

Brymn Haversack and the world-renowned Armor of Popped Collar Camel Toe

Continuing DDOGamer’s look at all things Update 23-ish, today we demonstrate the new DDO Store feature “Mirror of Glamering”.

The Mirror does not drop in chests (Boo! They promised that everything in the store would drop in chests too! I remember!). It is a one-use clicky that creates a cosmetic version of whatever you put into it. Armor, hat or goggles, weapon or shield. Any of them. Named, random loot generation, whatever, just drop it in and create a cosmetic version.



Let’s look at one example. In the image above, Brymn Haversack, leader of the Halfling Commandos, stands tall (or at least tall-ish) and proud in an attractive suit of Full Plate of the Defender. Nice armor, nice enough to make Brymn put away his beloved White Dragon Plate. But with a couple of drawbacks: the armor has a popped collar look that makes Brymn look a little douche-y, especially in shades. Whatever Brymn is, he is not a Bro.

But worse, it gives him a bad case of camel toe. I don’t know why I noticed this, or how, but I did, and now I can’t unlook at it. No, there is only one solution: the armor has to go. Mirror of Glamering to the rescue!



Drop in whichever armor, shield, weapon, goggles or helm you want cosmeticized

Double-clicking the mirror opens this dialog. You can put in any one armor, shield, weapon, goggles, or helm (be sure to unequip and unlock them first).



Two armors where before there was one. But one is cosmetic.

Note the four cosmetic slots: weapon, weapon or shield, helm or goggles, armor

Click to see the image full-sized

A new items is created; the cosmetic version of whatever you dropped in. In this case, cosmetic White Dragonplate Armor.

Brymn’s favorite armor look, no matter what armor he is actually wearing

I was going to do the Staff of Fleshshaping too, it is sort of candy-apple looking while Brymn has a much better-looking Dreamspitter, but the DDO Store would not sell me anymore Mirrors of Glamering. Not sure why, I even swapped characters, but whatever, I’m sure it will get sorted out eventually.

So there you have it. Something that people have been asking – no, really, begging – for since game launch is finally here and it is most welcome indeed. It is elegant, ambitious, and most importantly, it works.

In combination with the various cosmetic items already available, the Mirror allows you to make your character look howsoever you want him or her to look. Total user control. Which is how it ought to be.

Nicely done, Turbine, and much better late than never.

Now make it drop in chests too, even if only at the very most rare and unlikely of drop rates.

You promised!

🙂 😀 🙂