I just wanted see who likes the PvP costume rule in Cyrodiil. For those of you who don't know, we get a variety of costumes in ESO. You can wear these over your normal armor. People will see you in the costume, instead of your regular armor. However, you can not wear costumes in Cyrodiil.

I see this from two points of view.

A ) On the one hand, ZOS wants everyone to see what everyone else is wearing, so there can be real strategy involved. If you see a guy in full cloth, you would know he is using that for mana, so he is probably a mage. I don't know how important that will be in the heat of battle, but you can switch weapons in battle, so that information could come in handy if you are ready for it.

Also, if everyone is wearing their actual gear, it will have a more realistic feel on the battlegrounds.

One more thing is, most costumes are made from cloth, with a few made from leather and almost none from plate, historically speaking. So, most people would probably look like they are wearing cloth. One might argue that the costumes could match the armor, but we can mix and match armor pieces, and probably not costumes.

B )On the other hand, you might say that restricting costume wearing in one zone is kind of crazy and unrealistic. Why would I not be able to change clothes in Cyrodill? Must be the same magic that let's me kill people.

Also, if everyone can do it, it is fair for everyone. You could also point out that it might be easier to tell people apart. Instead of seeing 50 guys in platemail, you would see some real freaks in the field. "Kill the frog guy! I'll stun unicorn girl and kill the Santa guy!"

Also, some might just find it more fun then the classic look of a battle.

What do you guys think?

I don't really care either way, personally.

I don't really care. I understand why they are doing this though. Wouldn't have bothered me though if they did allow them.

I don't really care for pvp, as long as I can use costumes in PvE and during my time in towns and cities where the RP takes place. In PvP I would be wearing armour anyway not noble clothing or a tunic.

As a person who will be playing a Dunmer though I will be looking at their racial armour designs though.

I don't see the problem if they want that your own side still sees the costume, just the enemies see your regular armor your wearing. Basically if your in Ebonheart, Ebonheart members see the costume that is covering your outfit, those in Daggerfall and Aldmeri won't. You wouldn't be changing your outfit in cyrodil, but your visual appearance to others would be based on your faction.

Also for those that want to kind of personalize themselves in combat, if they follow the DaoC model you definately could identify members of guilds etc, or recognize enemies by their outfits. They had guild cloaks and shields where each guild could create their own guild logo and it would be displayed on the cloak and on the front of your shield if you wanted it, that along with the ability to color your armor, it was often able to know which guild you were fighting well before you came up next to each other in combat.