Give back pre-DT models back NOW

[Granyala]

You'd have a point if the counter points were just people commenting on their own race and not a-holes gatekeeping feedback that doesn't concern them.

No one is "Gatekeeping" anything, since no one here can actually hinder another person from posting.
Spare me the Social Media nonsense buzzwords.

Fact is: I don't want the old models back. I don't want the old lighting back.
I like the new models and I am looking forward to SE actually capitalizing on their capabilities (kind of a bummer that they don't, chars even have actually rigged tongues now Oo).

SE can go ham in terms of adding more options, I'll never be against more variety but I DO NOT WANT CHANGES to what is there right just to please a few people that are obsessed. And I am certain that I am not alone with this sentiment.

You say excuses, I say applying logic. There is absolutely no reason they wouldn't take advantage of the new facial rigging if it had been available in time, especially considering how often food comes up in the MSQ.

There is another theory: SE wants to introduce things in a more gradual way.
Right now some things about the models changed, there is no denying that. By sticking to the old animations for now, SE doesn't exacerbate the perception of "everything changed OMG where is my character!"

I vividly remember being quite displeased not just with the new model of my Draenei but specifically her new animations that changed her character much more than any model could.

If people are raging about some mouth being a few mm shorter, imagine them raging against new animation work that goes completely against their imagined WOL behavior.

Not sure if SE will ever have the courage to go ham with animations for our WoL during MSQ or whether they restrict themselves to optional emotes and NPCs.