Well i got bad news for ur sw3 costume…
There´s currently a bug with the costume which occurs if u use a rapier.
The new animations for Pain Barrier and Restrain aren´t shown if u use a rapier - sadly. If u use PB and Restrain without a rapier of with another weapon like a sword the animations will show again.
Well at least for the female variant of the costume, not sure if the male has the same problem, tho.
For ur squire problem - I made another swordman who went Highlander 3 Squire 3 (Would highly advice to go highlander 1 barb2 now for this route btw.) that i can open my own maintenance shop and have my own tent (lvled this char with a pardoner and another squire 3 in our guild).
So i place my tent at a low traffic map and then i open my shop with low cost -> profit whenever u need repair port to ur tent and u are good for another hour.
Always whenever u repair keep in mind to repair until the 25% double repair occurs…it costs a lot over the time, but the additional durability is it worth.
In my special case i even have a guild tower, a lvl 6 pardoner shop, a lvl 16 repair and a lvl 16 maintenance shop at the place of my tent, tho.