Tier 9 Art Preview from World of Raids

One of the anticipated features of the upcoming patch 3.2 is the Crusader’s Coliseum. It’s not only anticipated for the new raid content that will come with it but also because the new tiered gear that will come out of this raid dungeon will have different set designs for both factions. having a faction specific design for your class tier 9 set is a nice idea since it gives players a certain sense of connection and pride of your faction rather than just your class.

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Unfortunately this idea isn’t what you think. It’s not 20 sets of gear giving a unique design for all classes depending on your faction since there are 10 classes and 2 factions. According to CM Zarhym, the sets are designed per armor type per faction, with the classes just getting a different color. This means the Mage design looks like a recolored Warlock design and so on. This is why I’m a bit disappointed. There’s something wrong about Paladins looking like Death Knights, even if you say that the color scheme could make the set fit the class theme. Somehow I prefer having unique class designs even if I have to share it with the other faction.

World of Raids put together a preview of the tier 9 gear as seen from the PTR. It’s not complete yet but it’s almost all there at this point. You can see how the different classes look different per faction but look almost the same across armor types. At least even if the design per armor type are just different colors per class, you can say that the color scheme almost makes them look unique… almost.