The new mog change feels a bit vague, and I think some people are getting the wrong idea. It says we can unlock any item for mogging, even if we can’t equip it, but it doesn’t we can actually use the transmog on any character.
Wowhead says “unlock plate transmog on your mage!”, it doesn’t say “use plate transmog on your mage”. So, unless I’m reading this wrong, this change is kind of not much of anything more than you can do your old transmog farming on whatever alt you want. It’s not a big change to what you can actually mog, which is a shame, honestly.
Sounds like it. I still think it’s a pretty good improvement for mog hunters though.
What I’m more curious about is if Wowhead is correct about tier sets. The blurb they quoted doesn’t specify that so it may just be non-class gear that can be earned. For example, it may be that your mage can unlock Tusks but they can’t unlock the Warrior T1.
Yep. Total crap if they dont remove the mogging restrictions. This whole “silhouette” excuse is total bs with the cash shop mogs they have invalidating it.
They need to let every class wear whatever they want. OPEN THE DOORS.
Yeah, I was really disappointed when they revealed the actual function. It’s a nice QoL thing, but it doesn’t actually meaningfully expand transmog or enhance player customization.
Yeah, in WIldStar (RIP WildStar) any class could mog any armor type and it wasn’t an issue. And it wouldn’t be a problem in WoW either, because, just like with WildStar, the weapons mostly tell what a class is, or at least narrow it down quite a bit. And like you point out, there’s tons of mog sets now that can be used by all classes. There’s no reason anymore not to open up armor type mog restrictions.
For me its the wands, I love running old content on my warrior, collecting all the things, but seeing those wands and eventually warglaives in BFA, just irks me.
Honestly, any argument against unrestricted transmog largely boils down to outdated MMO truisms that no longer hold up. It’s not even just possible, but actually rather easy to make a set that looks nothing like the intended “class fantasy” – like fully cloth gear that looks indistinguishable from plate armor.
That said, I stopped taking any argument seriously as soon as Blizzard released yeti pajamas that can inexplicably be worn by any class year-round while we’re still unable to wear dirndls outside of Brewfest.
I don’t think people understand the consequences of removing class identity and fantasy when they talk about this stuff. Has Blizzard tarnished class identity in the past? yes, but that doesn’t mean they should completely remove it.
In fact, they’ve been going out of their way in DF and now in WW, to improve personal class identity, so it doesn’t look you guys will be getting unrestricted mogs any time soon.