Glamours will be needlessly annoying...

[Tannlore]

There was a recent interview that detailed some of this system. It was google translated I remember so it was rough to read, however it worked something like this:

You need to go to crafters for crystals, these crystals would be set to ilevels of equipment similar to dark matter, (all equipment level 10 and below, 20, below, etc) You "copy" the image of the armor to the crystal and put the armor away. You can then use the crystal for the graphic.

Now how will this work from there they didn't say. Here is my specculation:

* It might be that you have outer slots and you keep these crystals in those slots, saving on inventory space and keeping your look the same no matter what you actually equip
* You "use" the crystal and it evaporates, but changes the look of the given armor piece you are wearing. Meaning you need to re-copy a new crystal for new armor.

I'll see if I can find that interview link and post it.

Edit: I found a posting of it with a better translation: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1xt5fz/ps4_media_tour_interview_with_naoki_yoshida/

[Versiroth]

You need to go to crafters for crystals, these crystals would be set to ilevels of equipment similar to dark matter, (all equipment level 10 and below, 20, below, etc) You "copy" the image of the armor to the crystal and put the armor away. You can then use the crystal for the graphic.

That interview explained a lot. Thanks.

[Kayo]

There was a recent interview that detailed some of this system. It was google translated I remember so it was rough to read, however it worked something like this:

You need to go to crafters for crystals, these crystals would be set to ilevels of equipment similar to dark matter, (all equipment level 10 and below, 20, below, etc) You "copy" the image of the armor to the crystal and put the armor away. You can then use the crystal for the graphic.

Now how will this work from there they didn't say. Here is my specculation:

* It might be that you have outer slots and you keep these crystals in those slots, saving on inventory space and keeping your look the same no matter what you actually equip
* You "use" the crystal and it evaporates, but changes the look of the given armor piece you are wearing. Meaning you need to re-copy a new crystal for new armor.

I'll see if I can find that interview link and post it.

Edit: I found a posting of it with a better translation: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...naoki_yoshida/

WTF? Why would they do it like this? Agree with OP, its just annoying to have to jump through hoops just to change a look. Then they wonder why it took so long to implement! Rift did a great job with it, new vanity tab in the character screen, slot in the gear you want to appear ... you could even make most of the slots invisible. This is just going to cause more of an inventory mess than we already have.

/sigh Is it me or does Japan just like to over complicate things for no reason?

[KraggyKor]

Edit: I found a posting of it with a better translation: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...naoki_yoshida/

It should be easy to access for everyone and shouldn’t cost too much,

Yeah, of course crafters won't be price-gouging hugely .. and Santa exists as well.

[FJerome]

Yeah, of course crafters won't be price-gouging hugely .. and Santa exists as well.

Like with everything they'll only price-gouge at the start of things. Give it a couple of weeks and prices will fall to reasonable levels because everyone will have flooded the market attempting to take advantage of the price-gouging.

[Autymnfyres]

Yeah, of course crafters won't be price-gouging hugely .. and Santa exists as well.

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With the way the markets have been For Crafters Who Want To Work Their Craft and Earn Gil Selling --- You just may be right KraggyKor. With plenty of understandable reasoning.