WoW is Broken

There is a lot of really awesome armor in World of Warcraft. There’s also a lot of really ugly armor. In the endgame, you can really only pick stuff that advances your character, which often necessitates a very ugly character. You want to wear that platemail bikini? Too bad, you’re wearing the funny pants with the screaming faces on ‘em. Armor doesn’t match? Not a lot you can do.

Then there’s pieces you just wish were something—ANYTHING—else. As I primarily play a rogue, the most relevant example is the Terrorblade Helmet. I saw this item and was immediately baffled, and shortly thereafter progressed to horrified. The same butt-ugly model is used for the lore-related Garona’s Guise, which just makes my inner rogue weep. Other examples are very easy to find.

C’mon guys, I know you’re aware of the “don’t show helmet” option, but why on earth would you make it mandatory?

To be fair, taste obviously varies from person to person. There are most likely people out there that actually want to wear a screaming bald zombie head as a helmet. For those that don’t, they’re screwed.

A Solution: the Illusionist NPC

Here’s a solution: Create an NPC or skill that will bring up an interface with 2 slots: the Target item, and the Source item. Pay a hefty sum (say, 500 gold) to copy the model and skin of the source item to the target item. Reverting to the original look is free.

All of the sudden you’ve got a very attractive gold sink, and players can look however they want. I can stop wearing this flaming piece of junk in favor of, say, something a little more fashionable – assuming I have the original item to throw in the Source slot.

I’d be first in line to cough up a few grand to make my outfit look the way I want it to.

And this guy wouldn’t have to wear a dress.