Glamour Dresser Changes

[Mikki]

With this new live letter, SE is getting slammed pretty hard. Although it is definitely well-deserved and I hope they take the backlash to heart and reconsider some of their decisions, I wanted to make a thread to focus on some of the things that they got RIGHT. It's really easy to be vocal about things you dislike and it can be disheartening to the development team to get nothing but criticism. So lets talk about some of the things that we're happy about. (But SE, don't be that company that ignores the criticism and only points to the positive comments. That isn't cool either.)

So, one thing I was really excited to see was the change to glamour dressers. Apparently, we'll be able to reclaim items we've put inside. One of the major reasons I didn't want to use the dresser was because I didn't want to permanently lose access outside of the dresser to items that were expensive or troublesome to get. So I'm super excited to see this change and I'm thinking that I'll actually use it now.

I'm also low key excited for the new deep dungeon. Not because it's fun or exciting or anything but it should be an efficient way to level alts and spamming dungeons is absolutely painful with long queue times. This will be much more efficient.

How about you guys? What are some things you're excited about?

[MsQi]

That's an improvement, but why are they against a system where you unlock styles when you acquire/bind/equip items?

[Mikki]

That's an improvement, but why are they against a system where you unlock styles when you acquire/bind/equip items?

I'm not sure. I honestly think that the "glamour log" so many have asked for would be the most ideal system and I have no idea why it wasn't implemented when the idea of the system was literally spoon fed to them. But the glamour dresser is what we got and if they aren't going to change it, then I'm at least happy with this step in the right direction.

[DarkDedede]

Hopefully a new steady stream of desynth fodder.

[Brynne]

I was stoked to hear about the glamour dresser change! Just like you, I haven't been using it because the lack of item removal and the inability to use it for squad members were holding me back. I was hoping for at least one of these issues to be fixed, and with BOTH of them coming, I can confidently say I'm looking forward to using the glamour dresser more often!

I'm also excited for the new beast tribe, leveling up the last of my crafting jobs and helping out the Namazu. They seem to be hanging out with the Mol tribe too, which I'm really intrigued by. I loved that part of the story. Here's hoping for a fun questline!

[Mikki]

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YES! Being able to use it on squad members is really nice! Now I just need to be able to use it on retainers too and I'll be super pleased.

I'm also looking forward to the new beast tribe as well. I always enjoy the crafter ones (well.... ok, I enjoyed the moogles. I can't say I enjoyed the Ixali, hahaha...) so it'll be nice to get my last few crafters up while also getting my beast tribes out of the way. I hope that their story is interesting ~

EDIT: @Squirtina; OH YEAH. Thank you for reminding me! I'm also super excited about the guestbook for housing. We don't know much about it at this point but if I had to guess, I assume it allows access to your house only to those on the guestbook, which is pretty much what I've been wanting since forever rather than this "it's either open or it's closed" scenario we have now. But admittedly this will make the housing section a lot more closed off I think as many open houses will close only to allow friends. But I could be wrong on what this is entirely. It could just be a literal "guest book" where people can leave comments about your house telling you how nice or terrible it is, hahaha. But I would hope not because that's kind of silly and leaves people open to harassment from people who are angry and want their house.

The mannequins are meh to me but I know a lot of people were asking for a way to show off their favorite gear so I'm sure it made a lot of people happy and even though it's not anything I care about, I think that's a good addition.

Of course I'm happy for all the new MSQ and dungeon content too. Also really excited for the doman reconstruction... I really love watching how those areas change in the game over time. Always fun to see them grow.

[Brynne]

Now I just need to be able to use it on retainers too and I'll be super pleased.

You can already use it for retainers in a roundabout way - equip the gear you're giving the retainer, apply the glamour plate on yourself, and then remove the gear from your character and equip it on the retainer. I agree that it would be nice if they made it simpler, but I'm fine with them leaving that for now as I'd prefer that they prioritize things like increasing the number of plates and the locations where you can apply them.

[InkstainedGwyn]

EDIT: @Squirtina; OH YEAH. Thank you for reminding me! I'm also super excited about the guestbook for housing. We don't know much about it at this point but if I had to guess, I assume it allows access to your house only to those on the guestbook, which is pretty much what I've been wanting since forever rather than this "it's either open or it's closed" scenario we have now.

It's the latter. It has nothing to do with who is allowed in, it just lets people +1 like your house, or leave a message (oh boy, am I the only one who thinks about the 20-year-olds in my FC and their penchant for constant dick jokes when they read this? There are going to be people who do nothing but go around and leave rude messages while they're bored/queueing. We'll see. Maybe it'll be heavily moderated and have a slew of words that can't be used.)

[Mhaeric]

It's the latter. It has nothing to do with who is allowed in, it just lets people +1 like your house, or leave a message (oh boy, am I the only one who thinks about the 20-year-olds in my FC and their penchant for constant dick jokes when they read this? There are going to be people who do nothing but go around and leave rude messages while they're bored/queueing. We'll see. Maybe it'll be heavily moderated and have a slew of words that can't be used.)

I'm guessing it would be limited to specific phrases, much like PvP chat is now. E.g."I like your house!" or "Hello, neighbour!"

[InkstainedGwyn]

I'm guessing it would be limited to specific phrases, much like PvP chat is now. E.g."I like your house!" or "Hello, neighbour!"

I hope so. Maybe I'm just a salty old person on the internet, but, well. I'd regret the loss of ability to explain to someone why I like their house, but it's probably better than allowing some of the phrases I've seen sent in tells in this game.