Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley will be your host today.

So, we’ve learned from Gamescom that patch 4.3 will contain a feature that allows you to change what your gear looks like with some sort of cosmetic slot or reforging. We have no idea how gear transmogrification will work, but I think that it will work similar to reforging, maybe? I don’t know. I’ll be honest — I never thought that this was something Blizzard would do, because of its adamant stance on what gear means in WoW as a status symbol and gauging players’ progress just by looking at them.

I mean, don’t get me wrong. I am excited for more character customization options and armor transmogrification. To be truthful, I would rather have more customization for my character’s face, skin, build, and all that over gear, but I will take what I can get. Now to decide which warrior tier to wear …

Oh, right. Questions.

mik3st3r asked:

Why do only some flying mounts work in ground mount-only areas? For example, my Netherwing Drake does not work in a raid such as the Firelands, however my Windrider does. I believe somebody asked something similar to this before, and the answer was they tried to make creatures which made sense as ground mounts usable. Windriders have legs. But so do Netherwing Drakes?Continue reading The Queue: TransmogrificationFiled under: The QueueThe Queue: Transmogrification originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley will be your host today.

So, we’ve learned from Gamescom that patch 4.3 will contain a feature that allows you to change what your gear looks like with some sort of cosmetic slot or reforging. We have no idea how gear transmogrification will work, but I think that it will work similar to reforging, maybe? I don’t know. I’ll be honest — I never thought that this was something Blizzard would do, because of its adamant stance on what gear means in WoW as a status symbol and gauging players’ progress just by looking at them.

I mean, don’t get me wrong. I am excited for more character customization options and armor transmogrification. To be truthful, I would rather have more customization for my character’s face, skin, build, and all that over gear, but I will take what I can get. Now to decide which warrior tier to wear …

Oh, right. Questions.

mik3st3r asked:

Why do only some flying mounts work in ground mount-only areas? For example, my Netherwing Drake does not work in a raid such as the Firelands, however my Windrider does. I believe somebody asked something similar to this before, and the answer was they tried to make creatures which made sense as ground mounts usable. Windriders have legs. But so do Netherwing Drakes?Continue reading The Queue: TransmogrificationFiled under: The QueueThe Queue: Transmogrification originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments