Bye Glyph of Stars and Astral Form in Legion

#1 - Feb. 2, 2016, 7:48 a.m.

So Moonkin form is now mandatory for all Balance druids in the next expansion. How many of you are still going to play one? I was looking forward to the Astral Power gameplay but I cannot stand the ugly, goofy fat chicken model. This is so disappointing.

https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/692530008158527489

The Glyph of Stars visual effect (along with a matching Solar variant) is used for the Blessing of the Ancients talent.

And Red Shirt Guy further down in the conversation thread confirms the removal of Astral caster form in Alpha.

Just checked, you are indeed stuck as a moonkin. The talent gives your moonkin form that effect.

Lore

Community Manager

#45 - Feb. 3, 2016, 3:55 a.m.

Definitely been some confusion/miscommunication on this topic. To be clear: we know that some Balance Druid players like being able to play with their character in a normal humanoid form, instead of Moonkin, and removing their ability to do so has never been the plan. We’ve just been considering some different ways to deliver it, and whether or not the blue starry visual has to be tied to it or not.

So, to clear the air a bit, here’s our current plan:

Glyph of Stars will be a minor glyph for Moonkin Form, which gives it the same Astral Form effect as on live (where you stay in caster form with a blue translucent visual).
The Blessing of the Ancients buffs will have lunar/solar visuals that apply to your current form (whether it be humanoid or Moonkin).
We’re still discussing on how the coloring effects will work if you have both Glyph of Stars and Blessing of the Ancients.

Hope that clarifies things!