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

[Tonkra]

So how about a player can visit a certain NPC and apply the stats of an Equivalent Piece of Gear to the appearance of a Beloved Piece of Obtained Gear? And thus preserve the hard work of Final Fantasy XIV's talented artists across many generations of Final Fantasy XIV content whilst assuring much excitement amongst the playerbase as they ruminate their cosmetic ..cosmos!

Imagine That.

Well thats not a new feature really. This works in AION since its release.


And really.. i dont miss this feature anymore.
people are just wearing the appearance of random stuff.

And seriously when your cat wears a pink and tiny skirt and you have the stats of an epic overpowered "dragon drop equipment" ist just sucks to have a feature like that.. equipment does not feel more than just totally "random". its not an epic "dragon" armor.. its a pink dress with just the stats of it.


when Garuda Armor looks like an evening dress or something like it..
It just DOES NOT look like garuda equipment anymore.


each armor has somewhat of "identity", live with that or leave it. to change the appearance is just so "fake". my opinion after one year AION.

Person A: WOOT you are wearing a swim suit for the final boss fight against nael Darnus?

Person B: Oh well no, actually i am wearing Garuda chain armor, cant you see it?!

now got it? what it seems to be, is not what it is supposed to be

[Neptune]

OP updated.

[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!

[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

[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?