AshlaBoga Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I, like many of you suspect, am confused as to why so much of the gear in game has these ugly little appendages added on. After F2P was announced I thought that they were planning on releasing the plain gear in the Cartel Market. And then they released the same non-Star Wars looking gear in the Cartel Market:rolleyes: At this point I think we need to make it clear to BW that we don't like the lack of plain gear - especially no plain black Robes. I've made a thread previously bemoaning the horror that is the NiM TFB Imperial gear (Tier 2.3 gear is hideous) but I'd rather make a more general thread than necro that old one. Heck some of the Cartel Market gear looks half-decent except they put stuff on their that makes it ugly: Despot's (chest): Butt Flap* Sanctified Caretaker (chest): Shoulder Pads Pathfinder’s (chest): Those are not Shoulder Pads. Those are abominations against God and Country. Conservator's Helmet: Yay another aquarium helmet - now I can pretend I'm a gold fish! Is there a "give us gold fish bowl helmets" thread somewhere? MA-44 Combat Chestguard: Asymmetrical Shoulder Pad, just to make sure you know that the CM design team are hardcore NFL fans. *The Butt Flap is a vertically flipped version of what they're planning to put on the NiM TFB Inquisitor headgear. P.S: How hard is a plain black robe to make? Just take some the Battleborn/Battle Expulsor's chestguard and make it all black. There problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidZeroOne Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 That's what you get when you outsource 3d modeling to asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icebergy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 P.S: How hard is a plain black robe to make? Just take some the Battleborn/Battle Expulsor's chestguard and make it all black. There problem solved. But then another part of the community will complain that it is too plain and boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YlliyaXor Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 But then another part of the community will complain that it is too plain and boring. They will not be forced to wear it, on the other hand right now we have less to choose from and aren't that happy with the choices we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshlaBoga Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 They will not be forced to wear it, on the other hand right now we have less to choose from and aren't that happy with the choices we have. I was just about to post this but you beat me to it on my own thread. GJ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifoldgodhead Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Big shoulder pads look cool in a fantasy setting. They just look dumb in a sci-fi setting except on like heavy battle-suit looking gear. However antennae are ****** no matter what the century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 We've been calling for that since Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobaScott Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The tubes sticking out of the back of some end game gear is the worst. It looks like it was supposed to be a "homage" to Alien to me. If this is the case it was a terrible miss and ugly as can be. I like the conspiracy that end game gear is so increasingly awful to force people to buy Cartel Market gear to replace it. I don't believe that, but it sounds plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylnael Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 imho it depends of the context and how it's done : in WH 40k here also But i agree it's out of context in the Star Wars i knew. Speaking of which take a look at Each time i forget where we are that video put my feet right on the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tausser Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Might as well bemoan the lack of pants for light armor wearers - 36 pages of custom leggings on GTN and *2* pairs of pants, the pub ones some white thing with unsightly bulges in the front that I wouldn't wear anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polebreaker Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Big shoulder pads look cool in a fantasy setting. They just look dumb in a sci-fi setting except on like heavy battle-suit looking gear. However antennae are ****** no matter what the century Big giant shoulderpads never look cool... Dont even get me started on the antenna and backpacks that seemingly every heavy armour model has on them... or the belts with some kind of thermos or lunchbox cylinder across the front (or back... how can you sit in a chair with one of those? Oh, nm!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lornalove Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 It really bothers me that it's so hard to find something sleek to wear. I did have the Spymaster chest, until they "fixed" it. And it's just my opinion, but something like the Stealth Ops suit would look so much better without the antenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaD Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I, like many of you suspect, am confused as to why so much of the gear in game has these ugly little appendages added on. Because many people like them? There are lots of plain pieces of gear, craftable and drops. To each her own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightsire Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) That's what you get when you outsource 3d modeling to asia Some of those Korean/Japanese MMOs have art design far superior to this game in my opinion. I like the stylish anime-inspired flare even though I know it really doesn't suit Star Wars. Still, I think talented designers put a lot of effort into those games, while I feel like gear in this game is hit and miss a lot. Edited January 29, 2013 by Knightsire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toweleeeie Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Its gotten to the point that im like "GET A *********** CLUE!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSaberMaster Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The ones that piss me off the most is all the armors with the life preservers on them. There are a lot of Smuggler jackets that I would like for my characters, but that got that damn life preserver on it. And I have no clue why they added that to the Phantom armor set. It ruined the whole armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSaberMaster Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Because many people like them? There are lots of plain pieces of gear, craftable and drops. To each her own. I highly doubt that. I bet if BioWare was to do an in-game poll of if people liked the armor styling, the overwhelming majority would vote no. I'm willing to bet my account on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganondorq Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 i'm sorry... but gear without shoulder pads is just hideous. it's one of the reason i blew $40 to buy cartel gear for my lowbie warrior. and the antennas are cool too, it looks sith-y imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshlaBoga Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 I highly doubt that. I bet if BioWare was to do an in-game poll of if people liked the armor styling, the overwhelming majority would vote no. I'm willing to bet my account on that. Well, I wouldn't bet my account but I would bet my faith in humanity (I'd lose it anyway if I was wrong). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toweleeeie Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Well, I wouldn't bet my account but I would bet my faith in humanity (I'd lose it anyway if I was wrong). i loled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delidumrul Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 i think the armor designing team watched the last samurai instead of star wars series to be inspired. the jedi sets make me laugh every time i check on my toon to see how they look. besides some some of the items all r just really very badly designed. And the cartel market sets r not good either. what's the new sand ppl armor??? change the color of bh bm chest and introduce it as a new item. plz but pretty plz do not introduce any more new items, just give us color palette and at elast leave the job to us. there can be a standart lets say 3-4 color palette for subs and rest of the colors unlocked with cartel points (as they need some where to earn money). DCUO had an incredible item customization option even for f2p players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshlaBoga Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Big giant shoulderpads never look cool... Dont even get me started on the antenna and backpacks that seemingly every heavy armour model has on them... or the belts with some kind of thermos or lunchbox cylinder across the front (or back... how can you sit in a chair with one of those? Oh, nm!) Well that must be why we can't sit in chairs outside of our ships - the gear design team vetoed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zangaboing Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The ones that piss me off the most is all the armors with the life preservers on them. There are a lot of Smuggler jackets that I would like for my characters, but that got that damn life preserver on it. And I have no clue why they added that to the Phantom armor set. It ruined the whole armor. They didn't "add" anything - it was already there, they just recolored the whole thing and named it "Phantom" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EATtheDEAD Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I WANT MOAR TUBES!!!! MOAR TUBES!!!!!!!! I want a new armor set that is nothing but antenna, tubes, flaps, and giant shoulder padded spikes EVERYWHERE!@$*@!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargepole Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I support the OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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