Guild Wars 2

The destruction of Town Clothes was a huge loss for me in the Patch. Check out this thread to see just a portion of what they stripped away:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Share-your-Mix-n-Match-TOWN-CLOTHES

At the very very least, I feel that they must turn all Tonics into Outfits, and restore the Basic Town Clothes Outfit to starting characters.

The damage has been done. If and when they ever return from China and deign to address this topic, I will be right there on the band wagon hounding them to restore some of what is now gone.

Until that time, I am not sitting idle! I am making the best of things, and creating my own Town Clothes out of armor. It is not easy, by any means. Apparel meant for combat rarely has a “home” look to it. It isn’t cheap either. I’ve spent a small fortune in new armor pieces and transmutation stones. It is also a pain unequipping weapons all the time in town.

But we don’t seem to have much choice at the moment, and I’d love to see what other people are doing as well. So let me start things off by showing you what I’ve come up with. I will present my characters to you in alphabetical order.

Here we have young Miss Alyssa, the happy little “witch” of our small Guild. She provides a cauldron for Costume Brawls, since not everyone has Brawl Weapons, or Tonics with Brawl skills. Sure, I could use the Witch Outfit, but I don’t care for the hat that conceals her ears, or all the bones that decorate it. I like what I’ve come up with much better. It’s more “traditional” looking.

I would LOVE it if people would support the ability for Brawl Weapons to be STOWED again, like they used to be. Standing around in a constant “ready for action” pose is pretty dumb-looking.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/SUGGESTION-Let-us-STOW-Brawl-Weapons

Breanna Banana still retains the Sylvari “plant clothing” look. Yet unlike armor, coverage here is light (shoulders, arms, and head all in “concealed” mode). Very casual looking cultural wear.

Bubbles Powderpuff has always maintained a large closet, but finding something “casual” looking was still a challenge. I came up with this sort of “peasant” look. Add glasses, and all of a sudden she’s studious!

Clawfford is a soldier. When off duty, he lounges around in his fatigues. There are darned few non-metallic armors for Warriors, but a Charr can probably be forgiven for having a little on display. I am liking my first Halloween Devils Horns on him. They look quite natural. I still can’t figure out why the Escape From LA horns intentionally float in midair. This is much better.

Clawfford also would very much like to see Brawl Weapons be stowable. His greatsword clips through his bare back, but his Executioner’s Axe never did.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/SUGGESTION-Let-us-STOW-Brawl-Weapons

Role playing within role playing within role playing!

Young Hamfast Hornswoggle likes to pretend he is a super hero in his free time. His favorite character is mega-millionaire “Hadron Hornswoggle” and his ward “Rockford”. Together, they project an image of two mild mannered, everyday, ordinary, unsuspicious Tycoons. But when Rata Sum is in danger, and the Arcane Council has nowhere else to turn, they call upon the Incredible Supercollider and his trusty sidekick Particle Boy!

Poor Noid is the big loser out of all of my characters. His In-Town persona was based on being a pint-sized boxer. Unfortunately, the Boxing Gloves received the “Outfit” treatment for some reason. Instead of being a Brawl Weapon like any other, a whole (unchangeable and undyable) outfit is forced upon him. Not a very good “boxer” look. So he is lost, and contemplating an end to it all.

Please support fixing the Boxing Gloves so that they act like other Brawl Weapons! Remove the “Outfit” portion and let us sport our own look! Save the Noid!

Crusty old Professor Knowitall made the transition fairly well. He has a fairly decent lab coat, and accompanying protective gloves. I just wish that he could stow away his Sonic Tunneling Tool on his back the way he used to. It’s his favorite way to get around, but standing “at the ready” with it whirling away on his arm looks ridiculous.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/SUGGESTION-Let-us-STOW-Brawl-Weapons

Finally we come to Valeri The Valkyrie, another heavy armor character. Once again, it was hard to find non-metallic parts for a “Town” look, but fortunately the Norn cultural armors help somewhat.

Now that I’ve come to the end of my characters, I would like to push another idea that would be helpful for Town Clothes lovers and other players alike. We used to be able to swap out our Town Clothing with a single button click. I would love to see that functionality restored by letting us maintain two sets of armor, and being able to swap between them just as easily. Here are the details:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/SUGGESTION-Full-Gear-Toggle-Pics

So what about it, guys? Anyone else creating a “Town Clothes” look for themselves with the few tools we have left to us? Let’s see what you’ve come up with!

…Or have they squashed the RP out of the game entirely with the Patch?

I am an RPer. I really love what you’ve done with your stories and characters… but I hated townclothes. I very much preferred armor combinations as I felt they had many more options.

But good job none the less

Cute stories, and inventive use of armor. Well done.

Beautiful!

I personally just keep 2-3 sets of armor on each character – changing skins on 16 alts is way to expensive. The wardrobe system does very little for me in terms of usability other than to see what is out there. After work today I may pop in and link some of my own characters. Absolutely lovely!

Allaraina.8614:

Beautiful!

I personally just keep 2-3 sets of armor on each character – changing skins on 16 alts is way to expensive. The wardrobe system does very little for me in terms of usability other than to see what is out there. After work today I may pop in and link some of my own characters. Absolutely lovely!

Looking forward to it! I also get very little out of the wardrobe other than convenient previews. I still store just as many extra armor pieces in my Inventory as I ever did. (More now, actually). I like to have “area appropriate” gear for my Toons (warm stuff for cold climates, light weight appearing armor for warm climates, etc.) so a good portion of my bags are reserved for that.

I’ve been doing “Transmutation Charge Runs” like mad… creating a new character and doing city completions. I can’t keep up. Now I know what the Black Lion Key Runners feel like. Grind, grind, grind.