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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Professor Posh

Heteroclite wrote: »

TheNobleOne wrote: »

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 🤔

@TheNobleOne Perhaps it's not a matter of a switch for you then but rather we should be having a discussion about only introducing lore friendly cosmetics into the game. Which I would be down for. Personally I'm tired of the goofy cosmetics in my game too. Fish suits etc. are pretty stupid looking. I just dont think a switch is the way to go.

Skins and costumes don't work the same do they? Skins go under your armour whereas the costumes go over the armour or have I got it all wrong? Anyways the discussion still stands, we're discussing 2 different things here

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Professor Posh

Heteroclite wrote: »

TheNobleOne wrote: »

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 🤔

@TheNobleOne Perhaps it's not a matter of a switch for you then but rather we should be having a discussion about only introducing lore friendly cosmetics into the game. Which I would be down for. Personally I'm tired of the goofy cosmetics in my game too. Fish suits etc. are pretty stupid looking. I just dont think a switch is the way to go.

Omg, I had it wrong all this time... Costumes are one piece outfits... Well then... I guess the discussion is about lore friendly cosmetics afterall. Hahaha 🤣. Sorry.

Nagash

These are the only skins we have so far

caedwyn

nagash wrote: »

These are the only skins we have so far

we need so much more and we need some unique things
it is VERY IMPORTANT for me personally to be recognized by my looks alone.
so i always go to very great lengths (eg: grinding hardest dungeon in a game for 3 months to get a super rare staff so i could make it into the skin for my real staff that would, in turn, match my uniform)

its very important, and realistic, to have enough options to have unique styles and combinations ...
in this day and age in such an mmo being in development like aoc its not a matter of should we have it or not THIS IS A MUST

Nagash

caedwyn wrote: »

nagash wrote: »

These are the only skins we have so far

we need so much more and we need some unique things
it is VERY IMPORTANT for me personally to be recognized by my looks alone.
so i always go to very great lengths (eg: grinding hardest dungeon in a game for 3 months to get a super rare staff so i could make it into the skin for my real staff that would, in turn, match my uniform)

its very important, and realistic, to have enough options to have unique styles and combinations ...
in this day and age in such an mmo being in development like aoc its not a matter of should we have it or not THIS IS A MUST

well you could only get these by getting the $1000 pack so....... i don't see it happening anytime soon

Azathoth

If I put a skin on my character, or a costume, either of which hides my actual armor that's what I want you to see. I don't think you should be able to disable that on your end. I might come to regret this one day when Ashes is all lollipop kids wearing unicorn head pieces.

As for the PvP aspect. If you are not willing to attack someone until you know what equipment they have, you should just not attack people.

Dygz

There will always be players who are function over immersion and function over fashion.
They will wear whatever they feel reaps them the most benefit.

I expect their will be Mages who mostly use Ice spells, but will also use Fire spells when that seems like the best tactic. There will be relatively few players who RP to the degree that they refuse to ever use Fire spells because they are an Ice Wizard.
The vast majority of MMORPG gamers do not care much at all about RP or that level of immersion.

caedwyn

nagash wrote: »

caedwyn wrote: »

nagash wrote: »

These are the only skins we have so far

we need so much more and we need some unique things
it is VERY IMPORTANT for me personally to be recognized by my looks alone.
so i always go to very great lengths (eg: grinding hardest dungeon in a game for 3 months to get a super rare staff so i could make it into the skin for my real staff that would, in turn, match my uniform)

its very important, and realistic, to have enough options to have unique styles and combinations ...
in this day and age in such an mmo being in development like aoc its not a matter of should we have it or not THIS IS A MUST

well you could only get these by getting the $1000 pack so....... i don't see it happening anytime soon

what ?
we cant turn in-game weapons and clothes into image items?

Azathoth

The dark lord Nagash was referring to the angel/demon skins, maybe the four element ones as well (I'm not sure what tier(s) they were at).

I think there will be a lot of opportunities to gain a variety of unique skins for both the avatars and their gear. If their dedication to releasing new content almost every month prior to the game being released is any indication, we will likely have new skins available in the shop every month.

I thought they previously indicated there will be skins earned during play, that won't be available in the shop as well. So grinding to get a rare item may or may not grant that items skin for customization purposes (I don't know), you would hopefully be able to earn a skin doing that content anyways.

Cash shop skins might be a little bit more liberal with how lore friendly they are from time to time. Where as, I would think, any skin earned during game play should be very lore specific, if not content specific.

When I say skin, in this post, I am also referring to costumes. Additionally skins for freeholds, mounts, and other things like guilds should also be capable of being earned in this fashion.

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