Hello warcrafters. I would like to raise the topic of druid forms and transmog in general. It’s really important for me to hear your opinion and find out whether I’m not alone in my thoughts.
I love to play guardian druid even when it’s at the bottom of all tier lists, even when it’s hard to find a key. But I always come to a point where I feel that I am losing a huge part of the game and this part is transmog. Why it is even important?
Expantion vibe
It is really exciting to wait for a new expansion, and new locations with their own architecture, nature, enemies, and unique styling. The expansion styling is also reflected in new gear. It’s so cool to loot a new weapon or head, imagining how you can combine it with other pieces to create your own style transmog. But what a waste when you spend most of your time in a bear form, where you cannot see your gear. Most of the players play in expansion-styled gear, and you are always just a bear.
Outsider feeling
Just try to count how many new weapon mogs you get in the new expansion. Add other parts of gear and you’ll get a huge number. You can say that there is gear for druids too, but don’t forget that you do not see it 90% of the time. You looking at teammates in your dungeon group. Each one has his/here unique style, even if it’s the same class. One mage can look like a frost wizard, another one - Dalaran-styled, the third one just moged gear from an Icecrown Citadel. But you are always just a bear.
Out of progression
Remember your first years playing WOW. Each new item is so exciting, you wear it with pride because you looted it after a fight with a strong enemy. You look at this piece of your armor and it reminds you that you were strong enough to kill this mob. And what about a bear or a cat? The only thing you see is +50 points to your out dmg and that’s all.
Solutions?
Previously I thought it is really time-consuming and hard to somehow deal with this issue. But after the DF was released I saw that it is possible to put on armor on my dragon mount, but impossible to put it on my guardian druid.
We can modify our dragon mount in detail, so maybe druids deserve something similar?
The breaking point, why I decided to raise this old topic once more is a Trading Post. So right now we have a SHOP where we can buy a transmog peice and it’s really painful for me, that I will not get anything as a guardian. I really don’t want to play another character mostly because I don’t have much time for it, but you left me no choice, this Ensemble: Vagabond’s Rosy Threads looks so good, so I should play another character to SEE it while I’m playing.
Please write your thoughts about it and maybe someone from Blizzard will hear our prayers.
Thank you.