Bored MOP Tier Concept *Now with New Real Mail*

[SpiritBinder]

Oh and Cows.....

Every time now, all I see is this dam picture!

[Kalliope]

Quillstalker!!! <3

[cowmuflage]

Oh and Cows.....

Every time now, all I see is this dam picture!

Oh I totally forgot about that!

[Wain]

There's clearly a lot of leeway on what can be used for mail. A lot of the stalker sets look like leather more than they do mail. Then we have a lot of older sets that actually do use official plate artwork (or even cloth!). For this particular set, given the nature of the beast, I'd say it was fitting for it to look like hard pieces. The design also has enough potentially interlocking pieces that you could consider it some form of mail (assuming it's composed of a number overlapping pieces rather than one hard plate with a design engraved on it).

To me it has a great "imperial" or Mogu look to it and would be a fitting late tier type of armour where things get very fancy and less like drab, realistic armour.

[cowmuflage]

I could see it being drops off Mogu.

[Wain]

Oh and Cows.....
Every time now, all I see is this dam picture!

Fortunately, being a teenager in the 80s, it only ever puts in my head:

[Andine]

I know what to do with the Quilen set: make it either some high-level plate dropped off Mogus in a speculative Thunder King 5.1 patch, or a tier for warriors or another plate wearer. Hunters aren't the only class getting tiers based on enemies after all.

I think that the best candidates for a hunter "-stalker" tier are already covered. Mantids are an overarching, common enemy, and Quilen are companions to another major enemy. The remaining new beasts aren't really to iconic for the expansion. Unless we get a patch with a raid against a possessed crane god and hunters get a Cranestalker, I don't see much sets in the same vein in the current beastiary.
Okay, the very last potential idea would be Spritestalker. Like those little thorny tricksters who play catch with jade from that mine.

[Malackai]

Well like most of the previous tiers it depends what the raid is based on.

In fire lands we had a had a hunter shannox so our tier was based on that. In DS it was all about DW and dragons so we ended up with Dragonstalker v2.0

I haven't payed much attention to our first raid entry tier for MoP
If its based on mogu and Quillen than we most likely end up with a tier based on that or if its based around mantids then the chance is big we end up with a mantid based tier as already sketched here.

There's even a chance we might end up with a dragon stalker v3.0 tho (cloud serpent style >_>)

personally i would like a tier based on the new cranes. :3

[Andine]

I haven't payed much attention to our first raid entry tier for MoP
If its based on mogu and Quillen than we most likely end up with a tier based on that or if its based around mantids then the chance is big we end up with a mantid based tier as already sketched here.

First tier of MoP raiding is three raids:
1) Terrace of Endless Springs - a bunch of corrupted Jinyu and a Sha
2) Heart of Fear - Mantid raid, with the empress apparently possessed by the same Sha from the other raid.
3) Mogu'Shan Vaults - Mogu raid, with Titanic elements.

[Rhyela]

First of all, I don't know how I missed this thread until now. Second of all, HOLY FREAKING SHELLFISH, BATMAN! Those quilin sets look amazing! Naturally, I love the green/jade set the best, but the dark purple is a very close second.

[Malackai]

well guess its up now the first preview
its Yak stalker :

I find it very underwhelming atm >_>

[cowmuflage]

I like it :3

[Silivren]

I...I... /falls over laughing. I'm sorry for those who like it but MAN it looks rediculous in my opinion. Yak stalker Really? Thats HYSTERICAL! Oh..geezus Blizzard hire Spiritbinder before you embaress yourselves.

[Malackai]

well looking at the druid one that one looks awesome in my opinion or at least the headpiece does.
now that I am looking at the hunter tier again it seems based on Mongolian warriors. but the horns are way to big.

[Kalliope]

You know, a tiger-themed set would be kind of awesome too.

[SpiritBinder]

You know, a tiger-themed set would be kind of awesome too.

Very true, but from memory the Paladin(?) has already revived the "White Tiger" theme as their set, but yeah, still think it would make a swell hunter set also

[Kalliope]

You know, a tiger-themed set would be kind of awesome too.

Very true, but from memory the Paladin(?) has already revived the "White Tiger" theme as their set, but yeah, still think it would make a swell hunter set also

Eh, how about black tiger?

Or....orange!



(Oh come on, you KNEW that was coming! )

[Ana]

bah i dislike the yak stalker set..

to me it seams like the higher in lvl u get the chunkier the sets are.. would have loved something more simple but with more detals and brigther colors

[cowmuflage]

You know, a tiger-themed set would be kind of awesome too.

A crab themed one would be cooler Crab stalker....... you'd get crabs!

[Wain]

A crab themed one would be cooler Crab stalker....... you'd get crabs!

And you could wear this rather disturbing shield with it: http://www.wowhead.com/item=21269