"Cottage Rule" for costumes?

I hear a lot about the cottage rule and that being the reason some powersets won't change. The devs like to leave them.

While that frustrates me, I guess I have to understand a little--I definitely use the cottage rule for my old toons and their costumes. I can think of ways to make them updated, but I like to leave them the way there were way back in the day. It would seem a shame to not have them in the same costumes that I slaved away to get them to 50 in.

Just curious if anyone else is like this.

I also have some of those costumes that were glitched that I don't want to get rid of (I have an invisible chest on one, invisible arms on another, a skirt with the slits in the crotch instead of the sides...)

I sort of get this. My main still has his original costume as one of his slots. Granted, i NEVER use it any more because, well, I didn't quite have the options I had later in his career.

A better example, though, is one of my toons who started in "Patent Leather" for his chest and legs, made to look like more realistic tights. Well, now we have the "Defender" look which is really perfect, so I made the Defender variation costume, instead of just modifying the original.

I put a lot of thought into my costumes, but I have never ran out of costume slots. Usually, I struggle to think of what to do with my 5th slot because I am content with my original ideas. (Though I know I am in the minority on that front...)

See and the only toons I have that have more than one slot are the first 20 or so I made. My current ones only have one slot. I don't like to make multiple costumes for toons--I figure if I like the costume idea, I'd rather put it on a NEW toon.

When I first saw that there was the opportunity to get costume slots 6-10 for my characters I went straight away and did it. No hesitation at all. I have some characters with old looks that were modified as things changed in the costume editor, but I was able to figure out what the items were renamed to (I imagine that's the source of the invalidation issues). I do have old(er) characters with their classic costumes, and most of those haven't changed, but I always find time to create new looks for all my characters.

Several of mine still have their first costumes... Often because that's still just the way I think of them being dressed. They may have other costumes that they wear sometimes... but those first outfits are still their default, their signature look. They wouldn't be the same without them.

The first four costumes on my 50s are static. I pretty much don't mess with them. The fifth slot tends to be my "swap slot", where I play with temporary costume ideas, or seasonal themes, or dress for special events.

I tend to not change costumes on any character after settling on a look for a static slot. My characters that only have one or two costume slots tend to look the same at level 2 as at level 25. Very few characters get updated when something new comes out; most new costume pieces get folded into a new character instead. After all, I have 192 character slots for free, and have several veteran and purchased slots on top of that. If I have a free character slot and an idea, why not fill it up?

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

I'll only mess with the default costume under two conditions: If I run out of costume slots (I refuse to be fleesed $20 for each extra), or if I can improve it without changing the core concept. I see a costume, ultimately, as an idea. If I have better ways to realise that idea, I will. If I have a new idea, I'll do that in another slot.

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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.

Do any of you guys have the glitched costumes still like me? (the invis torso, etc?)

Okay, since I seem to be the only one who doesn't know.... What the hee-haw does "cottage rule" mean?

I only have one 'glitched' costume, at least, that I know about. My Mind/Storm controller has a magic bolero with a short cape, effectively giving her two 'cape' rigs at once.

I don't have too many "bugged" costumes left - I've had to fix them over the years if I've wanted to adjust something else on the character (tweak her powers there, adjust his weapon here). Sadly I have one character with a Roman outfit that I can't adjust at all because the updated version is broken terribly.

Female, Tops/Shirts > Roman Chest details clip TERRIBLY with the shirt now, but used not to. I prefer the shirt underneath the Roman breastplate for the "poofiness" of what would represent the padding underneath the armor.

Some of my characters still have their original outfits. But when I create a character I usually have at least 2-3 different outfits to fit the theme of the character. Some characters I could easily use more than 5 slots (but won't buy the extra slots, they're too much money) and other characters I have to work to get to make all 5 costumes for.

My main's, well, main outfit is like that, having the old Blend pattern for the skirt that meshed much better with the other pieces than the modern Blend (which I do not like much at all on a skirt).

Speaking for myself, any character that I play a significant amount at level 50 is probably going to get changes to their main costume sooner or later. In most cases this is incremental as I tweak the costume (often incorporating newly available costume parts) into something that I like more. I'm less likely to completely re-do their costume although in one case I did as part of a retcon to the character's backstory.

With my current leveling character I'm actually experimenting with modifying his costume as he levels up to show changes in his powers. When he was level 1 he had relatively normal Steampunk style street clothes with his only gear being his backpack gloves (Temporal relocation device and shock projectors). As he leveled up I added several other tech pieces such as goggles and rocket boots to reflect his newer powers. He's now closing in on 50 and I'm trying to decide if I want to add an armored chest and legs to represent Charged Armor.