It’s immersion breaking and doesn’t make sense. You don’t see warlocks running around in plate armor in the lore.
They’ve already kinda screwed this by introducing store transmogs but I don’t think that’s an excuse to open the flood gates.
I agree with this 100% I also would even add weapon transmog to be treated the same way like a 2 handed sword getting mogged into a one handed sword.
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Heritage armor exists and it does make sense.
Battle mages do exist and wearing cloth into battle doesn’t always work.
It was thrown out the window with the Yeti onesie, the Stormwind Guard armor (which came out in Warlords), Heritage armor, Covenant armor and store transmogs.
Flood gate was already opened.
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Both of these are supported in WoW lore… the 7th Legion and its Horde equivalent both have Mages wearing plate, and several factions of Warriors in both factions and beyond wear cloth/leather… notably Orcs and Trolls.
https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_mage
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Just unlock armor type restrictions but add advantages/disadvantage to using them! (This would work best on top of the idea to unlock class/race restrictions with the same +/- effects.
You’re character is wearing a helmet that would be physically impossible to put on due to your tusks. You’re character is also covered head to toe…, oh wait. You have no armor on your feet. Why wouldn’t you have armor protecting your feet? If lifting restrictions on transmog is immersion breaking then I don’t know how you’ve survived this long in WoW with it’s over the top crazy armor.
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Not really. There aren’t that many store transmogs so it’s not a glaring issue. Most people don’t even use them from what I’ve seen.
That’s why I said warlock. Also battle mage isn’t an in game class so again it doesn’t make any sense for current cloth classes to be able to wear plate.
Okay? I didn’t say anything about heritage armor.
So because they introduced one store transmog that means all immersion and logic should go out the window and every class should be able to wear whatever they want?
Separating classes by their armor type especially with transmog makes them more unique and adds to the overall class aesthetic. I think that would be ruined if they removed those restrictions.
To be honest I’m amazed that you want this to happen. I’ve seen you argue AGAINST something similar. Having all classes available to all races, which is also immersion breaking and leads to homogenization.
We can nit pick all day. We’re talking about a mage running around in all plate, not random armor clipping. Come on now
Can you tell me what class this is?
Or this?
Both of those sets are cosmetic. Any armor type can wear them. Including mages.
And Herne is correct about battle mages. Here’s a picture of a 7th Legion Battle Mage… wearing plate:
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I’ve listed you all of the different cosmetic sets that look like certain armor types but can be used by any armor class.
You don’t get to pick and choose. Casters can wear plate.
They exist in the lore. There is no separate class for them.
You don’t get to pick and choose.
I love how you’re ignoring literally everything that exists as cosmetic sets to try to further your argument that doesn’t work.
Races being all classes is not the same as wearing armor. At all.
I thought it was a warlock you wanted to try to focus on for some silly reason?
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Luckily someone has already posted a picture of an NPC caster wearing plate armor. 
I just don’t get why it’s an issue with all the silliness in WoW when it comes to armor. A great majority of armor would NEVER be worn because it simply wouldn’t work. Just let people have fun. 
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Yeah and there’s not that many lol.
No, a battle mage can wear plate. Last time I checked we can’t play as those.
If they were the same as regular mages or any other cloth wearing that wouldn’t be categorized differently. I agree it makes sense for battle mages to wear plate but we can’t be one. I don’t understand why you think that automatically means any caster can now wear plate.
Literally is, both are lore breaking, immersion breaking, and lead to homogenization.
It was an example. Just like how you keep focusing on battle mage which is a completely separate class that isn’t even available to players.
This, so much. I wish all armour types had more choices for simple, plain armour (especially shoulders). Really not a fan of spikes or crystals or shoulders that are five times the size of my head.
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My deathknight spent all of my WoD playthrough in the shadowmoon garrison armor cloth set with the spooky scythe. Nobody cared.
IMO this should have been gone a long time ago.
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- Stormwind Guard set
- Yeti onesie
- two store transmogs
- four Covenant sets in three different colorations
- all Heritage armor
Sure thing. “Not that many.”
They aren’t. It’s simply a title. You’re trying to nitpick and it’s not working. They cast the same spells and do the same things as any Mage we play.
Because literally lore and all of the cosmetic sets prove you wrong.
Literally isn’t. There’s a huge difference between someone choosing what armor works best for them in a situation and culture/history/biology not working for some class/race combos.
Your examples are failing left and right.
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They should offer Leatherworkers, Tailors, and Blacksmiths the option to craft “blue prints” out of pieces to turn into cosmetics.
I prefer things stay relatively consistent and logical, we shouldn’t be having rogues in plate and paladins in cloth.
They use their particular armor type for a reason, and it makes things make sense.
There are exceptions to the rules, but exceptions are all they are.
They are intended to be purely for transmog purposes, like holiday sets and items with no other value other than to be transmogged.
Actual armor shouldn’t be changed.
Things need to make sense.
You’re welcome to not mog into cloth as a paladin!
Always remember our priest boy in his tin suit.
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The argument of “You don’t have to participate in X” isn’t entirely valid when the active participation of others still ruins it for those that don’t participate.
Myself and others that agree with this stance, while not participating ourselves, would still have our immersions broken by seeing others utilizing it.
And in terms of Anduin, faction leaders are not only exceptions to the armor rule but additionally exceptions to class rules. Anduin isn’t really a Priest. He is both a Priest and a Paladin.
That’s fun. Anyway, here’s my priest in her plate armor transmog!
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Even FFXIV has restrictions on armor types that can and can’t be used with transmog or “glamour,” while having items that are usable by all. The yeti suit doesn’t win this argument, it does the opposite and shows Warcraft is consistent with other games.