Entire Costume slots. What are your thoughts?

[Nephera]

I don't know about this.

I think most of the gear in FFXIV is quite harmonic, so players can wear a combination-ensemble and still look okay in it. Pugilists are the only ones who have it rough: the uglier they dress, the stronger they are.

My point is: is this really necessary?

I think it wouldn't make sense to be able to wear chain-mail and then mask it with a bikini or something. So one restriction I would suggest is that you can only mask a piece of gear with a relevant alternative. For example, if implemented, one set of robes could only be masked by another set of robes; one type of chain mail could only be masked by another type of chain mail, etc., etc.

It maintains a sense of realism while still giving people more options to dress fashionably.

thats true, I'm kind of posting under the assumption that they'll make things more specialized.

funnily the relevant alternative thing works out in lotro just fine because you can only put things into a costume slot that you'd normally be able to wear. which i guess would be a little wonky because right now we can wear anything.

[gifthorse]

thats true, I'm kind of posting under the assumption that they'll make things more specialized.

funnily the relevant alternative thing works out in lotro just fine because you can only put things into a costume slot that you'd normally be able to wear. which i guess would be a little wonky because right now we can wear anything.

As long as they place restrictions such that people can't wear just whatever, I don't mind a system like this.

After all, it was hard enough for me to swallow the head gear toggle feature.