I'm happy to see new options for the gun, but like others, I am still pretty disappointed with being stuck with a gun as my artifact weapon. From the ones that I have seen so far, I am going to have absolutely zero motivation to do anything in regards to getting the unlocked versions of the gun as I'll be transmogging a bow over the darned thing (I very much want to use much stronger language in regards to that thing but am restraining myself).
What gets my goat though is the people say "If you don't like it then go MM'. Um, have you heard the latest news on MM, where
they are going to lose their pet while in that spec?:
Most Marksmanship hunters are taking the Lone Wolf talent on live, so the team decided to go ahead and remove the pet in Legion. You can still be ranged with a pet as Beast Mastery.
Sooo not my thing, I play a hunter to play alongside the pets that I've spent hours-days and yes even blasted months of my time trying to catch and tame. Le sigh.
Still personally think that the MM spec should have a gun, as the first thing I think of when I hear 'marksman' is shooting ranges and snipers. Bows can work into that but it is really, really an odd fix.
Bah. I'm just ranting now, ignore all of that. It is what it is now, so just got to go with it. At least we can transmog over things still.
As to the new gun models-
I am thankful that they have given us a few options from the look of things that do not have a beast skull on it-that was the biggest complaint I had with the original gun designs we were seeing. As I wow player I do not mind having weapons and gear made from the skins and skulls of things I've killed-but I really hated having beasts, like the ones I spend so much time taming stuck on the weapon of my animal tamer.
Second gun looks best I think, if I do not transmog that is likely what I will stick with, though really, I just hate the guns in game and am likely going to be sticking with the same transmog I am currently using after seeing these. I am going to keep my fingers crossed in hopes that they release some other looks that are a bit more interesting.
Were they supposed to be titan based? Where is the lightning, the big cluncky techno looks and such? The guns we've seen so far all look like variations and versions of Warlords and Pandaria weapons. If they are Titan based, I am hoping that they have more designs they have yet to show us. Because this:
Yeah, not seeing that yet in these designs.