glamors don't appear in frontlines?

[stanrir]

so just tried frontlines had a lot of fun, did have one issue though my glamors didn't show up thanks to some restriction? really so glamors are restricted in frontlines, May I ask the reasoning behind this decision?

[RaideDuku]

So people can take a rough guesstimate on how powerful you are by your appearance. Someone wearing the cascader's outfit is going to be a lot less effective then someone wearing full PvP armor. (bit of an extreme example, but you get the drift).

Pretty much every MMO that has some sort of vanity system does this for PvP.

[Fitzy]

Its pretty simple really, a big part of PvP is all about picking the right target and in the case of multiple similar targets such as say 2 white mages for example, you might want to take out the weakest/strongest healer first. For example, being able to view their gear is the easiest way to identify the targets potential strength such as the stronger healer wearing lvl 100 gear versus the other wearing level 70. With glamours, it would not be possible to identify factors such as this.

As stated above, this is common in just about every MMO with competitive PvP.

[Garlyle]

For example, being able to view their gear is the easiest way to identify the targets potential strength such as the stronger healer wearing lvl 100 gear versus the other wearing level 70. With glamours, it would not be possible to identify factors such as this.

If you really want to push it to ridiculous levels, realise that everyone could glamour cascadier or snowman outfits or something - and then you'd be left with "oh, great, which one's even which".

It's kind of a shame because, yes, I really like my glamoured outfits - but I completely understand and agree with the need for clarity in PvP content.

[Rhindas]

Why did you have to suggest a snowman war? Because now I want to do a snowman war.

[IamBenpi]

Except it's synced to i80, so in reality the i70 and i100. Person would only be 10 I levels apart. Yes it's still a difference, but much less significant of one.

[Surian]

It's a non-issue really. At what time where you close enough in battle where you could destinguish whom is whom, or even what they're wearing? Or at what point hasnt it been such a chaotic thing that you could see what job people are even on?

I'd actually welcome people in nothing but Snowman suits. I'd love it. The new name above their heads shows you what class/job they are now regardless.

[Yurai]

The level sync makes this restriction more of an annoyance than anything else.

[charlemagne]

I think it's as much so you can see the role of your opponent quickly as their strength. With that many people running around it may be difficult to spot quickly from their weapon but armour stands out much more.

[Edeline]

So people can take a rough guesstimate on how powerful you are by your appearance. Someone wearing the cascader's outfit is going to be a lot less effective then someone wearing full PvP armor. (bit of an extreme example, but you get the drift).

Pretty much every MMO that has some sort of vanity system does this for PvP.

That's only relevant for 4v4 arena. In frontlines, Morale stat does not have effect and your gear is synced to i80, hence PvP items are completely useless. Your class name is displayed on your head.