cmorea Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I'd like to see a covert energy helmet added to the game, one that would serve to take down the hood of a given piece of armor for a hood down no helmet look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec_Fortescue Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Not a hood down but hood away. Would turn your hooded robes into bathrobes or trencoats. ;p I am surprised why it's still not here, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisOld Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 This might happen. However, there is also a hide head slot option on the customization tab, which is why I doubt it will happen. You see subscribers get that option free. However F2P members have to buy it with cartel coins. The question is why spend those cartel coins to unlock it if they can buy this helmet instead? I can see EA shooting this down because the existence of this helmet on the GTN directly competes with the unlock on the Cartel Market. They both give the option of an invisible helmet, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowcaper Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 You're missing the point: hide head slot hides your helmet, but if you do that, a lot of robes acquire a hood that covers your head anyway. Lots of players (myself included) prefer to leave their face exposed and at the moment the only way to do that is to wear the limited selection of robes that don't have a hood, or to wear one of the few circlets that override the hood (most circlets are simply worn under the hood which is even more pointless ). If the covert helmet is bundled into a random pack (which, let's face it, it would be ) then most f2p players who simply want to hide their head slot will buy the Hide Head Slot unlock anyway because it would still be easier to acquire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisOld Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Most covert energy items can be bought for under 50k, which an F2P can easily afford. So if they are being wise with their real life money they would not buy the hide head slot option, ever. I know I do not like those robes for the very reason you say. Perhaps the best solution is to add a "hide hood" option in the customization tab which only shows up if you are wearing a robe. So you can enable "hide head slot" to show the hood, then "hide hood" which removes the hood and the helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowcaper Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 People have been asking for a hide hood option since the game came out, practically, and when it became clear that Bioware have no intention of implimenting it, people started thinking of ways around it (such as the covert helmet). This is exactly the same as what happened with people asking to sit in chairs: people were asking for ages with no luck, then someone had the bright idea to ask for an emote that spawns a chair for you to sit in, and a few months later we got the /chair emotes Also, I'm sure plenty of people like the hood up look, so a covert helmet wouldn't be right for them and they'd need the hide head slot unlock anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambunctious Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 They can't do that, because helmets replace hair, and in some case the entire head. The ones that don't will not lower the hood on a robe. Even the regal head piece just clips through a hood instead of lowering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowcaper Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 It must be possible to work around that, because as I've already said, some circlets override the hood, and they don't suddenly make your character bald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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