Just noticed that the Kul'Tiran druid bear already had the new posture...
Hmmmm the alpha version looks more realistic, but also clips more. The live version is more exaggerated in good ways. I'm liking less butt-in-the-air, but disliking how rigid it looks, basically. Animation HAS to be exaggerated, so I hope they tweak it a little to bring more liveliness to the alpha version .w.
Finally after all these years my druid will not have the bear butt higher than her shoulder blades. I cannot wait when this goes live.
Here is how a bear actually runs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgJ26jnweasTake a look and then talk about what looks more realistic
What a wadte of resources
Finally bears stop bending over offering their butts
I like the "live" form better, I think they dont need an update. It is more important to update the Goblins and Worgen!
Man, there are a lot of people on this thread who've never seen a bear before.
Beta idle animation looks way less "lively", the rest are pretty nice!
A typical case of fixing something that is not broken and making it worse in the process. I'm going to miss the old animations when this goes live.
Some people here have clearly never seen a bear irl, these new animations are fantastic
Beta version is so much more realistic
I like what they are trying to do here...but it seems to be done oddly. I think they are trying to make the bear form move and act more bear-like but...it just seems so off but I can't put my finger on it.The running animation reminds me of a running gorilla, though...very unsettling.
Ever since they updated the bears from the original I have hated that you are looking at a big bear butt sticking up in the air while playing guardian. I like that they are going back to the buff bear look over big butt bear a bit but the animations still need a lot of work to be more fluid. The body totters around like a stiff barrel with legs.
The live bear animations look more realistic and smooth. The beta animations look clumsy, blocky and downright horrible.