I don't care for transmog. And i the minority? Where do you stand on it?

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Some of us want the exact opposite. I want to see a good enemy and go challenge them instead of some fucking rich 60y.o who bought himself a pretty cosmetic and is just picking flowers under a tree.

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I come from a pvp game where you knew exactly how to counter every single set out there, because you had to and because they all looked unique on each different race/sex/class of characters.

And it also had the same flagging/corruption system as Ashes will. And when you saw someone running towards you, you could tell at a glance what their rough powerlvl was, so you'd also know how you'd measure up to them if they were to attack you. And sometimes you'd make the first attack purely to ward them off of you and make them run past you instead of engaging.

And while what Neurath said is partly true, iirc Art of War said "Know your enemy". And when you're playing a pvp game (a massive one at that), pretty much everyone around you could be your enemy, so not seeing their danger lvls at a glance is bad imo.

Yes, we'll have the buff icon for what your target is wearing, but that is nowhere close to sightreading that information. And when you're against literal hundreds of people during a siege or just during a guild/node war - knowing your preferred targets benefits both sides.

Which is another point btw, knowing what the opponent is wearing works for both sides, while transmogs only serve those who use them.

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Imo gearscore is exactly what came out of the transmog system and I dislike it too. Games that rely on purely vertical power are bad (imo). The game's gotta be more diagonal

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We don't know the full extent of crafting freedom, but yeah that could be a point towards transmog.

And as for abilities and augments, I'm almost sure that there'll be certain gear that works best with particular builds. At which point it'd be about your knowledge of builds and combinations that would give you the upper hand. And unless a crafter can change literally the entire stat/effect side of any given piece of gear - you'll still have most likely builds when you see some gear pieces/sets. But at that stage, what is even the point of transmog if you can literally change your preferred gear's stats and effects to whatever you want and just use that.

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If you've received an item to enable its transmog, then you can probably get it through crafting already (that is, you have the means to get it). And I think it'd be beneficial for the game to socialize people through the crafting process (kinda already the case), so if you can get your preferred item and you have the connections with crafters that could make this item have the stats you want - why not do that?

I guess there's the case of someone liking a low lvl item visual instead of literally all high lvl items, but I dunno how many people would be that way.