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(03-13-2014, 02:25 PM)Clover Wrote: To me, the difference is that the variety we have now doesn't apply outside RP scenes. I can't do dungeons or quest in any gear I want, sadly. This system will allow you to play the game itself with the look you choose, instead of limiting you to only use that look when you afk in town or when you RP any scene.
This. The entire point of this implementation, as I understand it, is so that you don't suffer unfair hits to your stats by choosing to run content in suboptimal gear for the aesthetics.
Case in point, I love the Pirate's Bandana. But I can't wear it in end-game content because A, as a DEX item it's not suited for my MNK, and B, it's a level 15 item with no aesthetic equivalent at iLVL 50+ (at least, not that I'm aware of).
That you can't use higher level gear as vanity while leveling is a shortcoming, but it's a common shortcoming. I came over to FFXIV from SWTOR about two months ago, and they can't deck themselves out in end-game gear while leveling, either.
Cross-class vanity is probably being held back for the F2P cash shop; it's what Bioware is doing in SWTOR, at least, and it's been proven that people will pay for it. As if Square-Enix does F2P. Pffft.
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