Originally Posted by
BaltazarDZ
1. As you stated yourself this offers absolutely no improvement stat/balance wise and is purely cosmetic. And I personally think that something like that is best solved by upgrading the current possibilities of transmog and adding a bit more purely cosmetic gear for transmog purposes only.
2,3,4:Removing offhand frills and leaving shields and destroying dual wield in favor of one handed weapons again don't make me any sense besides purely cosmetic reasons. Transmog upgrades again.
4+:
First of all saying satisfy a lot of players isn't a good argument. I personally don't know that much people being sad about them gone for good.
Second, why offer upgrades to skills to single wielders(More like 2 handed wielders which seem to be your pet peeve) and deny the option that to dual wielding classes?
Third, how do you imagine to make an equipped spell upgrades actually offer choice and not be a cookie cutter. Not giving direct damage boosts but giving indirect damage boosts still gives a damage boost. Faster cast time means less time spent casting and more DPS.
I support the visual idea. I also want to wear fist weapon as Paladin for example or Dual Wield. Or at least look like it. And as long as it's purely cosmetic it should be fine. However I disagree about major slot/gear/stat changes without serious explanation why is that necessary.