Just copy the Transmog collector system from WoW. Glamour needs a serious update!!!

[Vahlnir]

Maybe SE doesn't want us to collect and hoard glamour.

If they didn't want that they wouldn't be adding more with each patch.

[Genz]

As usual, a compilation of fiction around the game coding and invention of answers from interviews that don't exist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's just that the current system is good enough for most players.

FFXIV doesn't aim for excellence, it only focuses on quantity, so new things or updates are only done if they impact a lot of players or have a small cost.

[Granyala]

As usual, a compilation of fiction around the game coding and invention of answers from interviews that don't exist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Only a person that is either extremely naive or simply has no clue about programming would think that the late addition of a feature which requires a rewrite of core components that are a decade old would be an easy undertaking.

If SE is anything like Blizzard, the code of eld won't be documented very well, they won't have ancient versions of the game in a running state and most programmers from the beginning will either not remember how they did it or are no longer around.

Fact is: they most likely do not want to touch a decade old code unless absolutely necessary.
Especially not in a situation where they have to divert significant resources for a non critical problem while already being behind on content delivery.

[Garnix]

Fact is: they most likely do not want to touch a decade old code unless absolutely necessary.
Especially not in a situation where they have to divert significant resources for a non critical problem while already being behind on content delivery.

They are not really behind on content delivery...I mean, sure Covid impacted things and delayed the whole patch cycle by 2+ months, but since 5.3 they said that they are pretty much back to their standard development capacities.

And regarding diverting resources for a non critical problem : isn't it part of each expansion/patch to take some of the resources to build new features?
Trust, NG+, or even the world visiting system were not critical features to have either, yet they invested time and resources in them.
They also used resources for other things that they previously said was too much for them to handle (flying in ARR zones).

A revamp of the glam system is probably one of the most requested feature, they can push it to the side as much as they want because of the complexity of the task, but the truth is : it will always be brought back to their attention until they do something about it.

[Granyala]

A revamp of the glam system is probably one of the most requested feature, they can push it to the side as much as they want because of the complexity of the task, but the truth is : it will always be brought back to their attention until they do something about it.

It is possible that they are already working on it.
The current system is awkward at best (especially the absurd "can't apply plates here" restriction, that renders it useless 80% of the time), I'm sure they are aware of it's shortcomings.

That being said: until they have an Idea on how to pull it off, I don't think they will give any insight or even acknowledge that they are working on it.

[Garnix]

It is possible that they are already working on it.
The current system is awkward at best (especially the absurd "can't apply plates here" restriction, that renders it useless 80% of the time), I'm sure they are aware of it's shortcomings.

That being said: until they have an Idea on how to pull it off, I don't think they will give any insight or even acknowledge that they are working on it.

Absolutely! I would hope they learned from their past mistakes and don't announce stuff that they never deliver. (RIP Egi Glam)

[Iscah]

Adding to Enkidoh's post - sure, they theoretically could rebuild the game to iron out all the little frustrations like inventory and glamour restrictions, but it's very unlikely to be worth their while.

It would have to net them enough additional subs, or the retention of enough players that would have quit over those issues rather than stayed around feeling slightly unhappy about them, to justify the cost of rebuilding the game from scratch AND forgoing the hypothetical money they could have earned by putting that effort into making and selling a new unrelated game while leaving FFXIV as it is.

[Lihtleita]

They'd probably need a team thats familiar with the engine ffxiv is on, so I'm secretly wishing that once a big se project wraps up they can poach staff to outsource a transmog system to. That way the xiv devs dont have to halt whatever else theyre doing.

[GrizzlyTank]

Why you got to necro with a joke...

Either way if they can't implement a proper log because reasons, then they could at least use their achievement system to make us present the items to someone, maybe a quest to get an achievement containing a coffer of the same items, which then can be purchased by the calamity salvager.

This would have been especially welcome for Alliance raids and other content where there is no guaranteed that a piece of loot will drop.

[Sotaris]

Why you got to necro with a joke...

That was a joke? I guess I forgot to laugh.