Why transmog should never happen in classic

i admit, i prefer the tbc transcendence recolor, especially since they just made it usable by any cloth wearers. always like purple, blue, pink and aqua color pallets, though in the case of the paladin judgement set, it was just much cooler than its purple recolor

this set on my retail belf…you can tell its retail cause she has aqua blue hair and blue eyes lol oh and her gloves are…uldaur wotlk drop…and the staff is…wod? kirin tor staff… and belt is… … is that legion or bfa?
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Yeah it’s a button not a switch everyone knows that. A big giant red transmog button with a sticky note on it that says “do not push”.

The intern whos got the balls to push that button despite the sticky note is not the hero we want, but the hero we need.

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As with all of these modern features, there are opinions for and against, and I think if Blizzard is smart, they will leave them out of Classic.

And not just because they said that the goal is “an authentic Classic experience” and “a faithful recreation.” But also because it keeps Classic distinct from retail, so they have two very different versions of the game that cater to different types of players who like different things. This should broaden its market share and increase overall subs.

If they are going to add all of these features and make Classic like retail, then what was the point in creating Classic at all? People lobbied for Classic for 15 years precisely because it is different (and in their eyes superior in design) to retail.

stick the mog shop in the stormspire in netherstorm. locks would make a fortune just summoning lowbies to the mog shop. haha. incidentally, it would also act as a bit of a deterent to mogging until higher level

Thank you for confirming you do not understand how time and/or money work.

I’ll try to make it as simple as possible:

Blizzard make game. Make game cost money. Make game with more features cost more money. Blizzard no like spend money. Game ship without extra features.

its a far cry from retail, even with mogs. and here’s why:

  1. no lfd tool. yay community is saved.
  2. no cross realms. yay community is saved.
  3. mostly non linear game play, ex. the missing diplomat or the chain quests out of 1000 needles raceway.
  4. no customizations beyond the originals. so belfs have green eyes and no blue hair.
  5. mounts are not available till at least level 30 in tbc, and flying mounts cant fly in azeroth zones.
  6. no battlepets (i liked this feature, personally, but it does kinda mess with immersion)
  7. no lfr tool. yay community.
    etc.
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You gotta understand though, hes probably one of those who believes just cause mog gets put in those are definitely the next to happen because of it lol

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I don’t think you understand how anything works with business. There is an initial expenditure of money, the goal is to make more money than is spent. So if blizzard thinks that they can over all make more money by adding X Y or Z feature they will do so regardless of how much it costs.

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you’re delusional if you think there is a return on investment for adding transmogs to TBC Classic lol

With the relatively low cost to put transmog in compared to the amount of players who will be running content week after week to complete transmog sets… You’re actually the one who is delusional for thinking there isnt a ROI on it.

destroying the authenticity of the classic TBC experience will drive away more players than adding transmogs would keep

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lol, they destroyed the authenticity of classic day 1 when layering was put in. The authenticity argument has no leg to stand on at this point.

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There’s tons of players who will play to collect transmog.

And I think blizzard realized how badly trying to appease the #nochanges people worked out in classic, which is why they are ignoring it a lot more this time around.

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haha. no doubt. just put a single mog ethereal in some consortium area. copy and paste cata mog ruleset (was very specific, such as you couldnt mog legendaries, etc). i mean, might take an hour or two.

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Lets be honest, the REAL #nochangers left a long time ago because changes happened from day 1. Nobody is going to quit because mogs are a thing that hasnt already quit classic and if there is those who will quit cause of it they are far less in numbers than you think.

The ROI from mogs would be in the positive

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Right now we know they’re changing two small things for balance. #somechanges

But for some reason, you and others have made the wild leap to #nochangesisdead and think they’ll be adding retail features.

They won’t. #somechanges is about game balance and preventing exploits, not catering to retail with features from Wrath and beyond being added into TBC where they don’t belong.

Its not us whos goalposts are moving, its yours… From #nochanges to #somechanges to #TBD

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i dont think its dead. i just think limited mogs, is a nice feature like the barbershop. it wont end or destroy my enjoyment of tbc, if its in or not in. its a non offensive qol, provided the stricter ruleset is applied.

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LOL they’re doing more than a couple little things.

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