How many times have you been to the auction house, checking for better equipment, trying to decide between +7 Stamina/+6 Agility wrist armor and +6 Stamina/+7 Agility wrist armor only to find out that those new blue bracers just don't quite go with your orange gloves, after you've won the auction?
Of course it's arguable that the game is all about stats and not looks. But what about the pleasure of catching everyone's eyes with your slick, and useful, new outfit?
Surely, even the most hardcore PvP players should be mindful of their appearance. What's the point of being the best in your realm if you look like the average Joe? Be creative! Look for items with more than just stats! With a distinctive look, people will remember you better! After all, "There goes that vile Shaman" is so much more memorable when you add, "with the blood-red gloves"!
With the exciting new Dressing Room feature in the upcoming patch, you'll no longer have an excuse for not competing as much with your looks as with your stats!
How does the Dressing Room feature work?
It is quite simple. Each time you see an icon for an object, even if you can't equip it, you can Ctrl+Left-Click on it and a new window will pop up, showing how you would look with that item equipped.
Even better: you can use the same mechanism for any item linked in chat (trade, party, guild, whisper, etc).
You can use the Dressing Room to model items that are being rolled for in the Group Loot/Need Before Greed Popup window
Last but certainly not least, the auction house interface has been revamped to get its own automatic Dressing Room window. Just check the Display on Character box to activate the feature, and Left-Click on any item you want to see on your character.
Get the best of the Dressing Room
When she goes to parties, Foehn wears a Silver-thread set composed of:
Silver-thread Robe
Silver-thread Sash
Silver-thread Gloves
Silver-thread Pants
Silver-thread Boots
Lord's Crown
Mesh Cloak
For sportswear she switches the robe and puts on some wrists and shoulders:
Silver-thread Armor
Silver-thread Cuffs
Silver-thread Amice
Vendors
Some may argue that you should almost never buy equipment from vendors. While this is usually true for pure stat-boosting items, some vendors sell fashionable clothes, such as colorful shirts. Use the Dressing Room to help you choose when to take the plunge and buy something you might otherwise have ignored!
Also remember that you can preview items you are unable to wear. Check in with the Battlegrounds or PvP vendors and see how good you will look after your rank or reputation has increased.
Tip: When you browse a vendor's wares and use the Dressing room feature, you can close the vendor window, keep the Dressing Room window up and check out another vendor's wares. That way you can, for example, see how a certain weapon available at one vendor looks on you with a particular piece of armor available at another. You can even combine this with other methods, such as the chat link.
Who wants to buy
a custom made dress?
Any equipable item link can be previewed with the Dressing Room. To do so, just Ctrl+Left-Click on an item linked in chat. This technique is very useful to send "preview" links for things you can preview normally only on yourself. You can use it to link:
Professions items from your professions recipe window.
Quest items from your quest window. |
