Blue posts and other WoW news
by Adam Holisky 
Nov 2nd 2011 at 11:59PM
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Blue posts
Monk class color
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I really can't think of what it would be.
I really can't think of what it would be.
Right now the monk is jade green. We like the color, but it's not absolutely set in stone. For those wondering how this would work with the hunter green, it's as different as the colors are for mages and shaman.
BlizzCon 2011 Store Post-Show Sale Begins November 11
Miss out on picking up that special piece of commemorative BlizzCon loot? Beginning Friday, November 11 (rescheduled from the originally announced date of November 4), we're making select items from the BlizzCon 2011 store available once more to those who joined us for the show in person or via the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket.
Beginning November 11 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time through November 18 at 10 a.m. PT, BlizzCon 2011 ticket holders*, Virtual Ticket buyers, and DIRECTV viewers who ordered the BlizzCon 2011 Pay Per View event will be able to purchase select BlizzCon 2011 store merchandise online (while supplies last). To participate, simply log in to the online Blizzard Store using the Battle.net account associated with your BlizzCon ticket or Virtual Ticket during the sale times listed above. DIRECTV viewers can use the Battle.net account on which you redeemed your BlizzCon Virtual Ticket code.
*Please note: For those who attended BlizzCon in person, only the Battle.net account associated with the ticket purchased will have access to BlizzCon 2011 merchandise during this online sale. You can view this information in the ticket buyer's Order History.
Beginning November 11 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time through November 18 at 10 a.m. PT, BlizzCon 2011 ticket holders*, Virtual Ticket buyers, and DIRECTV viewers who ordered the BlizzCon 2011 Pay Per View event will be able to purchase select BlizzCon 2011 store merchandise online (while supplies last). To participate, simply log in to the online Blizzard Store using the Battle.net account associated with your BlizzCon ticket or Virtual Ticket during the sale times listed above. DIRECTV viewers can use the Battle.net account on which you redeemed your BlizzCon Virtual Ticket code.
*Please note: For those who attended BlizzCon in person, only the Battle.net account associated with the ticket purchased will have access to BlizzCon 2011 merchandise during this online sale. You can view this information in the ticket buyer's Order History.
Old gear getting new looks? (Answer: No.)
We don't have any plans to tamper with the art of existing tier sets. Transmogrification is being implemented, in part, to allow nostalgic players the option of wearing old gear without having to worry about the stats anymore. But, we don't want to go back and actually alter those looks. That'd almost defeat the purpose, especially given we'd prefer to focus our time on designing new sets to allow for more customization options (including aesthetic, stat-less sets to be used solely for Transmogrification).
The art and animation teams are incredibly busy, and sometimes I feel they don't get enough credit for the amount of work they do, or how much work is involved in each project. There are a number of projects on their list -- many of which players would love to see progress on -- but this isn't currently one of them that I'm aware of.
The art and animation teams are incredibly busy, and sometimes I feel they don't get enough credit for the amount of work they do, or how much work is involved in each project. There are a number of projects on their list -- many of which players would love to see progress on -- but this isn't currently one of them that I'm aware of.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Zapwidget Nov 3rd 2011 12:25AM
"(including aesthetic, stat-less sets to be used solely for Transmogrification)."
Micro transaction cosmetic armor incoming?
Adam Holisky Nov 3rd 2011 12:32AM
I believe Zarhym is referring to the armor from the Darkmoon Faire.
omedon666 Nov 3rd 2011 12:40AM
And challenge mode.
But I wouldn't rule out the other sources you folks are mentioning.
Fletcher Nov 3rd 2011 12:44AM
Also armour from challenge modes in Panda dungeons (timed runs). But I really wouldn't be surprised if we saw cosmetic armour sets in the Blizzard Store in the next year or two.
Drakkenfyre Nov 3rd 2011 1:53AM
That's the point where the game goes down the same path as Star Trek Online. Selling costumes and uniforms.
That's the kind of crap we don't need. That's pretty much a reviled practice, and one that Cryptic is known for. I doubt they would do that.
Alan Nov 3rd 2011 3:22AM
tanking in a tuxedo, LOVE IT!
Hih Nov 3rd 2011 2:16AM
@Drak: It would really no different than the mounts and the pets they sell. Blizzard has nothing wrong with selling stuff that is purely cosmetic, which is what a transmog only set of armor would be.
Hollow Leviathan Nov 3rd 2011 2:20AM
If we're OK with Blizz selling aesthetic items that don't affect combat, I don't see why statless mog gear/costumes are any different or worse than pets or mounts.
