So despite the continued lack of a patch 4.3 PTR, the patch 4.3 news came in with a vengeance this week. Not only did threat become trivial, but we’re going to see active mitigation for tanks and extra bank storage for your stray item sets and fashion pieces. We found out that cross-realm raiding is in the works. We also learned that Deathwing will be the final boss of patch 4.3. But all that pales in comparison to the number one news. We’re getting cosmetic armor slots.

Sure, there’s restrictions, some of them are more arbitrary than others, but we’re finally getting them. I figure it’s all about baby steps. Sure, my death knight can’t wear an eyepatch for now. My rogue won’t be able to wear a Corsair’s Overshirt and be a swashbuckler. And I’ll have to defer my dreams of my warrior becoming a leather-clad berserker. But sooner or later, maybe Blizzard will realize that it’s not a bad thing to offer your players even more choices, and that in a game with a distinguished history of poop quests and featuring such NPCs as Mylune, Goblin Hitler, and Linken, maybe a rogue dual wielding fish isn’t really all that immersion breaking after all.

All that said, it looks like we’re no closer to the patch 4.3 PTR this week, as all we get is a quick set of rolling restarts for downtime, starting at 5 a.m. PDT. While you’re waiting for your server to come back up, you’ll definitely want to catch up on all the patch 4.3 buzz here. Our usual roundup awaits you after the break.Continue reading Tuesday Morning Post: Playing dressup editionFiled under: Realm Status, News itemsTuesday Morning Post: Playing dressup edition originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
So despite the continued lack of a patch 4.3 PTR, the patch 4.3 news came in with a vengeance this week. Not only did threat become trivial, but we’re going to see active mitigation for tanks and extra bank storage for your stray item sets and fashion pieces. We found out that cross-realm raiding is in the works. We also learned that Deathwing will be the final boss of patch 4.3. But all that pales in comparison to the number one news. We’re getting cosmetic armor slots.

Sure, there’s restrictions, some of them are more arbitrary than others, but we’re finally getting them. I figure it’s all about baby steps. Sure, my death knight can’t wear an eyepatch for now. My rogue won’t be able to wear a Corsair’s Overshirt and be a swashbuckler. And I’ll have to defer my dreams of my warrior becoming a leather-clad berserker. But sooner or later, maybe Blizzard will realize that it’s not a bad thing to offer your players even more choices, and that in a game with a distinguished history of poop quests and featuring such NPCs as Mylune, Goblin Hitler, and Linken, maybe a rogue dual wielding fish isn’t really all that immersion breaking after all.

All that said, it looks like we’re no closer to the patch 4.3 PTR this week, as all we get is a quick set of rolling restarts for downtime, starting at 5 a.m. PDT. While you’re waiting for your server to come back up, you’ll definitely want to catch up on all the patch 4.3 buzz here. Our usual roundup awaits you after the break.Continue reading Tuesday Morning Post: Playing dressup editionFiled under: Realm Status, News itemsTuesday Morning Post: Playing dressup edition originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments