Talk:Flame Imp

Now can imps have different colored skin, or is this an altered imp?  Mr.X8  Talk Contribs  00:54, 26 December 2007 (UTC)


 * They call it an imp, but is is a grell. They use the same wireframe at least.-- 00:56, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Grell?
do we have any sources that say these guys are grell? it kind of seems like that was decided purely based on their model, which 1. isn't generally a good idea because blizz is constantly using models for multiple things and 2. doesn't even work anymore because they were given horns at some point

if it was just the model, then imo it'd be better to either trust their name and call them imps, or make an unofficially-named page about dudes who look like imps but are related to the element of fire. —Eithris (talk) 03:39, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Let's change them to imps Xporc (talk) 07:19, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm. It makes sense for them to be grell since they are elementals in a cave full of elementals, but yeah probably tag them as imps (which are or should be demons, tho?). The page can describe the grell thingy. EDIT: However, looking at the grell page, there are bunch of grell that are demons so blizzconsistency strikes again, I guess. Imps for these should be fine. -- 09:09, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * There is already an officially named race of dudes who look like imps but are related to fire: flamekin. Personally, I wouldn't protest if we decided to just classify Flame Imps (and Firekin) as flamekin, even though they're not explicitly referred to as such. -- 14:04, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Mmmh maybe the "imp" part of their name implies they are imp-ish, rather than saying they are actual demonical imps Xporc (talk) 15:40, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * ye, could be. i guess it's hard to say 'cause we have so little information about them. one possible issue with calling them flamekin is that flamekin are specifically described as fire demons, while flame imps are instead classified as elementals... but then, my proposal of calling them imps also implies that they're demons. and then on the other hand, they could very well be demons and they were just classified as elementals for gameplay reasons? gah
 * i think i'm starting to understand why no one's bothered with this before, eheh —Eithris (talk) 19:45, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * For the sake of my own sanity, I prefer to pretend that the flamekin are actually elementals and that the quest writer(s) just made a mistake.
 * But yeah, it's a classic Blizzconsistency mess. -- 21:12, 6 May 2020 (UTC)