Trans..mogrifi..ca..shun?? or The Art Of Wearing Clothes You Like With Stats You Like

[KujinRen]

I'll have to say, I used to really be against this because it was a "WoW" idea, but it's really grown on me since then.
I really hope they add this.

If EverQuest II released appearance slots in 2004 (8 years ago!), I don't think there should be any reason the latest AAA online games shouldn't do the same. World of Warcraft, Rift and many other MMO's have followed EQ2's idea and I think it has become an important MMO-standard nowadays.

[AmyNeudaiz]

WoW is not the only game to have done this...

I never said it was.

If EverQuest II released appearance slots in 2004 (8 years ago!), I don't think there should be any reason the latest AAA online games shouldn't do the same. World of Warcraft, Rift and many other MMO's have followed EQ2's idea and I think it has become an important MMO-standard nowadays.

I've never played any of those so I wouldn't know. But although I hope they add it, I wouldn't call it important.

[Dawiichan]

Well, the way this is traditionally done is that stats carry over, including the ones that won't let your monk wear the item. lol

Wouldn't it make more sense if lets say I put the corselet stats into the CSE, making it still be used by a monk? If not then it's not a very good idea...

[Hycinthus]

Count me in as a major major supporter of this, I have always been in favor of vanity armor / transmogrification.

To help address the argument of not wanting to see mages wear plate, or warrior wearing robes, they can just do it like Aion/EQ2/WoW dealt with it. You can only wear armor of your type, so if you're a mage you can never equip plate. But you can equip other mage-gear armor-skins. Not a big deal.

It's about time that we look how we want it in MMO, and not defined and forced and locked down by the stats. I hate having to forsake a piece of good-looking armor, for the sake of better stats. In the end, I'm wearing mismatched gear?

No. I want to look good, and this is a roleplaying game, and I want people to look good as well.

[Soulfire]

It's an interesting idea, but I'd much prefer fashion slots. I'd also like a command to turn their display to self and others on and off as a whole. Individually would be a hassle, and you could just remove the item from a slot if you wanted what you were wearing to show. And if you wanted nothing to show, the /display command could take care of it. Then for people who don't want to see this there could be an option to disable the viewing of all equipment set to fashion slots.

That's the closest to "everybody wins" you're gonna get.

[Nahaara]

Imo, vanity slots sound like a much better idea but that's just me

[Hycinthus]

It's an interesting idea, but I'd much prefer fashion slots. I'd also like a command to turn their display to self and others on and off as a whole. Individually would be a hassle, and you could just remove the item from a slot if you wanted what you were wearing to show. And if you wanted nothing to show, the /display command could take care of it. Then for people who don't want to see this there could be an option to disable the viewing of all equipment set to fashion slots.

That's the closest to "everybody wins" you're gonna get.

Yeah there are somany ways and solutions that have been done by almost every MMO from LOTRO, to WOW, to SWTOR, to TERA, to Aion, to EQ2. Vanity/fashion slots are not new ideas. I'm sure SE can find a way to deal with it.

[Burrmanchu]

Anyone agaisnt this idea is oblivious... Why would it matter to you if someone puts the stats from a better item on an item they enjoy wearing? "Oh noes the PLD will be in a blouse"? whoTF cares.. they can display /off horrible hats, whats the difference?... Unless your server is a rainbow parade the PLD's wont be wearing swimtrunks anyway, but if they want to, why hate? +1 for great idea. my BLM blouse is f*&^ing stupid looking.

[Gumbercules]

transmog in wow to me always seemed to be a way for the art team that had delivered like 3 tiers of generally bad looking gear to find an excuse to continue delivering bad looking tiers :P I for one would rather have the art teams keep making new gear that looks good, I can always run around in w/e gear i like while I'm in towns anyway. (subligars are hawt!)

If for some reason they do add this kinda mechanism though i hope they at least keep the restrictions from wow somewhat intact...such as you can only xmog down not up, and the armor types have to match (ie plate to plate, leather to leather, etc)

[Jocko]

As long as vanity gear is limited to what your class can actually wear, then I'd be okay with it. So no BLMs with Vanya, and no Bards with monk AF etc~