Question about the new appearance system

KonradK77 · April 2016

Help me understand the patch notes, are we allowed to mix and match regular armor with costumes or am I getting this wrong.
Modular Usage
You can now apply multiple collectibles simultaneously!
Polymorphs and skins have been separated out from the costume category, and two new categories (hats and personalities) have been added.
This means you can have a hat, costume, skin, and personality all applied at the same time! And of course, you can combine these with your existing equipment to create your perfect look.
The Costumes category has been renamed to Appearance.
An indicator will appear next to each sub-category when something from that category is visible on your character.
Equipment and Collectibles that are hidden now have information in the tooltip communicating their hidden status.
Polymorphs override all other appearance change options with the exception of personalities.
Collectibles in Character Select
Active Appearance Collectibles (Hats, Personalities, Polymorphs, Costumes, Skins) can now be seen from the Character Select screen, in addition to your active mount and/or pet!

Saturn · April 2016

You can use a Skin, costume and a hat. Or if you like, a skin and a hat.

KonradK77 · April 2016

Saturn wrote: »

You can use a Skin, costume and a hat. Or if you like, a skin and a hat.

what's the difference between a skin and a costume? and how come she wrote this?
"And of course, you can combine these with your existing equipment to create your perfect look."

Epona222 · April 2016

I think by "existing equipment" it just means your visible weapons with a costume, or weapons and armor (minus the helmet) with a hat.

It's not a complete mix and match system where you can chose to show say shoulders of your armor and chest piece of a costume.

Either full costume + weapons+headgear, or hat+armor etc.

driosketch · April 2016

KonradK77 wrote: »

Saturn wrote: »

You can use a Skin, costume and a hat. Or if you like, a skin and a hat.

what's the difference between a skin and a costume? and how come she wrote this?
"And of course, you can combine these with your existing equipment to create your perfect look."

The only skin I see in the crown store on PTS currently is the soul shriven one. Basically, it changes your undress form. You can then cover ot up with a costume or regular armor.