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How far will costumes/armor go and what is too far?
So I think it's clear they are not going cartoony armor that you can't see past your own pauldrons.
But what direction.will they go via costumes, Steven mentioned angelic wings, so one is only to assume there will be many people with wings of different styles and other sorts of things.
Where does it stop and how far will it go?
I don't want characters to look so unrealistic it takes the immersion away from me and many others.
How can we fix the issue.
I'm all for people looking unique and nobody looking the same so this Is an idea on how we can let everyone be who they want to be while looking like what they want with minimal effort. If EQ did it in 2002 then this game can surely a comidate.
Wouldn't you love to have everyone look the way they wanted to look?
Not be limited by class primary and tier armor
Not be able to be pin pointed in pvp as that x class cause you look just like the rest of them?
Well I would and here is how we can achieve this with ease.
Early in the EQ days right after PoP released they allowed players to change the look of their current armor with different armor of the same class (cloth, leather, plate, robes) it allowed each player to experiment with the way they looked till they had hat made them happy. All you had to do is have your. Urgent armor on you and the piece you wanted it to look like in your inventory and just swap the image of it.
Bam. You have diversity, everyone can look like they want, you won't be singled out in pvp anymore and we don't have to worry about looking the same if the game has tier armor.
I think this idea will increase the rpg aspect of this game and open the world a bit more never knowing what someone is actually wearing and just allowing everyone to be themselves.
What would be amazing is if they didn't class specify it. Tell me it wouldn't be cool seeing a mage in a plate armor set. It would throw you off but strictly cosmetics.
Now I thought it would be nice to throw this in the cash shop for AoC to make money through it. Instead of selling pure costumes and such you can sell costume swap tickets that allows us to swap the look of a piece of armor for a 1 times use.
What are your thoughts on this concept and how do you think it will impact the world seeing nobody look the exact same?
But what direction.will they go via costumes, Steven mentioned angelic wings, so one is only to assume there will be many people with wings of different styles and other sorts of things.
Where does it stop and how far will it go?
I don't want characters to look so unrealistic it takes the immersion away from me and many others.
How can we fix the issue.
I'm all for people looking unique and nobody looking the same so this Is an idea on how we can let everyone be who they want to be while looking like what they want with minimal effort. If EQ did it in 2002 then this game can surely a comidate.
Wouldn't you love to have everyone look the way they wanted to look?
Not be limited by class primary and tier armor
Not be able to be pin pointed in pvp as that x class cause you look just like the rest of them?
Well I would and here is how we can achieve this with ease.
Early in the EQ days right after PoP released they allowed players to change the look of their current armor with different armor of the same class (cloth, leather, plate, robes) it allowed each player to experiment with the way they looked till they had hat made them happy. All you had to do is have your. Urgent armor on you and the piece you wanted it to look like in your inventory and just swap the image of it.
Bam. You have diversity, everyone can look like they want, you won't be singled out in pvp anymore and we don't have to worry about looking the same if the game has tier armor.
I think this idea will increase the rpg aspect of this game and open the world a bit more never knowing what someone is actually wearing and just allowing everyone to be themselves.
What would be amazing is if they didn't class specify it. Tell me it wouldn't be cool seeing a mage in a plate armor set. It would throw you off but strictly cosmetics.
Now I thought it would be nice to throw this in the cash shop for AoC to make money through it. Instead of selling pure costumes and such you can sell costume swap tickets that allows us to swap the look of a piece of armor for a 1 times use.
What are your thoughts on this concept and how do you think it will impact the world seeing nobody look the exact same?
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This way you can cosmetically equip any armor piece in the game. It could create hundreds or thousands of combinations. How the LOTRO system works if I recall correctly, you can obtain a gear piece (belt) anywhere in game. The piece may or may not have stat value to you, but you can equip it cosmetically which is represented by a seperate avatar card. It doesnt supplant your gear stats you just see the cosmetic view of slot 1 (in lotro you can have multiple slots).
This makes every piece in the game have value to a degree and you can look at items cosmetically to see how they look on your avatar. When you equip the gear you get the choice of either actual or cosmetic equip, each one binds the piece to you.
You can see I posted in there but they weren't exactly going the direction I had in mind since I involved cash shop idea.
2 different directions if you read the whole
Thread. It would be rude of me to start talking about something in his post and lead it in a different direction.
No pay 2 win stuff only cosmetics.
The Kickstarter is full of cosmetics stuff.
I do like this idea a lot because it makes your character unique and different which is nice.
Also like you said it creates a different view because people will more likely not wear their Tier gear so you won't know whats really under that robe!
Gassp! Tank wearing Rogue Tier armor :O
@tylerr385 I agree I like it to but sometimes it annoyed me that it was locked to plate to plate etc.....
So swapping them out changes the function of the gear.
I like to think there may be talismanic components within the build too.
Swapping those out would also change the functionality.
If you change the functionality of the gear..... you change the meaning/reason of the gear.
I think it would be better to offer different style versions of the same functional gear.
Let the players swap out those alternate 'style' components at leisure.
Mix and match the specific cosmetic parts as it were.
Now, to be fair, this was in relation to weapons, so I'm not sure if it extends to armor, as well. Though, if there are currently no class restrictions on weapons, I'm not sure why they would restrict just armor. But, that remains to be seen.
Also, as far as I know, there's no "tier gear" being implemented in the game. There will be different pieces of gear that will match better together, but not specifically tiered. Though, I could be wrong. It's pre alpha, after all,
I kind of feel like most games make these goofy and totaly out of place items for their games, just to make a quick buck, but imo, it kills the mood of the game. If AoC were to do some kind of theme set for a holiday, I would want it to fit in with the lore or at least fit in with the esthetic of the game.
Like, I dont need to see people running around with an item or costume, just because its the popular meme or topic of the moth.
@freespiryt Was at that live stream I pretty sure armor is not going to be any difference :P No Tiers would be interesting /confusing lol
@SleepyDrifter I'm the type of gamer that need to have my character look good if it doesn't it will drive me insane!!
That's just me though. I understand your opinion though!
One of the problems I've experienced with WoW's 'mog system is the need to always be updating your 'mog whenever you get a new piece of gear. Blech. Hate it. Rift's worked a lot better.
Also? I'd love to see the ability to remove things from view like shoulders, helms, capes, belts, gloves, bracers ... so on and so forth. So if I wanna be a mage just wearin' a dress, I can be. Ah, yes, my barefoot chloro in Rift; fond memories. Loved it!
Also? I’d love to see the ability to remove things from view like shoulders, helms, capes, belts, gloves, bracers … so on and so forth. So if I wanna be a mage just wearin’ a dress, I can be. Ah, yes, my barefoot chloro in Rift; fond memories. Loved it!
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I wouldn't be a fan of hiding one's armor since the PvP system is always present in the game. It's important to know what your opponent is wearing and by hiding some armor you could trick people to think that you've got nothing on. Not good. I would be ok with a minimalistic style armor that looks close to an original dress though.