You’re also neglecting an important aspect of this situation.
Blizzard wants everyone to see those transmogs. Having other players wear those special outfits is just free marketing, which might lead others to buy them too.
For that reason as well, this feature isn’t worth making.
Just perform the following steps next time you encounter a player who’s wearing a transmog outfit you don’t like:
I think they’re saying store bought mogs makes you a walking advertisement, which spiders don’t do that.
Though I think a hide transmog wont happen just cause they don’t wanna bother spending the time to do it.
The spider thing happened cause they can take that and go “Look at us, doing nice stuff for the people with medical conditions. We’re making our game more accessible!”.
I don’t think they’re gonna try to argue hiding the murloc onesie is an accessibility issue, though I’m sure some people on the forums will certainly try to argue it could be.
Put it this way after my boomkin got creeped on I took a look at the animations more closely…
And they did up the cute factor… Ever other form looks at least believable from a fantasy standpoint… And my boomkin looks like he’s running home to get candy.
They put these serious cinematics out there with Anduin crying over what he’s done and Thrall being there for him.
Yet the game itself looks childish in comparison. Not even Saturday morning Spiderman cartoon childish, but children’s dentist office toy area childish.
Probably right. There’s a reason why I’ve been getting more and more tired of the people who play retail and the game itself. I’m just not the audience any longer.
As someone who loves transmog, this should be your choice. It’s your computer screen. I just ask that you remember this the next time you’re about to say, “No, you shouldn’t have that, haha” to a minority opinion.
Cartoony sure, but goofier stuff like rabbit ears and santa hats was restricted to their seasonal event. Onsies, floaties and candy cane swords are pure Fortnite garbage.
and I don’t mind the in game comic relief and I have a transmog that reflects the established aesthetic found on other in game goblins.
Why does another game have to do it first for it to be a good idea? What other mmorpg has giant, licked down, candy cane swords?
I have never once argued against or refuted the fact that people have the right to express themselves in this game with their transmog any way they wish. What I question, is how the existence of a toggle to turn that off for me and me alone, somehow infringes on that. Because if simply the potential exists, for someone’s expression to not be seen by someone else, who they would never interact with or have any way of knowing either way, somehow diminishes it for them… then that’s not the sign of a well adjusted human being.
… wait, what? You think only 5 people have arachnophobia in the whole player base of WoW?
This is an accessibility feature above all, but it’s also a fun novelty even for people who don’t have a serious fear of spiders.
The only people serviced by an option to disable transmogs are the ones who see a yeti onesie and go into a blind rage, apparently, so… I’d wager that’s a smaller number than those affected by arachnophobia.
Since the earliest days of vanilla WoW, we have literally had fish that could be used as maces. Broken bottle daggers. Beer mug maces. A burning stick of dynamite as an off-hand. A ship steering wheel shield. A goofy diving helmet, a silly mind control gizmo, a giant ogre suit, etc etc.
This kind of thing is not new. Just because there’s more variety now, that doesn’t mean there has been some kind of huge change in philosophy. Heck, even transmog itself has been around for about 75% of the game’s lifetime.
That’s literally what you said. You said, and I quote:
So what did you say, if that’s not you saying only 5 people would be affected?
Arachnophobia is different from things like a fear of heights, unless it’s a first person game or VR. Arachnophobia can ignite a fear response because of how the brain registers threats and responds to them. With graphics as advanced as they are, seeing a video game spider can trigger a real response.
Keep in mind that phobias are by their nature “irrational fears.”
But at any rate… you’re still trying to argue that an accessibility feature is somehow the same as a feature that capitulates to people who…don’t like seeing other people’s clothing choices?
quests.