why hrothgar and not lupin?

[grinkdaboy]

genuinely curious as to their thought processes behind this choice.

much easier asset flip, more visually interesting, better body proportions

[CorbinDallas]

I disagree, I think the lupin look like ass.

[LaylaTsarra]

Personally I think the Hrothgar models shown are nicer than the Lupins we've seen in game. I'm happy with the choice they've made personally and can't wait to make one. I also think the Hrothgar will be a lot more popular than some believe but I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

[BillyKaplan]

It's pretty obvious the Lupin models were not built with the same care and attention a playable model would've been. Also if they're struggling so much with Hroth and Viera faces, imagine the impossibility of making gear for Lupin faces which are far less humane.

[Duskane]

definitely would have added a bit more variety than cat and bigger cats
but there is a wolf face apparently

they might not have come up with multiple faces to mix up the customization and probably saw the ronso inspiration then went with hrothgar.

[grinkdaboy]

It's pretty obvious the Lupin models were not built with the same care and attention a playable model would've been. Also if they're struggling so much with Hroth and Viera faces, imagine the impossibility of making gear for Lupin faces which are far less humane.

the solution they had in place in wow for this issue was that it looked like they took a can opener to the helmets

[Lexi]

Tbh I never liked the lupin race. When I saw it the 1st time I was shocked on how bad it looked I thought it was a joke and that maybe those were masks they were wearing.

[Dalmacus]

Why hrothgar and lupin and not Amaljaa, Ixali, Kobold, Sahagin, Sylph, vanu vanu, vath, kojin, ananta or namazu? Much diversity, Yes yes?

[Greven]

As they declared they went with Hrothgars to fill a race slot they felt were missing. They presented feline heads mostly but in an interview Yoshi said they will have other heads than felines and cited wolves which might be akin to Lupins, and there might be more options.

[AvenoMatt]

I think they decided to make a new race the Hrothgar instead of making Lupin a playable race because Lupin are an established beastman race though the least hostile and one of the most integrated with man society. I think it may also have to do with the fact that Lupin were already in the game so they had less control in what they could do to their faces or body models without having to go back and change existing Lupin. With Hrothgar however they can start from scratch and I think they wanted to make a race that had a more muscular powerful looking body with better proportions. In my opinion the lupin head is tall large for the body and I think their shoulders and chest cavity should be bigger.