Is it just me, or did Blizzard's last patch...

[GreyArchon]

.. change the standard Bloodmage model into a Kael one? Because I sure as hell cant see or find the old Bloodmage model anymore, not even if I rip the MPQ.

 

[Sopho]

No, there is no difference between Kael and a Blood Mage (except for icon and sound)

 

[GreyArchon]

No, there is no difference between Kael and a Blood Mage (except for icon and sound)

There was. Before patch 1.15, the standard Blood Mage looked strikingly different from Kael. His face was less "angry", less detailed, and his armor was less fancy.

 

[Sopho]

Why would Blizzard do that

 

[GreyArchon]

Why would Blizzard do that

That's what this thread is asking, kind of.

 

[RaZoR]

both look same, u can only see a difference when u don't set details to high. (as campaign heros have to be detailed for cinematics, even if u have set details to low)

 

[Detrivus]

That's wierd. My MPQ now has both "HeroBloodElf.mdx" and "Kael.mdx"... but they're exactly the same, in animations, detail, meshes... if you can only find the Kael model then just use it, because it's no different.

Unless WC3 Viewer is using low quality textures and omitting something.

 

[Fossil]

the bloodmage and kael models are different. You can easily see the difference in WE if you zoom to their faces the Kael model's face is much better becasuse the blood mage's head is square

 

[GreyArchon]

the bloodmage and kael models are different. You can easily see the difference in WE if you zoom to their faces the Kael model's face is much better becasuse the blood mage's head is square

Waitwaitwait.

You mean YOU can still see the difference? Because after patch 1.15, the Bloodmage looks just like Kael to me, both in WE and when playing on battle.net.

 

[Detrivus]

Same. Both models use the same skin, which is HeroBloodElf.blp.

 

[GreyArchon]

Same. Both models use the same skin, which is HeroBloodElf.blp.

Pre 1.15, they didn't used to.

 

[RaZoR]

@all: who is kael, and why?

 

[GreyArchon]

@all: who is kael, and why?

The red one. Because he's red. :O

At any rate, I'm surprised to be one of the few who noticed the change after 1.15. I wish Blizzard would change it back. :/