Expose Worn Article
Show 'em what you got!

And then that's just for flashing weapons. There's a plethora of reasons why exposing specific clothes might be helpful as well, with television being one important point that has been mentioned in this thread.

I see this as a pretty simple and unobtrusive feature, the framework is already there with the expose command, so I am more wondering if there is any good reason this should not be implemented, outside of whether it appeals to the whims of the limited programmers at hand.

So you'd get:

Joebaka shows his right shoulder holster to you. In the right shoulder holster you a Berretta 9mm.

Which might be more useful than poking and fiddling awkwardly.

If you could, for example, show x to y in order to broadcast an item description to another character (so that they see details that aren't available on look like serials, content, etc.) then such a command becomes not just useful for showing off a holster under a trenchcoat but also for showing the contents of a container to someone, showing the details of an idea (without giving it to someone) or showing something that might not be very intuitive for another player to use 'look x on y' (art objects come to mind).

It would basically be a sent look command and if it has a target there's really no spam concern.

I am wearing a jacket and want to show you the badass t-shirt under it without having to start removing layers of clothes (which can be annoying and spammy) or having to copy and paste messages into a pose (which would be annoying for me personally.

I have a holster on my back anyone can see but want to flash it to those watching as a subtle threat. This would do it without risk of me misrepresenting what I have without interrupting my flow too much. I would likely combine this with a short pose.

I agree that poses are awesome and prefer them. But sometimes speed is important. Flow is important. Accuracy is important. And not all players can type 150 words per minute. To me this kind of thing would be a lot like a social.

As far as tease goes… I agree that a well crafted tease could accomplish some of this. If I could tailor. I don't play tailors and still want to be able to do some of this. Hire a tailor? Again, I don't think I should have to. Besides, when I do, I prefer to keep it as IC as possible and to give the tailor as much freedom as possible. I think it's nice to the tailor and keeps things more immersive for me but it also means that I'm not going to get everything EXACTLY how I want. And last I checked, most off the rack items have terrible teases.

Do I think the game NEEDS this. That we can't manage without it? No. Do I think all players will want to use it? Nope. And I think both are okay. If someone on staff likes the idea and wants to throw it in, that'd be awesome. If not, that's okay too.

On the discussion of 'expose', I love it because sometimes it's a pain to read through an entire description to find a specific part someone is talking about. Descriptions on people can be very long, mine included. And I have ADHD so, I understand this pain. It makes it easier to be like 'look I got this piercing done', RP pointing at it and then 'expose @naked' to show where it is so no one has to go looking for it.

And yeah, I know what you mean. There's definitely cons/pros to pocketing things or holding them. Different ways of 'acquiring'. :)