED on the Sparkle Pony….***RAGE***
That said I actually wrote this last night, and now its time to play the beta! BAI!
I have the same rage on the sparkle pony. Not tilting to go up and down hills is a big one, and the right front hoof flips up oddly in flight like it is broken, and what is with the front legs looking so fake and wooden when you jump? /twitch
I think they fixed the tilting thing actually, but everything else…. *eye twitch* NO HORSE JUMPS LIKE THAT!!!!
hey XD i freaking love your comic, i found them on the world of warcraft comic site and they’re so funny!! i used to play wow myself and was a draenei shadow priest (i know alliance =3) and havent been on lately but im going to start playing again….unfortunately i cant remember the account info so im gonna be starting an orc shaman soon =3 someday i hope i can join ur guild lol XD
keep up the awsome comic :D
If you read Dark Legacy comics, the drawer did something similar when BC came out.
I loved those Hodir quests, working every night in order to obtain large quantities of gold in order to create a wonderful Spinpistol made chopper, with polished brass pipes, at least three steam gauges, spiked front tire for ploying through inferior greenskins in order to accomplish..
Sorry, I forgot where I was going with this : /
Enjoy Beta :D
I love this one. :D
Ok a couple things:
1) This comic is full of win!
2) Hodir rep grind FTL!
3) Your “drawn poorly” characters are galactically better than my masterpieces lol
You know what the beta needs?…more cowbell!
I want into the beta with Vas and Fyre *sniff*
I love Hodir they were my only friends when i turned level 80 :(
noone likes a troll that collects hats
or just a troll for that matter
This is win!
I acutally liked the Hodir dailies, got to “mine” all those revenant husks. Congratulations on getting in the Beta. I did find myself doing a few extra passes just looking for those crystals.
I love it!
Also if anyone is on the pve server, look Kellie up! I have been there awhile, and still have no one to talk to!
Aw man too bad I can’t get in the beta, I don’t play Wow for now since I am taking a break for a while.
BTW The comic looks awesome(no I don’t use sarcasm :p)
Fyre you has a grammer of lolcatz
The Fyre in the first panel is just plain adorable!
I agree 1000%!
Forgot to comment about that earlier hehe
The whole first panel is adorable!
Totally.
I don’t care how you draw her, Fyre will always be adorable. Now if only the in game females looked that good.
Oddly enough, i absolutely love these “poorly drawn” versions
Grats on Beta btw /jealous
Personally I’m a fan of your drawn poorly renderings, while digital rendering has it’s place I’ve always felt that hand rendered visuals always seem to express so much more than a computer is capable of, so I would love to see more. Also, congrats on the beta, have fun ruining cataclysm for yourselves :P
You made it into beta? *Long pause. Deep breath, eerily calm voice.* I do believe, that you owe me a hug still. Oh and don’t mind the very sharp objects I’m holding. They will be the least of your worries.*
*Hugs from Memory can result in cracked and/or broken ribs, ruptured organs, cracked and/or broken spinal discs. Loss of bladder and bowel control, depression, lack of oxygen. Oh and he may have mozarella breath.
Heh heh. “You can has!” I love it! Although, now that I’ve seen this, I’m surprised you haven’t used cat druids for a Lolcats type joke yet (at this rate, I’m starting to think no one has).
I demand to know your beta names/server. Now.
Grats on getting in on the beta! I’ll be waiting for the release patiently like a good member of the loyal playerbase. Hopefully the transition from Wrath to Cata will be a smooth one.
Man I want to check out the beta so badly! How do they notify you that you’re in?
You have to log into your battle.net account and you’ll see that you have a Cataclysm Beta game added to your library.
Congratz on getting into the beta Fyre well done :D I get very jealous now lol. :D
ironically, its still one of the better drawn wowcomics on the net.
Seconding the “Fyre is adorable in panel 1″ opinion.
Blood elf males also suffer from several… rather painful looking animation bugs. Whoever did the rigging/animations should be smacked upside the head a few times, because there is absolutely NO REASON for the UPPER BODY to rotate separately from the hips. It’s made unsettlingly obvious when getting the spin jump animation while tossing out an instant cast, or any combination of dancing and being mounted, using the /eat emote, or holding whatever key you have bound to turn left/right. There’s also some weird issue with the particle emitters for spellcasting, I have a short video of that one here for those curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vEFY4SRAwE (And as someone who actually works with 3d animation… I’m completely baffled as to how this even happens.)
… Then there’s another one linked to the dance animation that causes the upper body to rotate forwards 180 degrees. Yes, 180. As in the body is folded in half. It is easily the scariest thing I have ever seen in the game.
blah blah blah I talk a lot about dumb things