A mounts matter

[Shougun]

I think people need to understand, most people play mmorpgs as simply games not as a medium for them to roleplay on. So everything doesn't have to make sense, its a matter of pleasing the customer. If you are a good roleplayer, you can make sense out of non-sense lol.

By the way I like rping but my personal opinion is I think vanity slots actually help in roleplaying, as it allows a person to roleplay what they want and how they want it to be. More freedom.

I think you should be able to wear what you want but with consequence. For example you are in town and want to be a little bit silly and run around naked and rp as a wild man- Great! You want to RP as a reindeer and fight a boss? Great! But face the consequences.

Vanity destroys that last part (consequence) and thus is against rp as rp is also about response not just about action. You give action and the game and others give response.

Also SE should just call it an mmoG and not an mmoRPG if they are going to fail on the account of RPG. Which Yoshida said "This is first and foremost an RPG".

[xXHalloweenTrixXx]

I think you should be able to wear what you want but with consqeuence. For example you are in town and want to be a little bit silly and run around naked and rp as a wild man- Great! You want to RP as a reindeer and fight a boss? Great! But face the consequences.

Vanity destroys that last part and thus is aganist rp as rp is also about response not just about action. You give action and the game and others give response.

Also SE should just call it an mmo and not an mmoRPG if they are going to fail on the account of RPG. Which Yoshida said "This is first and foremost an RPG".

Well RPGs essentially means a game that has a story and character progression, it really doesn't matter about armor designs. So really, what it seems to me is that you want a fantasy game with more realism.

There are many rpgs and mmorpgs that has people wearing ridiculous armors (even final fantasy titles may I add). You could see a bikini armor and it grants high defense, which doesn't really make much sense but its there to appeal to the player and how they want their character to be seen as. So really its the same concept xD but the game is still an rpg despite the outrageous/stylish/unreal armors that doesn't necessarily translate to the proper stats if they were in fact trying to go by realistic values.

So really, why force realism unto other players? If a person wants to have a cool looking character or a funny looking one, it really isn't a problem. You can avoid them or rp with your inner circle of friends who avoid the vanity system.

People have different interests in games, not everyone is 'hardcore' roleplayers, cause really its not an issue. The game is still a game after all, and people should be able to can be happy with how their characters are seen like.