Overcloaks from Event - Blue Tracker

#0 - Sept. 8, 2010, 8:35 p.m.

So, did Blizzard decide to go back on their decision to make the Overcloak unique because of an unforeseen error of some sort? Or is it planned to be fixed in a later patch, because it appears to be just a normal cloak. You'd think the following quote would hint something unique about these cloaks.

Q u o t e:
"Should the spirits give their blessing to Vol'jin, Champion Uru'zin will call for all seasoned veterans of the Horde levels 75-80 to aid in the attack. If "at last, everythin' be ready," as Vol'jin put it, his plan is to launch a full assault from the shores of Sen'jin village. Vol'jin exclaimed in his call for such an assault today, "come, now! Join in de liberation of de Echo Isles! Zalazane will fall!" He's gone so far as to offer a particularly rare Sen'jin Overcloak to those who help bring Zalazane down. Even still, sources report that this foe possesses powerful voodoo and black magic."

Quite a number of us are curious about what happened with these overcloaks.

Zarhym

#13 - Sept. 8, 2010, 10:27 p.m.

It is true that the cloak rewards had overcloak functionality when these events were up on the public test realms some months back. In the end we decided that implementing the cloaks in such a way that players could aesthetically change the cloak they're wearing could set a bad precedent. We like customization and flavor items, but we don't want to start implementing aesthetic items in the game which allow players to look however they want while keeping all the stats they want. We felt the overcloaks were breaking that barrier a little too much.

Bashiok

#35 - Sept. 8, 2010, 10:37 p.m.

Q u o t e:
One of the great things about Blizzard is that they listen to suggestions from their customers. Sad to see that has gone away. The world moves on.

I think one of the great things is we make really fun games, and sometimes that means making tough decisions. :)

Zarhym

#47 - Sept. 8, 2010, 10:40 p.m.

Q u o t e:

Can I ask why not? People have been clamoring for this sort of thing for ages, and many thought that this was the first step to allowing that. Now you're telling us it was a first step that you don't want to take?

We've been tossing around some other ideas with regard to gear customization, but we still want to make sure there are appropriate limitations on a system like this. The limited buff timer on the overcloak just wasn't enough considering it would mask any cloak of any level. We'll continue to explore ideas for fun aesthetic gear customization, but we didn't feel this was the proper introduction of this kind of system.