wow Shadowlands Legendary Looks Will Not Be Transmoggable

[Starym 3,800]

 

Update: as the clarification below seems to have been somewhat confusing, here's a clarification: you will NOT be able to use the legendary set look AT ALL as transmog on other gear. You will only get to see the 1 piece you actually equip. We won't be seeing the full set as pictured above and below for a while, unless Blizzard change something from the beta til release.

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While we're still in beta, we are also getting very close to the release date of the expansion (14 days close, in fact), so while it's still possible for some things to change, most are also probably locked in. For now, one of these things seems to be the legendary armor set looks, as we most likely won't be able to use them for transmog.

Uno_dluk on reddit and Portergauge on the official forums have noticed that the legendary item appearances do not pop up in your transmog collection once you craft them (or equip them):

Source.

This means you'll only be able to get the looks on the 1 legendary piece you actually equip, as you're wearing them. That is, at least for a while, as different tints of the same armor sets have been datamined, with the "Maw raid" tag, so we'll probably be getting the transmog looks from there at a later point. It's also possible this is still just a bug, but it seems more likely to be intended at this point.

You can check out the full armor sets that you probably won't be seeing all together for a while in our set preview here, and here's our top pick to make you sad:

So, as usual in WoW, shoulders prio!

Source 1: reddit.
Source 2: Official US forums.

[Grumar 188]

So it works like every other piece of gear in the game..... great click bait

[Starym 3,800]

6 hours ago, Grumar said:

So it works like every other piece of gear in the game..... great click bait

Uhhh what? Every other piece of gear gets you a transmog appearance when you get it. This doesn't. One could also say it's the OPPOSITE of every other piece of gear in the game. Also, an article can't be clickbait when it's states EXACTLY what is happening in the title.
- One note, however, it seems the title may be unclear, but that's due to my issues with the wording, to me it still sounds clear but I've seen people reading it differently and I can see how that could happen. I think it's just missing an "onto other gear" at the end to make it more clear, so apologies for the title at least.

[Aernath 173]

Thankfully we're still in Beta stage, maybe they can lift these restrictions. Same with Covenant armor sets and having to be in that Covenant to use that appearance. IMHO cosmetic side of items should not be "that" restricted so it can motivate players to play more to collect more; Win-Win ^^ 

[Ogerscherge 43]

I don't hate this, honestly. As long as they will be transmogable in the next expansion, I can totally see the appeal in saving the (presumably) coolest looks in the game for people actually wearing the according item.

[solitha 84]

2 hours ago, Aernath said:

Thankfully we're still in Beta stage, maybe they can lift these restrictions. Same with Covenant armor sets and having to be in that Covenant to use that appearance. IMHO cosmetic side of items should not be "that" restricted so it can motivate players to play more to collect more; Win-Win ^^ 

I'm gambling my efforts on them lifting the covenant restriction near/at the end of the expansion. I can see having it in place until then; it'd be weird having a vampire in the Night Fae, for instance.

The only thing that give me pause on this is Ion's statement about wanting covenants to be as integral to our characters as our class, which stuck me as just a weird sentiment for something that's only an expansion feature.

[solitha 84]

14 hours ago, Grumar said:

So it works like every other piece of gear in the game..... great click bait

"You'll Be Amazed At How Easily You Completely Miss The Main Point of This Post!"

[nihiloi 2]

I apologize if I am asking a naive question, but aren't you restricted to equipping one legendary at a time? If that is so, and you are unable to transmog the appearance, wouldn't that mean you would never be able to have the look of the entire set, only one piece at a time?

Edited November 10, 2020 by nihiloi

[Starym 3,800]

16 minutes ago, nihiloi said:

I apologize if I am asking a naive question, but aren't you restricted to equipping one legendary at a time? If that is so, and you are unable to transmog the appearance, wouldn't that mean you would never be able to have the look of the entire set, only one piece at a time?

This is correct, which is why Blizzard will most likely be adding recolors of this set in a future raid (as noted above, there already is a set like this marked as "Maw raid" - presumably the final raid of the expansion). Also they might, MIGHT allow two legendaries to be used later on.