All Things Art: 'Lost' Costume Pieces

Briefly, back when closed beta was structured so that the CC creator was always "open", there was a bug that introduced many of the hidden dev only costume items.

This included a wide range of back items including the dynamite rucksack, money grabbing rucksack and huge back-slung daemon axe. Again, because it cannot be reiterated enough times until it becomes an option, even if it means waiting till CoH2: persistent. back. items.

I remember getting really excited when I saw both those rucksacks out of context and thinking, "Geeze, have I got some fun concepts for THAT costume piece."

ok people mentioned the malaise pattern, and fortunatly i have one really old alt that still has it. here are the pics, i got front side and back, unfortunately the color is black and red, so contrast is not as good, but i liked it back in issue 1.

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David, this is one of the best threads ever created.
Thank you so much!
I hope it proves useful.

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Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer I don't know if my Search-fu is weak, or if this is a lost costume piece. I recently made a character with a jacket with what appeared to be an Asian Dragon design. I kinda liked that design. Could I have it back?

Interesting... I was on a Team, a week or two ago, and a player who went afk had beend efeated and lay in heap in the floor.
I looked down at him and suddenly noticed that it looked like they had a dragon design on the back of their trench coat.
They didn't come back for a while, so we moved on and I never got to see the character again.
I had wondered if it was just some odd glitch from the character laying prone on the ground or if it was something more.
I commented about it and the other team members came around and looked and were equally curious (Well, some anyway, hehe).

So... What is the deal with this? I keep forgetting about it.
It looked like it may have been the chest detail dragon symbol from the Martial Arts Booster Pack.


I so very much want those fur shoulders and I agree that those thigh highs must be an option.
Also, those original hairstyles look pretty cool to me! Didn't know about that change (Wasn't around then, I don't believe).

As per an above poster's information that the wrapped face is used by this NPC, here is a picture of Experiment 236 (grabbed from Paragonwiki.com):

Lower Body, Upper Legs. There used to be a stripe pattern (can't remember if it was a numbered one or called something like fat stripe):

• Definitely the old thigh-high boots that looked like boots, not painted on.
• The Malaise tight pattern - I remember using that for a bit ages ago.

The two items I especially want returned are the bandaged face/head option. it was available in City of Villains Beta and I believe for a short time after that. it was sort of a mummy/bandages look.

More importantly are the original suit jackets for men and women that were form fitting and one layer and weren't bulky and didn't clip with things. Those looked awesome and I feels ad every time I go to use jackets and decide they just don't look good enough.

Thank you greatly for this thread as it has brought up MANY old costume features and pieces I miss.

Old-style female's suit top that has long since disappeared. The newer jackets are too bulky, and just don't look right.

Pic:
http://twitpic.com/21on95

Yet another option that went <poof> in CoV beta: Robot Masterminds originally had a totally different rifle that had a decidedly more "LazerTag" vibe to it. The model was changed close to the end of beta testing and I never could find out why. Wish I still had screenies.. but about 2 PCs and a few formatted hard drives later, no luck.

Pretty sure I brought this up at the beginning of weapons customization, but figured never hurts to ask again.

While not a lost costume piece, I have had some problems with cropping on a current costume of mine:



This is one of the samurai pieces. In the front it looks fine but in the back:



You can see by the shoulders where the armor crops into the cape with it's straps. It becomes more noticeable when leaping as seen below:



In some jumps it shows almost the entire back of the armor. Which it shouldn't do but because the armor is located under he chest symbols, the cape goes right through it. It has been this way for at least an Issue now.

Elf ears get pretty close (now), but they head backwards unlike the pointed ears of the old pointy ears head (yeah, you newbies! We used to be able to exchange actual heads! :P), which pointed up.

David - I know the malise pants pattern was removed cause it was meant to be a sig piece, but until it was removed, we had no clue (removed in... i4? no sooner, if not later).

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Velocity Alas, I have no screen, but the puffy pirate shirt from CoV beta REALLY needs to come back! I think it was removed for clipping issues, but who cares?!? It's a puffy pirate shirt!

Yes, bring it back!

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Originally Posted by treboreleets Also, any chance of getting the Blue Steel Shield back? According to Paragonwiki, it existed during the I13 closed beta, but was removed for unknown reasons. It is still in the game, as it can be used by critters in Architect.

It was not removed for unknown reason - it's a signature piece - it was/is meant to be unique to Blue Shield.

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Originally Posted by Golden_Avariel Another for bringing back Bolero with Wings. We already have a red name (babs? bah, can't find it now) saying that wings with cape-physics isn't a big deal. The theory is that Bolero with Capes needed to be removed so all Back options were removed. Please bring this back!

That would be cool - I know I made sure to save a character with a demon and an angel version of the bolero/wing combo cause I like it so much.

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Originally Posted by ChaosExMachina But Woodsman is not a dev, so if the reason for unique costumes is to stop impersonators (and that's the only reason that makes sense), he doesn't need them.

Dev or not, he's a signature character.

Don't remember exactly why they removed those shoulders though.

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Originally Posted by Street_Wolf That's still an incredibly dumb reason. You can pretty much recreate Sister Psyche in game.

To be fair, Sister Psyche's in-game costume is missing bits compared to the artwork (the shoulder rings, etc). But unlike the other sig. bits (if that was why the beast shoulders were removed) the shoulder fur bits are really useful for a lot of characters.

Something we dont have access too, for reasons unknown;

Cabal hat with hair and the ragged skirt;



Oddly, the Cabal mobs themselves all seem to be bald (which looks HORRIBLE). Yet the tech is clearly there for the hat with hair. What gives?

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Malaise pattern for bottoms (it was on baggy too) I have a costume from issue 3 I cannot change....

add Malaise pattern for tops, and other costume pieces.

If costume pieces clip badly with other pieces, then the person making the combination needs to do a better job. Not everything goes well together. The problem is certain pieces were removed because some people could not make adjustments and made combinations which clipped.

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