Glamour and why it's poorly designed

[Maeka]

I seriously doubt the glamour system is going to completely change anytime soon (6.0 earliest, 7.0 more realistic), for several reasons.

1. There is over 7 years of glamour coding that needs to be rewritten

Same could be said for a lot of other things that were changed or re-done in the game's life.

2. Transmog as of the start of BFA still required you to visit a Transmogrifier to invoke the glamours, however much you liked playing paper doll with the interface.

What exactly does this prove? It doesn't *HAVE* to be that way, that's a choice Blizzard made. And besides, there's at least 1 mount in the game that you can summon anywhere that has a transmogrifier on said mount, which makes WoW's transmog system even more convenient than XIV which still requires you to be inside a town to apply a glamour plate.

3. Client vs Server side works differently between WoW and FFXIV

Not sure why this has anything to do with anything. Obviously, different games work differently.

4. PC client and PS4 client changes would be necessary -- WoW has a single interface to be changed

This hasn't stopped them from updating other out of date systems.

5. People who think that the problem is one of memory, one that can be solved with bitmaps and a little bit of coding, ignore the network issues with additional data, as well as the intricacies of threading through code changes that affect everything you see on screen. Heck, I see enough issues porting into Ul'dah on Balmung, watching players appear in their undergarments for tens of seconds before their gear and glamours arrive.

My idea would not change this. Once you apply a glamour to your equipped items, everything would still function the same as it does now. My idea would only affect the game determining what glamours you have access to.

[DPZ2]

My idea would only affect the game determining what glamours you have access to.

And the comment I made was this wasn't going to happen any time soon, not that it wouldn't happen eventually. If you can wait 2-3 years for it, you'll probably see some of those changes. If you want it now, forget it.