[Suggestion] Fashion/Vanity Slots.

[Ruisu]

This game doesn't need to turn into the clone wars that other games become at endgame.

Instead of everyone looking like they wear the best gear, they're all in full Darklight/AF instead!

[Moxas]

yes please, WE NEED THIS! i hate looking like a complete clown! >_< add this SE!

[nonauno]

i love this idea being able to customize my look is a feature i alway's want in any mmo. people tend to have very diffrent taste's and sense of style this allow's everyone to enjoy there charecter more and not have to suffer thru outfit's they hate just because the stat's are better.

[Viritess]

Vanity slot (While it seems like a nice idea on the surface) actually defeats the need for gear altogether as we know it. Should future MMO's eliminate all gear and instead have 'Costumes' (cosmetic trimmings that have no stats at all) and 'Stat bonus' slots?
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Didn't quite the entire post for saving space..
I can't really agree with your arguements. Most of what you mention as downsides i have never actually seen come to pass in any form of vanity/transmog etc system.

Desireability of many types of armor goes up in all cases i've seen myself. And in many cases the diversity of newly released armor benifits because Artists seem to have more freedom, knowing that the player has choice.

The novelty of lesser seen gear is that you may now see it for more then the 4-5 levels a low level character needs it. Theres little reason to "collect gear" if theres almost never a reason to put it on, unless its in a vanity slot. Now that would suck up Inventory space for even less reason.

As far as no external indicator of a players "power" could have the same said for those in any gear you see now. If it was all stats we wouldn't have half of the treads on this forum about "hardcore" and "skills" that always seem to pop up. This seems to ride the same wave as the "at a glance" pvp stance, where as some folks want to "at a glance" know if they can run some one over or run away. Personaly i'd rather fight the person to find out if i can win, then glance at his chestpiece and run crying.

You could always inspect a person if you want to see their stat gear. Lets not confuse vanity slots as i think many here wish them as a desire to hide their actual gear as if to get away with something.

And some people may want the look of Darklight (mage gear looking at you) but know that theres nearly no reason to A. roll for it or B. wear it vs a double/triple meld. With a vanity slot system, maybe they would. An armor not currently desired might be desired. One example of the opposite of your fears.

Tl:dr In my experiences few if any of your downsides have ever actually been realized in games that adopt some sort of Vanity slot/Transmog/stat and skin swapping system. I think your overly worried.

[Jynx]

I personally like being able to see a persons accomplishments at first glance. But that's just me I wouldn't be ultra oposed to the idea of vanity slots as long as they leave the weapons out of it.

That's one thing I think should always be displayed in it's true nature.

[Arkine]

I'm ok with it as long as its level/job restricted.

No lv6 Fisherman should be able to fish for kelp in heavy darklight.

[nonauno]

i don't understand the argument of wanting to know what someone is capable of at a glance? what there wareing dosn't tell you how they built there charecter what kind of meld's they have or how good they are and unless there in class specific gear it dosn't even tell you there job except for the weapon?

[Buttons]

Time to bump this for this week. I know they are busy with 1.23 and 2.0 preparations but when even the request for underwear is replied to... please? ^_^"

[Velhart]

Time to bump this for this week. I know they are busy with 1.23 and 2.0 preparations but when even the request for underwear is replied to... please? ^_^"

This is a good point. Then again SE probably answers the simple questions. This is a fairly popular topic, just keep it up and hopefully "one day" a rep will respond. Would be nice if they at least acknowledged it, or said they sent the idea to the team.

[Duelle]

Time to bump this for this week. I know they are busy with 1.23 and 2.0 preparations but when even the request for underwear is replied to... please? ^_^"

Agreed. We've gathered 200 likes for the cause. Should continue to work towards 300 while we wait for a dev response.