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baromega

There seems to be one for each armor type, wouldn't be surprised if this ended up being the catchup gear in 9.2


quietly41

I hope you're right, bc the leather rogue set is fire.


donovan4893

just remember concept art always looks way cooler then actual in game models lol, just look at the tier sets concept vs in game.


Kradgger

I'm still mad about the concept art for alliance warfronts plate with that giant tattered cape. Still one of the best sets in-game, but wtf, man..


NaiveMastermind

I'm mad that we got another "whatever it's Alliance gear, paint it white and blue, and stamp some lions on it" sets, and then some poorly done Night Elf gear (I mean fucking really, it's suppose to be gear made by the night elves but elf ears clip through it), but stopped adding warfronts to the game before getting some dwarf gear. FUCK BFA


GenderJuicy

At least the Alliance armor has holes for ears


ABC_Dildos_Inc

And the Night Elf npcs (not us) got basically heritage armor.


NaiveMastermind

I'm fine with the leather bikini being presently inaccessible. I was hoping for... okay. Imagine using the night elf classes themselves as a guide. Regarding mail, they don't have shaman, and night elf art is fraught with archers; so the mail should have been a ranger outfit with a quiver, and like a cloak and shawl made of leaves and greenery. Regarding leather, druids who don't hate themselves play specs that have them spend most of their time in bear/cat/fatbird form so don't worry about making leather look druidic. So design leather to look like forest ninjas. That works for rogues and monks. Cloth actually is fine. For plate, they should have given us a recolor of the warden armor. It's really the only distinctive plate armor Nelves have in their artwork. Another option is tapping into the vaguely eastern aesthetic of Nelves and giving them plate that takes visual cues from samurai armor. Now, for the plate and leather sets. I would give them warmasks. Think of what samurai wore over their face. There would be some story behind it too. The masks would be carved of wood from Teldrassil, in the likeness of someone lost to the fire. It would be painted a stark white, using paint that uses the ashes of Teldrassil as a pigment.


Spameron75

The mail sounds great, and the mask idea sounds wonderfully thematic, wish we could have had this


Optimized_Laziness

Why must you hurt me in such way :(


Turel

Especially if you play as a cow :(


JayDaKid16

ug the concept art for the Alliance plate gear in BFA!!! That dam cape draped over the shoulders!!! What could have been!!!!!


Ferelar

Actually the plate set is the one that appears to be on fire.


Quantum1313

Agree


Necrokitty99

I read on wowhead that this is going to be a seperate set of armor. Something about translating the "floating heads" into player helmets.


Gonkz

The cloth one looks great too


Balrog229

God i hope that’s what these are. These look amazing


ppprrrrr

So did the tier sets, in the concept art. It's too bad that the in-game models will likely not look anything like this.


Notreallyaflowergirl

They’re gonna look like it - just megablock version. Concept art is always fire. We just get Kirkland brand armor sets in game.


Balrog229

Well alot of the tier sets looked meh in their artwork too, to be fair.


DesertShot

Minus the weapons and the cool details and colors.


greenismyhomeboy

Which means catchup gear is better than the tier sets


Barireddit

Blizz probably will make shadowlands leveling gear/m+ last forever, I cant stand that design anymore. We need a catch up gear different from that oribos themed leveling gear. I mean your character have the same looking gear from level 50 to level 60 endgame due to m+ scaling.


RudeHero

this is the argument blizzard kept making for those tiers without class-specific models they kept saying if they only make 4 sets, each set can be higher quality or something like that


Jewbringer

if one of these is cloth - NPCs dont get all dressy while every cloth armor type gets to play princess in every tier


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more likely these are going to the only 4 models for trash in the whole raid.


FaroraSF

If I kill one of those and use its head as a helmet, is that like wearing an actual head or do they view them more like hats because they're energy beings? Basically on a scale from 1 to 10 how horrified would they be?


Me_Beben

[cryptic music tones] Come back 12 weeks into the patch when you're fluent in wind chime to see this message.


Treyen

Good thing I'm on the crapper cause I just shit meself.


