Vanity Slots

[Runespider]

FFXI is way too set in it's ways about judging people by the gear they wear. "omg full pearl war, he sucks" So I doubt it would go down too well with most.

I would actually like to see it added but I know it won't be because the devs are stretched too thin to add something like this. Everyone would wear opaline/swimsuits/dinner suits to everything..

Hell I wouldn't even mind if they offered the sale of vanity items to go along with this, as long as the money was actually used on FFXI and not syphoned off onto other things.

[Cair]

FFXI is way too set in it's ways about judging people by the gear they wear. "omg full pearl war, he sucks"

That's not judgement, it's applying mathematics.

That said, assuming this idea were at all possible, I'd love to see it implemented..but I really doubt it's possible.

[Puck]

As has been said before, and continues to be overlooked: if your opposition to this idea is founded on the notion of "Oh, I can't judge how much someone sucks/is awesome based on their looks," well there's the fact that /check has always existed. If it really concerns you, you could still use it. /check being some sort of etiquette faux pas seems to have gone the way of the dinosaurs anyway, judging by how /check-happy people are nowadays.

If vanity slots were implemented (unlikely due to the amount of work it would require and SE's recent lack of ambition for such grand undertakings), you can still judge people with /check. Problem solved. It's not like visible gear is the only gear that matters, either. If you really want to size up someone's worth you need to /check anyway.

That, and you can surely judge suck by poor fashion sense and/or lack of creativity, too.

[Behemothx]

Worst-idea-ever.

[Mirage]

You haven't heard many bad ideas in your life, then.

[Kaisha]

Simplest means I can see of this happening is Equip Cosmetic Gear -> Hit a command (/gearlock on or something) -> Swap to your other stuff and continue beating on the mob.

Granted, I'd much prefer them to properly fix losing target when people gear swap first and foremost than adding frills like this. Last thing I need is half the Mithra on the server running around in events in wedding gear.

[Puck]

Simplest means I can see of this happening is Equip Cosmetic Gear -> Hit a command (/gearlock on or something) -> Swap to your other stuff and continue beating on the mob.

That's an ingenious idea, and it wouldn't take an overhaul or a huge amount of man-hours to achieve. It's even achievable within PS2 limitations. Adding extra equipment slots simply for vanity purposes would be far too difficult to implement. However, a simple command like the one you determined, would work perfectly.

It would simultaneously fix the "blinking" issue so many people (i.e. bad mages) complain about if everyone's "/gearlocked" in the party. Top that off with a removal of the "So-and-so examines you" message altogether (as has been suggested already), and you've got a winning combo that pleases everyone adequately.

[Malamasala]

Uh, FFXI isn't like that at all, and most games with "vanity slots" ARE like that. Your statement contradicts itself.

The only way to look like a clown in FFXI is to play PUP.

The difference is that they chose to look like clowns. In FFXI you are forced to look like a clown unless you want to be half-good with a full armor set. I mean, my SMN is wearing a jijitsu gi and subligars and some chain boots. I look more like a MNK than a SMN while walking around, since it is the best walking set.

I liked Aion a lot just because you could just tack on a full dress on your body slot and you still could use all your other armor slots for bonuses and defense. What mostly annoyed me about Aion was that they had no-fly zones... what's the big deal with a flying race that isn't allowed to fly? Leveling started to slow down a bit too much around 25 also.

[Rayik]

I would be in complete favor of this. I've seen so many pieces of equipment I thought looked amazing, only to find they have bad stats and would never get worn. Or if you find a piece of gear that just has "the look" that you envision for your character?

Call me crazy, I actually like how the Perle set looks.

Sporting Calmecac trousers, and Ace's legging's alone are enough to make me 100% in full favor of this idea. Some people on PC can just swap dats, but I play on console, blah blah.

[animatedex]

I guess my objection to this would be that i've seen it executed poorly by many MMOs. I would be so bold as to bet that shortly after "vanity slots" would be implemented, SE would begin making armor sets that are much like the wedding garb; completely useless. It wouldn't even be much of a stretch to say that they would charge real currency for these in-game items, much like other games that won't be named.

I don't want to say that the idea isn't a cool one. But, one staple of FFXI has been "town gear": a set that is pleasing to the player aesthetically, but has almost no utility.