Collecting Vanity Gear with Equipment Manager

Oh, one of the joys of being a girl. I know it’s a stereotype, but I can’t help it. I love pretty clothes. And shoes. Bring that to the World of Warcraft, and I am quickly becoming a whore to collecting gear that serves little purpose other than looking good. Combine that with Equipment Manager, and you’ve got your own little closet of premade WoW outfits at your disposal.

I just recently discovered the joys of Equipment Manager. It’s been out for a while now, since Patch 3.1.2. But since I was not duel specced, I thought I had no use for managing different gear sets. Oh man, was I wrong.

As bloggers have lamented in the past, gear in WoW isn’t always the most fashion-forward. So if you’re concerned about looking cool while hanging around Dalaran, why not change that? As long as you’re not in a situation that you need your stats, I’d say vanity gear is the way to go.

Using Equipment Manager, I’ve so far come up with five gear sets. My main set for most questing, raiding and shenanigans; a set flaunting my guild tabard (and little else); a set wearing the Elegant Dress (ooh, pink! As seen above) from Noblegarden; a PvP set with more stamina-heavy trinkets; and, the latest, a Brewfest set complete with dress and accompanying beer goggles (which make everyone look like a female Orc.)

Really, I’m just scratching the surface of possibilities here, and I’m planning to acquire more vanity gear - There’s a ton of fun hats and outfits and cuteness still to be had. And with the recent announcement of emblem changes coming in Patch 3.3, I can see more possibilities on the horizon! I’ll just have to start making decisions on what I want to actually carry with me, otherwise risk running low on bag space.

Now I can just cross my fingers and wish that the hot new Jaina Proudmoore model points to something more on the horizon involving enhanced character and equipment  graphics. Blue poster Vaneras has given us a non-committal answer to that, but here’s to hoping.

So has anyone else taken to using equipment manager for more than just functional gear sets? And do we have any other vanity gear collectors out there?