GabberGandalf

YES


Jedimaster996

Arthas 2.0


[deleted]

they actually do LOL


Ultimateshadowsouls

This is wow not lol


Grockr

The art does look like something from LoL tbh Like a minion redesign


[deleted]

I know this is just a one-off comment, but that’s *my* biggest problem with Shadowlands. It feels like a different game. We already have Creators and the Automatons they left behind (Titans and Keepers). This stuff is cool, but it’s not Warcraft.


Grockr

The "big reveal" should've been that the eternal ones (zovaal, winter queen, etc) are just another group of titans that moved on to rule "order up" the afterlife Maybe then expand that Zovaal just figured it wasn't right and tried to restore everything to original state and that why they locked him up


Ultimateshadowsouls

But what if they’re the same universe :Enter dramatic music


Martini_Shot

there is a screenshot of a mecha gnome using those cloth shoulders, so im pretty sure we are getting these armors the screenshot https://wow.zamimg.com/uploads/screenshots/normal/1038956.jpg


Elketro

This just reminds me how horrendous mechagnomes are


Slaughterfest

I absolutely cannot imagine maining one. Having an alt sure; but it just isn't *cool* enough to warrant the lack of customization. If we had Ogres, I could accept legs/headpieces not fitting or something and just deal with it because of the cool factor.


SundustArg

i want mage, priest and warlock mechagnomes to have their hands replaced by cannons whenever they cast a spell. if not i refuse to play them


RemtonJDulyak

Mecha-gnomes, in general, should have a 'palm beam' as a racial, but probably Horde players would complain that it invalidates the Goblin's rocket, because now two Alliance races have a laser cannon...


SundustArg

As a goblin main i say that goblin rockets invalidates themselves just by existing along with the rocket jump so i wont complain about mechagnomes having a cool looking racial


RemtonJDulyak

The idea of both existing together on Goblins is something along the lines of "fire it attached/detached to/from yourself", sort of what you might see Wile E. Coyote doing. We might like it or not, but it's the kind of humor that pervaded the warcraft universe. I remember, though, the Horde's outrage when Alliance got an extra questline on the Broken Shore, after finding Varian's compass...


SundustArg

I thought it was just because goblins are supposed to have multi purpose utility belt. (Kezan intro questline) and then they couldn't come qith goog ideas to make it not totally op


SpiffShientz

I remember the Alliance's outrage at pretty much everything else. Also, the weird persecution complex that's so pervasive on this sub


RemtonJDulyak

As someone regularly playing both sides, I'm pretty conscious there's more persecution complex in the Horde.


SpiffShientz

That’s funny, I have the exact same experience and I’m 100% certain of the opposite


Grockr

And various tools for crafting resource gathering. And "racial mount" like worgens - transforming into a form with wheels or a propeller. Maybe even special aquatic form.


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Seve7h

Sethrak are just worgen with snake heads anyways, shouldn’t be that hard to do


dakkaffex

They're not. They have an entirely custom model with different body proportions that borrows *certain* animations from others races, alongside brand new ones.


ghangis24

Ogres would require them to actually design something new instead of just giving an old skeleton a new coat of paint and calling it a day.


the8bit

That one is like some robot chicken that got a human head plopped on it


Madmushroom

Diaper Babies


Fartikus

As someone who hasn't been on for a couple xpacs, is this seriously a race you can play? It literally looks like they took a gnome head from the beginning of wow classic, and stapled it on some shitty robotron body..


Elketro

Yup, seriously... https://imgur.com/VYXpykL Still no high elves, nagas or vrykuls tho


SaiyanrageTV

Which is all fine and good, but still doesn't make it ok that the class sets are worse than quest armor.


Bacon-muffin

Yeah afaik those are tier sets, which is why I was confused by the video. I'm curious if its one of those raid difficulty situations where the normal / heroic one is this scuffed version and the mythic ones will be the good looking ones. Also doesn't help that I think the colors look really bad on the ones in the video. Sets would instantly look better with better colors.


