Quote Originally Posted by 'unseen',index.php?page=Thread&postID=207042#post2 07042
Keep in mind these are also higher quality skins than previous. It is a graphical upgrade even if people don't appreciate the specific designs chosen.
I believe this was the major purpose behind the upgrades. Given the performance of today's graphic cards, a lot of people simply wanted higher polygon counts on forms and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if all toons eventually got a model update. These models were designed about 5 years ago, so it's mostly a technology refresh. The fact that there's even just a little bit of a customization to them now was probably meant to be an added perk, rather than the main purpose of the update.

But I'm one of those people that don't really care either way. I was fine with the way they were, and the ability to customize is kinda neat even if the Alli cats now look a little more cutesy. Still doesn't change their performance or dynamics. The only thing they really lacked was a visual respresentation of "progress" in the game.