The Fashion Report

Not necessarily hiking. Looks more appropriate for a walk down the runway at a fashion show.

Re: end game content, seriously. There's a single piece of gear (the claws) that I, as a pre-60 player, even have access to (barring the MB).
But, as I've said before, I kinda understand it; there's a significant lack of diverse glamour gear available at lower levels. Bit of an awkward minigame in that regard.

At least they made the participation reward a pretty chunk of change, so, despite the disappointment that we can't feel "successful" at this, it's not a total waste of time, getting scolded for our lack of fashion sense. (wouldn't mind seeing them change the loser "defecated" comments changed to something a little more positive/supportive, rather than discouraging)

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

Just my opinion, of course, but I can't see the point of having a game system available to low level players who need to be doing end game content farming to stand a chance of 'winning'.

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Just about every MMO treats their version of a glamour system as an endgame activity even if lower level players can participate. Collecting glamours is something for players to do when they run out of end game content for the week.

It seems like the only players I see complaining about this are level 70 players. Low level players are probably too worried about leveling to do more than take their 10k MGP for participating (if they even know it exists) then head back to the MSQ.

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

At least they made the participation reward a pretty chunk of change, so, despite the disappointment that we can't feel "successful" at this

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last week i managed 80 without the right head, body, legs or ring and didn't use any general purpose dye. if you need the highest level achievement to feel "successful", that's on you.

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Originally Posted by SendohJin

last week i managed 80 without the right head, body, legs or ring and didn't use any general purpose dye. if you need the highest level achievement to feel "successful", that's on you.

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I might've pulled it off with Chantico Lucis, but I haven't yet achieved proficiency enough to acquire the item. Lacking a main hand that was dyable (being stuck with CUL having the appropriate ring), score fell just short.

I never said anything about achieving a perfect score to feel successful. Even 80 is difficult enough to achieve. Which isn't to say difficulty is bad. Just, why bother unlocking this at 15 if any reasonable success is out of reach until 50 at the minimum?

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

Re: end game content, seriously. There's a single piece of gear (the claws) that I, as a pre-60 player, even have access to (barring the MB).

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Flat cap is a level 45 weaver recipe that uses only common level 45 mats. Claws - gold saucer item. The ultima ring is from a level 50 instance. Thats 3/5 of the items this week. And while the boots are level 60, they are cheaply crafted and available at a merchant. The sweater is the only "suck" item this week(as in, that would suck to have to get). The hat ring and claws alone, plus dyes in the right color range(coral pink is sold by the sahagin vendor, sub any purple color for the metallic and probly a yellow for the gold) and you'll probly(i havent tried yet, but this is my plan) have a score in the 85 to 94 range. Thats good for all the MGP this week. You can always wait for a week without a total suck item to shoot for 100(or with a suck item that you have because this is a glamour challenge and you already picked it up to use as a glamour).

Last week i got an 81 with 2 of the right items and colors that were close or right. This week should be even less of a problem.

Oh geez. Shows how much I'm paying attention. Thought that was a Proto Ultima ring. Changes things slightly. And I must've been remembering (or looked up) the wrong cap. Well don't I look the fool.

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

I'm starting to find the need for very rare crafting items incredibly annoying....

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Tottaly agree ! why ? why every time we need utterly overpriced items...

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

I never said anything about achieving a perfect score to feel successful. Even 80 is difficult enough to achieve. Which isn't to say difficulty is bad. Just, why bother unlocking this at 15 if any reasonable success is out of reach until 50 at the minimum?

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because 10k MGP for a Lv 15 character is a whole lot, anyone can get Lv 15 day 1 of the game, Lv 50 is not even a 3rd of the game at this point. being able to get 10k every week from Lv 15-50 is not a bad deal. needing Lv 50 to reasonably get 80 is not a big deal, why would the rest of us level to 70 and level our crafts if a Lv 15 character can achieve what we can?

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Originally Posted by Ladygrilka

Tottaly agree ! why ? why every time we need utterly overpriced items...

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because it's an ACHIEVEMENT to get a perfect score.

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Originally Posted by SendohJin

because it's an ACHIEVEMENT to get a perfect score.

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I dont wanna pay 4.5M for a ugly sweater just for a achievement.... there's better way to make this contest like using dungeon loot as BiS so the old content is run... i said dugeon, not alexander savage or deltastice savage stuff...

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

Oh geez. Shows how much I'm paying attention.

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Dont worry about it, we all make mistakes. Before i responded i actually looked up each of those items again to make sure I wasnt about to miss-state something. And you arent wrong that getting/having/making a good glamour(let alone a specific one that Rose asks for) is harder at a lower level, this week just happens to be a bit easier then you first thought.

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Originally Posted by Ladygrilka

I dont wanna pay 4.5M for a ugly sweater just for a achievement.... there's better way to make this contest like using dungeon loot as BiS so the old content is run... i said dugeon, not alexander savage or deltastice savage stuff...

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If you dont wanna buy an ugly sweater then you have two options. You can run hidden canals and try to get the linen you need to make(or have made) that sweater, or you can wait until next week when you wont need that ugly sweater for a perfect score. The achievement is only given once, you dont need 100 points every week. And in the weeks so far we've seen crafted gear, vendor gear(gil, mgp, tokens and scrip), event gear, primal gear(so far only level 50), and dungeon gear all appear as best in slot. Thats some pretty good variety if you ask me.