How come all the harpies in Wrothgar look like big birds with womens faces?

Daran_Cousland · December 2015

Did everyone who knew what harpies looked like get jobs somewhere else? Someone could have looked at the harpies you already made and just made more of those.

Daran_Cousland · December 2015

not trolling just trying to be helpful with some advice to the dev team: key to making a quality product is consistency

TheShadowScout · December 2015

I just wish they had retconned all the non-wrothgar harpies to the new look... though I guess I can see it as a subspecies thing, extra feathery "northern" harpies while the others are maybe "southern" harpies.

Must be something like european swallows vs. african swallows... hmmm... now I wonder which kind of harpy has the higher flight speed...

negbert · December 2015

I would expect that the sub-species of wildlife would differ from region to region based on the climate.

Xendyn · December 2015

One of the quests says that the harpies in Wrothgar have inbred so much they are no longer anything but giant birds.
Perhaps that explains it?

Curragraigue · December 2015

They look like harpies to me. They are supposed to look like birds with a woman's face so not sure what your problem with them is. As someone else has mentioned, different region different looking fauna.

stevepdodson_ESO888 · December 2015

TheShadowScout wrote: »

I just wish they had retconned all the non-wrothgar harpies to the new look... though I guess I can see it as a subspecies thing, extra feathery "northern" harpies while the others are maybe "southern" harpies.

Must be something like european swallows vs. african swallows... hmmm... now I wonder which kind of harpy has the higher flight speed...

and after you figure this answer out, perhaps you could chop down a tree for me...with a herring

stevepdodson_ESO888 · December 2015

Daran_Cousland wrote: »

Did everyone who knew what harpies looked like get jobs somewhere else? Someone could have looked at the harpies you already made and just made more of those.

within the Wrothgar story line (somewhere...can't remember exactly) there is a reference to these harpies being different...something about being less intelligent, etc

Sharee · December 2015

stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »

Daran_Cousland wrote: »

Did everyone who knew what harpies looked like get jobs somewhere else? Someone could have looked at the harpies you already made and just made more of those.

within the Wrothgar story line (somewhere...can't remember exactly) there is a reference to these harpies being different...something about being less intelligent, etc

The quest for the new provisioning recipes.

TheShadowScout · December 2015

stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »

and after you figure this answer out, perhaps you could chop down a tree for me...with a herring

Ni!

Leon119 · December 2015

Thats how harpies are supposed to look acording to greek mythology where they originate. Big birds with female faces. Not half naked chicks ( heh ) with wings for arms and talons for legs

Seravi · December 2015

They are a mix. There are clues in the quests as to why they look this way. A spell, humans, harpies, fleshy eggs, etc....

daemonios · December 2015

TheShadowScout wrote: »

stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »

and after you figure this answer out, perhaps you could chop down a tree for me...with a herring

Ni!

You must bring me... A SHRUBBERY!

runagate · December 2015

The ones in wrothgar has more Drescher blood than the ones in the south.

Twilix01 · December 2015

As a few others have pointed out, the Wrothgar harpies suffer from a LOT of inbreeding, which made them more or less just unusual-looking birds that can occasionally use shock magic. So it's no surprise they look more animalistic than the high rock /hammerfell harpies.

RizaHawkeye · December 2015

How come all the harpies in Wrothgar look like big birds with womens faces?

I have ....

... no ...

... idea.

Tryxus · December 2015

@RizaHawkeye

gz, you just killed a part of me...

Daran_Cousland · January 2016

Xendyn wrote: »

One of the quests says that the harpies in Wrothgar have inbred so much they are no longer anything but giant birds.
Perhaps that explains it?

what would they be breeding with? thye're all female.

uh, forget I asked. I don't want to know.

Daran_Cousland · January 2016

Leon119 wrote: »

Thats how harpies are supposed to look acording to greek mythology where they originate. Big birds with female faces. Not half naked chicks ( heh ) with wings for arms and talons for legs

ya the naked half women if how Dungeons & Dragons envisioned them. but the point is: consistency. if you're going to create something with a new look why not give them a new name and make them something entirely different?

MrDerrikk · January 2016

Daran_Cousland wrote: »

Xendyn wrote: »

One of the quests says that the harpies in Wrothgar have inbred so much they are no longer anything but giant birds.
Perhaps that explains it?

what would they be breeding with? thye're all female.

uh, forget I asked. I don't want to know.

They're obviously Asexual, and reproduce with themselves.

UrQuan · January 2016

Daran_Cousland wrote: »

Leon119 wrote: »

Thats how harpies are supposed to look acording to greek mythology where they originate. Big birds with female faces. Not half naked chicks ( heh ) with wings for arms and talons for legs

ya the naked half women if how Dungeons & Dragons envisioned them. but the point is: consistency. if you're going to create something with a new look why not give them a new name and make them something entirely different?

Or maybe explain that they're a different species of harpy that's native to Wrothgar and really not much different from a big nasty bird. Wait, they already did that right in the DLC...

Gidorick · January 2016

Is that... Nick Cage?

UrQuan · January 2016

Gidorick wrote: »

Is that... Nick Cage?

Damn, I think you're right. First Nick Cage is an immortal vampire, and now he's a harpy. Is there any mythological creature that won't turn out to be Nick Cage?

srfrogg23 · January 2016

stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »

TheShadowScout wrote: »

I just wish they had retconned all the non-wrothgar harpies to the new look... though I guess I can see it as a subspecies thing, extra feathery "northern" harpies while the others are maybe "southern" harpies.

Must be something like european swallows vs. african swallows... hmmm... now I wonder which kind of harpy has the higher flight speed...

and after you figure this answer out, perhaps you could chop down a tree for me...with a herring

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen harpy?

UrQuan · January 2016

srfrogg23 wrote: »

stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »

TheShadowScout wrote: »

I just wish they had retconned all the non-wrothgar harpies to the new look... though I guess I can see it as a subspecies thing, extra feathery "northern" harpies while the others are maybe "southern" harpies.

Must be something like european swallows vs. african swallows... hmmm... now I wonder which kind of harpy has the higher flight speed...

and after you figure this answer out, perhaps you could chop down a tree for me...with a herring

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen harpy?

What, do you mean a Wrothgarian harpy or an Alik'ri harpy?

Hand_Bacon · January 2016

Reminds me of a joke about women from Wyoming. (don't shoot the messenger)

What's the difference between a vulture and a woman from Wyoming?

One has a long beak sitting on a rather ugly head and picks at dead things along the road.

The other one flies...