Who doesnt want gear restrictions removed?

[Gemina]

Like I said in the other thread, whether you are for or against restriction removal, I don't find either viewpoint is wrong or right. I'm not quite sure that an exclusive thread for those who are against it is warranted, but can understand if those views feel drowned out by an overwhelming majority. The thing about that kind of thread, is that it kind of proves the point for a lot of those who want the restrictions removed.

What I will bring up here is that at the end of the day, what I try to focus on is being appreciative of the enjoyment the game brings instead of placing that energy in the things I would like changed. As it turns out though, a lot of that conserved energy just ends up going into expressing my side of things to those who feel differently. Advice I can give is if you feel you're repeating yourself, or stating the same arguments you have in another thread with the same/similar topic, it might be best to just bow out in order to save that energy.

As I said before, there is not really a wrong or right here, so those who do place their focus on what they would like changed are not misplacing it. There could be repercussions to their desired changes that they may not be aware of though. On the other side of that coin however, there could be benefits to their desired changes that those for restrictions are also not aware of. It just requires a little listening for arguments to be constructive instead of the other way around.

[Driavna]

Just by the way the game handle items a universal removal will never happen and almost every item will need a replica. Many players level certain classes just to have access to X glamour and I guess that's a positive for SE. I also consider worth mentioning that gear restrictions are a design choice, one that has been there since release.

Anyway, I personally think they will keep release unrestricted replicas but limitations will never be removed.

[Ayuhra]

If we opened the door on gear I'd want to somehow use WoW's transmog system instead of our current glamour system where you learn an item's appearance.

We can still use glamour prisms to "learn" the appearance (and bind the item in doing so) and maybe also to apply the appearance. Plates could still be used to save outfits. I don't want to mess up the prism economy too badly, I just don't want to have to keep the actual gear anymore.

[Canadane]

I’ve been against removal of restrictions forever.
I also advocate for MORE racial locked or gender locked gear. As long as each gender or race gets equal amounts we would see an increase in variety when viewing a random sample of a crowd.
Restrictions on the individual level only leads to more creativity.

Letting everyone use anything only brings downsides imo

[GrizzlyTank]

I’ve been against removal of restrictions forever.
I also advocate for MORE racial locked or gender locked gear. As long as each gender or race gets equal amounts we would see an increase in variety when viewing a random sample of a crowd.
Restrictions on the individual level only leads to more creativity.

Letting everyone use anything only brings downsides imo

Downsides such as... *tumbleweed rolls by*

Not letting everyone use everything on the other hand gives us the downside of repeatedly see the devs ignore the very selfsame rules enforced on us players.