Shadow Priest forced into Daggers whole Legion expansion?

[Licketysplit77]

Please Blizzard correct me if i'm wrong or reconsider the artifact weapon for Spriest only being a dagger
I have played Spriest for 7 year and hate the look and feel of daggers on a caster
I have got some awesome transmog Staves i have spent a lot of time collecting, whole sets that work around the staff.

Can we opt for one of the staves?
can we transmog the dagger to look like a staff?

I would be so disappointed thinking that for a full expansion that my character would never wield a staff?

[tru]

Please Blizzard correct me if i'm wrong or reconsider the artifact weapon for Spriest only being a dagger
I have played Spriest for 7 year and hate the look and feel of daggers on a caster
I have got some awesome transmog Staves i have spent a lot of time collecting, whole sets that work around the staff.

Can we opt for one of the staves?
can we transmog the dagger to look like a staff?

I would be so disappointed thinking that for a full expansion that my character would never wield a staff?

That does bring up a good point. How can they really justify doing that. Oh you got a 2h axe you dont like well mog it to a sword or mace. Got a bow you dont like? Mog it to a gun.... Got a DAGGER you don't like? MoG it to...well um

[Makabreska]

If you adress Blizzard, then you may want to post this on official WoW forums. As for dagger, well there was no way every spec would get a staff, and dagger seems most fitting for shadow.

[Veyne]

I've always like daggers on my shadow priest. Daggers have a distinctly "dark ritualist" feel. I wouldn't be upset if Affliction Warlocks also got daggers, but their scythe looks pretty badass.

That being said, I hope there are some awesome skins, because I'm not very impressed with the what I've seen, visually, as of yet. Don't think it's BAD, per se, but it could be a bit better.

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That does bring up a good point. How can they really justify doing that. Oh you got a 2h axe you dont like well mog it to a sword or mace. Got a bow you dont like? Mog it to a gun.... Got a DAGGER you don't like? MoG it to...well um

The Demonology Artifact makes me wonder how strict transmog rules are going to be, considering it's literally not an existing weapon type. It's a badass floating skull.

[Rekz]

Artifact weapons are a way for Blizzard to control class balance believe it or not.

[vavlqlw]

That being said, I hope there are some awesome skins, because I'm not very impressed with the what I've seen, visually, as of yet. Don't think it's BAD, per se, but it could be a bit better.

Here's the thing. It's a dagger, so it will consist of a hilt and a short blade, which leaves very little room for designs. On top of that, because it's a dagger and not a 2h and we're not a class the swings a weapon, it will be invisible. So while other classes get to customize their artifact, we visually do not have one. It hangs at our side, invisible, and irrelevant.

And transmog doesn't help, because we'd still have to transmog it to a dagger.

[calexanich]

Here's the thing. It's a dagger, so it will consist of a hilt and a short blade, which leaves very little room for designs. On top of that, because it's a dagger and not a 2h and we're not a class the swings a weapon, it will be invisible. So while other classes get to customize their artifact, we visually do not have one. It hangs at our side, invisible, and irrelevant.

And transmog doesn't help, because we'd still have to transmog it to a dagger.

agreed... especially if u don't glyph into the less shadowy shadowform then u will barely see it ever and unless one of the skins makes the dagger bigger its just trash, cant wait to see the "offhand" they give us to go with this probably an eyeball with tentacles or some stupid shit

[Ilir]

We don't know yet how much details the weapons have. Maybe they'll enchance our spells effects, maybe they'll give us a cool effect. Who knows, maybe with the new "insanity" system we'll use our dagger to self-harm/harm the ennemies (aka our dagger skin is reflected into our spell (think mind spike)).

Also about the warlock's skulll... is it confirmed a weapon ? I directly thought it was an offhand artifact.

[Lightbull]

Also about the warlock's skulll... is it confirmed a weapon ? I directly thought it was an offhand artifact.

I assume it's main hand. None of the other classes have off hand instead of main hand. If I remember correctly, off hand doesn't exist anymore, it's just the one weapon slot.

