Turn off cosmetics

I found some old discussions from several years ago about turning off cosmetics, nothing definitive. Figured I'd bring it up again since it's been a while.

One thing I loved about 'old school MMOs' is being able to see people's gear and know they earned it. If I'm not mistaken, I think Intrepid is taking a 'halfway' standpoint by locking cosmetics to 'equivalent tiered' gear. So you at least have to earn a piece of gear of equal value to then apply the cosmetic. It would still be nice to be able to turn off others' cosmetics so you can see the gear they ACTUALLY have equipped.

What's everyone's current view on being able to disable cosmetics in the settings?

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Kilion

Githal wrote: »

Cosmetics wont be removed since this brings money. But i would be good as long as the cosmetics apply only to Caravans skins/ freehold buildings skin/ boats skins (but the skin should still make the type of the boat recognizable) / For guild halls and stuff like this

And i am against cosmetics for: armor and weapons / mounts / skins that completely change the design of something that makes it unrecognizable on first sight and you have to check description to know what it is

The consequences of fully disabling all the sold cosmetics that go onto gear and mounts would probably be so large that it could ruin intrepids reputation and possibly their finances. While I kind of agree that not having gear and mount cosmetics would make things much easier, I don't think we can realistically hope for that.

TheDarkSorcerer

Like other's have said, it won't happen. Gaming industry today rely heavily on the revenue from their cosmetic shop. What would be the point if no one can see the things you've spent money on? If you bought a fabulous million dollar house. Would you want everyone driving by to view it as a basic 200k house? No you want to show off what you purchased. Same applies here.

Morashtak

This would be an interesting piece of data to collect in beta - Include a toggle in the settings menu that can only be switched on or off along with a game reboot. Would prevent it from being used "on the fly".
Quietly add it then collect player data on how many switch it to "cosmetics off". Then widely advertise it as a
beta only feature then collect more data. Finally discuss it as a potential release feature and see how many make use of it. Collect data on when it is used, both in combat and out, as well as in the various combat flag states.
When enough data is collected then management can make the decision on whether or not keeping it as a release feature would substantially harm income.

Morashtak

TheDarkSorcerer

Morashtak wrote: »

This would be an interesting piece of data to collect in beta - Include a toggle in the settings menu that can only be switched on or off along with a game reboot. Would prevent it from being used "on the fly".
Quietly add it then collect player data on how many switch it to "cosmetics off". Then widely advertise it as a
beta only feature then collect more data. Finally discuss it as a potential release feature and see how many make use of it. Collect data on when it is used, both in combat and out, as well as in the various combat flag states.
When enough data is collected then management can make the decision on whether or not keeping it as a release feature would substantially harm income.

There is plenty of data out there proving it's a negative idea. Like I said above, gaming industry is relying a lot on cosmetic shops to bring in revenue and increase growth. That is enough data for you. There's no need to test or gather data here. If it doesn't work for any other game, it will never work here.

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