EoC Beta character models and Experimenting with email posts

Ok, as the title (hopefully) suggests, This post is primarily about Runescape's EoC beta, which was open this weekend for free players. Of course, I, being a penny pincher, am a free player. I don't play the game often enough to justify a paid membership anyhow. 

This post will also test Dreamwidth's email posting capabilities and their new image hosting service. Check the latest post in dw_news for more information. I hope everything comes out as it should on the other end.

Anyhow, I got to check out the EoC beta this weekend and beside the changes in how player vs. player and player vs. monster combat works, there are changes to the player character model as well. Much of it was necescitated by the changes to combat animations. Part of the change to combat focused on fighting stances. Where before there was only one stance, basically standing with your right foot forward, there are now defensive stances, melee attack accuracy focused stances, strength focused stances, archery stancces, spell casting stances, etc. There is an idle stance as well, and it is almost as if the player character is standing at attention rather than in the middle of going somewhere. The idle animation also changes. Presently, player characters do kind of a slow shimmy and bob their heads as is they were energetic nervous wrecks. The EoC player model just stands there and breathes.

Also the EoC models have hands with some discernible fingers instead of mittens. This has to do with animations involving certain weapons, I believe.

Anyhow, pictures!
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