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PinkMenace11 27 Jun, 2018 @ 10:47pm
Feathers? *Small, Tiny Spoiler Alert*
Are there any characters that have feathers? My friend was noticing that in real life, or what scientists have found to be true, that dinosaurs had feathers. Considering the fact that dragons are a mix between human DNA and dinosaur DNA, how could this mixture of DNA show true if we are not clearly shown that the dragons have feathers? Just asking cause we are curious! :)
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Dolphin Bottlenose 27 Jun, 2018 @ 10:59pm 
Originally posted by Hyuckyboi12:
how could this mixture of DNA show true if we are not clearly shown that the dragons have feathers?
Recessive genes vs the human's featherlessness?.. :)
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M  [developer] 28 Jun, 2018 @ 5:13am 
I wrote a long post about this, but only then realized it mentions certain plot details from the true ending that are necessary to explain this.

Have you seen the true ending yet?
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PinkMenace11 28 Jun, 2018 @ 9:55pm 
Originally posted by M. B. Saunders:
I wrote a long post about this, but only then realized it mentions certain plot details from the true ending that are necessary to explain this.

Have you seen the true ending yet?
Oof, no, have not gotten there yet. But can you link me so my friend and I can take a look once we finish the game?
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M  [developer] 29 Jun, 2018 @ 2:13am 
I'll put it under spoilers here. Only read if you've seen the true ending:


So far, there aren't any characters that have feathers.
While there were dinosaurs that had feathers, the dragons in AwSW are an amalgam of many different animal traits and improvements that more or less still reflect the purpose they were initially designed for: combat.
The thought-process from the designers led them to remove feathers by default to give them a certain look (which contributes to looking more fearsome, although this wasn't the only thing they were going for) - and made up for purposes and advantages that feathers could provide with improvements to skin and scales.

However, this does not mean that there couldn't be any feathered dragons at all.

The product the conglomerate was working on ultimately was all about customization - even within the same species. This is why such a great variance even between members of the same species exist - like the variety in color, number and shape of horns, frills and armor.

All these elements could be customized in order to tailor-make the product for customers.

One of their ideas was to distinguish rank and class within military units by number of horns and/or frills (color could also be an option but would more likely be used for camouflage based on regions they would be fighting in).

For specialized sub-species, feathers could very well have been used just like fur and armor.

Feathers still could provide a potential advantage depending on the purpose of the dragon species and the designers knew that, so these options still exist somewhere within the genome.

Ultimately, they were working on the first intelligent creature of this type, so for them it was all about PR - which meant feathers were de-emphasized in their initial attempt.

Since feather options would still exist within the genome, it is possible for those to have appeared through random mutation on certain individuals - but they would probably be (very) rare.
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