Press B to toggle mouselook, it puts you in a view mode that you can use to cycle around your character and zoom in and out. I agree about the armor and gear - wish there were more variation. I also wish keys dropped in rare cases, maybe during events or something.
I was under the impression that most things in this game "could" be obtained freely. Either converting currency to diamonds, etc. Maybe I need a primer on how this all works, anyone point me to an article explaining it? Thanks!
This is very disappointing to read, as visual gear progression is a big deal to me and a lot of gamers. I hope this is remedied at least at end game, but that doesn't solve everything leading up to end game. Maybe it's taking a GW2 approach to gear visuals where end game you find better skins, etc.