While there have been so many of these that I feel as if I often repeat myself when commenting on them, the fact is that this model looks way better than the old one. The Tauren have always had a great feel to them, but the limitations of the old models have also been fairly pronounced with them. If you look at the eyes of the old model, for instance, they really look like just flat surfaces that are simply part of the overall structure of the head. The new models make them look like actual eyeballs!
So what's the count so far?
Human: 2/2
Dwarf: 2/2
Gnome: 2/2
Night Elf: 1/2
Draenei: 2/2
Orc: 2/2
Troll: 0/2
Tauren: 2/2
Undead: 2/2
Blood Elf: 0/2
Obviously there's still some work to be done even on the models that are already live on the Beta, but the progress on these models has been very encouraging. At Blizzcon, they were careful not to promise that every model would be implemented by 6.0 (and there are some models we've seen, like the male human, that are still not up on the Beta,) but given the progress they've made, I actually think we can be relatively confident that we're going to see most of the revamps active, if not all of them, by the time Warlords comes around.
And as a reminder: if for whatever reason you hate the revamped models and just want your toon to look like he or she always did, there is an option to simply use the old character models in the graphics settings. The old models will remain in-game, even if most players will probably prefer to use the new ones.
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