What is the point of dropping green equipment, with cool textures, that are BoP?

grumblesmorf

Someone else made a thread recently that reminded me I had a similar but still fundamentally different question justifying the creation of a new thread:

Primary question: Why do a lot of lair bosses drop cool looking items with unique skins, that are then bound to character with a really good chance of being for a different class than your character? With the way experience is so easy to get and the low cost of blue items on the AH as you're leveling, these items are usually useful for absolutely nothing unless you want to transmute them at some point.

Secondary question: Why do some of them not even have textures but have unique display icons? The Frosty Pelt for from the Rimehound in Icespire would be an example. I just got a "Cloak of the Lone Hunter" I think from some quest in Rothe Valley, but there is no cloak at all when you equip it.

Tertiary question: has anyone ever compiled a list of all these cool-looking things? Some of them are really cool looking and while some of them are available again as epic rewards at level 60, many of them are not and can be missed.

This is particularly frustrating because, to me, an MMO, especially a more casual one like NWO, is often just a really time-intensive dress-up doll game with some games built in. I'll gladly spend a couple of days farming AD just so I can transmute my ugly mage's hood into a fancy fiery circlet thing. It looks awesome. I'll save up 50k just to buy 100Z for a few bottles of dye to make my character look just how I want. Isn't that why the designers put effort into making these unique designs?

Sometimes when I see things like this, they are BoE and I can find/sell them on the AH. The Lizardfolk Shield (GF) and the Lizardfolk Circlet (CW) come to mind. Or the Maelstrom Cloak (any class). The Dawrven Helm (DC). These are cool. This is how it should be for all of them. Can we please consider making ALL of these things BoE instead, so they can at least be bought from the AH if you want them for their unique look?

hustin1

I've been soloing a lot of dungeons lately for the specific purpose of picking up items like these for their looks. Some of what I've found:

Armor of Lolth (CW)
Avalanche Gauntlets (GF)
Blades of the Vigilant Hunter (HR)
Blight Armor (TR)
Blighted Cloth Armor (CW)
Bloodscar's Armor (TR)
Bracers of the Cornered Quarry (HR)
Bracers of the Pack (TR)
Bracers of Vigilance (HR)
Bone Belt (any class)
Bone Necklace (any class)
Boots of the Chieftain (TR)
Boots of the Trackless Wastes (HR)
Boots of the Untraveled Way (HR)
Cloak of Umbral Mists (HR)
Club of Ogrekind (GWF)
Corsair's Bracers (GWF)
Cowl of the Huntmaster (HR)
Daemonic Greatsword (GWF)
Frostwolf pelt (any class)
Gauntlets of Destruction (GWF)
Greywolf Breastplate (GWF)
Griefstone Circlet (DC) (doesn't seem to have a visual)
Hat of the Pirate Host (any class)
Hrimnir's Helm (GWF)
Lizardfolk War Mask (TR)
Mace of Nine Hells (GF)
Many Arrows Armor (TR)
Netheril Blade (TR)
Nomad's Tunic (HR)
Perfidious Hood (CW)
Scale of the Nine Hells (GWF)
Shadow Blade (TR)
Shadow Wolf Headdress (GF/GWF)
Sharpshooter's Bracers (HR)
Shroudcloth Bindings (TR)
Soulforge Skullcap (CW)
Spider Helm (GF) (doesn't seem to have a visual)
Stormcaller Tunic (DC)
Surgeon's Greaves (GF)
Sword of Tyranny (GF)
Sword of the Shadow Wolf (GWF)
Thickgristle's Belt (any class)
Thickgristle's Bracers (CW)
Tribal Bracers (TR)
Troll Helm (DC)
Troll Warhammer (GF)
Venomblade (TR)

grumblesmorf

Yeah, thankfully you can get the ones from dungeons still, but as far as I know, you can only do lair quests in the level 1-60 zones once and that's it. I've gotten that Pirate hat a few times now too. Those Chieftans Boots you have there go well with a chest piece that comes from a lair quest in that zone I believe. Or maybe it's the bracers that come from the lair. I forget but I was lucky enough to get all three pieces on my Half Orc rogue and it looked awesome.