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Alpha Two Realms are now unlocked for Phase II testing!
For our initial launch, testing will begin on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific and continue uninterrupted until Monday, January 6, 2025, at 10 AM Pacific. After January 6th, we’ll transition to a schedule of five-day-per-week access for the remainder of Phase II.
You can download the game launcher here and we encourage you to join us on our for the most up to date testing news.
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Perfect.
Exactly. Make it like the hide helmet feature. Leave the box unchecked and you see a full breastplate. Check the box and you show cleavage and a bare midriff.
You could even make it a feature for each piece of armor. For the legs you see full greaves and boots covering the entire leg. Check and maybe it's just the boots you see.
Personally I usually like more realistic armor like what Brienne of Tarth wears but sometimes, depending on the character and if I think it fits that characters personality, I like the sexualized armor. For example a female rogue whose revealing leather armor is as much of a weapon as her daggers. Or the female blood mage who loves how her skimpy attire offends the self-righteous people who she feels are always looking down on her. Or the bard who just thinks he's that damn sexy.
When it come to designing your characters appearance I say the more options the better. Plus I would never want my personal preferences in character design to impinge on someone else's choices for their character.
What I DON'T like is people speaking on behalf of my gender and essentially assuming what bothers us, and assuming female gamers are all super conservative, reserved, and get offended at the sight of skin on our characters. Sure, some are, but just as many are the polar opposite and everything in between. I don't like people trying to limit what I enjoy, and I don't want to limit people from what they enjoy. If you don't like skimpy armor, don't wear it, but don't tell the next person they shouldn't be able to have that. In MMORPG's visual/cosmetic customization in regard to not only hair/skin/etc options but also attire (maybe most importantly, as this is what stands out most on anyone in online games.) is extremely important.
Just like in real life, what someone wears can be a significant part of their identity, so someone should be able to make the character they envision in-game. Variety is the spice of life, and I think that also applies to the game if they are really trying to make it feel like a living, breathing world full of unique inhabitants.
Anyways, as we've heard many times apocalypse was to test combat and more. None of which I'd consider custom armor or other assets necessary for. Except for the map, as I can see a MMO map (part) not being suited for a BR game.
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We dont really know what type the APOC armour is, do we? I mean for all we know that could be leather or chain armour xD
In another game I used to play there were tiers of gear:
1-19lv
20-39lv
40-51lv
52+ lv
There were noumerous sets per tier however there were 4 undisputed top end per tier.
I suggest that developers create the option for characters to craft gear which csn show skin or be full body armor for the best armor sets of every tier.
That way:
People have options.
The devs dont have to spend too much time on developing looks for every single armor piece.
@Damokles True, not sure what you're trying to say with that though
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That was because you said that the APOC armour and other assets were useless. ;D
I understood that you didnt like the armour because of its looks etc^^
@Damokles Ah no, I barely even played it because I didn't like Apoc BR. The point I was trying to make is that I don't think it's necessary for Apoc to have it's own assets aside from maybe a map. I don't have any opinion on whether they looked good or not, as I've barely even looked at them.
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What do you mean with:
As far as i understod it, APOC doesnt have its "own" assets. All assets used in APOC are used in the MMORPG too. Thats what they said at least^^ Most/nearly all of these assets where already created i believe, and are now just used in APOC. The only thing created extra was the enclosing zone of death, and that is mostly just a light effect. The weapons and armour are later included in the MMRPG
@Damokles You might be right, I'm unsure of the specifics myself. If you are, I'm happy to see that the assets are being reused, I wouldn't consider them useless and agree with you. I responded to this comment originally, which says they were created specifically for Apoc BR.
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Ahhhh, now i know what you mean^^
It is true, that the armour and weapons currently are specifically designed for apoc, but they will be accessible for use in the MMORPG lateras armour and weapon skins (if you have unlocked specific skins in APOC, then you can see them in your inventory in the shop website). The main reason for that is that they want it to look different from the other MMORPG armour (we will be a few eons in the future when we return to vera after all ;D)
But Steven said at the very beginning of APOC, that ALL terrain and building assets used, came practically from the MMORPG team, and were just used to build some test cities etc for when the MMORPG goes live.
@Damokles Yeah I knew about the terrain textures and other objects in Apoc BR. We were mainly discussing the armour though. But reading your comment, I think it's safe to assume that (some of) those assets will be reused in the MMORPG. And I'm happy to hear it
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Plate is always the best choice ;D
magic armour is also nice
I prefer slim fitting leather armor or robes.
Truly magical!
This!~
I personally never used skimpy armor, but there should be an option.
I think some of the best types of skimpy armor come from bdo, they are very good looking and still retain some semblance of armor.
Also there are quite a few male skimpy armors a prime example would be the classical viking, how come everyone is always so focused on the female only? Just stop please.
This is where you understand the point is not about being realistic, the point is about muh sexism.
I think from a cosmetic system this could be interesting, but from a gearing standpoint his would be tedious. Both for the player trying to get the gear and the guild leadership trying to pass out gear.
Maybe they could have it so that you can cosmetically switch those parts around but it still comes as a complete set when it drops?
Think about all the extra gear that we would need to farm xD
And also, we already have the possibility of attachements for our armour, ranging from small clasps to full breastplate covers.
He did there will not be any. which is good I don't wan't the the faction of weirdos from games like tera coming over