Glamours and Gear Preview (03/20/2014)

[Gesser]

I feel it was extremely late notice to announce 50 requirement... considering you had plenty of pretty pre-50's amped about the feature. Felt kinda messed up honestly & should be reverted downward to lvl 30 req or something.

[Anonymoose]

I've been saying for weeks that I can't imagine they'd just toss Odin's armor, a piece that virtually defines vanity gear, by the wayside for too, too long. That maybe it was a challenge to implement and there's no sense holding back the system for one piece. But, "No Plans?" I'm actually kind of surprised. Unless you plan to use it as your AFK Braggart Set, why buy it? And why buy the helm without the body to look forward to? Would it be feasible to see the set broken down into its four one-slot components? Maybe charge 2 mantles for the body and 1 for the other three slots to keep everything balanced, and allow those who already have it to trade it in for 5 Mantles as was done with the Seals-to-Tomes?

What an odd way to go about it. o.0

[Rhas]

I think Vanity system just has sense for 50s players. In this way, you wont have 100+ clones of your character around. Really, who's going to lose time changing his/her low level gear when the level up is so dramatically fast?

Because maybe... just maybe... I happen to like the acolyte or battlemage sets and dislike 95% else of whats out there right now because its fugly. Maybe its for people who want to look cool all the way around instead of looking.. well.. fugly all the way up to the end game armour.

You know.. like that awful dunce cap conehead piece they like giving out...

[Fumijj_Gah]

Because maybe... just maybe... I happen to like the acolyte or battlemage sets and dislike 95% else of whats out there right now because its fugly.

Yes, and maybe, just maybe, we will have the whole server full of Acolyte skin and Brayflox set gear, basically the opposite of vanity system' sense.
They did terrible choices in the past, mainly the one to change the soul of Tanaka's 1.0 vision, but I agree with this... at least.

[therpgfanatic]

Greetings,
We spoke to the development team about this, but they currently do not have any plans to modify this armor to fit the Glamours system.

I don't have any problem with Glamours requiring a level 50 character to unlock, but Odin armour isn't intended to be a vanity item? Really?

Hjalmr has some of the worst stats of any lv50 helm for a Paladin / Warrior. And it can only be obtained through a super-rare spawn FATE, either getting Gold on it or doing it five times.

If it wasn't intended to be a vanity item, what is the point of it? It sure isn't for tanking, since darklight is way better and easier to obtain.

Maybe they could just break the graphic set down into a helm, gloves, chest, boots, etc ? It seems like a total waste of graphics right now, which is sad considering even with the new content Warriors / Paladins have very few armour sets that actually look good.

hello. sorry, but frankly i find this very limiting.

we should be allowed to use Galmour before lv50.

why?

Just FYI.

You will need to purchase a glamour item crafted by another player in order to glamour each item you want. Chances are pretty good they are going to be hella expensive, at least 10k a pop. A pre-level 50 character doesn't have the gil to waste on vanity. The developers are doing you a favor.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Greetings,
The development team designed this system with the concept that it would be something fun to look forward to using once you reach level 50.

That is an idiotic excuse, a vanity system should never be locked behind level cap. Ever. Dungeons and certain gear, yes, that's always how it's done. That's the stuff level 50s have to look forward to. Everyone, NOT JUST LEVEL 50s, was looking forward to vanity system, and now SE basically gave them all a middle finger and said "too bad, you wanna look nice, you better rush to 50".

That isn't fair to anyone, especially not those who don't want to feel rushed to get to level cap by the very company making the game. It's bad enough players already rush everyone to get to endgame.

[necrosis]

I love how so many people are complaining about the lvl 50 requirement already have a level 50 job.

Those also crying "it forces people to rush to endgame" need to read more. SE has said over and over again the point of the game IS endgame. It is why it is so easy to get to 50 compared to most games. Especially compared to FFXI.

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

Just FYI.

You will need to purchase a glamour item crafted by another player in order to glamour each item you want. Chances are pretty good they are going to be hella expensive, at least 10k a pop. A pre-level 50 character doesn't have the gil to waste on vanity. The developers are doing you a favor.

10k for each item? then the vanity system is already partially dead. you sure as heck wouldn't be able to have much fun with it. not unless you're rich. besides what about alternate characters?

i don't know. but i have played several MMO's with a vanity system. and none of them were as restricting as this. not even remotely. it's supposed to be a fun cosmetic system. not end-game content. heck they may as well even throw in a boss fight and/or FATE. it's the only thing(s) missing.



while i don't mean to sound un-grateful. the restrictions ARE quite imposing. either way... restricting or not. it's a new feature. and i do applaud SE for implementing new features.

[Doki]

Very dissapointing to hear they aren't going to fix it so you can use Odin's armor with vanity... I guess you can still use the head & sword. Pretty lame move.

[Rhindas]

I love how so many people are complaining about the lvl 50 requirement already have a level 50 job.

Those also crying "it forces people to rush to endgame" need to read more. SE has said over and over again the point of the game IS endgame. It is why it is so easy to get to 50 compared to most games. Especially compared to FFXI.

Shouldn't that tell you something? We're 50, able to unlock it, and still think it's asinine to have it locked behind level 50. It may be easy to reach 50, and as a result a lot of us already are, and it is still stupid to require max level.

I'd say it's likely this was a deliberate decision because of the volume of gear at 50 that becomes obsolete disproportionately more quickly than the rest of the game.