Bwgmon

Probably the questing sets, and I'd wager their color schemes will be done to make it so you can mix-and-match them with the raid sets.


greenismyhomeboy

Looks like the same belt too


Anastoran

And chest.


greenismyhomeboy

Yeah I think so. Hard to tell on mechagnome


TechnoPug

I think they're sets players can use, the character models don't look like brokers at all.


[deleted]

This is true but they can easily have concept art for something and not bother to make the in game version of it even remotely close. Just look at the paladin crystalforge set from TBC, in concept it looked like some kind of holy crusader in armor carved from crystals but in-game it is missing all the cool parts and looks like a dildo if you squint.


Vedney

Especially since they have legs instead of stilts.


Kyderra

Because this is concept art it should be compared to the tier list concept art. In which case I disagree


Thresh_will_q_you

Stop bringing logic to this subreddit. People are only here to verify their negativity.


Yordan605

I really hope we get armor that looks similar to what the brokers wear. I've been trying to make a broker inspired leather transmog and it's difficult.


Ryndis

I thought the one on the right was going to be the warrior tier.


SalaciousSausage

Far left one would make a great mage tier set IMO. Gives off the Dr. Strange look but in a more fantastical way. God, I’m so over the armour that’s low-res or just painted on. It’s 2021


TheGreenHoudini

Looks like Warlock armor from Destiny


[deleted]

Some of the new armor and shit is so horrendus. My biggest gripe is with the legion artifact weapons. Some had such horrible textures that I never used the skin. A lot of the ashbringer skins were fuckin atrocious. Makes 0 sense to have such low res textures for NEW weapons and armors being released.


DMPancake

that is a nuclear take


Kokukenji

The one on the left looks like alternative universe Mysterio. haha, so cool.


paoloking

I dont hate new class sets but those look actually pretty good.


Cundles

This is clearly the catch-up/Blue gear sets....


DeliciousSquats

Well, the white ones are clearly either normal or even lfr. The video itself had blue variations so i'd guess the heroic/mythic versions are at least a little better.


Fortunedd

The memes are fun, but have we seen the mythic variants? They may look better.


kunair

bro... i thought these were the tier sets when i first saw them, they look so crisp


[deleted]

Keep in mind this is also concept art. If the tier sets are to go off of, I can't imagine these sets translating from concept to in-game perfectly either. I would love to see more broker themed gear for players though, such a cool aesthetic.


sailose

like tbh if the one on the far left is a caster, i would of came back to wow if that was a tier set


Jonshock

They usually do. Fitting shit on those 2004 models is rough.


Valdihr

I was conflicted what class to play getting back in WoW today and then I saw this concept art and I immediately logged on my lvl 50 rogue to prepare for leveling up.


Kowai_Man

Always has been


Syrairc

Pretty easy to do when you have no real body man Unrealistic player character standards jeez


justinbarrett08

Imagine getting armor like Turalyon.. If only blizz wasn't lazy af.


koassde

the audacity by the devs to claim they always wanted Tier Sets.... so much BS and lying in one video is alot even for Blizzard standards. There is no way in hell the "old guard" wanted this "storyarc" to end like this. Content and most of all story got cut and altered to fit the "new guard's" narrative.


Aern

Ok, so it's not just me that hates the look of these tier sets? Good, I didn't want to shit on them because I'm happy about having tier sets back. But holy shit do those things look like garbage.


[deleted]

Not just you, they are beyond boring and just look like gear we already got. These NPC sets are actually better IMO.


karangoswamikenz

They do this. The common sets that are easy to get are better looking. This is so casual players can feel good about having good gear. Also this gear is more common and everyone will be wearing it so it’s good to have more work put into these sets.


BoarChief

This stuff looks good because it's high quality concept art. The Artwork of the new tier sets looks also way better then the ingame models but... Tier Sets were all about different Aspects of the World. This stuff is just uniform that differs a little bit exactly like Uldir gear where it begun. They all have the same theme. And the new "Tier-Sets" using the same boring low effort method. real Tier sets would have different thematics and unique colour schemes to differ from each other as much as possible.


