The developers of World of Warcraft promise huge things for the Dracthyr: An absurd amount of customization options.
World of Warcraft Dragonflight may not come with particularly many big features, but the new class “Evoker of the Dracthyr” already looks like a clear highlight. Not only does the playstyle, the cool effects, and abilities generate excitement, but also the possibilities for character customization. These are, when calculated, really gigantic – at least that’s what Pat Dawson says.
What was said? In an interview with the magazine PCGamesN, Production Director Pat Dawson talked about the Dracthyr Evokers, the new race-class combo in Dragonflight. For those who look at character creation, it’s immediately clear that the Dracthyr have many more options than any other races. Dawson said:
Obviously, Dracthyr are a somewhat more fantastical race, but we wanted to allow for a gigantic amount of customizations. We calculated that there are more customization options than there are grains of sand in the universe. We really gave it our all – we wanted to ensure that you can create a unique look that you can’t see anywhere else.
How many possibilities are there? The Twitter account of World of Warcraft provided a somewhat more concrete figure. According to them, there are “over 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 combinations. Seriously.”
So please don’t expect a screenshot gallery with all options here.
In other words: The probability that you will ever encounter a Dracthyr who has chosen the exact same appearance as your character is extremely low – almost non-existent. Almost always there will be at least slight differences, whether in dragon form or humanoid form.
Will other races get this too? With so many possibilities, the other races look comparatively outdated. Although Blizzard has made significant improvements in the last expansions and occasionally adds new options – such as the recent “Night Elf customization” – ultimately the races still lag significantly behind the Dracthyr. Dawson said:
We are always looking for new ways to improve character customization. We really kicked off these efforts with Shadowlands, where we added all these cool customization options that you now see in the game.
That other races will eventually catch up with the Dracthyr seems unlikely at the moment – but more will probably come. After all, Blizzard has hired nearly 100 new employees to continuously work on World of Warcraft.
How do you like the Dracthyr so far? Do you hope that Blizzard will catch up with the other characters – and do you think they can even do that?
