The Trading Post - May 2023 Rewards

Originally Posted by The Stormbringer

Wait, seriously? Not even normal mount speed on top of that? Ugghhh. Well, at least it looks cool, I guess... but damn that's disappointing.

Yeah only swim speed sadly. the buff say ''Increases swin speed by 100%'' And when you mount it on land it runs super slow

Have to agree that this month's trading post items are forgettable.

The "Ensemble: Vagabond’s Snowy Threads" is much more gray in the game than the image provided by Blizzard indicates. Very disappointing.

Originally Posted by THEORACLE64

I guess there’s no accounting for poor taste then

Might be. Some looks good but not enough to spend

Alright, here we go:

THE GOOD
Uhhhhh... Wow. There's not a single thing here that I actually LIKE that's reasonably priced. There's a few items that are borderline good, but nothing I can comfortably put into this category.

THE MEH
High Priestess's Ceremonial Drape - As a rule of thumb, if I call a 50 Tender item bad, it's a real stinker. You can't really go wrong with something that's borderline free. I'm hard-pressed to think of many mogs it would actually work with, but it's at least kinda pretty on its own?
Huntsman's Recurve Bow - See my previous point about 50-tender items. I do have a soft spot for higher-res "simple" weapons, but Bows are a very easy weapon type to find "simple" transmogs for. Pick basically any Vanilla leveling bow and you're good. And that's why I can't tier it higher.
Sharpened Shank - This is borderline Good. It at least stands out a decent bit compared to other "simple" daggers, and the price is good, but it's missing that "something". Not sure what, though.
Ensemble: Vagabond's Snowy Threads / Ensemble: Wanderer's Snowy Trappings - Oh look, another pair of Cloak with or without hood. White's pretty easy to combo with other pieces, so I will give it that. The Threads do feel borderline overpriced, however.
Sunbleached Grimskull Cinch/Well-Worn Grimskull Cinch - An actual new model apparently, that's neat. Plus, it could work well with a good couple of sets. Only thing really setting these back is the abundance of other "flashy" belts out there. Both are borderline Good overall.
Black Iron Blunderbuss - I do like this recolor, and if it was a bit cheaper, I'd throw it into Good. 200 feels like a tad much.
Lost Crown of the Arcane - This is a pretty recolor of the Ragnaros headpiece. However, similar to the Blunderbuss, 200 is a bit much, especially for a slot that's less visible, albeit not by a lot.
Tiercel's Wing - Arakkoa stuff is neat. I COULD bump it up to good, but I'd need to see it in action to make that decision.
Ensemble: Vestment of the Honored Valarjar - I really, REALLY like this recolor. If it didn't basically eat the entire month's worth of tender, it would be solid. But 850 is just too harsh to really go for.
Savage Green Battle Turtle - That is one detailed turtle mount. If it is indeed swim speed only, that effectively means it's a (relatively) easy-to-get niche mount. So I can't knock it too hard just because of that.

THE BAD
Pippin - To Pippin's credit, it's a recolor of a pet that isn't exactly super easy to acquire, with a moveset more akin to a pet that also isn't exactly super easy to acquire. However, 600 is still pretty steep for what is, again, a recolor.
Merciless Trapper's Staff - It's an okay mog I guess, but 150 feels a bit steep for what it is.
Crimson Bicorne - There's plenty of pirate hats already available. Get one of those instead.
Fang of the Mountain - 400 Tender is over-the-top for a recolor of a fairly underwhelming sword model.
Ensemble: Kvaldir Scout Leathers - 750 Tender for this? Credit where credit's due, it's one of the relatively few Leather sets that actually looks like, well, leather, but that's about all I can say of it.

Overall, nothing truly amazing, but a decent bit of almost-good. If I were a buyer, I'd possibly swipe up the headpiece, maybe the gun. But this does feel like a "Save-up" month.

Originally Posted by Val the Moofia Boss

Have to agree that this month's trading post items are forgettable.

This might be a little more accurate, IMO.

I only bought the pet. I thought about the recolor of the Valor raid but at the end of the day it wasn’t worth the price. Hoping next months is better.

Turtle is very overdetailed, doesn't really match the game...

Originally Posted by SinR

EU got a special surprise with the Medivh Transmog.

https://www.wowhead.com/news/guardia...trading-332707

Problem is that the items were still encrypted so it showed up at blue/white cubes for the helm and weapon and neon green for the cloak.

And then making it purple, way to go blizz. Derp.

I wasnt expecting much from this, ita better then what I had in mind.

Originally Posted by loras

This, plus the gun.
I'm not 100% sure about it yet, but definitely gonna see if i like it enough.

Also i still have that starry horse in the freezer, i am still not sure i actually want it, i have plenty of tender. But on the other hand: Horse-in-a-freezer jokes.

I'd really like to get the rest of the basic look weapons (love that simple recurve bow), but it adds up to a bit more than the last two months. And I sense this is a set up to dropping something expensive everyone will want in the coming months. As for the horse, I actually had it. Got it in a discounted mount bundle back during MoP.