{"id":1551255,"date":"2026-04-12T18:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8EPAQB584gSjSugd6cyn2m"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:55:10","slug":"question-time-do-you-care-about-fashion-in-mmos-or-do-you-just-chuck-any-old-gear-on-and-call-it-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/question-time-do-you-care-about-fashion-in-mmos-or-do-you-just-chuck-any-old-gear-on-and-call-it-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Question time: Do you care about fashion in MMOs, or do you just chuck any old gear on and call it a day?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is Terminally Online<\/a>: <\/strong>PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It’s often said that the true endgame of any MMO is fashion\u2014well, those that have a glamour or transmog system, at least. And there’s some truth to that. <\/p>\n

While endgame rewards structures can get scuppered by poor balancing or mandatory gear treadmills, as long as you have some decent-looking item models in your game, fashion is incorruptible.<\/p>\n

However, any time I look around in a dungeon or raid, I’m always astonished at the variance on display\u2014some people are all dressed up in their raid-day best, while others look like they stumbled through a hot topic blacksmith, tripped on some glue, and fell into a pile of legos. Sometimes this is on purpose, others? I have to wonder why they even bothered.<\/p>\n

So what about you? Are you one of those designers turned hardcore raiders who’ll do any tough content if it means they get a shiny pair of shoulder-pads? Or do you just load up a nice-looking tier set and call it a day?<\/p>\n

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