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The iconic MMO raid boss, Ragnaros...........

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Nedflanders
#1 - March 10, 2011, 11:09 p.m.
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......has been reduced to a punchline.

Now I'm not trying to take a shot at blizz, really I'm not, they built up an amazing empire of a game.

BUT, Ragnaros is the iconic raid boss image to which all raid bosses are measured to. So when blizzard gave this icon......... legs, the image has been changed forever.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/857684-New-ragnaros-model...-Without-legs!-fan-made

Threads like the one I linked, while extremely hillarious, kind of make me sad. And they are popping up EVERYWHERE. Ragnaros should never have been put in a position to become a joke.

Just my 2 cents.
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Zarhym
Community Manager
#17 - March 10, 2011, 11:46 p.m.
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The problem is that you have no context or perspective on the model you've seen a static image of.

    1) Standing next to the full-sized, animated model will give you a very different perspective when you're looking up from his toenail
    2) Knowing that he will only come out of his lava pool to reveal his full figure in a Heroic-only phase of the fight will give you a bit more context

He's not just going to be running around the moment every raid reaches him. :)
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Zarhym
Community Manager
#60 - March 11, 2011, 1:01 a.m.
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03/10/2011 4:24 PMPosted by Aurturis
I don’t think a lot of you understand; perspective is a large part of art design. The designers probably designed the model looking upwards from his feet. I bet you Rags’ll look epic when you see him in person

This is sort of what I was getting at with my first point. The perspective is completely different when a player character is standing near him. The proportions were designed with that in mind, which is why the screenshot of the model really doesn't do Ragnaros justice at all.