Instead of bringing new character options, World of Warcraft solves an age-old problem in a different way. A new potion should fix it.
When it comes to character customization options, World of Warcraft is quite limited compared to newer MMORPGs. Although the last expansions have included more and more options for the existing character models, there are many things that would be seen as “standard” today. One of the standard settings is adjusting the character size.
In World of Warcraft, all humans are exactly the same size, just like all tauren, all undead, and every other race in the game. Two members of the same species are always the same height when they are player characters. But a potion with patch 11.1 Undermine(d) can fix that.
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What kind of potion is there? You can find two new potions in patch 11.1 that fulfill the wish for an adjusted character size:
The effect of a single stack is actually very small. Your character then only grows or shrinks by a few centimeters. Only several stacks make a really visible difference, so that almost exact fine adjustment is possible.
These effects are not entirely new. There were already toys and potions to adjust your character size. But with the new Noggenfogger potions you have many more different gradations and can give your character exactly the size you want him to be.
Who are the potions for then? Once again, role players, who are primarily found on RP realms, are likely to have the greatest benefit from these potions.
However, the criticism here is that the potions currently only last 30 minutes. This is a little annoying for long RP sessions that can last the whole evening. Because then every few sentences you have to throw in the correct amount of potions again in order to have the right character size again. If RP fans have their way, the duration of the potion should be increased considerably. A little audible feedback could bring some relief here.
Blizzard has implemented the wishes of the RP community with potions in the past. At that time, a potion was spontaneously introduced that enabled the Horde and Alliance to communicate with each other – which created completely new possibilities for role-playing.