Question and concerns about the vanity sytem..

[Darkhaund]

I know there will be limitations as to what we can equip.

But.. are we going to be seeing people dressed in "halloween" "chritmas" or any other "seasonable" gera in raids?

It would TOTALLY DESTROY MY IMMERSION to see.. lets say a "SNOWMAN" be my main tank at a very important boss and even worse, to see that in the Cutscene.

I hope it does not come down to this

[ForteXX]

But... That's the point of having a vanity system and vanity gear...

[Shadowzanon]

But... That's the point of having a vanity system and vanity gear...

If its fun its a no no, we all know that. boring and unfun is the way to go.

[Bloodclaw]

Maybe there will be an option to turn off your ability to view vanity? Other than that guess your SOL sorry. :-/

[Shujinkou]

The time has come... the time has come to start camping for Odin \o/

[Smartcat]

So because it breaks your immersion you want to ruin to everybody else? If people want to raid in biquinis that's their business not yours. Don't we have enough limitations with the dye system?

[Edellis]

So because it breaks your immersion you want to ruin to everybody else? If people want to raid in biquinis that's their business not yours. Don't we have enough limitations with the dye system?

This really isn't an issue of "ruin for everyone else". It's pretty obvious that Square has gone out of its way in FFXIV to preserve the story integrity of the environment, which is why something like vanity slots dont exist in the first place. I can't tell you how many games i've played (ESPECIALLY japanese/korean) that have thrown any sort of believable series motif out the window in exchange for the massive income they get from Fanservice. It makes the dollhouse players happy, but it really ruins the respect of the game. I respect FFXIV for having the balls to tie stats to visual armor on an MMO in 2013-14.

I won't lie and say I like all the armor I had to wear through leveling, but there's something about my character always being battle-appropriate that really made me respect the game even more. If im in a lower dungeon and can afford the defense, i'll equip some seasonal gear or a default set for kicks.

But i'd also be lying if i said FFXIV wouldn't be losing anything with the inclusion of unchecked vanity slots. Don't act like it isn't a tradeoff for both parties, because it most certainly is. Yoshi himself has made that clear.

[IfritReborn]

This really isn't an issue of "ruin for everyone else". It's pretty obvious that Square has gone out of its way in FFXIV to preserve the story integrity of the environment, which is why something like vanity slots dont exist in the first place.

Because having a giant doll and some midget from ANOTHER GAME riding around Shroud due to "accidental inter-dimensional travel" is preserving the story integrity and environment?
Because having a female character from ANOTHER GAME appear in this world due to some arbitrary reasoning "Some God wants me to fight here" fits right in?
Everyone and their mom has the super rare one of a kind artifact armor and relic
Please stop. I'm tired of you lore immersion nuts, immersion went down the toilet with 2.0, stop trying to pretend it exists

AND STOP TRYING TO LIMIT MY CREATIVE FREEDOM! IT'S A VANITY SYSTEM, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO WEAR WHATEVER I WANT!

[NeonC]

Pretty sure the vanity system will not include off classes/seasonal gear.

[Naunet]

Pretty sure the vanity system will not include off classes/seasonal gear.

And thus it will never be as good as it could. No restrictions on gear, please.