Slight Modifications to Engineering ideas
Devs,
I posted this earlier in what turned into a QQ and flaming thread about lack of equality in professions, so I copied it and pasted it here, hoping it would start a discussion more specifically directed at the idea. I would love user feedback on the idea as well, but please keep posts to constructive ideas and additions about the idea.
Seeing the new inscription shoulder enchants makes me wish that instead of a craftable headpiece, that you could affix Goggles to your current helm, giving us effectively a craftable head enchant. This would fit well in line with the other changes to engineering that allow us to modify existing gear instead of crafting pigeon hole items like we have in the past. Doing this would allow not only enchants for tanking, DPS, healing etc. but would also perhaps give Blizzard a way of re-introducing some of the things we miss like Mind Control Cap, Water breathing and so on. While no one would put Water Breathing head enchant on their primary tanking helm, it would still be nice to slap the enchant on recently replaced piece of plate, rather then the 12 stam cloth piece we currently have to use for breathing under water.
They might even be able to make them temporary enchants that last an hour or two instead of permanent if that would be easier, similar to the BS weapon stones or shield runes so that we wouldnt have to skip normal slot enchants, for example:
Mind Control Antenna: Affix this antenna to your current helm to allow you to sometimes gain control of an enemy humanoid for 10 seconds (5 min CD) (fuel cell lasts 30 minutes)
Gnomish re-breather: Affix a rebreather rig to your current helm to allow for breathing while under water for 30 minutes.
All of the professions see to be modified to provide a permanent boost to stats, that are all roughly in line and are made to enhance existing gear in addition to craftable items.
Sockets for BS
Leg armor patches for Tailoring and LW
Special gems for JC
Ring enchants for enchanters
(Even gathering professions are getting into the mix)
Our iconic buff has become goggles, but at some point with any craftable item, it gets replaced by a better end game drop, so why not turn goggles from an item into a head enchant that is better then what other classes can get through rep grinds, giving us an equal chance at improving our overall stats.
Opinions?
Additional note: In addition to posting thoughts on Goggles becoming a head enchant and whether you approve or not, maybe this would be a good place to post a list of your favorite old school trinkets or items that you would like to see made into sharpening stone esque temporary enchants or something to add to a belt or head.
Examples:
Belt Buckle of Shadow reflection (since the code appears to already be in for use ability on belt, this seems like a decent place to add some things)
Hover boot jets (water walking)
Have fun with it, and maybe GC will even put up some of his favories.
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