Glamours and pvp

[Garlyle]

and that's a problem because....? All what I'm seeing is that people want to easily find someone they can get an easy kill on.

There are now 8 snowmen running at you. Quick, decide on your target. In PvP, every moment you spend thinking as opposed to acting can be incredibly costly.

This was fortunately relatively fixed through transforming the character titles from Fresh Meat as they were at inception (when the No Glamours was introduced) into actual class information. There's still some argument to be had about the display of relative strength (consider identifying a WHM as running around in i60 gear right now and there's an i90 one standing next to them, versus Glamour where they're both in snowmen outfits), but it's entirely within the realm of acceptable at this point.

[TheMunimai]

Every opposing player now has their job listed above their head instead of fresh meat.

Really don't see the problem with glamours - people just need to open their eyes a little.

[Alexandros_Hanarak]

I don't see a problem since effectively all your gear is synced in Frontlines to be ilvl80. considering I play a SMN who is ilvl96 and I have seen my stats reduced, I am quite sure, no matter what gear you are wearing, if they are above the ilvl, they will be synced down. Or am I incorrect in this?

[Garlyle]

I don't see a problem since effectively all your gear is synced in Frontlines to be ilvl80. considering I play a SMN who is ilvl96 and I have seen my stats reduced, I am quite sure, no matter what gear you are wearing, if they are above the ilvl, they will be synced down. Or am I incorrect in this?

No, you're correct. However, just because gear is synced down doesn't mean it's synced up - and an undergeared target being identified by what they're wearing is still potentially important information to PvP decisions.

However, that really is the last major concern at the moment due to the implementation of class displays, and I think Yoshida and co recognise that it's a pretty minor concern with rare enough impact to be overlookable.

[Mattlex]

When I’m choosing my target the first thing is see is the tag above the players head... what gear they are wearing is irrelevant! Glamour’s should work and hopefully they will change this soon.

[Atrious]

In PvP, people could use Glamour to disguise their job, effectively using Glamour as camouflage to take the enemy by surprise.

That's why it's disabled. It was a good choice, you just don't see the bigger picture.

What? IT freaking says the class type above the head LOLOLOL Try again.....