Guild Wars 2

For an update that is about improving customization, making the town clothes an all or nothing tonic seems like a large step backward. Mix and match was part of the fun of town clothes, as was choosing the dyes. I know that we will now be able to wear them in combat, but personally I would be happy to keep the town clothes restricted to town if it meant I could keep the customization.

I don’t understand why Anet is going with tonics at all, it doesn’t seem to make any sense.

The Revenant.4970:

While you are losing some customization options, you will be able to wear your town clothes outside of town. I think that’s more than a fair trade-off.

I disagree. I would be happy to keep the town clothes restricted to town if it meant I could keep the customization.

I’m rather anxious about this update, largely due to the little information we’ve gotten concerning town clothes. As I understand it, this update is about making customization easier. Town clothes is part of that customization. Wouldn’t it make more sense to add them to the wardrobe as individual pieces, the same as the rest of the skins? A lot of the community has invested a lot of money/gems/gold/time into getting those town clothes, the same as others would for weapons and armor, and the tonics part of this update feels rather like a slap in the face in my opinion.