Trans..mogrifi..ca..shun?? or The Art Of Wearing Clothes You Like With Stats You Like

[Neptune]

When people are confused by something that's when you offer a better, simpler solution that fixes the problems they vocalize in their interview!

[Yves]

+1 for the obscure Calvin & Hobbes reference in the thread title!

[Alhanelem]

Oh yay great idea.. because we ALL want to carry around (yet) another set of equipment. So much better than OP's thoughtful suggestion....

/wrist

Except, you'd still have to carry around that extra set of gear. You know full well that even if SE adds some kind of cosmetic gear option, they'll still make you carry the shiat with you.

/wrist

//If you want to not look like the gear you're wearing go play a F2P game and buy out their cash shop. I'd rather they make all the good gear cool looking instead of making stuff people would want to put something else on over.

All the talk about cosmetics lately makes me fear they'll put a cash shop in the game.

[Neptune]

+1 for the obscure Calvin & Hobbes reference in the thread title!

Um what? lol

[Zumi]

I wouldn't really use this feature but some people probably would like it. Its not that hard to implement either just add some npc in the game to change gear to look like other gear.

Most games that have it always seem to use the same basic rules, even in WoW they have the same rules, cloth can only be changed to look like cloth, leather to look like leather, mail to mail, plate to plate, ect

[Tonkra]

That isn't a no. That's the type of response you give when you're undecided, haven't thought through how to make something work optimally, and/or trying to avoid doing something radical at a critical moment. It's still on the table.

If we do see it, I don't think it will be anytime soon.

Hopefully we wont see it. as i said. Equipment and epic items have a kind of "identity" which is lost when it will work like in AION, where everybody changed their armors appearance to a standard appearance.

epic armor which is dropped by a dragon and looking then like a lv 30 standard armor? too bad i'd say

Except, you'd still have to carry around that extra set of gear. You know full well that even if SE adds some kind of cosmetic gear option, they'll still make you carry the shiat with you.

/wrist

//If you want to not look like the gear you're wearing go play a F2P game and buy out their cash shop. I'd rather they make all the good gear cool looking instead of making stuff people would want to put something else on over.

All the talk about cosmetics lately makes me fear they'll put a cash shop in the game.

No one played AION??

It was a part of crafting.. you went to a NPC where you could combine 2 items and where you could chose from which item you want to keep the appearance and from which one you want to keep the stats.

and seriously? i dont miss it.. armors had nothing special anymore in the end. maybe.. just maybe i am ok with crafted stuff, but not with epic armor drops

[elreed]

I prefer the final fantasy way, what you have accomplished is how you will look like, if you get a good gear you will be able to show it, we have yukatas, christmas gear and several pieces that looks good, you can buy those and have your vanity way, once you get in a party you'll have to change to your crappy or bad ass gear...i dont wanna see a guy having a lvl 1 robe looking like darklight one, that takes away the achievement, you wanna look bad ass? well get bad ass gear then

[ShivenCasull]

I prefer the final fantasy way, what you have accomplished is how you will look like, if you get a good gear you will be able to show it, we have yukatas, christmas gear and several pieces that looks good, you can buy those and have your vanity way, once you get in a party you'll have to change to your crappy or bad ass gear...i dont wanna see a guy having a lvl 1 robe looking like darklight one, that takes away the achievement, you wanna look bad ass? well get bad ass gear then

To keep it fair (the OP said this, too) you must be able to equip the gear in the first place.

I'm in the camp of "I want to wear my AF and look like a PLD, not a doofus in mis-matched armor"

[Duelle]

I prefer the final fantasy way, what you have accomplished is how you will look like

That's not very Final Fantasy, as characters in FF games are designed around a certain aesthetic that is untouched by your equipment. If anything, us being able to choose a look and maintain it throughout our characters' lives would be closer to Final Fantasy than the "look like a mismatched clown" thing from FFXI.

[KaplanHomahru]

I prefer the final fantasy way, what you have accomplished is how you will look like, if you get a good gear you will be able to show it, we have yukatas, christmas gear and several pieces that looks good, you can buy those and have your vanity way, once you get in a party you'll have to change to your crappy or bad ass gear...i dont wanna see a guy having a lvl 1 robe looking like darklight one, that takes away the achievement, you wanna look bad ass? well get bad ass gear then

How is it Final Fantasy-like if I have to wear my better-performing circus freak gear instead of my AF?