So, I was super excited when I was first playing, about the Glamour Plates.
See, I thought it would act like a layered system. Where I could set it up and easily switch. I didn't realize that all the plates do is glam the items (permanently), can only be done in the Hubs, and are somewhat underwhelming.
So I thought about a new system. Where the glams wouldn't be saved to your individual items, but to the gear set itself.
Right now we only get 15 glam plates. If we have multiple jobs that use shared gear, we have to set up one plate for each job that wants a unique glam look.
A good example is Paladin, Dark Knight, and Gunbreaker. Each of the three should have a unique look. You wouldn't expect a holy white knight look for the Paladin to show up on the Dark Knight, which should be somewhat more fierce by nature.
Hence the idea, to save a Glamour to the Gear Set itself. It could be done through the Glamour Dresser. However, one important feature is that the glam is on the SET, not the pieces.
So if I'm a level 50 Paladin, and I save a glam to my Paladin Gear Set, I can freely change pieces as I level and acquire them. And the entire time, that Gear Set Glam is still in effect. Meaning I would no longer have to run back to the Glam Dresser each time I equip new and stronger pieces. My look remains the same automatically.
I do realize that once you get to 80, you aren't likely to change armor for a particular job. Once you hit BiS, that's the set you would use. So the Gear Set Glamour becomes less useful.
But I believe it still becomes useful when you have shared gear among jobs. So when you have that 80 Paladin, 80 Dark Knight, and 80 Gunbreaker, you have three different glams, saved to three different gear sets.
Glamour Prisms could still be used to insert stuff into the dresser. And the 15 Glamour Plates could be retained for a "quick swap" feature. Instead of the plate applying glamours to the individual pieces, it would copy the plate glam onto the gear set glam.
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See, I thought it would act like a layered system. Where I could set it up and easily switch. I didn't realize that all the plates do is glam the items (permanently), can only be done in the Hubs, and are somewhat underwhelming.
So I thought about a new system. Where the glams wouldn't be saved to your individual items, but to the gear set itself.
Right now we only get 15 glam plates. If we have multiple jobs that use shared gear, we have to set up one plate for each job that wants a unique glam look.
A good example is Paladin, Dark Knight, and Gunbreaker. Each of the three should have a unique look. You wouldn't expect a holy white knight look for the Paladin to show up on the Dark Knight, which should be somewhat more fierce by nature.
Hence the idea, to save a Glamour to the Gear Set itself. It could be done through the Glamour Dresser. However, one important feature is that the glam is on the SET, not the pieces.
So if I'm a level 50 Paladin, and I save a glam to my Paladin Gear Set, I can freely change pieces as I level and acquire them. And the entire time, that Gear Set Glam is still in effect. Meaning I would no longer have to run back to the Glam Dresser each time I equip new and stronger pieces. My look remains the same automatically.
I do realize that once you get to 80, you aren't likely to change armor for a particular job. Once you hit BiS, that's the set you would use. So the Gear Set Glamour becomes less useful.
But I believe it still becomes useful when you have shared gear among jobs. So when you have that 80 Paladin, 80 Dark Knight, and 80 Gunbreaker, you have three different glams, saved to three different gear sets.
Glamour Prisms could still be used to insert stuff into the dresser. And the 15 Glamour Plates could be retained for a "quick swap" feature. Instead of the plate applying glamours to the individual pieces, it would copy the plate glam onto the gear set glam.
Continue reading...