Any chance these can be changs to work like the bog standard Tauren and Vulpera ones where the back hides any back mounted weapons so it doesn’t look sucky when the clash?
Just take the totems off the chest and make them into a cloak
Most weapons and shields clip horribly with the Highmountain heritage totems. It’s a serious challenge to find something that fits the transmog while clipping with the totems as little as possible.
Thus I agree with the OP. The Highmountain heritage Totem should work the same way as the regular tauren Totem does and simply hide any weapons and shields that sheathe on the back.