Near the end of September,World of Warcraftreleased a statement clarifying its reasoning for the subtle changes to inappropriate quests, game assets, names, and dialogue across the board. Within that statement,World of Warcraftalso promised to implement the male incubus demon as an option for Warlocks to summon–a promise whose results have just recently been datamined.
InWorld of Warcraft, the Warlock class can summon a number of demons to aid them in combat. The succubus–a sultry female-presenting demon who charms foes and fights with a whip–has been one of those options since the game was released 17 years ago. Once the model is officiallyadded to the game inEternity’s End, Warlock characters will be able to use a special glyph to change the appearance of the female succubus into the male incubus.
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The model itself is faithful in its similartity to their succubus sisters. The incubus is wearing just about as much as the scantily-clad succubus is, wielding a multi-headed scourge instead of a whip. The incubus’s wings are much larger than his female counterpart, but otherwise looks like an excellent gender swap of the seductive succubus, down to his sauntering walk animation.
World of Warcraft’srecent press release was not the first time the incubus had been mentioned. Back in 2011, Blizzard had expressed plans to implement male and female options for all of the gendered demons Warlocks can summon. On a similar notion,World of Warcrafthas made similar additions in the past–in Patch 9.1.5, it addedmale prostitute NPCs to the brothels of Karazhan and the Black Temple fromBurning Crusade.
The majority ofWorld of Warcraftplayers are already thirsting over the incubus.World of Warcrafthas a tendency to exaggerate the musculature of masculine models in game, so many feared the incubus would follow suit. However,World of Warcrafthas kept the incubus’s model’s muscles to a manageable level, so manyWoWplayers are already planning their new Warlock charactersso they can summon their own incubi.
As always, some players were not pleased by the inclusion of the incubus. They claim incubi break established lore, as there have not been incubi shown in theWarcraftuniverse before, or that adding the option makes no sense whenBlizzard has been removing so many other examples of sexualizationfrom the game. These players are not the intended audience for the incubus' inclusion. In almost every case, equal representation between all genders is an admirable goal to strive for, and including a male option in a place where the harmful “temptress” stereotype otherwise ran rampant is as important as including women in places otherwise dominated by men.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlandsis available on PC. TheEternity’s Endupdate is currently in development.
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