>>33235713Wouldn't make battles a side thing whatsoever either, I'd note, as the equipment could provide stat boosts (up to a maximum, of course) OR additional abilities (not both for some balance) based on enhancements applied separately by adding more of certain materials (like the hypothesized iron filings could make a piece of armor that you could then apply more of to, to boost Def).
It's not like they haven't shown them with clothes regularly so it makes sense and this way people who don't care could just dress them up while competitive could make use of the enhancing process.
If people liked this (which I think they would), this would also be a good way to replace IVs in the following generation, I do believe.