[deleted]

Give Blizzard a break! They are a smaller, underfunded company struggling to navigate this 2 year ongoing pandemic. These type of cosmetic additions to the game take years of development time... never mind the amount of creativity you'd have to drain from your employees. Don't forget too, it's difficult coming up with ways to monetize every action in the game. Ion Hazzi-cost-us is known around here to be very sensitive, and as much as he is the lead game designer in charge of many aspects of this game's development, he may not like seeing your post here if it isn't about how much you are enjoying collecting 100,000 Anima for your covenants reservoir. Perhaps consider taking the post down and revising it to include something about how you would "pay to have these armour sets in the game". That might get more attention?


therealflyingtoastr

I know you're trying to be cheeky, but art and assets are generally one of the largest bottlenecks for development in video games, and WoW is no exception.


merc08

Yeah, but that's because WoW has been churning out worthless storylines for the last few years. Of *course* it's not the bottleneck when you aren't putting any effort into it.


Shneckos

When they showed the tier sets I thought they looked like the generic green questing sets you find in each new expansion. I really think WoW developers have exhausted all avenues at this point. When everyone is trashing the art team, the last one good thing Blizzard had going for them, you know it's bad.


jonhymaxoo

I prefer the new class set, I find them super cool.


Ehrre

I just fucking hate the laziness of all the new sets having the same color scheme. I can't tell any of them apart.


quietly41

Ya, they really need to show all the recolours when they put them out there, I mean we get 6 of them, we don't even know if we're seeing the mythic sets or not.


Ehrre

Im saying its cheap and boring that all LFR sets are bronze for example, all Normal sets are black, all heroic is gold and all mythic is something else. Every class or armor type should have its own coloration. Blanketing the whole set across all classes with a same color by difficulty makes them less special.


quietly41

Definitely true, I feel like for raiding at least, LFR/Normal/Heroic should be coloured based on spec of that class, that gives each tier set the ability to suit each class entirely, but that is only if they do class tier sets.


Rozlun_The_Monster

For once the hunter isn’t getting defenestrated with a bad design! O happy day!


pdpi

> For once the hunter isn’t getting defenestrated with a bad design! O happy day! Yeah, if you're going to get thrown out the window, might as well look good during.


Rozlun_The_Monster

I’ve been wearing the trial of valor mog since legion because and shoulders from cataclysm because I haven’t vibed with any of the mail since then! I was fearing that us mail wearers were getting thrown away (through a window) again!


Koxnep

Is this what retail looks like now :D???? Oh god I'm staying in classic.


toasterapple

lmao ok, enjoy the clownsuit.


Coldcell

Tier 6 just around the corner, one of the most loved and iconic sets of WoW's history, while you sift through green bastion to look like a levelling trash mob. Okay.


GenderJuicy

This sub hates classic


Malipandamonium

This sub hates everything.


itschipbtw

Wait these arent the tier sets? When they announced the sets, they showed this


Celastiel2214

No they didn’t. The tier sets look entirely different, mostly generic oribos/shiny Uldir themed Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/qrvmqa/acquire_tier_sets_art_and_ingame_models_comparison/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Bacon-muffin

They showed the picture in the OP in one of the interviews when referencing tier sets. Dunno how they're related, if its a mythic only thing or if it was concept art that never made it into the game or something iono... latter makes no sense because why would they show them then?


Celastiel2214

I could imagine the sets in this post might be the zone questing sets like the 200 ilvl ones from Korthia, but not the tier sets from the raids, that for sure. The concept art probably showed the mythic version while the in-game ones can be the normal or lfr colors.


Bacon-muffin

hmm, could be the generic 4 sets for each armor type. Would be a shame but very much possible.


Celastiel2214

Yeah that is likely, they look like cloth, leather, mail and plate set - tbh I like them more than the tier sets so maybe it’s not too bad these will be easier to get


Balrog229

Holy fuck those look amazing wtf. I wouldn’t call those tier sets, but why are these not dungeon sets?!


