Armor swapping

Altheina · April 2014

We have weapon swap and why not armor swap? This thought came to me when I decided to level up restoration staff and it would greatly benefit from the light armor magicka perks(magic regens and stuff). In addition, armor swap(just like weapon swap) will provide ease and convenience in swapping equipped armor types to suit the needs.

What do you guys think?

Andy22 · April 2014

U can use a addon to save/load equipment layouts.

I guess the reason behind not having a "in combat" armor swap mechanic, is simple because even for silly "game" logic this is rather "unconventional", given the realm that is ESO.

As example in a scifi or "fun" game like Wildstar, this would be a option, but i think ESO takes too much proud in being "serious" and "immerse".

The other aspect is the more complicated UI and inventory clutter and some balancing issues.

If i remember correctly Rift had a working default out of combat way to quickly switch your role (skills + equipment), so u could be a tank this moment and 2 corners ahead switch to healer or DPS. They still did not allow in combat switching.

Altheina · April 2014

My apologies, I meant to say armor swap while not in combat. Of course it wouldn't make sense if you think about the realism factor but there are things implemented in TESO that already broken the immersion and realism factors such as the ability for players from Daggerfall Covenant to venture and quest in Aldmeri Dominion region.

I think it would make sense given the way heavy/medium/light armor abilities are designed. For example, if we look at light armor abilities we can see that it's designed for caster class that rely a lot on magicka consumption. While it's true that there's some degree of flexibility in that say a sorcerer class can opt to wear medium armor instead, one can't ignore the fact that light armor abilities were designed more in tune to magicka based class.

Andy22 · April 2014

Like i noted setup "Wykkyd's Outfitter" and u can load/save equipment and skillsets, while than setup those in a easy to reach macro bar.
So u can swap equipment + skillset in a blink of a second, while out of combat.

I use the skillset feature as tank, to quickly switch between trash and boss mode and physical vs caster boss.

PS: The current version seems a little bugged for me for the equipment part. Means i sometimes get those pesky lua error messages.