Transmogrification and stuff!

[halabar]

offset pieces

That made me think that we could finally match boots and belts with our sets by copying the holy pieces.

just one of the many advantages.

And if Blizz is smart, they are monitoring all the threads across all the forums that this has spawned, and are measuring the speculation, reaction to that speculation, and finding the happy middle ground based on all the responses, and seeing if that meshes with what the planned in the first place...

or it could just be a lark...

[Worldie]

What you said has shown many times to be true. I still remember that I've been the first to mention to give paladins a Guardian Spirit when we were complaining for lack of cooldowns, and it actually happened a month after :p


On a funny note, thinking about that some hours ago, I wondered if Blizzard has absolutely no idea of what to do of those two NPCs, just invented funky names and is now scanning community forums for ideas.

[Hrobertgar]

if you zone into a Random 5 man wearing what looks like T3, your teammates lose the ability to size you up instantly and know what content you've been through.

Personally I run Athene's Gear Check and don't evaluate PvE group memebrs based on item models. I realize in PvP visual identification can really help sizing up an opponent, and I do recognize a few PvE items, but I use the gear check to get an idea of potential and then evaluate output on recount or on executing mechanics (tanks especially)

[fafhrd]

Equipment Sets: Bunny

Mine is black mageweave, bunny ears, basket and flowers.

Equipment Sets: Playboy

I have that exact set on my belf rogue! Although sometimes she switches to a brewfest hat and a santa outfit, but dualwielding spring flowers.

Darkskinned draenei hunter on the other hand goes with lovely black dress + black blindfold + 2x widow's remorse + black dress hooves.

[Amirya]

if you zone into a Random 5 man wearing what looks like T3, your teammates lose the ability to size you up instantly and know what content you've been through.

While I don't dispute this statement, half the problem I have in the random 5 mans - which contributes greatly to why I don't do them anymore - is that when my teammates showing up wearing gear that is identifiable, I still lose the ability to size them up instantly. Gear =/= skill, and we all know there are still the random inbreds who think that fire gives them a +10 moodlet called Warm Fuzzies.

"Oh hey, a DK tank in t11 or equivalent gear...who is dual wielding...in blood spec and unholy presence...and gems stam and crit. Green quality gems, at that."

For me personally, I'd rather zone in and see someone wearing what looks like t3, and be pleasantly surprised; rather than what looks like t12 heroic, and be sorely disappointed.

[fafhrd]

If someone zoned in in a full or near full set of level 60 enchanted T3 I'd actually probably assume they know how to play more often than I'd assume someone in a bunch of T11 gear knows how to play.

[Gracerath]

I'd love to defeat Deathwing in Twill armor.

[bldavis]

an entire raid of nothing but the level 1 whites you start out in!

angry villagers attacking the monster!

[PsiVen]

If someone zoned in in a full or near full set of level 60 enchanted T3 I'd actually probably assume they know how to play more often than I'd assume someone in a bunch of T11 gear knows how to play.

Yeah, I have to say having a bunch of T3 sends a rather loud message that you've been around for a long time. But I don't think anyone seriously looks at the gear you're wearing and sizes you up right then. They might go "is he wearing pvp shoulders?" before hitting /inspect. HP/mana values are probably more common for at-a-glance sizing up.

I agree with not allowing appearance changes in arenas, but there's no need for a 5-man to be able to size you up at a glance. There's enough variation in item models and relative appearance already that it's somewhat difficult -- especially for the majority of the population who know next to nothing about gear that other classes wear, and just know that's what "hunter gear looks like." Seeing a hunter dressed like a priest would generate a laugh, not abject horror and confusion.

[Worldie]

Actually back in Vanilla / Tbc seeing a hunter wearing Int gear generated usually a *facepalm*

[Chicken]

These days with the huge selection of tabards, along with most people having their helm graphics off, the most you can easily discern are their shoulders. Considering that's one piece you can't easily buy the tier set for, the only thing I can say about most random people I end up grouped with is what armor type they're wearing based on their looks. I definitely just base their relative gearing level on the amount of health they have, and their class based on whatever color they happen to pop up as in my unit frames.

[fuzzygeek]

I'd love to defeat Deathwing in Twill armor.

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z29Rk8814w

[Jaitee]

ive got a bit of a feeling that void storage might end up being a sort of long term storage bank they say the reason that they wont increase our bank/bag space is that then there is to much data and it would slow stuff down but i imagine that they could get around that with a bank that is stored differently and only able to be accessed once per day or something like that

and the transmogrifier or whatever he is i think will allow us to change the appearance of our offspec peices to match the rest of our teir for instance helm of blazing glory i could make look like my T12 helm...might even bring back full sets of teir armor including belts and boots so that they dont look weird compared to the rest of our gear would be limited to making gear look like your teir gear as long as the teir is the same ilvl (or the equivalent i.e the higher ilvl shoulders from rag could still look like the lower ilvl teir shoulders)

[Levantine]

Yrma v2.0?

[PsiVen]

Yrma v2.0?

I suppose that's possible, but that makes his placement next to the reforging NPC peculiar. I don't think they're likely to revisit that exact concept, but I could believe something to do with PvP/PvE gear.

Letdown of the year if that's the case.