Alright, I know a revamp has got to be coming soon, so before anything is put in cement I want to bring this to the surface.

Please, please, please do not change the leverene's characteristics drastically from the original version. A lot of revamps nowadays seem to be quite extreme for no apparent reason. The Iluvu, the Zaphao, the Paor -they're not just better versions of the old designs, they're a completely different species. I'd feel a cold lump in my gut if I saw the leverene turn into a completely different animal.

What ever you do KEEP THE LEVERENE A RABBIT. Not a hybrid. Not some muscular mutant. Not some overly-cutesy cartoon with lifeless eyes. Please keep it in the lagomorph family. Engage in some anatomical studies of rabbits, their bone structure, understand the way they are composed (ie, no feline or canine bodies) .

Balet actually did an amazing fan revamp of the leverene a while back in case anyone missed it:

Something like that would be FABULOUS. Notice the attention to anatomical detail while still keeping true to the original design? And it is brimming with character while not being overly stylized. I know it's easy to get carried away with new ideas when you're working on a project, but please keep the Leverene a true lagomorph.

Ah, I was looking for that leverene the other day but I couldn't find it.

I would love if Balet would just do the leverene revamp. I love the life in that drawing. I feel like I could pick that hare up and it would wiggle around. It looks like it can actually exist because of its anatomy even with the fantasy tendrils.

Huh. Methinks that it is possible someone elsewhere in the game may have taken the purpose of this thread conveniently out of context, but I won't bother with it since that wasn't the message I was trying to get across anyway.

At any rate this shouldn't be a big issue. It's a simple concept -the leverene needs to stay something that resembles a proper rabbit.

I love Leverenes! I don't want a revamp of it.

There was a topic about the Valabex, before the Valabex revamp. I posted in it because I loved the old Valabex.
We just got a post from someone from staff that said they know what pets need what revamp, and the current one has anatomy flaws blah blah...

And then they turned the Valabex into a goat :/.
I didn't want to prevent the revamp, I just wanted my Valabex have the old characteristics like the braided horn. There was absolutely no reason to change that.
But the staff didn't care and I accepted the new look as it is.

And if now they come and take THIS topic into any more consideration than ours (Valabex lovers) I will be quite upset :/.
I hope no-one here takes this as an offense, but yeah.

It's not an unreasonable request. It would actually take a great deal of concentrated effort to destroy the Leverene.

With all due respect, the Valabex stayed within its same order. With rabbits however there are only three animals that are in the Lagomorph order -rabbits, hares, and pikas. Waving off the notion that Res would turn the Leverene into a pika, the only choices they have left are two animals that essentially look alike, and given that the name of the creatu is 'Leverene' (in reference to 'Leveret' -a rabbit) it would be counter intuitive for them to take the reference animal from another species.

In a word, the concern here is not that the leverene would be re-designed to resemble something else. The concern is over the potential for over-stylization, hybridization, and/ or not referring to rabbit anatomy at all.

As an aside, I don't see what the point is of coming in here only to complain about the valabex short of having the intent to try and discredit the notion of saving the Leverene. If that is the case it would be appreciated if you voiced your opinions elsewhere. This thread isn't the place for nursing grudges.

I don't know, I didn't take part in ToT...
But anyway, most pets accompanying NPCs are a bit stiff looking (although original). The shopkeepers pets are like that too, all of them a bit less natural looking than the original species. But that doesn't mean the species' revamp will be like that. The revamp has no time limit either (while the werewolf character had to be finished by Halloween) so I am sure the artists can do their best^^.

EDIT: Actually if you compare the toy shopkeeper's veram, and the squishy shopkeeper's kayoki, they have the same base. Puppy like body, raised tail, approximately the same position. I think that is because Patrick plans to add pets to HAs, but it is too much work to do them all in all age forms, so they got a bit shematic, with just the most important characteristics kept. That way it is easier to add them to the HA, and maybe add collars, etc. in the future.
I doubt that will affect the redesign of the original pets in any way though^^.

I'm sure they'll do the Drindian. I just had to create a thread for the leverene before it was too late. It's kind of an obligation on my part.

I don't mean to offend people who like a certain pet, but I honestly don't care about what the rest of the pets look like anymore. They could redraw them all in crayon and all I could do is shake my head.

 Just keep the Leverene kosher.