The simplest solution to the glamour issue

[maxxvoltage4]

Revamp the armoire, which everyone has access to after a certain level. Instead of the current tabs of achievement, seasonal, etc., tabs would be by equipment (heads, arms, earrings etc.) and every piece of clothing will be stored there in list form and arranged via ilevel. Ideally it would have been also divided by class/job but that would be pushing it.

This way the current system won't be disrupted too much i would think.

[Cinno]

I've thought about this too. Allowing armor and weapons to be stored in the armoire, and when you attempt to cast a glamour on something, it pulls the list from items in your armoire instead of your inventory/armory chest.

It'd solve the problem, but since it would lose them money from extra retainer sales, dont count on it. :3 (Or any real solution to the inventory issue.)

[Myvar]

It also would not address the issue of having different glamours for different Jobs that share the same gear, e.g. healers.

[FoxyAreku]

There isn't a glamour/inventory issue. Just don't hoard everything you get, I'm a glamour addict and even I don't believe anyone needs 50 different kinds of shoes/gloves...

[Atoli]

I'm a glamour addict and even I don't believe anyone needs 50 different kinds of shoes/gloves...

You are obviously not addicted enough then
The details make a good outfit. Everyone can throw on a nice-looking body piece with whatever other gear they have lying around.
What seperates the glamour enthusiast from the casual is the dedication of having every single piece of an outfit in perfect harmony.

So yes, there is a big issue here that need to be solved, and that is the total lack of an adequate way to store glamour.
Which, btw, is a basic staple of pretty much all modern MMOs which makes it that much worse that SE doesn't have even an remote fix for that..

[Nezerius]

There isn't a glamour/inventory issue. Just don't hoard everything you get, I'm a glamour addict and even I don't believe anyone needs 50 different kinds of shoes/gloves...

Yea, let me just toss all these CT/ST/WoD sets that I like, I'm sure it won't take a large amount of time and RNG to get those back. Those expensive replica armours and weapons? Guess I can toss those too, after glamouring them once, who cares about the amount of gil that has cost to obtain them, right? These allied seal sets that I've collected? Might as well toss those too, because it only takes ages to farm up enough allied seals anyway!

/sarcasm

You're either not a glamour addict, or you're already running with more than two retainers. The latter would just prove the point that there's an issue.

Besides, Yoshi-P already acknowledged the inventory issue, so it's kinda silly to say there's no issue.

[LunaFaye]

You're either not a glamour addict, or you're already running with more than two retainers.

I got all of them and even have 5 alts, so I have a total of 6 characters + maxed out retainers, and still no space... Glamour/Crafting mats take up so much space it isn't even fun anymore and you're absolute right, I do not need 50 pair or shoes or gloves, however just like IRL it's nice to have 2 closets full of shoes just in case I do NEED them one day

[Canadane]

I'm with Foxy here. There's no issue unless you go out of your way to make one.

[Alberel]

I'm with Foxy here. There's no issue unless you go out of your way to make one.

I think it's more a case of plenty of other MMOs on the market now are allowing players to store absolutely every piece of equipment they ever acquire in a wardrobe to be used whenever they like. WoW recently introduced an extensive wardrobe system that retro-actively took the appearances of every item your characters had ever owned in the past since release of the game. FFXIV is far behind the standard for the genre when it comes to cosmetics systems now. People are asking for this sort of thing because it is now a basic expectation. If MMOs want to put so much of an endgame focus on making yourself look good they need to give players the tools to facilitate it. A wardrobe system is essential to that.

As it stands now, if a player wants just a single glamour set for each job that's 5-10 pieces (depending on if they bother with jewellery) x 12 jobs. You can double that if they glamour their crafting/gathering classes as well. The player has to keep hold of these glamour items permanently because every time they upgrade a piece of equipment they have to apply the glamour again. So for just 1 glamour set per class/job that's already a nearly full retainer. Now if a player wants to have alternate glamours for some jobs... well it adds up quickly.

For some players this is a BIG deal and the game doesn't facilitate that playstyle very well where other MMOs do.

[Blood-Aki]

I think it's more a case of plenty of other MMOs on the market now are allowing players to store absolutely every piece of equipment they ever acquire in a wardrobe to be used whenever they like. WoW recently introduced an extensive wardrobe system that retro-actively took the appearances of every item your characters had ever owned in the past since release of the game. FFXIV is far behind the standard for the genre when it comes to cosmetics systems now. People are asking for this sort of thing because it is now a basic expectation. If MMOs want to put so much of an endgame focus on making yourself look good they need to give players the tools to facilitate it. A wardrobe system is essential to that.

WoW is over a decade old, and a dated game at that, FFXIV has only been out for 3 and a half years, Wow has had plenty of time to work out the kinks, and since it isn't nearly as graphically pleasing as FFXIV it might be much easier for them.