Make crafter/gatherer "Artifact gear" available for battle classes to wear (glamours)

[NyneAlexander]

I'm conflicted with this. One one hand, it would take away from the unique look of crafters. On the other hand, it would a.) create a huge demand for these crafted pieces, thus raising their value, and b.) allow me to wear my dope alch lab coat on my black mage.

[CYoung187]

While I would love to wear my leatherworker AF all the time, I prefer they keep the AF locked to each specific job. Now...I'd be open to removing restrictions on other non-AF gear, but leave AF alone in my opinion.

I agree, some things need to stay unique. There would be some cool outfits you could make, but it would not stop with crafting AF. Job AFs would get the same requests.

/tell Hey Mr. Goldsmith can you meld something for me?
/reply I'm a Monk, dumbass

[Darus]

They should add this, but they need to make it a requirement to hit 50 in that crafting class to wear it. Kinda make it a bonus reward for making it to 50 in a non combat class.

Unfortionately the creation of any non standard system makes it a bit difficult to the team as a lot of supposedly simple tasks seem near impossible to be added. This means it could take a lot of work and time to get it implemented, but I hope they do it. A person just grabbing a cooking outfit without making it to 50 cooking would make cooks feel inferior. Wearing it as a lancer with a fork trident because you worked your butt off to hit 50 just makes it a even better reward for your work.

[Titor]

I would LOVE it if they were available to all classes but ONLY IF YOU HAVE MAXED THAT PROFESSION.
Then it would give you a little vanity incentive to level the other classes.

[rappa]

that alchemist coat tho

Skirt and stokings look fantastic too

[Felis]

I would LOVE it if they were available to all classes but ONLY IF YOU HAVE MAXED THAT PROFESSION.
Then it would give you a little vanity incentive to level the other classes.

only if that would also work with DoM/DoW AF gears (wearing monk AF gear with every class so long I have monk at lv50)

[Titor]

only if that would also work with DoM/DoW AF gears (wearing monk AF gear with every class so long I have monk at lv50)

Yeah, I am all for removal of glamour restrictions in general. If I am able to magically make my gear look completely like something else, I do not know why there are arbitrary restrictions on it (from a magical standpoint)

[Heavy01Mk2]

I would like to kill shit in my fancy wvr suit pls

[Enepttastic]

I agree, some things need to stay unique. There would be some cool outfits you could make, but it would not stop with crafting AF. Job AFs would get the same requests.

/tell Hey Mr. Goldsmith can you meld something for me?
/reply I'm a Monk, dumbass

Personally, I despise options being limited for no other reason than to be limited. I think the glamour system should remove the current class restrictions and replace it with the following(barring weapons due to animation issues):

Is it possible for your character(meaning does it have the class/job at the appropriate level) to equip a projectable item?
If yes: Item is usable for glamour.

They should add this, but they need to make it a requirement to hit 50 in that crafting class to wear it. Kinda make it a bonus reward for making it to 50 in a non combat class.

Unfortionately the creation of any non standard system makes it a bit difficult to the team as a lot of supposedly simple tasks seem near impossible to be added. This means it could take a lot of work and time to get it implemented, but I hope they do it. A person just grabbing a cooking outfit without making it to 50 cooking would make cooks feel inferior. Wearing it as a lancer with a fork trident because you worked your butt off to hit 50 just makes it a even better reward for your work.

Honestly, my suggestion shouldn't be hard to implement, and would have been simple to use to begin with. Instead of a check that works like this(incoming pseudo-code):

If ((currentClass = gearRequiredClass) AND (currentLevel >= gearRequiredLevel)) glamor = yes

it'd be:

if(reqClassLevel >= gearReqLevel) glamour = yes

A bit less generic example would be, say for a piece of gear that requires any DoL class at level 45 to equip:

if((charFshLevel) || (charBotLevel) || (charMinLevel) >= 45) glamor = yes

While it would probably be annoying to go through all of the gear and implement this behavior now, it'd only become more hassle as additional content comes out.

[ruinedmirage]

If ever there should be a RIOT for anything, it should be an open glamour system.

I think the open glamour system should be unlocked somehow, though. Maybe by hitting 50 in ALL classes (crafting, combat, gathering) then talking to the guy in Apkallu Falls guy. This ensures that you CAN wear and glamour any and everything, and cuts down on everyone doing so right away.

Another idea is to make a new kind of ultimate glamour crystal that "binds on craft", which can glamour anything to anything (within slot limitations) but can only be made and used by the person crafting it. Putting a rare mat or two for these ultimate glamours crystals could be reason to get people into the game more.

My last idea was making a rep system for Sunsilk, Fen-Yll, and the BLS/ARM companies. After building rep with them, they'd allow you to use their own facility and plans (limited amount of time or attempts) to craft a glamoured version of any item to a class of your choice. (Actually, the request I sent to SE involved using things like Ifrits horn, Phoenix Down, Odin Mantle, Titan Heart, etc to make new "Primal Armor" under these conditions, but you get the point).

In all these cases, it would take an extraordinary amount of time to acquire the glammed look you're after, and time sinks are what the current trend is apparently.