This MIGHT be due to the newness of my account (just joined two days ago or so). I had some initial trouble with my avatar so I did the reset steps in the wardrobe. However, I'm still getting weirdness when I try to preview an item by hovering over it. Either it will load the item all by itself, or there's a broken picture link icon in the top left corner (or sometimes just a small blank box). Should I just wait it out a few more days? Is this normal? It makes getting a kitted out avatar a bit troublesome.

I know some people have been having issues with this, there is a thread in the bugs forum about it.

Item previews not working again

Thanks, I didn't see the subforum buttons...and the bugs forum looked like an empty forum. I thought maybe you had to reach a certain age before you could see it x_x I'll check over there.

Ah yeah, they try to keep things in their own subforums there instead of all randomly in the main forum.

But I also noticed that thread I linked seems to be a different issue to what you're describing. I haven't been having issues with item hovers, but you could create a new thread to report the issue if you're having problems with it.

If you're just trying to make an HA though, you can use the filters to view All Items on the site (and hide CWs if you don't want to see those), that way you can see what items will look like on your HA and put together before you buy them.