Please do not ruin this thread. You can voice your opinions and keep in positive.


With usual tier sets, since there is a unique set per class, there are 10 unique looking sets. With Tier 9, a design similar to Ahn'Qiraj and Sunwell gear, or more-so the original PvP armor was taken. Instead of a unique set per class, it's a unique set per armor type. However, they are different among faction and thus there are 8 unique looking sets.

In my opinion, the single problem is not that there is reduced variety among players, but rather that the sets themselves are not impressive. If the sets were impressive like, for example, the Sunwell sets, I think Tier 9 would be fine. The fact that there is a reduced number of unique sets and the design of the armor is rather bland makes Tier 9 seem even worse.

Another thing is that the uniqueness among factions is almost unnoticed. An Alliance player who is able to raid for Tier 9 gear will probably only see a Horde player wearing the opposite version of Tier 9 if in Dalaran or another area where Horde is commonly seen. Unless there is some interactivity between the Horde and Alliance in raids themselves, I believe it will be mostly unseen by the opposite faction. The uniqueness among factions was noticed with the original battleground gear because Horde and Alliance who do battlegrounds will be seeing each other, and very often.

It may seem like too much, but I think that major design changes need to be made on the armor sets (at least for the ones I've seen). Usually I appreciate the effort put into Blizzard's art design, but Tier 9 has made me feel very little effort was put into designing and modeling/texturing the armor. There has been much better designed sets in the past, even Tier 8, and I don't think Tier 9 reflects Blizzard's potential.



I understand there are many threads on this topic. I would like to have the posts consolidated, which is why I made this thread.

It helps to keep all constructive criticism, positive or negative in one location.

May I direct you to post your thoughts and feedback to this thread: Tier9 please change before release