While on one hand I wish we would get more armor that looks more in line with actual Mail I also think there have been a few good looking sets in Shadowlands. They don’t scream “Mail” to me, but they look visually fine.
Honestly, I am still a bit bummed that Plate gets so many of the actual mail textures (Chain Mail Especially) in general in WoW. In fact I even made a thread on it in the Transmog forums a while back comparing “Mail” with “Plate” in terms of armor with actual Mail textures.
I am not here to argue if the Mail armor we are getting looks good or not, but I will strongly argue it looks very little like “Mail Armor” and when we do get Mail Armor its almost always Scale Mail.
Like, for instance, can you point out where the Mail is on the Necrolord armor? The “Mail” aspect of the armor always feels so minimal and when we do get actual “mail” its far and few between with most those Mail textures going to Plate Armor.
Again, not saying the Shadowlands armor looks bad, just does not scream “Mail” to me. It always feels like its the left over scraps of Leather and Plate.