I’m still holding out hope that perhaps the Dracthyr will be able to wear normal Mail armor in their Dracthyr forms (maybe perhaps disabling “robes” on your lower body). It also makes sense they wouldn’t display cloaks, and I could see helms being hit-or-miss.
But I mean, not only are transmog-runs as easy way to keep players busy (and with only Shamans and Hunters the only other mail-users, it’s likely a LOT of players have limited appearances already unlocked), but it also plays a pretty significant part of the reward structure.
Look how popular the Mage Tower(s) or past Challenge Modes have been, or that one of the pre-order bonuses is a Transmog-only helm, not to mention the “Prime gaming” transmog helms coming back.
And obviously, a BIG reason people look forward to new raid-tiers are the cool new armor-sets that come with them.
In fact, I’m personally hoping that with the introduction of the Evoker class, we might get some Mail-armor designs with more of a “battle-mage/Greco-Roman” sort of aesthetic.
Not knocking the “barbershop-armor” they currently have access to on Alpha. But let’s face it; there’s no way those are going to match EVERY pair of shoulders or belt in the game. And after a year or two, anything is going to become a bit stale, and transmogging is a fun way to mix things up.
Even if it’s not quite ready by Dragonflight’s LAUNCH, I think it would go a long ways to just announce that they will gain the ability to transmog normal armor, and their “barbershop-armor” be converted to Heritage armor options.
Especially considering the Mail-armor from Sanctum of Domination looks freaking SICK, and I could imagine that being a huge carrot-on-a-stick to try and run that content for those transmogs for the Evoker.
Without the ability to wear/transmog armor, though, it just strips away a TON of potential content.
No Mage Tower.
No Challenge Modes.
No transmog-runs.
No pre-order transmog helm.
No cool new armor sets to look forward to for each raid-tier.
It just seems like that’s a MAJOR limitation on what the class and race is able to enjoy.
Now having said that, certainly allow them to “Hide Pants” (I honestly wouldn’t care if that option were just added for everyone), and maybe even “Hide-weapon” at least while in true-form. After all, the new “barbershop-armor” DOES look freaking fantastic!
But again, long-term, it just seems like a pretty massive restriction on how much content they actually have to look forward to.