Guild Wars 2

As Guild Wars 2 grows and more armor and weapon skins are introduced to the game, the sheer number of aesthetic equipment sets is going to outweigh even the most avid collector’s ability to store them. Bag and bank space is finite, and using it to store armor skins is counterproductive and a hindrance to collectors, crafters and farmers alike.

So, I would like to suggest that Anet create a wardrobe function.

Basically, this would be a UI feature that would allow players to save skins that they’ve attained at one point or another, then customize those skins into multiple “skin sets” and save them in the wardrobe, so the players can switch between them easily and at any time.

Not only would this create an ease of use and storage for multiple armor skin, but it would grant Anet another monetization method, in the form of selling wardrobe slots. Granting players 2-3 slots to begin with, then selling additional slots in the gem store would make the function useful to everybody, while still allowing Anet to encourage gem sales in a way that adheres with their cash shop and gear acquisition design philosophies.

It would also help if it were linked directly to the armor preview screen that is currently in the game, so that players can view their skin sets easily without having to individually right-click and view each individual piece that’s already saved into their wardrobe.

The whole transmutation system in my humble opinion should be redesigned. It’s pure failure so far as it even punishes you for transmuting gear. You jsut waste your money on it. You transmute your armor but then get bored with the look. What do you do then? Transmute it again? And then when u get bored u do the same thing? And completely waste cosmetic gear you have collected? Not much sense of achievment in it.
Of course u could get exotics with proper stats and transmute every single set however you want and then switch between them. But that is ridiculous…

In my opinion they could copy Lord of the Rings online outfitting system, with this exception that you would need transmutation stones in order to use certain armor as a cosmetic.

Smelly Bookah.6957:

The whole transmutation system in my humble opinion should be redesigned. It’s pure failure so far as it even punishes you for transmuting gear. You jsut waste your money on it. You transmute your armor but then get bored with the look. What do you do then? Transmute it again? And then when u get bored u do the same thing? And completely waste cosmetic gear you have collected? Not much sense of achievment in it.
Of course u could get exotics with proper stats and transmute every single set however you want and then switch between them. But that is ridiculous…

In my opinion they could copy Lord of the Rings online outfitting system, with this exception that you would need transmutation stones in order to use certain armor as a cosmetic.

I’m not sure how LOTRO does their gear sets, as I’ve never played the game. But the idea behind this wardrobe suggestion is threefold:

1. Clears up bag space.
2. Gives players an easy way to (p)review their skins, instead of having to manually check each piece of armor.
3. Eliminates the need to farm up multiple sets of exotics just to remain in fighting shape when switching skins.

I really feel that Anet should work on making skin acquisition, storing and usage more accessible to the players, since that’s what GW2’s “end game” is really all about.

Smelly Bookah.6957:

The whole transmutation system in my humble opinion should be redesigned. It’s pure failure so far as it even punishes you for transmuting gear. You jsut waste your money on it. You transmute your armor but then get bored with the look. What do you do then? Transmute it again? And then when u get bored u do the same thing? And completely waste cosmetic gear you have collected? Not much sense of achievment in it.
Of course u could get exotics with proper stats and transmute every single set however you want and then switch between them. But that is ridiculous…

In my opinion they could copy Lord of the Rings online outfitting system, with this exception that you would need transmutation stones in order to use certain armor as a cosmetic.

Yes, totally agree.
A huge step forward would be having another set of equipment slots in our hero window which would be for our cosmetics. Lord of the Rings does it exceptionally well in this regard. Very, very well.

I’d like to see them implement a skins system like DCUO has. You obtain the skin and it is saved as a “style”. You can then switch to that style at your leisure. There would be ‘styles’ for each armor piece. Would be nice if you could obtain “style” sets like you can get full armor sets.

Galphar.3901:

I’d like to see them implement a skins system like DCUO has. You obtain the skin and it is saved as a “style”. You can then switch to that style at your leisure. There would be ‘styles’ for each armor piece. Would be nice if you could obtain “style” sets like you can get full armor sets.

That sounds like a great idea too. A collectible ‘skin’ section would be very handy. In fact I just might like this one better than the Lord of the Rings idea, as it would be nicer on our limited storage capacity.

