There's been some talk as of late on the topic of having vanity gear in
WoW, or gear that is just for looks and separate from the gear you wear for stats. It's even come up in our very own
WoW Insider Show. The idea is that you have one set of gear that affects your character, and another set that is what people see. A couple
other games are doing it, and mixed thoughts aside, there are rumblings of this feature possibly coming to
Azeroth.
My personal take is that it's a horrible idea. I think having epic gear look good and not so epic gear look not good is all part of the motivation for me to get epic gear. But instead of just being a nay sayer, I've thought up a simple solution.
A lot of players are already carrying a separate set in their bags for vanity purposes. There are all kinds of great add-ons (like
Outfitter) that allow you to swap all your clothes at the click of your mouse. I like this. I think this suits game play better from a role playing perspective. When you're out in the middle of
Netherstorm, you're gonna wear the best gear you got to protect yourself, but when you arrive in
Stormwind, you wouldn't trudge around in your armor. You'd get some
stylin' city clothes on before you hit the pub.
Blizzard had
mentioned plans of bringing Outfitter functionality to the game as a standard feature way back at
Blizzcon for raiding purposes. Wouldn't it be great if they integrated vanity features as well? They could give us options to automate gear swapping based on what zone we're in or what day of the week it is!
So what do you think? Should vanity gear come to
WoW or does it kill gear progression?
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