Glamour restrictions: a hinderance to creativity

[hagare]

would only being able to use the same five ingredients make you a more creative chef than the chef who can use 20 ingredients?

let's be real, you wouldn't know what to do with 6, let alone 20
Do you even know how many ways you can process an ingredient?

[Lihtleita]

let's be real, you wouldn't know what to do with 6, let alone 20
Do you even know how many ways you can process an ingredient?

its not literal. you cant marinate a hat. or you shouldnt anyway.
you seem to be of the opinion i want to use preexisting sets and glamour plates on the wrong class. this is a misunderstanding.

i want access to individual pieces to create glamours that are not currently possible. which is, inherently, mathematically, more creative than using a smaller selection of pieces.

[Iscah]

There's a bunch of instances where restricted glamours are seen being worn by npc's with the restricted jobs. It's insulting.

I don't see why it has to be insulting. It just tells me that there's more to the restrictions than a deliberate "we don't want you to wear these things as that class" – I really think it comes down to a technical issue of how the glamour system relies on equippability but the NPCs don't have the same limitation.

i want access to individual pieces to create glamours that are not currently possible. which is, inherently, mathematically, more creative than using a smaller selection of pieces.

If your "chef with five ingredients" has to come up with the same number of unique dishes as the chef with 20, then yes, they are arguably having to be more creative for the same end result.

Yes, we can mathematically create more glamours out of 20 sets than five, but there's also (unless you're wearing a new glamour daily) a limit to how many glamours you can realistically create and wear on a regular basis.

We have a lot more than five sets per class to work with in the current system, and while having access to other roles' gear would add more, that's not the same thing as having "not enough" currently. It would simply take us from "lots of options" to "lots and lots of options".

I'm not immune to finding impossible outfits that I'd like to wear if class locks were lifted, and I wouldn't argue against them being listed, but I still think the current system gives me a good number of options to work with.

[Siddiax]

I don't see why it has to be insulting. It just tells me that there's more to the restrictions than a deliberate "we don't want you to wear these things as that class" – I really think it comes down to a technical issue of how the glamour system relies on equippability but the NPCs don't have the same limitation.

Constantly repeating how there might be technical issues doesn't mean that everyone who wants glamour restrictions removed will suddenly change their mind.

We have a lot more than five sets per class to work with in the current system, and while having access to other roles' gear would add more, that's not the same thing as having "not enough" currently. It would simply take us from "lots of options" to "lots and lots of options".

Nobody is arguing that there's a severe lack of variety, its just annoying how many good pieces there are that are underutilized because of the role restrictions. Also, considering that more often than not, sets share the same theme between roles, most pieces are interchangeable and would give us more options from that specific theme. There's also certain pieces that I wouldn't wear on a certain role, but would look amazing on another.

Of course, if they ever remove the restrictions, people can still stick to a single role if that's their wish.

[Darthgummibear]

Constantly repeating how there might be technical issues doesn't mean that everyone who wants glamour restrictions removed will suddenly change their mind.



Nobody is arguing that there's a severe lack of variety, its just annoying how many good pieces there are that are underutilized because of the role restrictions. Also, considering that more often than not, sets share the same theme between roles, most pieces are interchangeable and would give us more options from that specific theme. There's also certain pieces that I wouldn't wear on a certain role, but would look amazing on another.

Of course, if they ever remove the restrictions, people can still stick to a single role if that's their wish.

I honestly don't buy technical limitations as the reason, anyway. In terms of modeling, the NPC's have the same parameters as us(with a handful of obvious exceptions). They don't make custom versions of gear models for every NPC in the game.