Tarn.1374:

Galphar.3901:

I’d like to see them implement a skins system like DCUO has. You obtain the skin and it is saved as a “style”. You can then switch to that style at your leisure. There would be ‘styles’ for each armor piece. Would be nice if you could obtain “style” sets like you can get full armor sets.

That sounds like a great idea too. A collectible ‘skin’ section would be very handy. In fact I just might like this one better than the Lord of the Rings idea, as it would be nicer on our limited storage capacity.

This is essentially what my Wardrobe idea is, in a nutshell.

just some things that i would like to point out:
-There are people (like me ) that disagree with bookah.
The transmutationsystem could use some work, but overall it is good in my oppinion. Also there is nothing wrong with the need to obtain different exotic armorsets for different looks. This is the progression in GW2 – you obtain new cool looking itemsets over time.

“Of course u could get exotics with proper stats and transmute every single set however you want and then switch between them. But that is ridiculous…”

I don’t see why this is ridiculous – you pay 2 or 3 gold at most for a new set of stats of your unique weapon/armorskin (while you pay 500 gold for some non-legendary weaponskins). Nobody told you to transmute several unique skins to one piece.

- back to the topic: There is currently the possibility to use different sets of dyes on different armorsets. I have multiple armorsets on my characters and the dye settings are saved for every single piece, so i can swap between the sets and not only the skin, but the colors change as well.

- I really like the suggestion – right now it takes several clicks to swap your equipment (and especially swapping to another set of trinkets is annoying, since you can’t do that from the inventory – you can only equip the first ring/accessory slot by right- or doubleclicking)
-Bankspace is not limited as far as i know – at least i didnt hit a limit in purchasing new bankslots yet and i own quite a few. Bagspace is limited however and if you have multiple armorsets on a character you usually want to have those avaiable, so the wardrobe system would not only make switching equipment pieces easier and more comfortable, but give players an option to store their equipmentsets.

Right now i even block inventory spaces with alternative sPvP equipment sets, which i need for different builds (the bank is not accessible from the mists and i dont want to click them together everytime i play sPvP).

Grunblatt.4608:

just some things that i would like to point out:
-There are people (like me ) that disagree with bookah.
The transmutationsystem could use some work, but overall it is good in my oppinion. Also there is nothing wrong with the need to obtain different exotic armorsets for different looks. This is the progression in GW2 – you obtain new cool looking itemsets over time.

“Of course u could get exotics with proper stats and transmute every single set however you want and then switch between them. But that is ridiculous…”

I don’t see why this is ridiculous – you pay 2 or 3 gold at most for a new set of stats of your unique weapon/armorskin (while you pay 500 gold for some non-legendary weaponskins). Nobody told you to transmute several unique skins to one piece.

This depends entirely on how many stat sets you carry, and how many skin sets you have. One character with a regular set of gear and a MF farming set would essentially need to buy two sets of exotic gear for each skin set they want to carry on them, plus two sets of the same skin (to make sure they can wear the skin they want, no matter what stats they need to equip). Putting aside the gold cost for this sort of thing, it also chews up bag space like crazy.

It just makes more sense to have skin sets bound to a character, rather than forcing the player to carry around multiple sets of gear just to switch their looks outside of town.

I’m surprised that so few people seem to care about making aesthetics easier to chase in a game largely centered around chasing aesthetics.

I want a wardrobe system as well. I have been following these kinds of threads since BW1, I’ve noticed that over Halloween there were much more threads about it so hopefully more people are seeing that it is an issue.

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Related threads

Suggestions:
Improvements for Collectors
Petition to make Cosmetic Slots
Wardrobe Slots
New System to Wardrobe Armor
Cosmetic Gear Slots Rather Than Transmutation Stones
Awful transmutation
Get rid of “Town Clothing” & a few other niggles!
Allow us to wear previously equipped styles
Town Clothing Ideas
Costume System
Allow us to fight in town clothes
Allow town clothes to be displayed on top of armor
Town clothes – cosmetic armor and more pages
Skins / Transmutation Stones More options?

BLTC:
Why I am not enticed to buy costumes in GW2, but had all of them in GW1

Reddit:
Want Transmutation Stones without buying gems? Complete one of the cities.
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