Dragons in the EC have been much maligned, and rightly so, they have little personality, and well, they are just ugly. We have been told that the model might be redone to improve it's look. I just thought I'd provide some feedback on what I see as the real problem.
The problem in my opinion isn't the actual model. The actual dragon model isn't bad. The problem is with the pumpkin-peach-bland-as-toast skinning of the model. There is also the problem that there is no differentiation between red and brown dragons, as there is in the classic client.
So in my opinion, if the devs want to save themselves some time and effort, I don't think the entire model needs to be redone, it just needs to be reskinned. And there need to be two skins, one for the red and one for the brown dragon.
Even the animations aren't that bad. They aren't spectacular, but I don't think they are so poor that they need to be completely redone. They could probably be left as they are, or perhaps tweaked a bit to, for example, give the tail more flex.
Specifically the skins really need a lot more detail and contrast, and the colours need more depth.
The problem in my opinion isn't the actual model. The actual dragon model isn't bad. The problem is with the pumpkin-peach-bland-as-toast skinning of the model. There is also the problem that there is no differentiation between red and brown dragons, as there is in the classic client.
So in my opinion, if the devs want to save themselves some time and effort, I don't think the entire model needs to be redone, it just needs to be reskinned. And there need to be two skins, one for the red and one for the brown dragon.
Even the animations aren't that bad. They aren't spectacular, but I don't think they are so poor that they need to be completely redone. They could probably be left as they are, or perhaps tweaked a bit to, for example, give the tail more flex.
Specifically the skins really need a lot more detail and contrast, and the colours need more depth.