Informal Art Poll

Option 2, because removing existing assets unnecessarily is... well, unnecessary. Potential clashes of old and new can also easily be potential stylistic goldmines.

An open letter to NCsoft

I'd vote option 2 every time:

Nothing gets taken away and so that prevents complaints along the lines of "I really liked X cossie piece" - which is very valid.

Also I'm pretty well of the opinion that when a player creates a character that character is theirs and if their cossie looks silly because of mis-matched parts or clipping, it's their responsibility to resolve - and now with power customisation we have several animations we can use to examine how certain costume combos work with different animations.

Suggestions to add to the cossie creator while this is in your mind:

The background screens in the creator reflect the alignment of your character: Hero, Villain, Rogue - but they often interfere with the creative process. We can lighten or darken the background but we can't be certain how a costume will actually look until we're actually in the game in the "real" game lighting and contrasting with game assets. An ability to change backdrop to reflect the game world more accurately would be helpful here.

Give new costume assets the ability to hold 3 colors instead of 2. (I'm not sure how technically feasible this would be but it would give much greater versatility to players.)

Improve the Random Costume process: One way would be to enable a player to "Lock" certain cossie options so they are fixed and don't change while the random button is clicked. Even better would be that AND an ability to random only certain parts of the costume: boots, legs, arms, hats etc.

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

Also an ability to have costume items that glow in a pulsating manner... maybe there's some kind of alien energy under them or something

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

Option 1 definitely!

What happens to stagnant water? It's good to listen to the player base, but if they do not want to change or move on then it will pull the game down. Just like if you drink filthy water, you get sick...

On another topic, this is how I envisioned it would be like or at least how I wanted to be like:

[Upper Body]
Top/Tights with Skin
Athletic
>>>Cotton
>>>Leather
>>>Metallic/Glossy
>>>>>>None (3rd detail)

[Lower Body]
Bottom/Tights with Skin
Disco
>>>Cotton
>>>Leather
>>>Metallic/Glossy
>>>>>>None (3rd detail)

[Lower Body]
Boots
Stilettos
>>>Cotton
>>>Leather
>>>Metallic/Glossy
>>>>>>None (3rd detail)

Option One.

I don't know if this has been asked yet, but is it possible to change the costume UI a little to add a separate menu where you can stick the old items in for people to find?

That way, we get the new stuff without cluttering up the existing menus or making them overly long and no one gets mad something they liked was changed.

I would call that a win/win.

Option 1.

My only concern is that you guys will become so focused on the revamps, that you will forget to give us new stuff.

I really want new stuff more than a revamp of the old.

This kind of threads are the main reason Noble Savage is my favourite dev.
Other reasons are Im a fan of his art and drawings.
I vote option 1.
This is about upgrading CoX, some old pieces just hurts my eyes.
We got the example of legacy tails and animated tails.
There are some pieces really old that have low resolution and plain textures.
Im up 100% with the upgrade of those old pieces.
Some ideas:
Hope tights with skin get something similar to the tank top, a strips of textures that avoid the bodypaint look.
For the metallic pieces, I think we should have 2 options in most of them:
Mate
Mirror
This way ur character doesnt need to look like costumed in mirror, and some looking after a medieval look got their mate options.
Also this woul allow us to mix better all the metallic pieces.
Metallic tights need a plain version, just like tight but with the reflective option, no strips. Better for mix with patterns and other metallic pieces.
Old faces should get a higher resolution, the new ones are much better.
New shiny leather trenchcoats, could use the baron esqueme, with with buttcape, or maybe more open trenchcoat, something similar to Mother Mayhem's trenchcoat.
Cant wait to see those upgrades! Thank you David

Option 1. Imo the game should be moving forward and it's not like much will change except things will look better. to the point enough?

Option 1, please.

The old stuff is in dire need of updating.

I'm leaning towards option one, though I admit nervousness.

See, I loved the old Thigh High boots, with the flare at the top. The skin tight version we have now, while fine, is just..... missing that flare, heh.

It sounds like you wouldn't be making any changes like that, though, so I'm favoring option one while not being set against option two at all.

(p.s. by the way...thank you for asking)

option 1

OK, so it sounds like with Option 1 we get...

...to keep the old, low rez pieces and patterns as long as we don't change them.

...new higher rez pieces, textures and patterns we can update our costumes with.


I'll vote Option 1 in that case.

Just please tell me you are going to make white costume pieces opaque with this change?

Option 1.

By the way, hair really needs updating, some of the textures are diabolical