Anyone else *REALLY* want an Account-wide "Wardrobe"?

Makes sense to me. I spend a lot of time and gil sifting through the glamour system because I like changing the way my character looks. That being the case, my retainers are starting to fill up with gear that I've picked up here and there. Since I only buy the item I'm looking for once and then squirrel it away for eternity anyways, I can't see how it would drastically affect the market prices anyways. It's the same concept of having the item permanently unlocked for me, except I don't have to dig it out of my retainer once I want to try it on.

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Originally Posted by Terin

I've yet to really dive into the Glamour system in FFXIV, but I *LOVED* transmogging items in World of Warcraft, and FFXIV's items absolutely put WoW to shame!

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Glamour sucks. It's a terrible system. I'm not sure how transmogging worked in WoW (I stopped playing long before they released it), but it seems similar to the crappy system here in FFXIV.

A *good* example of a vanity system is Lord of the Rings Online, where your vanity outfit is neither tied nor linked to the gear you actually have equipped. Why SE and Blizzard felt the idiotic need to place that limitation on the system is beyond me.

Last game that I played which had inter-character inventories was PSU. It was an interesting feature that I didn't use much due to not really playing more than one character (I never did get involved with mules in XI). Understandably, I can see the appeal of such a system, but conversely I can see the abuse. People could get the best gear from the hardest content then just pass it along to their other character, effectively giving that character all the things at none of the effort. "But they did the effort on their other character." Yeah, but that was on that character, not the new one. On a game where one character can do everything, there's really little reason to have more than one character on the same server. And if such a system reached across servers then you run into the issue of laundering. It's a touchy matter best left... untouched.

@Gilraen:

I think you misunderstand. I wouldn't make the items themselves account-wide, but simply their visual appearance.

Say I'm playing a Paladin, and I pick up a Mithril Longsword, and hey, it looks really cool! But the stats are terrible compared to the Sword of a Thousand Truths I'm currently wearing. Instead of having to hold onto the Mithril Longsword, I can just equip it one time to "unlock" its graphic, and then vendor it. Then, I can always use its graphic, and even when I start a brand-spanking new Gladiator, he can also use the Mithril Longsword's visual -- he just wouldn't have the item itself.

Like I said, it would require *some* restrictions, for the Story-based stuff, but I think it would still work out for the best. Like Seryl said, it beats having to fill a retainer with a million different-looking items, and when every player has access to a massive Wardrobe collection of items, it would allow and encourage players to be even more unique with their outfits!

I want the damned ability to send my alt shit via mail. This includes dungeon gear that's already bound to me/myth stuff.

I would prefer an account wide storage system that can also hold unique items, so I can dump treasure maps gathered in it.
I don't get why unhidden map you can store but can't normal maps.

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Originally Posted by Terin

@Gilraen:

Say I'm playing a Paladin, and I pick up a Mithril Longsword, and hey, it looks really cool! But the stats are terrible compared to the Sword of a Thousand Truths I'm currently wearing. Instead of having to hold onto the Mithril Longsword, I can just equip it one time to "unlock" its graphic, and then vendor it. Then, I can always use its graphic, and even when I start a brand-spanking new Gladiator, he can also use the Mithril Longsword's visual -- he just wouldn't have the item itself.

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In short, something like DCUO's outfit system, just that it can be accessed account/character wide. Honestly like the sound of that seeing it's a pita for some styles, especially with the different market prices per server.

Guild Wars 2 has a lot going for their vanity and dyes. A shame XIV didn't pick up on something like that :/

Haven't bothered to glamour yet but I could see this as being extremely convenient and all around useful. Plus with what I thought I heard being mentioned as a item log being developed, these two ideas could go together quite well.
I have a lot of items collected in my retainers because I just like to have collections.. with an item log I would purposefully buy out items just to clear it off my list - it would at least temporarily boost the desire of items.

SE could add imprinting items to the book (ink currency) or some cid devised device (energy source) as a way to sink more gil out but I imagine that might not be the most loved part of a wardrobe.


Edit: I dont think this system should be account wide- that would have notable effects on expensive desired vanity items. (I suppose achievement items dont matter, U/U Rare/EX already anyway)

I definitely agree with the idea of letting all unlocks and achievements be account-wide, or at least on the same server if that makes things easier on the devs. I would actually have an excuse to make an alt at that point. The only reason I don't is because I'd have to unlock everything all over again if I did.

I mean heck. Most achievement gear and gear that can be stashed away in the Armoire isn't even endgame-worthy stats-wise, so it wouldn't be breaking anything.