Literaltruth Nov 3rd 2011 2:38AM
I guess it's inevitable that transmog sets will become available for cash. It does make me uncomfortable the amount of extras Blizzard is adding though. The current trend in MMOs is currently to be EITHER subscription based OR free to play, supported by microtransactions. It seems like Blizzard is trying to push more and more to make World of Warcraft into both at the same time.
I guess, as the market leader, they can do that - and if people pay then they would be mad not to take the money. I just don't really like it that much.
Drakkenfyre Nov 3rd 2011 4:54AM
Hih, check on over at Star Trek Online's site, and see how there are like 5 series worth of uniforms and costumes for sale. Essentially if it isn't one of their "new" uniforms, or like three of the uniforms in the entire series history, you have to pay for it.
A pet or a mount is one thing. Actual gear you display constantly is another. I doubt they would do that. When you start piling on gear sets for money, it gets real nasty when half the good looking gear costs money.
Hih Nov 3rd 2011 2:24AM
"Right now the monk is jade green."
I get where they're coming from with the China/Jade relationship, but... green? Monks do not feel like a green class to me.
Literaltruth Nov 3rd 2011 2:36AM
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As far as I can see, Monks will now be the ONLY class that really has a link between their class and colour. Druids are orange, Warriors are tan, Paladins are pink, Rogues are yellow. How are any of these classes their colour?
I guess people really will complain about absolutley anything in WoW...
Zapwidget Nov 3rd 2011 2:37AM
Sure, but druids already have Shaolin orange, and warriors are Friar brown.
Drakkenfyre Nov 3rd 2011 4:54AM
Literal,
Purple - Warlock. Curses in the game are bordered by purple. Purple is the color used in game to represent shadow damage.
Blue - Shaman. Shaman use water-based spells for healing. Lightning is also a shade of blue.
Light Blue - Mage. As purple is already used, and unavailable for arcane, light blue makes sense.
Green - Hunter. Nature, hunting, camoflauge.
Red - Death Knight. Purple would also be a good color, based on their abilities in WarCraft 2, but again, since it's used, red works, can stand for blood.
White - Priest. Purity.
Noyou Nov 3rd 2011 5:27AM
Gray would have made the most sense. Since you combine black and white and get gray. Their resources is going to be black and white. By your color scheme
Drak, rogues should be green for poisons, not yellow. Paladins pink? It's a good baby color I guess and most of them whine like babies. Shaman use 4 elements, hunters have arcane damage too. Their are more holes in your color logic than swiss cheese. Sorry.
razion Nov 3rd 2011 8:42AM
I thought they were going to do Jade for, if anything, the Jade Serpent Statue ability. Kind of like Mages get light-blue for Ice, Shaman blue for lightning/water, DKs red for blood, Priests white for purity of holy magic, warlocks purple for dark magics, etc...
Thundrcrackr Nov 3rd 2011 10:33AM
Pink - Paladin. Blizzard hates Paladins, so naturally they made them pink.
goldeneye Nov 3rd 2011 12:45PM
Heheh, I too was immediately chuckling at pink SO being a pally-color :p
Except I have a sturdy dorf pally, and he is NOT pink!
Drakkenfyre Nov 3rd 2011 1:33PM
Noyou, green makes a hell of alot more sense for Hunters with the "nature" and "camoflauge" ideas than poisons for Rogues. I never said yellow, orange, and brown made sense. I said which ones made sense.
Hunters have ONE ability which does Arcane damage. Arcane damage is represented as purple. Which is already used. I never said each color represented a damage ability, I used an ability which made sense for certain ones. Warlocks are almost entirely based on Shadow damage. Shaman healing is completely based on water.
I think dark grey for Warriors would work, representing armor, and light grey for Paladins, representing armor, but being a lighter color to distinguish it from Warriors. Brown would make sense for Druids (bears.)
Hih Nov 3rd 2011 11:58PM
@Literal: Well excuse me for commenting, sheesh.
A lot of the class colors in WoW DO actually make sense. Pally Pink and Rogue Yellow don't really make any sense at all to me, but neither does the green monk.
Warrior brown works, Druid Orange was basically the color of the Tauren Cat form, Priest white works, DK dark red works-ish, Shaman blue works, Hunter green works (Shocker, there is a color CALLED Hunter Green), Mage Blue works (unless you're fire), and the warlock purple fits wonderfully too. You can make the argument that the rogue yellow is based off of their resource color, but that seems pretty ehhh... to me.
I'm not complaining for complaining's sake. I'm complaining because they could pick a better color. Almost every single class' color works, with the Pally pink being the one notable exception, and that's only because the original devs actually had a thing against paladins. In the original ZG, you could collect class dolls. Guess which class was confused with being a little girl. See: http://www.wowhead.com/item=19815#comments
And that's why Pally's are Pink. Shocker, the only class that currently makes zero color sense was originally a joke against the class.