During Tomb of Sargeras in Legion, we got what a lot of players wanted – Tier 6 remasters. Some players weren’t thrilled with some of the artistic license taken, but on the whole, the reception was really good. Iconic sets from Tier 6 reborn again, with new, non stretched textures. Some 3D elements to the design, some more subtle coloring, it was super impressive and very welcome.
Some sets are just as iconic and would be very welcome as redesigns again.
Tier 2 is my go-to for this opinion. Judgment set being the obvious one, but Wrath set, Bloodfang, Nemesis, Dragonstalkers, Stormrage, most of them are winners. That being said, not all of the classes had good Tier 2 sets. The Priest, although cool at the time, doesn’t stand out very much today. Mages are in a similar way. So my opinion is also this: with the Season 4 dungeon choice, they gave players a poll as to what they want to see, so I’d suggest they do it again. Tiers 1-5 specifically could really use HD versions. Avatar Raiment, for priests, would likely have a huge following. Tirisfal set for Mage. One of the largest issues I have with the current (DF) sets is that they all share a color scheme for each difficulty. Having, for instance, the 2nd Tier Set of DF be remasters of Tier 2 could also work “thematically” like the Tomb of Sargeras T6 remasters did. After all, Tier 2 was BWL, a Black Dragon lair.
I agree on the Lawbringer set part, but the Warlords “wrath” set isn’t very much an HD version more than it reuses a little bit of the design space, like the Bladed Pauldrons. Helmet isn’t designed very similar, nor the design incorporated in any way.
Fwiw, Lawbringer could only be improved upon, lol.
1 tier an expansion isnt a bad idea to remaster old gear as long as it fits the theme.
Theres a lot of nostalgic love for certain old sets. That being said, there needs to be new and artists need to have the feedom to express their interests in the new sets.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I would love a remake of the ICC tier for priest. ICC tier for priest was amazing, and I’d love to see a new round of colors (preferably some darker ones) with the HD touch.
I was kind of intentionally ignoring T3, but R14 applies to the reasoning: It seems like they intentionally want to keep those models unique to players who received them originally. I know T3 is technically obtainable piecemeal through BMAH, but.
