We’re getting an updated version in the Fractures in Time content!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Along with a High-Def version of Quel’sera, and apparently the ability to remake ‘lost’ patterns from Wrath of the Lich King (remember to go fishing in Zul’aman and Zul’gurub for rare patterns that were removed with the addition of the Cata expansion), what other, iconic weapons, armor and items are you hoping might get that High Def Love from Blizzard?
I’d love to see the original Tiers from Vanilla, and the reskinned versions from BC, get some High Def Love, and I desperately want to see the crystal/Draenei/Sin’dorei weapons from that expansion get beefed up with modern graphics.
I just …
That is a damn fine axe, dang it! I want it! Even if I know every Mag’har and Orc Warrior/Hunter/Death Knight is going to give me an asphalt make-over just to get it for themselves!
I am not excited for it, to be honest. I still remember the divide the orc roleplay community caused the last time we got something catered to us. Lots of WAAAAAGH HONOR meatheads going on about honor and wolves that still have teeth or ONLY TRUE ORCS blasé blasé.
First for me on the request list is still Mooncloth Robe even though I don’t really play my Nelf Priestess anymore. Just for the love of my old guild and love of the design. Very close behind these days is the wolf mask that is more or less cosmetic since there is the same model available for every armor type via a BC quest. This is even more needed since we didn’t get one with the Orc Heritage armor. Updated tabards from pre-Cata times would be fantastic, too. Same with guild tabard options.
After that… the list is pretty broad with a continuation of releasing more realistic and low fantasy items in hd like a lot of the older sets were.
I do feel like they didn’t really workshop the Orc Heritage armor, because I don’t know anyone who uses the whole set, or even the shoulders or legs. The hands and feet pieces don’t match with any other Grunt or Horde themed armors and the chest-piece is just … odd. I made it work for Gen but it took weeks to get the mog working right, and I’m still not entirely satisfied with how it looks.
I actually love parts of it, though it definitely could have been better. I never use the shoulders, cloak, or helm, but I’ve found ways to incorporate the rest. I’ll give two examples:
Here is my Blackrock Shaman using the chest, waist, and gloves:
…and one I did for my Blackrock Fury Warrior using the pants, waist, and legs:
As to Orc gear, I am still curious why Frostwolf armor is Leather only.
It’s also going to be a good time to be undead or at least like the style. Many things look to be coming back around for them. I posted about the Stygian Shield in another thread, which is a remake of the old Stygian Buckler. The Stygian Buckler is easily one of my favorite things in this game and I almost jumped off the blue side ship to turn all my characters undead, just to wield it in the proper hands.
I really don’t want new versions of old gear, for the most part. One of the things I like about the old gear, is that it isn’t stupidly high-def shiny. I don’t want things remade, I want them put back in loot tables or on the trading post. OPEN UP THE ATTIC OF UNUSED AND REMOVED GEAR.
I still want my Cadaverous armor chest back from Scholo. I had it drop once and ended up vendoring it, because transmog wasn’t a thing yet. Then cata came and I tried to get it to drop again, but no dice.
My #1 piece that I want (not a new version, I want the one that was never given to players) is the Armor of Thero-Shan. In the database. Never used. Much salt.