Why in the world do we not have a gear preview window?

Hopefully it comes in with the vanity slots. I can see why it wouldn't be high priority right now but when vanity hits, preview will be a must.

Ps3 limitation

We can drag the item to Chat but it wont show tooltips, just name

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Originally Posted by KoujiGeki

Ps3 limitation

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You'd think, but they're actualling adding this in a later patch.

Adding in more UI elements does consume more memory, but that doesn't mean they can't do it, theres a spare few MBs of memory knocking around for UI elements like this on the PS3.

While a preview would be nice, the icons in ARR actually look like the item in question (barring a few items that switch a little bit between genders, Scholar culottes I'm looking at you) unlike WoW and such where the icon can bear little to no resemblance to the actual item, kinda puts it very low on my priority list.

Greetings,

We'll be implementing a preview for dyeing equipment in patch 2.2. This feature will allow you to check how the color of each piece of equipment will appear via the dye window. You'll even be able to take a look at how your equipment will look with dye you do not possess.

As for being able to preview equipment before you equip it, we need a bit more time to work on it, but once the implementation timing has been decided we will be sure to update you!

How about a better stat comparison screen when we are equipping new gear? We seriously need something better than the difference between defense and magic defense. Seriously, this is the last stat we all look at when gearing up.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

We'll be implementing a preview for dyeing equipment in patch 2.2. This feature will allow you to check how the color of each piece of equipment will appear via the dye window. You'll even be able to take a look at how your equipment will look with dye you do not possess.

As for being able to preview equipment before you equip it, we need a bit more time to work on it, but once the implementation timing has been decided we will be sure to update you!

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Ooh interesting. I guess that answers my dye question I posted for the upcoming Letter from the Producer thread.

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Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

We'll be implementing a preview for dyeing equipment in patch 2.2. This feature will allow you to check how the color of each piece of equipment will appear via the dye window. You'll even be able to take a look at how your equipment will look with dye you do not possess.

As for being able to preview equipment before you equip it, we need a bit more time to work on it, but once the implementation timing has been decided we will be sure to update you!

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That sounds like fun! It'd also be nice to see what the dyes look like in a neutral light, so we see their exact color and not one possibly altered by the color of whatever light source happens to be near.

My guess is this'll be implemented when vanity slots are implemented. 2.3 or so.