(WoW) Tier 12 Comments

[marinredwolf]

So... Firelands tier 12 armor has been mostly revealed. The Firelands theme shows through on most, if not all, sets. I like some better than others, but there are none of them that I actually dislike. I think it's been a while since that happened.

Of course, I focus on the paladin set as that's my main character. I think this sums it up in general

Comments

[kyn_elwynn]

Hm. Now you have me thinking.
Cataclysm brought players back to Azeroth, albeit changed, and gave us a new enemy in the form of one of the oldest threats in Lore, Deathwing. The black dragons are the big bads once again and the elementals are right up their with them. The first WoW raids were Onyxia (Black dragon), Neferian (Black dragon) and Ragnaros (Elemental Firelord). Tier 2 paladin was that justicar set with a faceplate. Tier 12 paladin is a harkening back to those days. Tier 2. Tier 12. Will Tier 13 then harken back to our Naxxaramus gear? While I would initially say no because Tier 7 was Naxx gear recolored and detailed up, it might just bring that Silvery Hand/Argent Dawn theme to bear. Brave paladin fighting against fearsome dragons to save the world? I'd hope the Argents would be assisting despite Tirion sort of having his spotlight through later Wrath.

[marinredwolf]

I'm pretty sure they won't copy it as closely as Tier 7 did. My... instinct says they're not paralleling the current sets that deliberately to the past. I think Tier 12 armor has a much stronger "Firelands" theme (especially for some other classes) than it has a "Tier 2" theme. But I haven't compared the other classes' armor, so it could be that there's some deliberate effort to tie into old elements that I'm not catching.

On a side note, I'm a little bit sad that I never got to wear Justicar armor. One of the things that makes it so striking and memorable is the sheer contrast of the color scheme, and we don't get much of that anymore.