World of Warcraft is making some improvements to Warbands’ transmog collection process soon, including the ability to learn class-restricted transmogs for each character and more comprehensive, retroactive gear appearance unlocks when completing quests. These improvements are expected to be available in World of Warcraft while The war within Patch 10.0.5 is currently expected for this fall.

During the beta for The war withinPlayers noticed that completing quests unlocked transmog appearances for any type of gear available as a reward, even for armor and weapon types the character could not use. This confirmed information shared by Deputy Game Director Morgan Day during pre-expansion interviews that not only would fans unlock transmogs this way, but that characters would also retroactively learn other unearned appearances from previously completed quests. However, when Warbands were released in the WoW: The War Within Before the patch, these features were nowhere to be found.

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Initially, World of Warcraft Developer Yryadorne confirmed that the transmog unlock from the beta was an unintended feature and stated that it was likely a bug during development. Then a few days later, Yryadorne edited his post on the Wow Forum that links to a new blog that confirmed World of Warcraft would eventually turn this apparent bug into a feature, along with the ability to freely unlock class-restricted gear transmogs, such as tier sets from Legacy Raids. These changes are expected to arrive in patch 11.0.5, a few months after The war within Publications.

Improvements to transmog unlocking are coming to WoW: The War Within

• Class-restricted equipment, such as legacy tier sets in World of Warcraftcan be learned by any character.
• The appearance of all equipment available as quest rewards is learned, regardless of whether the class can see or select it.
• The subsequent unlocking of the transmog quest reward for all content that has been completed before is learned when logging in for the first time.
• Coming with patch 11.0.5, expected in October or November.

Previously, characters could only unlock quest rewards for any items they could equip, regardless of which item they chose as a reward. Since there are four types of armor in the game – cloth, leather, chain, and plate – fans had to complete almost every quest in World of Warcraft four times to get all the transmogs. With this change, players will only have to do this once – and they won’t have to go back and repeat quest lines they’ve already completed to get their appearances.

Needless to say, fans are overjoyed World of Warcraft make this change. Transmog collection is a big part of the game for many players, and many of them were disappointed to learn that Blizzard had seemingly removed this great feature for a short time. The fact that World of Warcraft Listening to fan feedback and making this change is ultimately a huge win for players and developers alike.

World of Warcraft: The War Within

In this opening chapter of the Worldsoul saga, you will travel through never-before-seen subterranean worlds full of hidden wonders and lurking dangers, down into the dark depths of the Nerubian Empire, where the inscrutable Harbinger of the Void has gathered her spider powers to bring Azeroth to its knees.

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