Say we weren’t given an option and as a community we had to decide to bring in either Transmog , Dungeon finder, flying mounts or Quest Helper into Classic.
Which one would you choose?
I’d bring in Flying mounts as that’s the one feature that I feel added a different element to the game and allowed us to see the world from a different perspective.
It is also the one thing that would not “destroy” the game, it would just make everyone look MUCH better (especially in the level range of 40-50, what in Vanilla I called “Rodeo Clown Range.”)
Remember, you’d still not be transmogging yourself into “Prophesy”/whatever; You’d not HAVE it yet. So you’d just be transmogging a uniform look, like junk leather/cloth/plate gear that at least MATCHED.
This has heavily affected Retail. Prices for items that would have normally been moderately or reasonably priced (like say, greens or blues you would buy for leveling alts), have seen astronomical increases in value because of Transmogrification. Not only would Transmog screw with the economy, but I have a laundry list of reasons why it would be an awful thing to have in Classic.
I wouldn’t mind adding in transmog in of itself. My only concern is that if we allow that, then it’s suddenly “okay” to add everything else. The only caveat is there needs to be an option for people to disable it entirely on their end and not see other player’s transmogs to allow people to identify what gear people have at a glance, rather than some dude decked out in bis mogged to some commons to try to be sneaky.
Everything else just changes too much. Dungeon runs are more enjoyable without dungeon finder. If someone messes up, we take the time to teach them and that person takes the time to learn instead of anyone getting huffy and leaving or votekicking because building groups takes time.
Flying mounts would ruin wpvp which is the biggest draw in classic for me seeing as blizzard both killed it and now in retail the world of warcraft is so enormous it’s really not odd to go hours without seeing another player.
Quest helper is pointless, people already have addons for that, including zygor/AAP which makes it even more brainless.
Making otherwise irrelevant items a commodity and enabling tailors, leatherworkers and blacksmiths to make money off items that are otherwise useless “ruins” the economy? lmfao