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Dear Blizzard, There is a slight problem with your Transmog idea, and I (among many other RP'ers) would like to notify you of it.

It seems that you plan to only let green-classed (and up) armour that contains stats to be transmogged, when quite frankly, tons of our RP gear grey/white statless items that we want to transmog to have the stats of good items.

Do reconsider this move. Allow me to be a bit harsh, you have not a very good reputation so far among RP'ers, as it would make it easier for us to defend ourselves when RP'ing outside blueshield zones, without having to equip ugly PvP gear if it could look like RP gear.

I have some suggestions that I'd like to put forth for your viewing, if you may read those I'd be delighted.
1. Return of the Ironforge smithy set, but plate instead of mail. If we can craft it, it would be quite the contribution to the (Dwarven) RP community. Also would probably be easier to implement than the following suggestions...

2. Change some of the grey plate sets to be greens (Frost-Worn Plate or Bleached Plate).

3. Change the Knight's set to plate.

4. Fix the IF guardhelmet from Uldaman to be obtainable for both factions, not just Horde.

5. Most of the "silly items" are common/white. How about you let us transmog just the greys then? Haven't seen any silly items among the greys so far.

Lord Cyrik Blackforge, from The Three Hammers guild on Defias Brotherhood realm. /bow

EDIT: Changed my suggestion a bit, hopefully will be considered.

I do agree with Cyrík that we should be able to Transmog greys aswell. That or you should be making better gear looks.

Being able to transmogrify white items would mean that people could run around DPS'ing with a fish. Not what Blizzard intends, I would imagine.

Fish is a weapon. Transmogging weapons is not possible so far.

21/08/2011 16:36Posted by Cyrík

Fish is a weapon. Transmogging weapons is not possible so far.

Yes it is

21/08/2011 16:36Posted by Cyrík

Fish is a weapon. Transmogging weapons is not possible so far.

Source?

They said armour only, no? I have so far seen nothing about weapons.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3309048

Placing an item into the Transmogrifier interface will offer a preview of how the item will appear once the change is applied. However, not all item pairings are compatible with Transmogrification. In general, only items that have stats can be used in the transmogrification process. You must also be able to wear both items when using this service. Ethereals don’t have much in the way of ethics, but allowing someone to appear as if they’re equipping unusable items crosses the line. Similarly, they won’t allow you to change weapon or armor types. Sneaky death knights can’t make that breastplate look like a cloth robe, and you can’t make a one-handed axe look like a two-handed axe, or transform a sword’s appearance into that of a mace. Guns, bows, and crossbows will be the exception to this rule. You will finally be able to retain your dwarf’s racial gun bonus while appearing with all the splendor and elegance of a bow wielder (or at least the relative silence of one).

Right, thanks for correcting me on that. Still, if the fish is part of RP gear, then why not dps with a fish? Would give the chefs quite the excuse to smack an enemy with cooking utensils.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2973396949?page=2#39

Transmogrification Item Restrictions
Well, I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but...

We have an obligation to players and to our hard working artists to keep the game from looking too silly. I know looking ridiculous is fun for some players, but World of Warcraft was established with a design that the game overall kept its silliness in check. That’s one of the reasons we resisted adding a feature like Transmogrification for so long.

So weapons that look like fish, for example, probably won't be available as source items for Transmogrification, even if one is technically a dagger and has stats. There are a handful other weapons with "silly" models (such as frying pans, brooms, etc.) that may or may not be allowed -- it's still under discussion.

Maybe you should check the blue posts regarding this here:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/

So people that RP as a chef or a cook in a camp will have to equip a sword instead of a frying pan to defend him/herself?

/nod and /smile while backing away, then running for his life.

Sounds to me like Blizzard (and the general public) is missing what quite many people consider RP gear.

So people that RP as a chef or a cook in a camp will have to equip a sword instead of a frying pan to defend him/herself?

/nod and /smile while backing away, then running for his life.

Sounds to me like Blizzard (and the general public) is missing what quite many people consider RP gear.

Yes ofcourse he would. You're not supposed to be RPing a 1930's cartoon strip.

21/08/2011 16:36Posted by Cyrík

Fish is a weapon. Transmogging weapons is not possible so far.

Weapons are.

21/08/2011 16:15Posted by Jiposs

Being able to transmogrify white items would mean that people could run around DPS'ing with a fish. Not what Blizzard intends, I would imagine.

Degustibus non disputandum ?

Unless dps-ing with a fish is somehow overpowered or hindering other players' fun, I don't see why not.

Edited the first post, only about grey and white ARMOUR then.

You can transfer items with stats.


Gray and White armor, as long as they have the armor stat, you can transfer it.


This is not possible with Vanity items without any kind of stats however, such as many of the seasonal awards.

I've heard about the Armour stat/value not counting as stat, which got me and several others worried enough to make this thread. I know that Blue's doesn't/can't answer on every little thread that pops up about the Transmog-thing, but it would ease the mind if we got some confirmation whether Grey/White items are transmoggable or not.

Armour does fall under normal character stats, so I'd say it's plausible.

So you'd be able to transmog Old Crafty as it's green and has stats, therefore, you CAN dps with a fish.
Would Last Year's Mutton work as it has stats, or not, as it's white?

So you'd be able to transmog Old Crafty as it's green and has stats, therefore, you CAN dps with a fish.
Would Last Year's Mutton work as it has stats, or not, as it's white?

I'm not worried about being killed by fish.

People have been killed by worse things.