I've come up with a system for Xmog in Classic. Hear me out please

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So i’ll address the 3 main arguments i’ve seen against having transmog available in wow classic first.

  1. #nochanges: i get it. no changes. but we’ve already seen changes from the layering system, instant mail, to the coming dual specs and we’ll see more i don’t doubt. we can add transmog and keep it in the spirit of classic and it can always be an opt in.

  2. Being able to see what others are wearing at a glance in PvP: transmogs would be hidden whenever the player is engaged with pvp. this also includes when a dual is challenged. as such transmog would not be available on a pvp server. or at the very least opposite factions couldn’t see each others transmog. in fact, just saying that alone would nullify the pvp argument. you simply can’t see the other factions transmog. or if you could, they’d have to be pvp neutral so still maybe not on pvp server.

  3. transmog would affect the economy: vanity gear will always be in demand. however what i’ve come up with addresses that down below.

so how does my system work? How can it ‘feel’ classic. well it’s got to be something that takes time and effort and it can’t be done on the fly. it also needs limits and restrictions.

My suggestion is to make it part of the Darkmoon Faire. right away it’s time locked accessible making it just one part of the time and effort it takes to transmog. So when you go to the Faire, you speak to the new transmog vendor, sign the transmog contract and recieve a tome. this tome allows for the collection of tokens (a currency collected by killing mobs or players that earn xp) that can be spent at the vendor to purchase varying player lvl ‘pattern copiers.’ My idea is to have a vendor for each item rarity, and each vendor sells ‘copiers’ for graded level requirements. So, you could go to the grey, white, green, blue, purple, vendor and buy a copier for say lvl -10, or lvl -20, etc.

these items are used to copy the pattern of an item onto itself which is then taken back to Faire where it can be applied to your outfit. when an item drops while you’re solo, use the ‘copier’ in the same fashion as placing a lure onto a fishing pole. a new item is made that is a copy of what you want to transmog. when you make a copy of an item your option to need or greed is removed.

So how’s that stop people from needing on things they don’t really need? well, when an item drops in a group a new option will show for anyone that’s opted in for transmog by having the tome AND has the right token. That new option will consume the appropriate lvl item token and make you a copy to take back to the Faire. any player can make a copy, it’s not limited to 1 (or maybe it is and a roll is made). copying an item removes the option to need or greed. when an item is needed by a player it is flagged and cannot be used to transmog. there will always be people who need on things they don’t really need even if it’s just to vendor.

Items cannot be traded and transmoged. they cannot be bought or sold on the AH. if you’re soloing and an item drops it’d be no different than classic so that should solve the issue with the wow economy. you can of course buy anything anyone is willing to sell on the AH or trade and wear it just like classic, but it would be flagged as such and unavailable for transmog. Items bought from NPC vendors of course can always be transmoged.

That said i have other ideas to go along with it. part of the classic experience of vanity items meant that they took up bag space or more likely bank space. So, when you sign the contract you lose 10 bank slots (11 if we count tabard…but i think tabard should be left out of transmog entirely). these lost bank slots account for the 10 transmogable slots a character can wear. In return the vendor is able to hold 5 patterns for each available item slot in your ‘cubby’ totaling 50 slots. this would allow for up to 5 full outfits of transmog gear and tons of options to switch around. In turn while the ‘item copiers’ can stack, the copied items don’t. when a copy is made it will take its own item slot until it can be taken to the Faire and placed in your cubby. items in your cubby can be taken out and banked. but there is no ‘infinate’ storage of transmog gear, they are soulbound and cannot be bought, sold, traded, or mailed.

I do hope this sees some consideration. i’ve given it a lot of thought.

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The changes you mention already in (Dual spec, layering, instant mail) are all QoL changes that don’t change the world around you. You’re suggestion would add new vendors, currency, items to the game. It’s too big a change to make everyone happy. It’s too much developer effort for something controversial.

Perhaps there is some small chance at finding an easy way to make mogging work well. This is not it, though. Start smaller.

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I ain’t readin all that

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No transmog of any kind, ever. Mistmatched gear is almost the entire appeal of classic.

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No transmog.

Awful idea.

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I’d prefer to keep your Hello Kitty dress up out of this iteration. Thanks

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transmog is something that doesn’t change the world around you. i feel that i’ve come up with a system, though convoluted to make it more ‘classic’, that should appease everyone.

at bare minimum i’d argue to let us transmog our gear such that the player is the only one that sees it. after all that’s what matters. seeing your character as you’d like it.

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… what?

You play the game to look bad?

Can you not see that it’s kind of hypocritical to then say people shouldn’t be able to play the game to look good?

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theres literally 1 change classic needs and thats just a collection tab. if people dont want xmog, sure i get it. but you look me in the face and say you want bank alts vs your own bank space. pet hoarders can actually use their bank for once if they had a collection tab, holding onto all the mounts… its a minor complaint but bank space is huge in classic and the main suffers via collection. some might not be collectors but im sure a lot are.

imo they shouldnt keep making “Fresh” classic, thats just dumb. so what in 5 years people will have like 3 different versions of “classic” “fresh” servers to swap around from etc etc. why not just make servers that constantly rotate phases, and open “pre patch floodgates” to let people who wanna take a classic toon into tbc, or tbc era toon into wotlk and etc etc. an example would be in classic era after all the phases, and you open the floodgates to let classic toon progress to tbc, you just set the classic era server back to phase 1. who cares if some people stay behind in their decked out T3 toons in P1 its not like thats not what era already is. ofc thats probably a lot of work to even make possible. but i just dont see constantly churning out new servers every year for a new flavor of the game being viable long term.

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Respectfully. No.

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The Dark Portal is not open. There is no Consortium in Azeroth. There can be no transmog.