Caelus wrote:Yes, I know that many "dragon-like creatures" didn't breath fire and didn't fly. But I would dispute the 'most' part, as European and Eastern dragons are both often depicted as flying and breathing fire.
You're talking about a dragon that fits the description of St. George's dragon (which, btw, has it's origins in Turkey). How ever, there are many examples of European Dragons that don't fit the mod. Some examples:
Lambton's Worm: Niether flew nor breathed fire and is considered dragon
Gargouille: A serpent-like dragon that did not fly and expelled water instead of fire
Peluda: A spike-covered dragon that expelled fire but did not fly. Related to it is the six-limbed shelled Tarasque, which expelled fire but was grounded.
Lindorm: A serpent like two legged dragon did not fly; some version have it breathing fire while others don't. Also known as a "tatzulwurm."
And I'm not going into depth about the flying/non-firebreathing Chinese/Korean
lungs and Japanese
tatsu.
Caelus wrote:I would also argue that if you describe a "dragon-like creature" that doesn't breath fire (or something else that would be equivalent to a strafe attack) and doesn't fly, you're basically just describing a large reptile and/or dinosaur.
Not true; the Japanese
hai riyo had the head of a dragon, but the body of a bird. The North American piasa was also covered in hair-like feathers. Then you have the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatal of Aztec mythology...
Caelus wrote:In fact, if I were to be really anal/nitpicky, I'd point out that by describing a creature as "dragon-like" you have automatically defined it as not being a dragon, making the whole argument moot.
That would probably be true of mythical beasts like the Australian bunyip and the Greek Hydra, both of which are dragon-like, so I'll give you that. But it doesn't explain away beasts that legends describe as dragons, like the aforementioned gargouille, lindorm, and
tatsu.
Caelus wrote:Remember, the game uses vastly over-simplifying categories not for the sake of grouping the alts in an aesthetically pleasing way, but for the sake of pairing alternate modes with appropriate icons.
Personally, I think the alt classes for V2 are being made a little more complicated than they need to be, especially between the seperate factions, but that's just me.
Caelus wrote:The "dragons" label is used instead of the awkward "Giant Airborne Fire-breathing Creature of Nondescript Classfication".
How about "Mythical Air Animal" or "Mythical Land Animal?"
See Tammuz, I told you I wouldn't shudaup.