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

[Neptune]

Some of you guys are tripping with the vanity slots. Yoshi-P already said no to vanity slots.

Should I dig through the forum and make 3 new threads about ideas the dev team has already shot down so you guys can pointlessly flail your support for them? Why don't we get real instead and come to the conclusion that vanity slots open up more problems than they solve, from having to reprogram the gear interface, making sure no bugs arise from equipping unforeseen gear to your character, all the way to the aesthetic problems that come with being able to equip anything in a blank slot when the game is not designed for that at all.

[AsterBarnivere]

Too bad SE doesn't allow mods (I'd be so fashion design happy, EVERYONE on my server *except those I hate* would get something unique)

[Neptune]

Too bad SE doesn't allow mods (I'd be so fashion design happy, EVERYONE on my server *except those I hate* would get something unique)

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[AsterBarnivere]

D :

Don't give me that face mister! >_> ..... I guess you're an exception.

[Alhanelem]

/equip <slot> "Cool but Crappy Gear"

Make macro. Press when in town.

/equip <slot> "repulsive yet awesome gear"

Make macro. Press when about to engage the enemy.

[Tonkra]

So how about a player can visit a certain NPC and apply the stats of an Equivalent Piece of Gear to the appearance of a Beloved Piece of Obtained Gear? And thus preserve the hard work of Final Fantasy XIV's talented artists across many generations of Final Fantasy XIV content whilst assuring much excitement amongst the playerbase as they ruminate their cosmetic ..cosmos!

Imagine That.

Well thats not a new feature really. This works in AION since its release.


And really.. i dont miss this feature anymore.
people are just wearing the appearance of random stuff.

And seriously when your cat wears a pink and tiny skirt and you have the stats of an epic overpowered "dragon drop equipment" ist just sucks to have a feature like that.. equipment does not feel more than just totally "random". its not an epic "dragon" armor.. its a pink dress with just the stats of it.


when Garuda Armor looks like an evening dress or something like it..
It just DOES NOT look like garuda equipment anymore.


each armor has somewhat of "identity", live with that or leave it. to change the appearance is just so "fake". my opinion after one year AION.

Person A: WOOT you are wearing a swim suit for the final boss fight against nael Darnus?

Person B: Oh well no, actually i am wearing Garuda chain armor, cant you see it?!

now got it? what it seems to be, is not what it is supposed to be

[Burrmanchu]

/equip <slot> "Cool but Crappy Gear"

Make macro. Press when in town.

/equip <slot> "repulsive yet awesome gear"

Make macro. Press when about to engage the enemy.

Oh yay great idea.. because we ALL want to carry around (yet) another set of equipment. So much better than OP's thoughtful suggestion....

/wrist

[Orophin]

I too want to choose the way my character looks. If you want to be anal, take the Aion rules. Cloth can look like other cloth, leather like other leather, mail like other mail.

I'd rather just have vanity slots. I don't want to permanently (or even temporarily) change a piece of gear. Vanity slots just seems easier.

Whichever is easiest to implement I support. This feature isn't a deal breaker for me by any means but it would be nice to have. The only restrictions I think should be imposed is that Artifact and JSE (maybe CSE?) shouldn't be affected by this. Their original properties shouldn't be able to be altered.

[Neptune]

OP updated.

[Soulfire]

Also, I feel that calling it fashion slot or vanity slot are not helping this idea to gain track anyway. Because people are then saying "This is a MMORPG not a fashion show" or "this is not Barbie online".

We should start calling it Appearance tab, or appearance slot, or something, post your ideas. Fashion/vanity just carries negative connotation to it, and it carries a narcissistic flavor.

Vanity sounds stupid. Fashion I'm okay with. Appearance is moving in a better direction.

Some of you guys are tripping with the vanity slots. Yoshi-P already said no to vanity slots.

Should I dig through the forum and make 3 new threads about ideas the dev team has already shot down so you guys can pointlessly flail your support for them?

http://www.rpgsite.net/articles/397-...oper-interview

RPG Site: Has there ever been any consideration to add fashion/vanity slots to the game? Basically separate slots for equipment that actually gives you stats, with the option of a second row of slots where you can put in other armor. The armor would then be your visible gear—something like that which has been present in other modern MMOs.
Yoshida: This has been talked about, but will not be available at the time of relaunch, as we feel that it will make it harder to distinguish between classes/jobs if their appearance does not match their party role. However, we have not abandoned the possibility of implementing such a system in the future.

That isn't a no. That's the type of response you give when you're undecided, haven't thought through how to make something work optimally, and/or trying to avoid doing something radical at a critical moment. It's still on the table.

If we do see it, I don't think it will be anytime soon.