Guild Wars 2

So far with outfits we can only toggle the head piece on and off. It would be great if they would add a toggle for the shoulders and gloves (if applicable). There are 2 outfits in particular I would wear more often if this were added. The Imperial Outfit’s shoulder wings (?) are rather off putting as well as the furry shoulders on the Raiment of the Lich.

i think its time that they change the way outfits work completely so we can use separate parts.

this would solve your “i don’t like a certain part” problem
(and also send outfit sales through the roof, because the majority of outfits will have atleast a little bit that you’ll want!)

Liewec.2896:

i think its time that they change the way outfits work completely so we can use separate parts.

this would solve your “i don’t like a certain part” problem
(and also send outfit sales through the roof, because the majority of outfits will have atleast a little bit that you’ll want!)

I agree, but unfortunately that’s unlikely to happen.

Back when GW2 first came out outfits didn’t exist and instead we had town clothes which were basically the same thing but you couldn’t wear them in combat and could mix and match them (only with each other, not with armour). Oh and each piece had it’s own dye channels.

When the Wardrobe was introduced in 2014 town clothes were removed. The full sets from the gem store were turned into outfits (like the pirate and chefs costumes), the hats were turned into armour and the odd pieces (like the various gem store tops) were turned into tonics which gave you a random combination of clothing featuring that piece.

I don’t think they ever explained why, other than they’re easier to churn out this way. The change was unpopular at the time…and still is. But since they went to all the effort to combine them I think it’s unlikely they’ll revert them back to single pieces now.

Although I do think it could work, even for the newer outfits that have come out since. Anything which doesn’t have easy places to divide it could simply stay as single pieces and ‘over write’ anything else you’re wearing.

That’s what used to happen with the pirate costume. The top and trousers were one piece and if I put it on my human female while she was wearing her default skirt the skirt was hidden and she had the pirate trousers instead. The same could be used with things like the wedding dresses which don’t work as separate pieces.

There are a number of outfits I just won’t buy because of the shoulders. I’d rethink if I could toggle them off.

I think one-piece outfits benefit only one party, and it’s not the customers. There is a huge disadvantage to the players in not being able to mix and match outfit pieces- it’s impossible to get a unique look. Between that, the paltry number of outfits in the store to begin with, and most of the armor in the game being unattractive, I have to pinpoint the wardrobe feature being pretty weak in GW2.

I’d love to be able to combine other headgear with an outfit. Since we can already hide the head, it’s a separate mesh, so it should be easy enough to also give the option of showing our existing headgear with the outfit, so we can combine our sunglasses or fancy crowns with our snazzy outfits.

There’s a bug sometimes where if you have a starter fire Elementalist head piece and you toggle it off and wear an outfit, you can have the outfit and the armor headpiece showing. It’s probably only visible client side but it shows it’s possible to have an outfit and an armor headpiece both.

I don’t use outfits because I like to customize my character. I doubt I would use them unless you could choose exactly what piece or pieces were visible and they allowed the rest of your armor to show through.

Havent tried in a loooong time but the last time (about a year ago) when I was using an Outfit i could toulge on/off Headpiece, shoulder and gloves, just what you want will check if I still can when I get to the computer and let you know

There are a handful of outfits that let you toggle the shoulders / gloves, but not anywhere near all. Those that do are in the minority, in fact.

Its likely related to how “separate” the items are from the whole. For some outfits removing other parts is as simple as just removing the visual from that area. For others, the parts are connected in such a way that its not possible to do that. The pieces are connected with the whole in such a way that removing them isn’t easily done if possible at all.

Considering the whole reason outfits are easier to develop is because they can design a single look without needing to think about “modular” creating of different pieces, and that itself is the reason you can’t remove certain parts of the outfit… yeah. I don’t see this request happening. It goes against the whole concept of outfits and the reason they’re preferring to develop them over armor.

I must say, alot of the outfits have been pretty much declined on my part because of many of the shoulders. Particularly the oversized football ones that plague some of them.

Outfits that for the most part, I would have bought if not for such a glaring eyesore.

The Ninja outfit is a perfect example.

The floating / super sized shoulders have been in a terrible state for a while I think. Most of my toons lack shoulders because of this fact. At least I can turn those off.

I’d rather not pay 700+ gems for an outfit that forces me to keep such “aesthetics”.

Mapache.4852:

I’d love to be able to combine other headgear with an outfit. Since we can already hide the head, it’s a separate mesh, so it should be easy enough to also give the option of showing our existing headgear with the outfit, so we can combine our sunglasses or fancy crowns with our snazzy outfits.

This. Don’t forget the bunny ears! <3