PvP with skins an advantage?

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But my whole point was that if I'm a ranger, I'd rather shoot someone in robe/light armor because there's a much higher chance that their def stat is lower than someone's who's wearing plate. And if a costume/cosmetic can cover up that gear type, I'd have a harder time picking out a high value target.

But yes, it's mainly just a preference that stems from L2's gear system which I liked a lot, but I'll deal with it if Ashes ends up being very secretive about its gear presentation (clicking a dude in a huge crowd just to know his gear type is still really secretive to me).

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We'll have to see. I sure as hell hope they don't do that cause that kinda defeats the whole purpose of gear type separation.

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That'll come down to my knowledge of the current meta and potential class abilities. But unless the gear icon is always visible it'll be almost impossible to click through all high value targets to figure out who you should attack first.

Skins/cosmetics remove sight-reading ability which, imo, is crucial for pvp. But we'll have to see how it works out in Ashes.