Someone asked an interesting question in Reddit under the Old School Runescape section. The post was: “Everyone keeps talking about what they really want to see in OSRS. Be it more bosses, better loot, quests, etc. But.. What is something you really don’t want in OSRS?” I found it very appealing as it was the opposite of common posts of rants as to what they wanted to be in a game, or what was missing in the game they need to add, for this instance, in Old School Runescape.

RS 2007 Account: More Interesting

As the original post had the unusual inquiry, what caught my attention more was a reply saying, “Cosmetic Overrides. I want to know what the hell you’re wearing.” This reply made sense to me because I think he just wanted to see how strong a player, whether an ally or an opponent, at first glance.  With this, he can distinguish instantly if he can easily beat an opponent in a fight or see if a player is capable and merits a party invite. This can be very convenient and that’s why I see the reply reasonable.

Though I accept the (might be) reason to his reply to the initial question, I can’t fully agree to his post. As a long MMORPG player, I have always looked for customization or outfitting in a game first. I think an MMORPG is good if you can freely change the look of your outfit regardless of what you’re armor set is. For example in WoW, I loved raiding there because I can raid while looking good. Being able to transmogrify my armor set in WoW made me feel I was raiding with style which was really gratifying.

Old School Runescape Accounts: World of Warcraft Transmogrification

A solution to his request is to add an inspect function when you click a player to see on what he is really wearing, whether there is an outfitting function or not in OSRS.