You only need the motif knowledge to transmog...and with outfit system no one will care about how those gears originally look since you can't change most of the gear you have anyway
If a transmog system was added we would still have complaints. Mostly about the long time players had to grind to get whatever was needed to convert a single piece or that they had to do it with 20 p
Id rather they just give us costume slots for armor pieces and let our crafting amd creativity do the work without a grindable resource farm or new buggy npc or station
Valkyn Skoria shoulders on my DK. I picked up Briarheart and crafted a bunch of boney and spikey pieces to go with it, thinking I could at least dye the shoulders in whites and tans to look like bone…