Please do not ruin this thread. You can voice your opinions and
keep in positive.
With usual tier sets, since there is a unique set per class,
there are 10 unique looking sets. With Tier 9, a design similar
to Ahn'Qiraj and Sunwell gear, or more-so the original PvP
armor was taken. Instead of a unique set per class, it's a
unique set per armor type. However, they are different among
faction and thus there are 8 unique looking sets.
In my opinion, the single problem is not that there is reduced
variety among players, but rather that the sets themselves are
not impressive. If the sets were impressive like, for example,
the Sunwell sets, I think Tier 9 would be fine. The fact that
there is a reduced number of unique sets and the design
of the armor is rather bland makes Tier 9 seem even
worse.
Another thing is that the uniqueness among factions is almost
unnoticed. An Alliance player who is able to raid for Tier 9
gear will probably only see a Horde player wearing the opposite
version of Tier 9 if in Dalaran or another area where Horde is
commonly seen. Unless there is some interactivity between the
Horde and Alliance in raids themselves, I believe it will be
mostly unseen by the opposite faction. The uniqueness among
factions was noticed with the original battleground gear
because Horde and Alliance who do battlegrounds will be seeing
each other, and very often.
It may seem like too much, but I think that major design
changes need to be made on the armor sets (at least for the
ones I've seen). Usually I appreciate the effort put into
Blizzard's art design, but Tier 9 has made me feel very little
effort was put into designing and modeling/texturing the armor.
There has been much better designed sets in the past, even Tier
8, and I don't think Tier 9 reflects Blizzard's
potential.
I understand there are many threads on this topic. I would like
to have the posts consolidated, which is why I made this
thread.
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