Class specific costumes?

[Bumpy Hamster]

I recently decided to use a couple pieces of mail armor on my warrior as a costume piece, simply because I liked the way they looked.. However I was rather dissapointed to discover that even though I could equip mail as equipment, I can not use it for a costume. Why can we not equip an item in our costume slot when it clearly states on the item your class CAN equip it?

[Terram]

A wizard did it.

[Telnedra]

Thats strange, I didn't know it wouldn't let you do that. I wonder if that is a bug or intended?

[Fariic]

Yup. I did the same thing with my cleric, tried to equip a cloth item in a wardrobe slot. I PM'd a GM to ask why it wouldn't equip to the costume slot, and as expected they said it's intended, obviously.

My thing was that a Dev made a comment in regard to why they won't do a slot for weapons, and his response was that because we have the ability to make ourselves look however we want, our weapons are often the only thing that helps other players to identify what class we are. A true enough statement on his part, but that ability to make ourselves look "however we want" is mostly restricted to wearing costume specific items.

Apparently the yellow and pink bars confuse people.

It's ok to equip cloth costume specific peices on my cleric, but not a cloth non costume item; that doesn't make any sense to me.

They should either start making costume specific alternate items for existing gear peices, or let us equip items in our wardrobe that we are able to actually wear.

[Zombieking]

its been like that since wardrobes were first implemented many months ago, The pretense being they (players) didn't want plate looking mages,etc. So they made the premise that Plate=War/Chain=Cleric/Leather=Rogues/Cloth=Mages so that ppl wont get "tricked" (im guessing in pvp issues) that one class is costumed to look like another.

[Riwijo]

There used to be an argument that allowing a warrior to camouflage himself in cloth or a squishy camouflage himself in armour would give him some kind of PvP advantage. However since everyone can wear faction plate armour it doesn't seem to hold true anymore.

I think that everyone should be able to mix and match any pieces, cloth through plate, to get the most appealing look they desire.

[Goldenwing]

Costume pieces can be worn by any class in the wardrobe slot.


I'm hoping at some point they allow shields to be a wardrobe-able item.


Trying to find one to match my wedding dress is a pain.

[Ajhal]

I recently decided to use a couple pieces of mail armor on my warrior as a costume piece, simply because I liked the way they looked.. However I was rather dissapointed to discover that even though I could equip mail as equipment, I can not use it for a costume. Why can we not equip an item in our costume slot when it clearly states on the item your class CAN equip it?

Cloth wearers can only put cloth in the wardrobe slot.
Leather wearers can only put leather in the wardrobe slot.
Chain wearers can only put chain in the wardrobe slot.
Plate wearers can only put plate in the wardrobe slot.
Working as it was intended.

[Bumpy Hamster]

I understand what you mean anout Warrior should wear plate, Cleric should wear chain..etc.. But what I dont understand is when you look at a piece of chain for example, it says can be used by Warrior or cleric.. So a wrrior is capable of equiping chain.. So how come it can be worn as equipment, but not as a costume? Really what is the difference?

[JimboTCB]

Cloth wearers can only put cloth in the wardrobe slot.
Leather wearers can only put leather in the wardrobe slot.
Chain wearers can only put chain in the wardrobe slot.
Plate wearers can only put plate in the wardrobe slot.
Working as it was intended.

Intended it may be, but also kind of pointless when you can get various costumes which look like cloth/leather/mail/plate and "disguise" your class just as adequately as wearing "wrong" armour would.

[MajorMelchett]

I understand what you mean anout Warrior should wear plate, Cleric should wear chain..etc.. But what I dont understand is when you look at a piece of chain for example, it says can be used by Warrior or cleric.. So a wrrior is capable of equiping chain.. So how come it can be worn as equipment, but not as a costume? Really what is the difference?

The difference is, if you equip the chain then a player knows you've made yourself an easy target by fitting gear that is lower than you can use (as a warrior that is), if you wardrobe the chain while wearing plate your making it so you look weaker when your not (you have plate armour but appear to be chain armoured).

At least that's how i understand Trion sees it (not saying i agree or disagree with it).

I recon it should be, if you have chain equiped in a slot then you can only put chain in that wardrobe slot, if you have plate equiped in a slot slot then only plate can be in that wardrobe slot etc.

[Rarz]

It's a shame you can't use non-class armor as wardrobe. It would actually improve the game immensely if it were possible. Noone is stopping you from examining your opponent, and if you are daft enough to take anything you see at face value, it's your failing.

Besides, it's the weapons and cast animations that betray the class, not the wardrobe.

[Rainman]

It's a shame you can't use non-class armor as wardrobe. It would actually improve the game immensely if it were possible. Noone is stopping you from examining your opponent, and if you are daft enough to take anything you see at face value, it's your failing.

Besides, it's the weapons and cast animations that betray the class, not the wardrobe.

Despite the fact that it ruins immersion totally?

[Renna]

Despite the fact that it ruins immersion totally?

How does it ruin immersion? You really mean to tell me that because I am a leather wearer, and I look like I am wearing cloth, I am ruining your immersion? I just don't get it. Please, do explain.

I think everyone should be able to wear whatever they want. With one exception: In WF. Then there would be no excuse for someone to say "I didn't know he was a Rogue! He was wearing cloth!"... as if the suddenly appearing out of stealth didn't give it away.

[Rainman]

How does it ruin immersion? You really mean to tell me that because I am a leather wearer, and I look like I am wearing cloth, I am ruining your immersion? I just don't get it. Please, do explain.

Well, when im healing a warrior who is wearing a bathrobe, seriously.