No to cowl in end-game! ranting lalafell inside!

[Volcano]

It's not so much the look as i don't personally like my head slot choice taken away, so it's a double no for me. Kind of silly seeing as BRD/DRG gets a head and body choice for DL yet tanks and mages do not. I detest them so much that i am not even going to bother with cowl and just wait on a crafted robe. untill myth armor. since the cost of a cowl is around the same (but little less) as the potash needed.

[Baxter]

You can save myth tomes for 3 weeks and buy AF2 body ASAP. downgrade your headgear back to AK headgear or buy a Vanya hat (they're not that expensive). then buy the AF2 headgear next week.

You can save myth tomes for 3 weeks... and buy it asap? lol. dat make no sense.

[Ri_ri]

It's so easy to get and so good that it should've been uglier, imo.

[Moktor]

EQ2 had the option to show your hood, your normal head piece (there were no forced 2-slot items like the cowl), or no head cover. This isn't a new concept. Again, they were a bit lazy in the design of the game. Will they fix this now? Probably not. They made the same design choice in FFXI as well.

[Haibel]

It's not so much the look as i don't personally like my head slot choice taken away, so it's a double no for me. Kind of silly seeing as BRD/DRG gets a head and body choice for DL yet tanks and mages do not. I detest them so much that i am not even going to bother with cowl and just wait on a crafted robe. untill myth armor. since the cost of a cowl is around the same (but little less) as the potash needed.

At least you get a leg option that Tanks don't get lol.
Oh and your gear doesn't make you look like a trash can.

[Volcano]

At least you get a leg option that Tanks don't get lol.
Oh and your gear doesn't make you look like a trash can.

There is not one tank i see in that, i don't go "you poor things..."

[Shioban]

EQ2 had the option to show your hood, your normal head piece (there were no forced 2-slot items like the cowl), or no head cover. This isn't a new concept. Again, they were a bit lazy in the design of the game. Will they fix this now? Probably not. They made the same design choice in FFXI as well.

Notice the connection between FFXI and XIV?

Both were developed with console limitations in mind, having both means more memory usage, it's an awful waste of space just to have your hood down when you could be saving that space for new sets of gear in the future. Every tiny bit of memory counts in the development of this game where they have to consider future expansion.

The PS3 is going to prove difficult in future to expand upon just like its predecessor the PS3 with FFXI, so cutting corners like this are essential.

[PandaPause]

All I keep thinking about when I see cowl is "needs moar cowl bell."

[Arriverderci]

Lots of people seem to have an issue with this. They can't remove the cowl now, but I guess they'll introduce the option to have the hood down at some point.

We talked about this in Beta forums.
They said no, like they usually do.
DL gear for Mages are ugly to begin with, which is why I am taking my sweet time.
I think all DL gear is pretty crappy looking...

[Naunet]

I dunno, I'm more annoyed by how inflexible two-slot equipment is. They're always a pain to upgrade.

Yeah, I really don't like this design of items. It doesn't really benefit your character to use a two-slot item as opposed to a chest and a separate hat. It's just a cosmetic thing, except it's a cosmetic thing that severely restricts your character's appearance.

In other words, it's just all around bad. :/ I'm going to wear this adorable Strategos hat and skip right past Darklight to relic gear instead.