The glamour system is awful. We deserve an overhaul.

[LoreChief]

I, and many others, outright HATE the current glamour system.

Other games have very verbose glamour systems, and their gear doesn't look half as good as whats designed for us. Yet we can't use our glamours for various reasons, and its a damned shame - and it needs to be corrected.

Currently we have an Armoire that stores information that only eats resources when it is accessed. We're asking for the same thing to happen with a new glamour system, only instead of storing physical gear in it, it keeps the information on unlocked appearances. We wouldn't even need the Armoire in its current implementation if that were the case.

We want appearance unlocks. We want non-consumed dyes. We want to be able to have distinct appearances based on what class/job we're actively playing, not based on whether the desired look is available to our class on the specific piece of gear we happen to be wearing.

[SnugglesD]

From a development standpoint, playing dress up probably ranks pretty low on the priority list when preparing for an expansion launch.

[Hamada]

From a development standpoint, playing dress up probably ranks pretty low on the priority list when preparing for an expansion launch.

I remember seeing some kind of Representative say "glamor is the true endgame"

anyways:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...space-increase

Not just glam system that is a mess but overall inventory management.

[savageink]

I could care less about non-consumed dyes. I think having to craft or buy them is a legitimate mechanic. But yeah the rest is pretty accurate. And unlike the last poster, it is a legitimate use of the devs time, since "endgame is glam" as they themselves have said.

Edit: too slow...I was referring to post 2. lol!

[NolLacnala]

From a development standpoint, playing dress up probably ranks pretty low on the priority list when preparing for an expansion launch.

Funny you should say that, when so much of their time and energy goes into aesthetics and gear every patch

[whiteblade89]

You're not stating anything that hasn't already been said a million times over. The devs know we hate it but they keep giving excuses. It is what it is. Imo, I wouldn't expect any revisions to it for quite some time, if ever.

[Zumi]

Yoshi P said today they didn't want to do glamor log book because it would make save files bigger and they are constantly rewriting the save file every time you do zone or do something which would tax the servers too much. Here is a solution to that problem. Would it be possible to only write to the glamor log file if a change occurs that effects the glamor log such as getting a new piece of gear. Otherwise do not write to this file when changing zones or other stuff that causes a full save file rewrite.

[Valenth]

Yoshi P said today they didn't want to do glamor log book because it would make save files bigger and they are constantly rewriting the save file every time you do zone or do something which would tax the servers too much. Here is a solution to that problem. Would it be possible to only write to the glamor log file if a change occurs that effects the glamor log such as getting a new piece of gear. Otherwise do not write to this file when changing zones or other stuff that causes a full save file rewrite.

If they used one row of each part in the Armoury to enable us to, say, allocate 5 outfits too, I would be happy. It wouldn't consume any more inventory/file size than before.

[Vhailor]

Yoshi P said today they didn't want to do glamor log book because it would make save files bigger and they are constantly rewriting the save file every time you do zone or do something which would tax the servers too much. Here is a solution to that problem. Would it be possible to only write to the glamor log file if a change occurs that effects the glamor log such as getting a new piece of gear. Otherwise do not write to this file when changing zones or other stuff that causes a full save file rewrite.

Yoshi P has no idea what he's talking about in this case. It's a patently ridiculous excuse. The current Glamour system "remembers" which gear you've Glamoured already, so file sizes wouldn't be affected in the slightest on regular zones or the like. All we want is the ability to not keep the gear in our inventory (less information stored!). Nobody would complain if we had to talk to an NPC or some such in order to "set" our Glamours.

Honestly, I find the excuses to be the most annoying part of all this. They're so ridiculous, so unbelievable, that they are downright insulting. If the dev team doesn't want to do it, just tell us so.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Nobody would complain if we had to talk to an NPC or some such in order to "set" our Glamours.

I would. That's why I like the system, I can change outfits on a whim no matter where I am. If they take it out, what's the point? It'll just be like Armored Core with horrendously massive UI pages and 20-30 menus you have to scroll through at 0 tangible benefit.