I also think this is a good reason why Blizzard may allow complete control over transmog, like transmogging a dagger to a staff for example.

[Ilir]

Well offhand does exist if you look at the paladin healer's artifact : a mace and a book.

So who knows, maybe the skull is an off hand (which would allow them not to do whole new auto attack animations for the skull).

I'm still wondering what priest will get as offhand...

[Shadowisp]

I use a dagger for my shadow priest onehand transmogs, I like them, I always liked a sleek weapon for a shadow priest transmog... that said, there are about 100 daggers in the game that look far cooler than those 2 models they showed. The two they showed are lame, the elven blade looks like a remodel of the one from Argent Tournament and the old god one is been done to death.

Also the one that got me, is NO CLASS has a Wand for a weapon. That would be cooler than a dagger THAT WE NEVER USE TO STAB THINGS!!!

Shadow Priests are about Mind Power, the Old Gods never really used weapons they always got into your brain and melted them, they were the will in the world of dangerous creatures that ripped people apart with bare hands before the Titans came to the world an invented weapons to kill them. I think something like the Demonology Skull such as a MIND GEM in HALO/CROWN that you wear floating above your noggin.

I would like to see them take a leaf out of the Druids book (pun) and have the shadow priest weapon add special effects animations to the shadow form and related spells... felshadow, frostshadow adding green, blue, red, spell effects... maybe even a HOLY effect that replaces the shadow effects with glowy goodness. Else at the end of the day its a dagger thats hidden on the hip under shadow form with muted particle effects.

[Deleted]

I dont even get the idea of giving us dagger for one reason - the only time you`ll see it is when you`ll log off/log in and that`s it.

That anon is right, they should`ve given us something like Demonology Warlocks have - some sort of presence/aura, a halo or something.

The point of artifact is to display your achievements in game - how the hell am I supposed to show-off if the damn thing will be hidden in combat or even in idle?
And it looks so underwhelming.

Honestly thinking of rerolling to DK - at least Blood weapon looks awesome. Honestly looks like some sort of unused model from Sha bosses in SoO.

[Onyd]

I like the look and backstory of the dagger.

[Deleted]

That dagger is horrible, please Blizzard

[shanthi]

We'll have to wait and see on all the details of the coming transmog system revamp. Maybe they'll toss out the whole "must have same combat animations" (as they already have with bows/guns/crossbows and polearms->other 2H weapons) and let all one-handers be mogged into all other one-handers. Then, at least, priests can mog daggers into maces (and maybe wands if they solve the whole shoot problem, like perhaps making wands no longer shoot).

[Blackmorgrim]

I have a feeling there will be no offhands or anything to equip in the weapon areas this expansion. Just look at the demo artifact, its not a dagger, sword or staff... its just a floating skull. My guess is that transmogs may be universal for artifacts, meaning you can xmog it as a staff, 1H+OH, a single 1H etc... anything your class can equip. Maybe we'll see more about that in the systems panel today.

[Ilir]

But but every other classes with an one hand got an offhand aswell (except demolock)

[Kaesebrezen]

But but every other classes with an one hand got an offhand aswell (except demolock)

Firemage also don't have an offhand. It's also double the size of what we have...

Everyone that has had a shield, has a shield. Everyone that used an offhand, has no offhand.

Even better: if you take the second picture on the side, you see a slight hint of some -purple- aura. Which you won't see in Shadowform.

If the most visible part of any dagger equipped in Shadowform is the enchant colour, then you know giving Shadow is pretty stupid. Either it alters Shadowform effects (at which point the form of the weapon is rather pointless), Shadowform is gone, or the dagger is as bad as it can get.

[Fawkess]

But but every other classes with an one hand got an offhand aswell (except demolock)

Firemages dont have an offhand for their sword

[Wishblade]

And this was my first worry about artifacts back at Gamescom: people not liking being forced into a certain weapon.

Personally I think dagger fits Shadow pretty good, glad it's not another staff, too many of those already...