TRANSMOGRIFICATION, BABY!!!! - General Hunter Discussion - Hunter Forums

Holy hell is this one of, if not the, most (insert superlative) things EVER to happen to this game!

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3309048

I can't even get my head around how TOTALLY MIND-BLOWINGLY cool this is going to be! 

Never again will dwarves be forced to use sucky bows!

Cool looking armor no matter what I'm rocking stat-wise!

I don't know how much more of this I can think of before I …

/faints

Some cut and paste action for my friends who can't get the goods while at work:

You’ve been asking for it, and we were listening. In patch 4.3 you’ll be able to customize the appearance of your weapons and armor like never before.

The Ethereals, emerging from the nether, will bring with them a new technology they call Transmogrification. They’re heading to the capital cities of Azeroth to set up shop and to offer adventurers a unique service — copying the appearance of one magical item onto another. They only ask for a modest gold donation to recoup their costs.

Visiting a Transmogrifier will present players with a new interface that will allow them to change the appearance of an item while retaining its original stats. This means that you can raid in your paladin tier 12 Immolation set, but look like you’re wearing Lightbringer, while priests can bring Benediction back — at least in spirit. Hunters can once again roam the jungles of Stranglethorn Vale in their tier 2 Dragonstalker set. You could even slip into the saucy tailored Black Mageweave set for that matter. You know, with the thigh highs, and the little gloves, and the cute little… ahem.

Placing an item into the Transmogrifier interface will offer a preview of how the item will appear once the change is applied. However, not all item pairings are compatible with Transmogrification. In general, only items that have stats can be used in the transmogrification process. You must also be able to wear both items when using this service. Ethereals don’t have much in the way of ethics, but allowing someone to appear as if they’re equipping unusable items crosses the line. Similarly, they won’t allow you to change weapon or armor types. Sneaky death knights can’t make that breastplate look like a cloth robe, and you can’t make a one-handed axe look like a two-handed axe, or transform a sword’s appearance into that of a mace. Guns, bows, and crossbows will be the exception to this rule. You will finally be able to retain your dwarf’s racial gun bonus while appearing with all the splendor and elegance of a bow wielder (or at least the relative silence of one).

Placing items into the Transmogrify interface will increase the gold cost of the process, and clicking the Transmogrify button (assuming you have the necessary funds) will put the appearance change into effect. The process can be reversed by clicking the undo icon on each item, and then hitting the Transmogrify button once more to save the changes. Any item that’s transmogrified will have text indicating it’s been altered by the process for all to see, similar to the item tooltip callout for reforged items.

Transmogrification encourages players to hold onto items with sentimental or aesthetic value, and the Ethereals anticipate that personal bag and bank space will be at a premium now that everyone will be hoarding their frilly pantaloons and leather jerkins. In anticipation of this new demand for additional storage space, they’ll be introducing a unique Void Storage service. What’s Void Storage, you ask? We’ll provide more details soon.

We’re looking forward to seeing how players choose to customize their character’s appearance, and hope you’re as excited as we are for the arrival of patch 4.3 and the Transmogrification feature. Do you have a favorite set or weapon that you’ll be bringing back? Let us know in the comments below.

When I see the word "transmogrification" all I can think about is changing my cardboard box into a spaceship.

And I'm pretty sure I'm gonna go farm the gun off Al'ar (I forget the name).  It had moving parts and looked cool as can be!

Which skins are you guys going to be using?

Tak, great minds think alike. imo the Demonstalker is the best looking of the bunch, however- gotta have a bow to go with it, not some silly gun

Malice said:

I like what im wearing now t11/t12/Shannox helm… with the exceptin of the totally retarded looking fishegg t11 shoulders Grrrrr. So I went into TK cuz I like the T5 shoulders thinking how hard can it be!?! 2nd trash mob turned me into kibble =/ I never try to solo shit and now I know why lol. Gotta go find me a tank!

Malice what spec do you try to solo in?  My lowly hunter isn't even close to being as geared as you are but I can down bosses in TK and SCC in BM spec with a fat, tanky pet (usually my flaming turtle).  Spec BM and start tearing s#$! up, bro!  =)