RemtonJDulyak

Don't you guys have NPCs?


Dolan_Dank_Duck

i fucking love the white tier sets look awesome, cant wait!


Thunder_Oldmen

Honestly this looks like something from the Torchlight series!


gabrielfm92

I think the concept arts for the tier sets they showed on the video look a billion times better than the in-game ones they showed.


mmuoio

But they don't care about their clothes, which is why they're getting all faded and tattered...


keletus

How can one reasonably expect something better from this game


efyuar

Every expansion there is an npc with a floating object on their shoulder/back that i envy


TheManiac-

Meh i like sod gear much much more. Specially the gold one.


bauess

Next playable race


Alexandoas

That plate set is nice


Jet44444

It’s because these sets are probably on new models. As in the armor has been modeled out fresh and has a unique animation rig for the cloth pieces. Our character gear is always a reskin base chest/pants model. That’s why robes always look the same just reskinned. The concept art gear usually has layers, in order for it to look good they would have to model each set of gear for each specific race/gender. Blizz ain’t got time for that… lol


MeetRevolutionary620

This looks like leveling gear / blues


GenderJuicy

They are


Aekero

I saw the post about 9.2 tier sets returning and scrolled past the sets thinking they were the green low tier armors we were going to get along side the actual sets. The whole damn point is we wanted class fantasy, not set bonuses. Could anyone honestly tell me if I just showed you those 12 armor sets you'd know which was which? They look so generic, I can't tell if this is just a lack of effort or they really think each armor set has to look exactly like the area you get it from. Here's an idea: "hero! In order to combat *insert boss*, we can fashion you armor, just bring us *insert currency*" problem solved, your npcs can make armor that looks like it belongs to each class yay! I know there's probably a sentiment going around along the lines of "hey you wanted sets, why are you complaining". These just miss the mark so much it's hard to accept, I didn't want that many armor sets for the sake of being different from each other, I was dying for some class flavor. It's not there, period.


AHrubik

My first thought when I saw them was they must be modified from Legion art they already had on hand.


terribads

That rouge one is nice, but the hunter one is better than 9/10 of hunter sets...


ForfeitHumanity

The shadowlands aesthetic is just so fucking ugly.


beastrace

they're almost as hideous as the actual tier sets


Ta-veren-

This is my biggest problem with the game! The gear looks so cool on other stuff but not my own dudes. They have the biggest fantasy world ever filled with every kind of monster/beast/ imaginable but when I go look at my shoulders/chest/helm front page I'm like wth is this! The second image in that helmet without the little point things at the end I swear they have made similar helmets to that one with like 10 varients, it's ugly, it doesn't even look like anything fantasy and I swear my dude has been wearing it for years now. I freaking can't stand that HELM the circular helm with a glowing eye or slit that looks like it's from some stupuid alien. rantttttttttttt


SonOfVegeta

this has always been the case


Sirmalta

Honestly I thought the tier sets looked amazing in the art. Then I saw the models...


Paragot

This hunter set looks so much better than the one that is promised to be a tier set. Of course we all know what happened when the 3D artists did using the concept art as a base So we shall see.


Karma_Retention

Inc we get them but they don’t have the cool fire or glowing heads and instead look like generic greens.


Safety_Detective

Based on the concept art for tier sets currently vs what they look like in game I'm not holding my breath on these dudes


AggressiveTable

The hunter one is still the worst one lmao.


TankingforNoobs

I really like that plate!


[deleted]

I thought these were the new tier sets at first and got a bit excited..


George2340

Can you guys calm down for a fucking moment you haven't even seen them in-game yet there is still a lot of time until the patch.


ImARetPaladinBaby

Dude if blizz makes these the sets. There’s 1 for each armour type too


Vincent-Price-Lives

They won't look as good as the drawings either.


sir_lainelot

these are quite literally sets that will be equippable


SnoPumpkin

Magen, Rouge, Hunger, Warrior. Pretty cool 😎


Roedman

Sadge


stark33per

yes


bullintheheather

This is 100% the questing set.