My Gran Faust. if I don't see piles of HP fall off of you then use something else. You can, at any one point, either be fully geared against a type, half geared against that same type, or not at all against that type. it'll only take one hit to know what to/not to use against you.

and goodness, Bella; you underestimate my class. I don't rage. I am proposing that if a sane player hits you and they don't see an explosion of red and (insert damage type color here) they won't try that weapon again.

Since we cannot change weapons or see our opponents loadouts at any time, we cannot metagame to prepare ourselves. That means, until we are actually thrown into the game, we have no knowledge of our opponents until at the very least the lobby. Costumes would require players to remember which player is armored which way, or carry a normal weapon.

True, this would pose a bit of a difficulty if teams all use the same costumes/same personal color; but I think that there's some feasibility in allowing it.

Also a valid solution, yes. could also block the weapon slot views.

No costume also means skolver clones. dozens of skolver clones. Nobody's man enough to walk out in a salamander/non skolver. (I exaggerate of course.)