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

Hoe does such a basic MMORPG feature get left out?

It's not really basic... Most games don't launch with it.

You mean when we roll the cursor over a gear piece and are shown the stats without equipping it.....like we currently do?

Stupid phones won't let me edit:

However, I do wish we had one here.

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Originally Posted by Quiz

You mean when we roll the cursor over a gear piece and are shown the stats without equipping it.....like we currently do?

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Fairly certain he means how it looks.

^ Bet me to it.

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Originally Posted by Quiz

You mean when we roll the cursor over a gear piece and are shown the stats without equipping it.....like we currently do?

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I assume he means more of a preview of the design, showing the actual item equipped.

Also why don't we have the thing like..where you can link gear into the chat log? If that makes sense. That is also a basic MMO thing XD

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Originally Posted by Phaus

I assume he means more of a preview of the design, showing the actual item equipped.

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Originally Posted by Vactus

Fairly certain he means how it looks.

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My mistake then! (even if it wasn't stated in the OP....) Carry on!

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Originally Posted by Quiz

You mean when we roll the cursor over a gear piece and are shown the stats without equipping it.....like we currently do?

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I mean the ability to preview the way the gear looks by shift right clicking it. The way WOW, Tera, SWTOR, etc allows you to do.

i would love to see gear linking as well as being able to mouse over for difference of stats not just armor.

of course this'll never happen thanks to the ps3 limitations.

Yeah, it'll be nice to have a preview of the gear itself. Was about to buy the coliseum shawl for my whm, but decidednto google how it looked....thank goodness I did or else I'll have a nea4 half naked whm running around in Coerthas!

Because they kept advertising and making a big deal about how ARR would follow and implement "global standards" yet it's still missing a lot of them, also rushed game.

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Originally Posted by Roris

also rushed game.

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They rebuilt the game in less than three years. Of course it was rushed.

Item link, wardrobe preview and a better item stats comparison are all things heavily requested by beta testers very early on in beta. And were all promised to be implemented after launch in patches. So the problem isn't that they launched without it, it's that they don't have enough development resources to complete the game in time.

While a lot of people are focusing on PvP and housing and all the new "big" features, I'm more interested in exactly how many of these essential convenience features will be implemented.

At the rate things are revealed, though, I wouldn't be surprised if things like item linking only arrive mid-2014. Item compare should arrive along with the PS4 UI, though.

At least item sorting is coming in 2.1.

I thought this thread was about something else that I thought was obvious... maybe I just don't know how to work the ui...


But why can't I mouse over a piece of equipment from my armory chest and see the item details for both it AND my currently equipped item of the same slot? Sure you get the green and red (+/- X) indications for the basic stats like weapon damage, armor, magic defense.... but it becomes increasingly annoying when trying to compare the secondary stats, like bonuses to Str, Vitality, Determination, etc. etc. etc. I end up having to go back and forth and shortly memorize what the stats are in order to compare them.


So.... am I just derping really hard and the game already has this feature, or is it really not there?

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Originally Posted by Versiroth

Hoe does such a basic MMORPG feature get left out?

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The same way they develop alliance content and forget/neglect to add an alliance feature?

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Originally Posted by AvonRekaes

But why can't I mouse over a piece of equipment from my armory chest and see the item details for both it AND my currently equipped item of the same slot? Sure you get the green and red (+/- X) indications for the basic stats like weapon damage, armor, magic defense.... but it becomes increasingly annoying when trying to compare the secondary stats, like bonuses to Str, Vitality, Determination, etc. etc. etc. I end up having to go back and forth and shortly memorize what the stats are in order to compare them.


So.... am I just derping really hard and the game already has this feature, or is it really not there?

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I know what you mean, there have been many times that I bought an item only to find out that its missing a stat that I want :-(

What I do now is go to lodestone on my phone or tab and check on my characters gear and make comparisons that way. Mak3s things easier

They already said they're adding this in a future patch.

It just something that's "not necessary" for the time being.

Edit; what they said basicly

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Originally Posted by Zfz

Item link, wardrobe preview and a better item stats comparison are all things heavily requested by beta testers very early on in beta. And were all promised to be implemented after launch in patches. So the problem isn't that they launched without it, it's that they don't have enough development resources to complete the game in time.

While a lot of people are focusing on PvP and housing and all the new "big" features, I'm more interested in exactly how many of these essential convenience features will be implemented.

At the rate things are revealed, though, I wouldn't be surprised if things like item linking only arrive mid-2014. Item compare should arrive along with the PS4 UI, though.

At least item sorting is coming in 2.1.

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Which is exactly what I said in my post.

Well not exactly. I don't think they ever said these functions were "not necessary". IIRC:

• Item linking: definitely want to implement, but have other higher priority tasks
• Item compare: still looking for a way to make comparison easier; however after launch, there was a dev response that just ran short of claiming that "item sorting will make comparisons easier". Yeah right. I don't think the devs really know what we want here. 6 months of communication on this and they still are replying apples when we ask for oranges.
• Wardrobe preview: also something planned but not high priority

There were only very few things they described as "not necessary" I think. Their responses mostly fall into the following types:

• Definitely want to implement, in future patch
• Definitely want to do something about it, but still working on the exact implementation that would achieve the same effect
• On task list already, but there are higher priority items so no due date on it
• Would like to implement, will keep an eye out for more discussions on this
• No plan to implement

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Originally Posted by chubnasty

i would love to see gear linking as well as being able to mouse over for difference of stats not just armor.

of course this'll never happen thanks to the ps3 limitations.

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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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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.

I'd actually expect vanity in 2.2.. think it was close for 2.1 but not quite close enough (or am I remembering wrong?)

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Originally Posted by Amenian

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

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I'd actually expect vanity in 2.2.. think it was close for 2.1 but not quite close enough (or am I remembering wrong?)

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Pretty sure somewhere it was said Vanity is in 2.2

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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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How about making it so dye can be used on things besides crafted gear?

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Originally Posted by Tiggy

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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While I agree, it really is only necessary once you hit level 50. For main pieces anyway. Since if the Def is higher it either has equal or better stats, provided its the same type of gear. So you should equip the gear with more Def.

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Originally Posted by Tiggy

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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i agree with this. i have a notebook beside me when i compare gear ( i suck at math ) and i'm comparing numbers on paper. especially when comparing a piece that allows equipping head pieces against one that does not.

What I really want from dyeing is the ability to paint other parts instead of one large part of the clothing/armor. I'm sure this is part of what we are getting but I just want the Devs to know this. Also I want to dye my Dragoon myth armor Red, I want to be a Crimson Dragoon not the Azure Dragoon.

At OP, they too busy making useless minions...

There was a stat comparison feature but it was greyed out post patch 2.1. Now after patch 2.15 I see it was taken back out of the UI. It looked to me like if turned on the feature would allow you to compare other stats besides just defense. Anyone else remember seeing this feature there but greyed out?

Quest Tracking selection was in beta, then taken out, and now confirmed to be going back in after half an year of outcry.

Equipment preview and stat comparison are also both things that have been asked for again and again since beta. At this rate they will not be put in until at least 2.3, maybe even later.

In fact, the last official response to stat comparison was "item sort will make it easier to compare items". Ha.

This game gets a little better every day.