Direach Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Please stop making such huge sabers. Even when the saber model looks good, they look ridiculously oversized in play, even on Body Type 3 characters. The new Attenuated lightsabers are a perfect example of this: both sabers are at least 30% longer than they should be for regular sabers. Thexan's saber is the same way, as is pretty much every other Cartel Market/Pack saber. The saber models that were ingame at launch are all sized correctly, and still look good; why can't the new sabers be of comparable size? Is there a legitimate reason for lightsabers to be so big now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuuu Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Please stop making such huge sabers. Even when the saber model looks good, they look ridiculously oversized in play, even on Body Type 3 characters. The new Attenuated lightsabers are a perfect example of this: both sabers are at least 30% longer than they should be for regular sabers. Thexan's saber is the same way, as is pretty much every other Cartel Market/Pack saber. The saber models that were ingame at launch are all sized correctly, and still look good; why can't the new sabers be of comparable size? Is there a legitimate reason for lightsabers to be so big now? they are compinsating for something. probably then engines short comings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonalius Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I suspect its because they believe they won't sell otherwise (or at least won't sell as well), as the standard model is so small that unless you are zoomed in and actively looking, you won't notice what saber hilt someone has anyway, so making the blade longer (or shorter) is the only real difference available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiesu Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Yes, thank you. Please reduce the size of the hilts, they're not supposed to be half-meter long unless its doubleblade. Quite liked the design of Shoto, but it looks terrible silly with short blade and giantic hilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrellma Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 It's not just the cartel sabers. Look at the quest rewards for the SOR storyline, especially the polesaber. I'm pretty sure I've seen stripper poles smaller than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankiel Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Yes, please a thousand times! The sabers are great but are just so damn big. Smaler stuff Bioware! Please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenCordial Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I suspect its because they believe they won't sell otherwise (or at least won't sell as well), as the standard model is so small that unless you are zoomed in and actively looking, you won't notice what saber hilt someone has anyway, so making the blade longer (or shorter) is the only real difference available. And yet they seem to realize how ridiculous they look. Notice in the Outlander trailer the Jedi is wielding a normal launch size saber. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please lets get some more normal ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscarhunt Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 This is a pretty major pet peeve of mine also. I'd pay a foolish amount of cartel coins for a Derelict Lightsaber that was 20% smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox_The_Beast Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Well, that's the reason I don't bother with CM weapons... They look too huge to be believable as something more than a toy. I mean, if I could wield those lightsabers with two hands on every character, regardless of class, it may feel different. But seeing a Sorc/Sage wield what looks like a huge stun baton (to remain in the Star Wars universe), or a flashlight of epic proportions, well... It removes all charm from it. Plus, the game already has many very nice looking lightsaber models that only require a few Comms and maybe a different crystal, so I see little point bothering with the CM. I use those instead. Edited September 24, 2015 by Cox_The_Beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unchosen Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I've been complaining about this for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousestalker Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Over compensation derived from a deep seated sense of inferiority. Jedi especially suffer from this. Sith less so. The Chiss, not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diviciacus Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Because the devs have a metric that says size matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) they are compinsating for something. probably then engines short comings.... Hehehe. Or maybe some other amateur phallice-related sorcery attempt. "U wanna big saber 2 make players jelly u gotta buy from CM. Oh u like the reg models? Huehue stay small friendo." Edited September 24, 2015 by Joesixxpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Direach Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 This thread is just going to fall off page one and be forgotten and ignored like all the other requests/pleas for an answer to the question of saber size creep. Hopefully they at least read this, even if they're not going to respond. Not everyone wants WoW-style lightsabers, Bioware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therandyman Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Genetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankiel Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Size doesn't matter. Said no woman ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_riches Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) Cartel sabers are a little big at times, I like the derelict lightsaber but I know I could never dual wield as they would look really silly I think they need to be reduced to about 70% of what they are now. Edited October 2, 2015 by Jedi_riches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHboy Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 they are large mainly for 1 reason...so you can see them. if they were actual size or size of your hand you would spend money on something you probably could never see the detail of. at least when they are large you can tell the details and buttons and such. otherwise you would just be seeing a piece of light sword shooting out top of your fist. same reason the movies have close ups, so you can see the detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylluz Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) they are large mainly for 1 reason...so you can see them. if they were actual size or size of your hand you would spend money on something you probably could never see the detail of. at least when they are large you can tell the details and buttons and such. otherwise you would just be seeing a piece of light sword shooting out top of your fist. same reason the movies have close ups, so you can see the detail. This, I suspect, is the reason. Thing is, for me, I don't really care about the hilt itself. I can count on one hand the number of times I've actually looked at the hilt on a lightsaber. Hell the only single bladed lightsaber I've got that the hilt is even obvious are the Volatile Conqueror's sabers and they are only noticeable because the guard of the right saber clips into my *** and the left sticks out and clips into the arm. I'm zoomed out too far to notice any more detail when I'm playing. I also suspect that, in the case of single sabers, it's so your second hand does't overlap the bottom of the saber when you swing it like a bat. But the recent trend in stripper pole dualsabers is a bit silly. Some of these stretch from the bottom of the rib cage to nearly the ankle. They look like they should be on your back rather than on your hip. Edited October 2, 2015 by Cylluz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I wish there was just an in game toggle that changed between a the smaller and larger hilts to make everyone happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JourrnoRush Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yeah make them closer to pre-50 sizes, you know normal looking? There are very few good looking hilts because the rest just look ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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