Guild Wars 2

Taking advice from the “How to give good feedback” sticky I would like to discuss how the Wardrobe feature may be improved by allowing players the ability to access all armor collections, regardless of profession and “armor class” restrictions. Only as it pertains to cosmetic appearance not stats.

Lord of The Rings Online by Turbine has a wardrobe system that allows all classes to wear cosmetically any piece of armor that is obtainable by players. Gameplay wise they have multiple classes that use three types or armor “heavy, medium, and light” respectively but they have a “Cosmetic Outfits” tab on their character display that will replace the appearance of any currently equipped armor to one that you have in your inventory. If the item you have is not wearable by your class (say you can only equip light armor) then the game has provided the “Wardrobe” tab in your bank where the appearance of any piece of armor can be saved (not the actual item). Once the appearance is saved you can then apply it to your character using the cosmetic outfits tab without running into any restrictions. Since it is the appearance of the item you are using and not the actual item.

This may sound confusing but for those familiar with the system it provides endless possibilities for creating a unique appearance to your character. For references please feel free to visit the blogs of several talented and passionate fans of Lotro and its cosmetic features.

http://cosmeticlotro.wordpress.com/
http://starrymantle.wordpress.com/
http://materialmiddleearth.blogspot.com/

Currently in GW2 if you salvage a piece of armor that is of your armor class the wardrobe system will record its appearance, allowing you access to it whenever you want. I propose this should apply to all headgear, shoulders, chest, gloves, leggings, and boots regardless of armor class. Allowing all humans to access all gear that is wearable by humans, all norns access to all gear that is wearable by norns, and etc. including but not limited to cultural armor.

The results would be purely cosmetic and superficial but absolutely positive and beneficial to all fans of the wardrobe system.

it obviosly wouldnt work cause of clipping issues

- removes bs glasses -

Npcs do that stuff all the time… i mean the armor rating mixing so nobody can say its not possible. Though i doubt they would do something like this…