Lore Friendly Cosmetics (Skins)

Yh... I've had to change up the discussion due to my own misunderstanding of things... 😄

Non lore friendly skins for example: Mage with a frost skin shooting fireballs. What do we think? How do you think this will impact immersion?

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Nagash

The more options we have the better so Yea

Shoklen

Don't even know what it is, but yeah, sure, why not...

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Azryil

I think a feature like this is good for gauging your opponents in PvP

Shoklen

Heteroclite wrote: »

shoklen wrote: »

Don't even know what it is, but yeah, sure, why not...

@shoklen Turn on and off your cosmetic skins that change the appearance of the ingame armor, weapons, and accessories.

Ahhhh Gotcha... Thanks

T Elf

If you truly were a skilled PvPer, you wouldn't know what their armor was, but you'd notice how they behave and go for it. To have to know your enemies' armor type beforehand just says you're lazy.

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mcstackerson

Nee.

For me at least, in MMOs, one of the fun things about designing your character is showing off to others. If I make my character look like an awesome dreadlord, I want others to see that. Giving me a tool to customize my characters appearance but then also giving players the ability to hide it defeats the purpose for me. If they need to limit it in some way then cool but if you give me a system to customize my characters appearance I'd like others to see my character how I have customized it.

I might as well be modifying my local files for free instead of spending $25+ if I'm the only one who is going to be seeing it.

I don't know if I agree with the pvp argument. If the gear someone is wearing is so important to accessing them then do something like what archeage did and give them an easy to read buff that shows it. You could do something like having different appearances for the nameplate and health bar based on the gear they are wearing.

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Professor Posh

Heteroclite wrote: »

mcstackerson wrote: »

Nee.

For me at least, in MMOs, one of the fun things about designing your character is showing off to others. If I make my character look like an awesome dreadlord, I want others to see that. Giving me a tool to customize my characters appearance but then also giving players the ability to hide it defeats the purpose for me. If they need to limit it in some way then cool but if you give me a system to customize my characters appearance I'd like others to see my character how I have customized it.

I might as well be modifying my local files for free instead of spending $25+ if I'm the only one who is going to be seeing it.

I don't know if I agree with the pvp argument. If the gear someone is wearing is so important to accessing them then do something like what archeage did and give them an easy to read buff that shows it. You could do something like having different appearances for the nameplate and health bar based on the gear they are wearing.

@mcstackerson I think you mean Yee. We are voting to keep the option to either show your real armor or the cosmetics from the store. I dont know about you but most of the mmos I have played have pretty bland in game armor. Think world boss drops in BDO. Armor like "dreadlord" stuff is almost always a cosmetic skin. So if you want the "option" to customize your player into a dread lord and have other see it, your vote would be Yee. If you want to look like everyone else in generic end game armor your vote would be Nee.

The switch allows you to decide whether you show cosmetics on your character or not. Think "hide helmet". Is that correct op? @TheNobleOne

No I meant disabling other peoples cosmetics. I'd want to keep mines turned off because I personally think it can be an immersion breaker. How? Look at the Harmony attire costume skin. I don't really want to see someone in that wedding outfit during a siege battle if you know what I mean. I guess the only time I'd have mines on will be during a special celebratory event of some kind idk.

mcstackerson

I'm sorry, I miss understood. I'm in support of that but at the same time, I'm not sure why we need it here as cosmetics provide no in-game benefit (this isn't BDO). You might as well un-equip it if you don't want to show it.

I was talking about the option to disable everyone else's cosmetics which based off @TheNobleOne 's comment, that is what he is talking about. He doesn't want to see other people's outfits which I'm against. If I spend $25+ on a cosmetic, I want to show everyone I have it. I don't want a switch that allows people to ignore my purchase. As I said, I feel like I might as well be editing my local game files, which is free, if I'm the only one who can see it.

Professor Posh

mcstackerson wrote: »

I'm sorry, I miss understood. I'm in support of that but at the same time, I'm not sure why we need it here as cosmetics provide no in-game benefit (this isn't BDO). You might as well un-equip it if you don't want to show it.

I was talking about the option to disable everyone else's cosmetics which based off @TheNobleOne 's comment, that is what he is talking about. He doesn't want to see other people's outfits which I'm against. If I spend $25+ on a cosmetic, I want to show everyone I have it. I don't want a switch that allows people to ignore my purchase. As I said, I feel like I might as well be editing my local game files, which is free, if I'm the only one who can see it.

Ahh... So you're that type of person eh? 😂 You watch me rollin with ma bling bling and I be flashin ma ka-ching ka-ching! Yh, I don't roll like that bruh...

Caeryl

I don’t think you should be able to disable the cosmetics equipped by another player. That would defeat the purpose of having cosmetics rather than just allowing mods.

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unknownsystemerror

Would have to sort through the mess that is the old forums but there was a similar thread there where they said "No, not gonna happen." There is going to be a paperdoll system that will allow you to pull those cosmetics off of your main account to apply them to specific created characters on a server. Making it so they could be an on-the-fly option would tax resources. Look at some other games that have transmog or glamour systems and give some examples where they have implemented it, and maybe they would be able to figure out an option that works for Ashes.

Professor Posh

Caeryl wrote: »

I don’t think you should be able to disable the cosmetics equipped by another player. That would defeat the purpose of having cosmetics rather than just allowing mods.

You're talking as if one person disables it, everyone has to disable it but that simply isn't the case. You're going to have people that will love to see your newly acquired skin and drool over it but you're also going to have people that would rather want to keep the game immersive. If you're not immersed into game then why play at all? It simply doesn't make sense to me.

Professor Posh

Heteroclite wrote: »

I was referring to a switch that effected what you show other people, not what you see other people with. To be able to disable other people's cosmetics makes them worth a shit ton less in game. I agree with @mcstackerson

What is up with you people? 😂 Why do we gotta aspire to become these showboats?

Nagash

I wonder if this would affect the full body skins like the angel and demon skins

Professor Posh

nagash wrote: »

I wonder if this would affect the full body skins like the angel and demon skins

Well since the game will be high fantasy focused, I wouldn't mind seeing skins like these under the actual protective armour. That said, I don't know how it would look if someone with the frost skin was shooting out fireballs if you know what I mean 🤔

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