Simple suggestion. Other armor types as town clothes! I would say only those below what you currently wear (IE Heavy can wear Med/Light, but Med can only wear Light, for town clothing), but I don’t really think that kind of restriction is fully necessary. Just have it so that the model can be used for town clothing if your profession can’t wear it – and that it obviously provides no bonuses while there.
Even from a non-RP perspective, it’d just be nifty. It’s not pulling anything from group playability since loot is independent, and the player has to choose to not vendor – or go out of their way to buy, as the case may be – the gear that isn’t strictly for them. And given town clothes remain strictly out-of-combat, there’s no visual confusion.
Plus, in doing so, this immediately solves a LOT of the demand for more town clothes options, just by giving us the existing models! Thieves in fancy dresses! Warriors in leather coats! The possibilities from that alone are plentiful, and there’s not really much drawback. It’s removing a somewhat senseless restriction (cosmetically) and appealing to a common wish in a pretty simple fashion, I think.
(edit: trying not to be redundant)
Completely agreed.
Agree. We need moar town cloths (not just when there is an event).
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