World of Warcraft is making some improvements to the Warbands transmog collection process soon, including the ability to learn class-restricted transmogs on any character, and more broad, retroactive gear appearance unlocks when completing quests. These improvements are expected to arrive in World of Warcraft during The War Within Patch 10.0.5, currently expected this autumn.
During the beta for The War Within, players noticed completing quests unlocked the transmog appearances for every type of gear obtainable as a reward, even for armor and weapon types the character couldn’t use. This corroborated information associate game director Morgan Day shared during pre-expansion interviews, which suggested that not only would fans unlock transmogs in this way, but that characters would learn other unearned appearances from previously-completed quests retroactively. However, when Warbands arrived in the WoW: The War Within Pre-Patch, these functions were nowhere to be found.
Blizzard releases the patch notes for World of Warcraft's 11.0.2 update, which brings class changes and UI enhancements across the board.
Initially, World of Warcraft developer Yryadorne confirmed the transmog unlocking from the beta was an unintended feature, stating it was likely a bug during the development phase. Then, a few days later, Yryadorne...