Dev Tracker - Discussion

Gearswap maintains its own inventory structures that it doesn't wipe on zone, so it is able to equip stuff before your inventory loads.

Same reason businesses have historically wanted to shy away from nickel and diming customers - it creates ill will, tarnishes the brand, etc. The wardrobe feature cost a certain amount to implement and they must've more than recouped it by now. I'm with you in wanting to support SE financially to keep the game afloat and actively developed and maintained. I wish they gave us (many!) more options for that. I just think recurring payment for inventory space is a bad way to do it, that's all.

Ill will from people who are getting a paid subscription product for free lol

Agreed. Its a slippery slope. I personally went from owning wardrobe 3, and 4, and realizing all this is doing is enabling my hoarding activities across all characters. I painstakingly reorganized and decided to cancel those services. I'm now wardrobe (paid) free!