Comments on: Rogue Tier 12

By: HughJorgen

HughJorgen — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:07:59 +0000

I personally like the Dark Phoenix set, I mostly PVP and we get get crap boring sets. I would love to see something like this for PVP. Maybe if more players wrote Blizzard and told them that their art work is not appealing to the fans anymore they would change something. Blizzard is turning into a big corporation where they are turning their artists into a assembly line and giving them unrealistic deadlines on artwork. They are taking the creativity away from the artists, which in turn takes the creativity away from us as fans.

By: wraith

wraith — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:12:20 +0000

I fail to see the bagginess you are speaking of. The set looks big because its modeled on a gorilla…I mean a human (worst looking toon BTW), put this on a NE and it will look more form fitting. As for the blousy/sleeves are too big issue..well those are not sleeves, that is the top of the gloves your looking at. Just like Bloodfang, or current blue gear gloves (Gloves of the Haze).

But, yes I think you are correct about the helm and shoulders….I mean do we now get to spec into Falcon Power Ranger. Blizzard’s Art department looks like they have been huffing glue, our tier sets havent looked good since BC.

By: BenDover

BenDover — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:01:42 +0000

Besides the shoulders, I could actually see a fighter being rather agile in the Dark Phoenix, aka t12 Rogue set. The bagginess there, it means you have room to move, something that not all sets have. It looks protective too, and the colors and flame patterns fit rather well for Firelands. I’m a fan of the mask helmets. Kinda like being Batman or something. I think Dark Phoenix is kinda like the love child of the Madcap and Vancleef’s Battlegear sets.

This set is not so much about the stealthy Rogue, it’s more about the brawler. We are Jack Sparrow for Firelands.

By: Hamacus

Hamacus — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:14:00 +0000

I totally agree with the bagginess comment and that it does not seem very rogue-ish. That is unless we all are Judo masters all of a sudden, then it fits I suppose. BTW I kinda liked the head on head look. :p

By: Darynn

Darynn — Tue, 24 May 2011 08:21:40 +0000

I would love for the powers that be to implement an option to turn off “show shoulders” for all classes. We can do it for the helm and cape… I detest shoulders on rogues. It looks like we are all fullbacks with no jerseys. Very unrogue-like.
/agree with the above; good to read some freshness from ya.

By: chronicstar

chronicstar — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:14:09 +0000

We missed you!

By: rogueraider

rogueraider — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:40:24 +0000

As a gnome, my favorite tier helm was 5. Mini-Skeletor! Birds, beaks, and turquoise on rogue gear can all take a walk. Glad to see a post! And thanks for the heads up on EventHorizon.

By: Saniel

Saniel — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:33:11 +0000

I never thought about it that way, but you’re right…the set is way too baggy to be Rouge-ish.

I also think you guys got the most generic and uninspired set of this tier. I remember looking at it and just being completely under-whelmed.

By: WhiteWatcher

WhiteWatcher — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:05:02 +0000

Your long break started to worry me there, good to see it was just lack of awesome things to write about.

I will say, all the new tier 12 sets have such a similar theme that I start to think back to the ToC era sets of blah. Tier 9 I think. Everything was sooo similar. Soldier outfits yeah, but not adventuring ones.

By: Marek

Marek — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:02:23 +0000

That head on top of a head was horrible. I’m really not much of a fan of the T12 for the same reason that you stated, it just doesn’t fit the rogue image. It fits much more with a warrior or like a guardsman uniform.

They really need to go back and look at what a rogue is as they design these armor sets. By playing a rogue, I want to look like a rogue.