Guild Wars 2

So now we can use clothing skins to make our characters look different to the class they are supposed to be. I can wear Jungle Explorer outfit on a mesmer. I could put Pirate Captain’s outfit on a warrior. Or Fancy Winter Dress on a ranger.

Why then, in the name of the Six, do we still insist on having heavy/medium/light armour skins? Noone is asking for heavy armour on an elementalist… but this game is largely about cosmetics. What is the harm in having a warrior in a dress? Some of the heavy armour skins leave as much skin exposed as many light armour skins anyway. Why can we not have a dark knight, aka a necro in heavy appearance armour? Sure, some stuff can look goofy if you mix and match it, but isn’t that up to us to decide?

And since I am on the subject of clothing, why not make the old Town Clothes into Outfits? Keep their appearances as they are now, but make them dyable! Allow us to have some utility with our own store-bought gear. They were dyable before, but you took away what little utility they had and locked them into dull tonics with no functionality!

I wouldnt even mind if I had to throw in, eg, 300 gems per town clothes item to turn them into an Outfit. It is a price I would happily pay. Then you could re-list the ‘new’ version of town clothes on the TP as an outfit for 600 gems and make a mint! It just makes financial sense…

How cool would this look as a full Outfit?

It’s because of the way they built the armour back when they made the game.

The entire point of outfits is to allow every profession to wear any kind of armour.

We will never be able to mix and match heavy with light armour, sadly.

Then maybe the possibility of making complete L/M/H armour sets available as Outfits? That would be a licence to print money for Anet.

I’m not sure Guzzi is asking to let the current skins mix up armor weights so much as to make new skins that can mix but aren’t tied to the old three-weight appearance. Much as the same dragon helm or monocle skin was applied across all the weights, why not create a heavy-skeleton top that looks like a foofy shirt? (Landsknechts say hi). Or give a light armor wearer a top that in appearance is a steel cuirass?

Well, my original thought was to maybe unlock all skins for all classes but then I remembered that there are different ‘connection’ lines for each class. A medium jacket for example covers in many cases all the way down to the ankles etc.

But yes, the general idea was for new skins to be multi classable.

To be honest, outfits were a bad idea. They breed uniformity and encourage a lack of creativity, when appearances should be custom-tailored. The fact that these skins cannot be mix-and-matched is more than enough to render them inferior to armor.

Duke Blackrose.4981:

To be honest, outfits were a bad idea. They breed uniformity and encourage a lack of creativity, when appearances should be custom-tailored. The fact that these skins cannot be mix-and-matched is more than enough to render them inferior to armor.

Except for the fact they don’t cost charges, and are account bound so you can wear them on all your alts at any lvl. And it’s a whole set, as opposed to pieces.

edgarallanpwn.8739:

Duke Blackrose.4981:

To be honest, outfits were a bad idea. They breed uniformity and encourage a lack of creativity, when appearances should be custom-tailored. The fact that these skins cannot be mix-and-matched is more than enough to render them inferior to armor.

Except for the fact they don’t cost charges, and are account bound so you can wear them on all your alts at any lvl. And it’s a whole set, as opposed to pieces.

I prefer the gem store armor sets over outfits because I can mix and match them with other armor pieces to make a more custom look. They unlock in my wardrobe for any of my characters using the same armor weight. Transmutation charges are easy enough to come by. I won’t buy outfits because it is either all or nothing.

Honestly I dont have a problem with outfits. It lets me hide the ugliness of none lvl80 transmuted armor. Im still rocking my tux on my charr since those came out.

JustTrogdor.7892:

edgarallanpwn.8739:

Duke Blackrose.4981:

To be honest, outfits were a bad idea. They breed uniformity and encourage a lack of creativity, when appearances should be custom-tailored. The fact that these skins cannot be mix-and-matched is more than enough to render them inferior to armor.

Except for the fact they don’t cost charges, and are account bound so you can wear them on all your alts at any lvl. And it’s a whole set, as opposed to pieces.

I prefer the gem store armor sets over outfits because I can mix and match them with other armor pieces to make a more custom look. They unlock in my wardrobe for any of my characters using the same armor weight. Transmutation charges are easy enough to come by. I won’t buy outfits because it is either all or nothing.

I loved the game, and made multiple alts, but hated the starting armor, so an outfit was perfect. I’m able to use my assassins outfit on all my characters while leveling, without having to change anything . Also its not restricted by armor weight so, EVERY character i own. Once i hit 80 on my warrior i changed, but since i have a lot of alts, and outfit was worth it.

I’m aware of how outfits work. I simply don’t care for them as explained above. Also I have many alts as well. Leveling is so fast I don’t worry about armor appearance until I hit 80. If you enjoy them that’s great. I just don’t have a use for them because I can’t mix and match.

I prefer the gem store armor to mix and match to make a finished look.

I prefer the outfits to throw on whenever I want to look completely different yet not have to spend transmutation charges switching to a look then switching back.

What some people don’t seem to realize is, each has it’s own place, it’s own niche. As long as it costs to change then a way to change your look for free, even though its set pieces, has a spot in the wardrobe.

Transmutation charges may be easy to come by, but I only have about 30 something and I don’t get them often enough to accommodate how often I wish to look different. Outfits fulfill this wish.

If only~