The Costume Creator is your pony, NCSoft!

I've said before that the costume creator is NCSoft's pony. They must brush it and feed it every day. They must give it lots of love and attention or it will get sick and quit bringing in players to the game.

Tonight, within 15 minutes, from 3 different sources, I heard comments that reinforced this. (Names have been anonymized to protect the innocent) --

Convo 1:

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[Team] Friend A: Love your ussage of the Victorian Decor Aura [Team] Friend B: thank you [Team] Friend B: i am lovin the pack [Team] Friend A: One issue I have is that as a VEAT, I can't use the gun in it. Also, I wanted that clock belt! [Team] Me: You're leaking, Not a Robot. Badly. [Team] Friend A: But yes, it's an awesome pack. [Team] Friend B: i just fixed the look [Team] Friend A: Am not. [Team] Friend B: i did not hide my SG emblem so it took my top off! [Team] Friend B: LOL- is that a glitch? [Team] Friend A: Whoa! [Team] Friend A: Sounds like one! [Team] Friend B: yeah her i will show you [Team] Friend B: see [Team] Friend B: lol [Team] Friend A: The glitch I know of is the top hat I was wearing before has a bald spot in the back when in combat mode [Team] Friend A: And yeah, that's a pretty big glitch! [Team] Friend B: i think its because its under the details and not under the shirts.... [Team] Friend B: i had to really play around to find stuff [Team] Friend A: Possible [Team] Friend A: Yeah I still haven't found male pants for the pack. I just went with slacks for my Nemesis-esque outfit

Convo 2:

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[Team] Friend C: she look better now, [Moo]? I matched the pieces a bit better [Team] Me: Let me take a look. I haven't seen her since you adjust her costume [Team] Me: Oh yes. Very much so! [Team] Friend A: Looks quite gothic [Team] Friend C: awesome Thanks again for the tips, [Moo] ! [Team] Friend A: I mean that in a good way, of course. Lord.... Recluse loves goths. [Team] Me: NP at all. Costuming is the best part of the game [Team] Friend C: i agree

The third conversation took place when players started discussing the costume options on the open Beta in a global channel. Mind you, this was on a prod server and not the open beta server:

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Friend E: so am i stupid or is finding the acension armor on beta impossible Friend D: the [empyrean] vendor has it Friend E: well i bought it Friend E: but cant find it anywhere at the tailor Friend D: the face piece only shows up with certain things, cant use it with helmets. The other stuff is in there. Did you claim it from the emails? Friend E: ...that was probably why >.> Friend D: lol, I didnt hear a thing Friend E: so to answer my own question yes i am stupid Friend D: no chest or pants though Friend E: thats good everyone wont look the same Friend D: i really like the cape, not thrilled with the belt.. it is too big. The face piece is a glowie bit of cheese Friend D: for the cost of that stuff I wish there was more than one option.. and you cant color the radience part seperate from the rest of it. loses some effect like that to me Friend D: add th hasten effect and it pretty much washed out the gloves glow Me: One of the resaons I tend to avoid Super Speed pool. The fire effects are so dominating. Friend D: but I am rather addicted to hasten now. Fortunately the devs are very aware of the fact that folks want to ditch the effect. we might see those go away, or at least mod-able in the near future Friend D: once people starting empy merits on that armor, the noise will grow quite loud Friend E: damn this armor is pretty bulky Friend D: yeah, I have heard it called very "WoW'ish

And then when I asked Friend D if I could post his comments, he replied with:

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[Tell] @Friend D: if ya talk about the belts; to me the back of it is just the right size. If you have the chest detail and the belt on, it is wayy to much. they overlap [Tell] @Friend D: overall, I like them for my villains. They look a bit too sinister for the blue side [Tell] @Friend D: the cape is awesome! [Tell] @Friend D: if the desired effect was to show awesome incarnate power, then it works. It will (should) strike fear into lower level mobs. Dunno if that is where they wanna go for heroes. [Tell] @Friend D: and the face piece doth sucketh. Giant glowing elephant ears [Tell] @Friend D: If it were possible to seperate the glow from the chest and belt pieces, it would be perfect. the aromr underlays are just to big and bulky [Tell] @Friend D: pro wrestlers would think the belt was gaudy

So yes. The costume creator and costume options are important. Players think about them ALL THE TIME. They notice bugs and know that something's not right when they do.

The costume creator is one of the most important parts of the game.

Are you taking care of your pony, NCSoft?

Good point. Atrocious spelling and grammar, but good point.

Well, i'll never say no to more costumes, its why im here, its why i stay.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

I hope we get a revamped upgraded HI-res texture with boots and gloves for the Steampunk tight.
They said a while back they will be adding lots of new versions for old dated existing pieces. I hope they add tons of those upgraded pieces in I21.

I'll go one step further and postulate that the creative cosmetic freedom that City of Heroes gives us is a large part of the game's appeal. As Moo has demonstrated, people DO care about what they look like - a lot - even if different people care to different extents. As such, I really want to see a larger focus on cosmetic updates to the system than what we have now. It's been ages since we got any meaningful power customization, and that's counting the half-hearted effort that were the Blast set custom animations.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

-Alphabetise the Costume lists
-More sub-menu options
-Fix lower body zoom so it zooms on the lower body!
-Heck, give a fully 3D moveable camera to move around at will
-Three channel colour for parts
-FINISH adding revamped old parts, don't leave it half done (keep the old ones too)
-More non-Booster parts, kthnxbai

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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.

I wish they'd focus more on the costume designer and super group base building system, its the only real thing other than the AE that CoX has better than the competition.

Particularly the base building, neither competing game has that.

The new auras/costume pieces in i20.5 has already made me want to make about 5 new alts

A new costume piece/powerset always gives me a new idea for a new character!

I'm not really seeing the pony link here - apart fromt he fact that you can make quite a good set of riding clothes in the costume creator, minus the safety helmet

I got the Vanguard pack.

I found some new belly shirts (Although I think they are from veterans awards.

I would like to see more cosmetic options.

Im not fond of the following

~We need more masks
~We need Textures on "Tights with Skin) Like Metalics etc)
~We could use more options in Details one (Hair Flowers, More Headbands Etc that mesh better with the Hair options for clipping purposes

I pretty much like most of the other additions ot things we already have. But I do see people using much of the same costume options over and over.

I was in a CC last night and saw about a million variations (Exagerated Point) of the same use of costume parts.

Is Golden Girl Going To Have A Steampunk Outfit?

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl I'm not really seeing the pony link here - apart fromt he fact that you can make quite a good set of riding clothes in the costume creator, minus the safety helmet

THIS TOON IS NOW A HERO!