Okay, so its no secret that a large majority of current high level players have all the same armor, the raid armor. If i remember correctly one of the big things pre-launch (oh yeah, all that time ago) was that you could build your guardian [i]however you like[/i]. And while that's still true, it [u]is impossible to have a high level, well functioning character without wearing all raid (+ an exotic, maybe).[/u] So here we have all the guardians dressed in Crota loot, with different shaders being their only outlet for individuality.
Now imagine this. Your guardian wearing that armor from when you were, say, lvl 18 (don't cringe) and you feel special, even though you weren't as good as you are at 32. I feel like it would give more singularity to every guardian if they had an option to imbue older armor with higher light stats. It would give guardians more options to make themselves look as badass as they can be, and still be, and feel individual, but also be that high level they are hoping for.
Another option is Transmog, a topic critically under-debated on these forms, but an interesting one no less. For anyone who doesn't know, its basically giving one piece of armor, the appearance of another. Like, lets say you love the stats of deathsingers gaze, but you don't like the design. Lets say you prefer the look of like, Locust Watcher I. Transmog would give the in game appearance of Locust Watcher, to deathsingers gaze, while retaining the general statistics and item info, followed by a little notifier tht its been transmogged. Transmogrification wouldn't be free, so maybe another use for the strange coins we aren't spending, or the motes of lights we also aren't spending.
I guess im just curious, what do you guys think? should this even be mildly important? or should everyone have the same armor to keep the high level stats?
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32 is only important inside the raid. Outside who cares, the highest level activity is 30. I run at 31 for everything but the Crota Raid. Vog helm, VoG/Iron Banner gauntlets, Crota Boots. Voidfang Vestments/HOPF The ability to customize is there, people just wrongly feel the need to sit at 32 outside of the raid. You don't get any extra damage on level 30 enemies and the extra defence is miniscule at best. I perform fine in everything and usually carry in every activity I do, yet I rarely if ever see warlocks with VoG helms or VoG gauntlets equipped. So id say I'm pretty unique. Should there be more customization yes, but I'll never understand why people think the corresponding raid gear shouldn't be what you should wear during that raid. The perks are built around the raid so of course everyone looks the same inside. Once you realize You only need to be 30 outside the raid. You'll rarely look like another guardian again. You don't have to always be the highest light level possible, there's no real advantage to it.