I had high hopes when I clicked the link to see the preview. Sad to see it's just more copy/paste.

*sigh*

There was once a time when you could look forward to a new dungeon or a new raid because it brought with it not just a new stat-on-a-stick or a new stat-on-an-armor-piece... but you at least could look special for the class you were playing. You could tell a priest or a mage at a hundred paces.

Now, it doesn't look good at all. Too many pieces of gear looks identical already... a minor palette change if there was anything. WotLK has been the reign of the lazy artist... unless it comes to PvP. Oh, PvP gets to have a unique set of gear for each class in its appearance this coming season... but PvE? We get to look forward to the next level of adventures to give us a uniform appearance between each armor type... with a slight palette change.

I know Ulduar had unique sets for each of the classes... and so did Naxx (albeit palette swaps from an earlier era... so they don't get a pass there)... but now the next tier is rather generic looking. Work hard, pray for your drops to occur, hope you beat out your friends... to look identical to every other clothie or mail wearer or plate wearer. Uniformity amidst a class is tolerable... after all, are not all players of a class striving to get the gear to become better... but I, as a priest, do not want to stand next to a warlock or a mage when in our tier outfits and look nearly identical if I have the color turned off.

But! You do get to have two flavors of your gear... Horde and Alliance. *ahem* WOOOOOOOOoooooo.... bleh. I guess when they activate the ability to change factions at a cost... you can finally find an appearance you might enjoy. If you chose your faction wrong... That is a perk, right? Right? Probably not.

Now, I know that I feel like I am just rambling here but this is a slap in the face in my opinion... it feels like the point where Blizz finally is getting around to saying that they are not going to put much work into PvE content or at least its gear... and that PvP is really the avenue left to pursue if you want to have a rather interesting outfit to wear, RP in, and to look unique... the former realm PvE used to be.

So, lets read the writing on the walls, go que up for another cookie cutter, sanitized, formulaic battle with your two other friends a few times a week at most... and go get something that actually looks unique rather than go and hope for a chance drop once a week off a boss or two that will be rolled on by a number of others so you can put on a cloned uniform.

Sorry again for being verbose and sounding sarcastic. It may sound silly but interesting outfits and gear are what kept me playing this game for 4+ years... this is just depressing and makes me not really want to go and put in the effort to raid this newest tier of gear... I would rather keep running Naxx or Ulduar for outfits and gear to wear... I at least look interesting and befitting being a class... not just an armor type with a dye job done to it.

Blargh...

TL;DR - Disgruntled priest/warlock whining over being in a generic uniform

Coolness.

Thanks!