Tier 6 in motion
by Mike Schramm 
Apr 19th 2007 at 11:29AM
By now, you've probably seen the Tier 6 shots (if not, you've got to read Elizabeth's great critiques of them all), but here they are in all of their full-motion glory. Yes, even the Warlock (lol) set. Don't watch this if you're not into spoilers, especially because there's a little surprise at the end...
Was it just me, or did the Paladin set just look like weird flat spikes before? Here, you can see it's actually glowy. And it's awesome to see the eyes on the Hunter set blink, although I think that if I ever did get my Hunter to the point where he could wear and obtain those shoulders, all that blinking would annoy me after a while. The Mage's head just looks all pointy. But oh yes, that Shaman set does look awesome. You hear that, guild? We've got to get to the Black Temple... it will be mine.
Was it just me, or did the Paladin set just look like weird flat spikes before? Here, you can see it's actually glowy. And it's awesome to see the eyes on the Hunter set blink, although I think that if I ever did get my Hunter to the point where he could wear and obtain those shoulders, all that blinking would annoy me after a while. The Mage's head just looks all pointy. But oh yes, that Shaman set does look awesome. You hear that, guild? We've got to get to the Black Temple... it will be mine.
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, Expansions, Raiding
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
TwhiT Apr 19th 2007 12:02PM
WTH is up w/ the stupidly massive shoulder pads on everyone? what was Blizz thinking? smoking rocks??
Dracula Jones Apr 19th 2007 12:04PM
The shoulders are a bit much on some of these. That shaman looks like he's wearing a dining room table.
chaz Apr 19th 2007 12:26PM
I'm not QQing with this statement:
The president, CFO, CTO and lead developers for Blizz have to be playing warlocks. It's a simple idea that explains things.
Their t6 is supermegafukinuberawesome. The others cool, but not like that.
Swiftlydead Apr 19th 2007 1:49PM
Fact: there's no such thing as armor that looks good on any of the alliance races.
Masema Apr 19th 2007 12:41PM
I gotta agree with #3. To give them that huge animation and no one else...
Baluki Apr 19th 2007 1:22PM
I've always liked that orcs and taurens have extra-large shoulders, but this is just getting ridiculous. They really do need to scale down those shoulders a bit. I'm sure it'll all look fine on the other races.
OvertAgent Apr 19th 2007 1:24PM
Locks got pretty awesome looking demonic portal armor with tier 5, too.
Mages got a red robe, and now they look like lawn spikes.
Karl Apr 19th 2007 1:37PM
I actually liked the Pally gear the best. The lock animation is cool, but I see that becoming very VERY annoying within a short period of time...especially in a raid. The Druid and Rogue looked nice too.
oshin Apr 19th 2007 1:42PM
What zone was that druid running through ?
NothingShocking Apr 19th 2007 2:00PM
Fact: Opinions Aren't Facts. :P
Mats Apr 19th 2007 2:02PM
Warlock sets always rock.
Was a bit disappointed with T4, due to it's lack of pwnage compared to other sets. But then T5 came along it it went back to looking 10 times better then other sets, and T6 follows up with this trend.
Ah, it's good to be the Blizzard "cool" class.
jess Apr 19th 2007 2:51PM
I have come to the conclusions that the tier gear designers all wish they could have been football stars and that is why the give the teir gear such huuuge shoulderpads.
C.A. Apr 19th 2007 2:55PM
@8 That was the Emerald Dream. You can't actually get there yet on live.
Daveti Apr 19th 2007 3:49PM
@3: They only put that uber animation on the helm so people will actually wear it... that is the ugliest headpiece i've seen since the felheart set.
Steven Apr 26th 2007 6:52AM
No doubt that the Druid set looks the best.
Dabura Apr 19th 2007 4:58PM
How do you know it was the Emerald Dream, anyway thts not how I pictured it.
Stephen Apr 19th 2007 5:09PM
Will people be able to get through doorways in the future????!!!!!
brian Apr 19th 2007 5:11PM
to people who QQ over that lock animation, gimme a break, just about every other set has constant animations, warlock is only when you equip the helm, and trust me those horns more than make up for it.
On a second note, all sets look amazing, except in my opionion the mage and druid set.
Zonda Apr 19th 2007 5:18PM
@9 lol its my opinion that all the horde races look like S**t in armor, except for blood elves, taurens look big and ugly. Orcs look fat and they can ruin any piece of armor almost like gnomes cane, the undeads armor is all ripped and hard to see, trolls would look good if the walked upright instead of stooped over, on the alliance side gnomes look pretty bad with their giant heads and shortness, draenei look awesome in plate but pretty bad in cloth.
Maybe its because i am really a human, but i think humans and blood elves look the best in armor.
Quoi Apr 19th 2007 5:48PM
I don't get why people think the Mage set looks bad. I like it.
I think Mage sets reached an all time high with tier 4 and 5. T4 has a regal, powerful look to it, and T5 has a subtle, "I'ma pwn your face" look to it. My favorite part about the T5 is the shoulders. The subtle red glow shows that whoever is wearing them isn't just a dude in a robe and a hood.