Quote Originally Posted by Obreck View Post
Actually by the time I left SWTOR you where practically required to make a customized outfit to properly min/max your player. The best default endgame gear had subpar stats, making them little more then something to harvest mod parts from and place in your custom costume.

Don't think I'd want the SWTOR vanity system, as it was a bit clunky and currency sink heavy. But I would love a system as flexible as it became.
What SWTOR "became"? You mean microtransactions for everything and most of development going towards making microtransaction items? Yeah, I'd love for XIV to become a game where playing the game doesn't matter - just pocketing IRL money for anything cool.

Quote Originally Posted by frostmagemari View Post
From things i've picked up on reading dev posts, ect.. it's not about iconic looks at all; Rather, it's about the people in the art department wanting us to appreciate their work...
Yet the gear in AK and WP is literally just recycles of lower level gear which is already dyeable.