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Request to make the Empyrean more distinguished from Humans
Teyloune
Member, Phoenix Initiative, Royalty, Kickstarter, Alpha One
Hejo,
Since the Py'Rai got some love to make them more unique and different. I would love to see the Empyrean get the same kind of love as well.
How about giving them the option to have Glowing Eyes to make them more distinguished from Humans?
I think glowing eyes could be good to keep them Elven but diversify them.
Since the Py'Rai got some love to make them more unique and different. I would love to see the Empyrean get the same kind of love as well.
How about giving them the option to have Glowing Eyes to make them more distinguished from Humans?
I think glowing eyes could be good to keep them Elven but diversify them.
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Agreed. That would be cool.
If this happens I really hope it's an optional thing and/or the intensity of the glow can be adjusted. I hate having glowbug flashlight eyes on my Elves in WoW after the WoD update to their models. Subtle glow is much better looking that flashlight eyes IMO
Could be cool to have glowing halo-esque options too to show Essence closeness and make the race feel more divine. Something like this:
Bring on the uniqueness!
Basically all I want is unique traits but not so unique that they lose their elvenness. Just simply something that separates them from the Kaelar.
Aren't we all sinners?
That said, I think I like the idea of them being a little bit more regal maybe akin to a High Elf of sorts. I'd have to see a comparison on the glowy eyes but definitely having some unique customisation options would be cool.
But truthfully I would be happy for Intrepid to take their own approach on a "traditional" elf, the same way that their dwarf and human have some elements to it which aren't standout but also don't necessary look identical to what else is out there in the MMO-verse.
Not their Architecture, not their Armor, the Empyrean themselves.
The Empyreans elves have very small and delicate ears. Which is okay, I like it.
The issue is when you don't see those ears, you can easily mistake an Empyrean for a Human.
Giving them glowing eyes adds a unique feature to the Empyrean, which currently no other playable race has, which helps to distinguish them, without taking anything away from them that might be considered elven.
An easy example of this would be the Elves from World of Warcraft, and never in my life have I heard, that they wouldn't be Elves, because they have glowing eyes.
If anything, when talking about Elves, people tend to refer to World of Warcraft Elves, Lord of the Rings Elves, and the Warhammer Elves, that's usually it.
So we take the different features from those examples that people like, and evolve the concept of what an Elf is.
When the weak waver on their path, my spirit shall be their guide
When the strong fall to darkness, my heart shall be their beacon
I believe making the entire elf fairer than the sun might be a bit much for our eyes to handle. Giving them glowing eyes, would be a step in the right direction, without changing the modern design too much.
Elves have mostly been Demihumans in modern media.
Many traditional things and concepts are way older than modern media, and elves are no exception.
The Blood Elves are High Elves.
The Night Elves are Wood Elves.
In my opinion they should make the Empyrean elves as vanilla and close to Tolkien elves as they can in order to hit that demographic of players. They'd be shooting themselves in the foot if they didn't.
IMHO Py'rai hits the modern high fantasy, elven fearie/witch demographic perfectly. We don't need two bizzaro elf species at launch.
Exactly. If these guys wanna play super unique elves, Py'rai will be right there waiting for them.
I don't understand the "Empyreans look too much like Kaelar!!" thing. For one, Empyreans will be MUCH taller and their bodies seem more alien-oid if anything. For another, their hairstyles look to be super long and intricate which I haven't seen on humans.
I'm totally down for more unique OPTIONS for them. Key word being options. If glowy eyes are forced I'll be super sad
Alpha one had very rough models, we haven't even seen the revamped Empyrean yet, but just look at the difference between A1 dwarves (short humans) and current Duinr dwarves (Actual burly Dwarves)
You said you didn't understand why people are saying Empyrean look too much like Kaelar.
I informed you it's because of their appearance in Alpha One.
And it's the reason for this thread which is asking that they be more distinguished from Humans than they were in Alpha One.
You are saying they WILL be much taller than Kaelar.
Do you have a dev quote for that?
For example, maybe the different universities of magic from old impacted their characteristics. Or the prolonged exposure to corruption across Verra added physical marks to different sub-tribes.
It would be kinda cool as an elf to have your tattoo glow brighter when encountering places / enemies touched by corruption.
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Elves
I am sure there will be cosmetics down the road to satisfy your idea of the ideal empyrean
Now let's take the halo idea a bit farther and perhaps draw upon inspiration from biblical angels for a moment. Perhaps go for an option of making it 3 or 4 eyes giving them the appearance of being "closer to the gods".
Perhaps take a bit of inspiration from Aion's Asmodians and give them taloned hands and feet and allowing them to have darker skin tones more into the gray scale creating a drastic contrast to the glowing tattoos and eyes.
Japanese tattoos aren’t the same as Maori tattoos. Both are different than European tattoos.