Question On Vanity Armor for Lvl 41 Commando?

[Paar]

Why is it so... bleh...ugly...not shiny?

Its just plain old armor with blue stripes.

The Op gear has beast Electric Waves on it!
The Engi gear has awesome starry look on it!

Then the Commando gear has... Old Looking , Blue stripes you can barely see?

Im still going to 41 but Im not in it for the armor because, its not worth it, Im going to prove myself in SL!

Please confirm this armor will not stay?
And Its a rough draft of something greater?

Leave Feedback and Sorry for the critisism.

~Paar

[Nightarcher]

I agree, I would like at least for the design to look clear and not pixilated/blurry. The other two classes have a nice animated design, and I think the armor could be a bit nicer-looking.

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However, my guess is that the future Commando shoulders and legs/arms are planned to be epic and bulky, with giant spikes/protruding areas. I assume that the 5-piece set is already designed, so I trust that they will make it worthwhile in the end.

[Kahlua]

For those who haven't seen this ugliness up close, here is bodmasta with the new commando 41 vanity chest:


I was going to make a post about this because it made me very angry. When you look at the operative and engineer vanity chests, you can see defined lines, cuts, creases...you can tell each part from another. The engineer armor has the purple sky from the helmet on the sides, and looks fantastic. The operative armor goes well with the helmet.

But the commando armor? All I can say is, what did commandos do to you? This is HORRIBLE. It looks like you guys sent in a rough draft to whoever programs this stuff into the game and didn't notice. There is no definition at all...it's blurry and pixelated. This picture was taken from my macbook pro on chrome..it's supposed to have very high definition. EVERY other piece of gear I have seen has atleast been defined and edged. I'm sorry if this is harsh but this is not worth my money. Grinding to 41 for something that looks unfinished isn't fair in my eyes. Look at the commando vanity helmet. It's shiny. It has blue glowing eyes and accent lights. You can clearly tell when one part starts and another begins. Now look at the chest...there aren't even blue glowing lights on it...they're a pale faded blue...I'd rather wear that texor body suit from the training mission to be honest. It's not even even on both sides...it severely slants off to one side down at the waste line. And no it's not the angle I took the picture...I spun Bod around all angles observing this armor.

I understand the difference between liking a design and this too. Not everyone liked the commando helmet because it was a different and unique design. A lot of people didn't like the op helmet because they thought it was boring. But at least we can agree that they were well made and time was put in to them. But with this? The engineer armor looks awesome. The operative armor looks awesome. The commando armor looks like it was drawn with pencil and then rubbed on by someone's hand.

[Fortress]

For those who haven't seen this ugliness up close, here is bodmasta with the new commando 41 vanity chest:


I was going to make a post about this because it
made me very angry. When you look at the operative and engineer vanity chests, you can see
defined lines, cuts, creases...you can
tell each part from another. The engineer armor
has the purple sky from the helmet on the sides,
and looks fantastic. The operative armor goes well
with the helmet.

But the commando armor? All I can say is, what
did commandos do to you? This is HORRIBLE. It
looks like you guys sent in a rough draft to
whoever programs this stuff into the game and
didn't notice. There is no definition at all...it's
blurry and pixelated. This picture was taken from
my macbook pro on chrome..it's supposed to have
very high definition. EVERY other piece of gear I
have seen has atleast been defined and edged. I'm
sorry if this is harsh but this is not worth my
money. Grinding to 41 for something that looks
unfinished isn't fair in my eyes. Look at the
commando vanity helmet. It's shiny. It has blue
glowing eyes and accent lights. You can clearly tell
when one part starts and another begins. Now
look at the chest...there aren't even blue glowing
lights on it...they're a pale faded blue...I'd rather
wear that texor body suit from the training
mission to be honest. It's not even even on both
sides...it severely slants off to one side down at the
waste line. And no it's not the angle I took the
picture...I spun Bod around all angles observing
this armor.

I understand the difference between liking a design and this too. Not everyone liked the commando helmet because it was a different and unique design. A lot of people didn't like the op
helmet because they thought it was boring. But at
least we can agree that they were well made and
time was put in to them. But with this? The
engineer armor looks awesome. The operative
armor looks awesome. The commando armor
looks like it was drawn with pencil and then
rubbed on by someone's hand.

omg that is one UGLY piece of clothing. I may only be level 16 but i'm still disappointed with the new gear. I even told Bod earlier today that I was just gonna stick with the chromaweave set.

[Kakatoa91]

Mmm looks plain indeed. At least it makes the com skinnier.

[SuRfY]

I think this happens when the team are rushed/pestered by the masses' complaints to increase the level cap as soon as possible. Reminded me of the thread when the new level 30 armours were released, the engineer armour is not up to standard to the masses. Following some sort of a petition, the designers redesign and it turned out to be cooler and nicer. I do hope that this chestplate armour get some touch up. Just my 2 cents. Cheers~

Here is the thread I was referring to: http://www.spacetimestudios.com/show...-Legends/page3

Screenshot by noneo in that thread on the comparison of new design vs old design:



A particular quote in that particular thread that is significant:

Just FYI, the team heard the responses to the Engineer and are making some changes to enhance that armor sets "wow" factor.

Hope we can make our voices heard. I am a commando too.

[Kahlua]

omg that is one UGLY piece of clothing. I may only be level 16 but i'm still disappointed with the new gear. I even told Bod earlier today that I was just gonna stick with the chromaweave set.

chromaweave is for Operatives, sir

[LelouchX]

i hope this is fixed. i neglect my com, but louchie comes out to play every once in a while, and if we put the effort in to grind to the cap, then our vanity reward shouldn't look blurred. it's one thing to not like the looks of something, but this chest vanity is just dull

[Rodvik]

For those who haven't seen this ugliness up close, here is bodmasta with the new commando 41 vanity chest:

Commandos have 4 glowing boobies!

[BodMaster]

You're all lucky that you didn't see this paired up with the Battleshell gear.

The amount of time put into this grind, load of all nighters and such for this! was very disappointing to be honest! Very easily the worst designed chest gear in the whole game on all class.

This does need to be looked at, as the Lvl 30 Engi was not released it was ealisy changed. Lucky for the preview before hand, so that we could comment and get the changes implemented. Now this has already been released and alot have capped for this, I'm hoping that STS will take a look and do something about it. With the amount of detail in the other chest pieces, and the Lvl 40 gear (No matter how buggy eyed) you can see alot of detail has still gone into the design, not blurry and pretty much pointless to have. I may even consider not bothering with the next cap as even if we do get a set bonus you will not catch me wearing that!

Guess I have my Op and Engi Vany to look forward too.

[Flip]

We're taking a look at it, thanks for the report.

[MeGaDuMb]

YAY, thanks Flip !
I was about to comment +1 (something lengthy really, unlike that ;-)

[BodMaster]

YAY, thanks Flip !
I was about to comment +1 (something lengthy really, unlike that ;-)

Hehe, I sent Flip Sam n JSL a PM, to see if they could take a look. Thanks Flip

[Flip]

I spoke with the art team and there is a really good reason for this armor to remain the way it is. Each set of armor, taken as a whole, has an art "budget". This budget dictates that any one armor set can only have so much cool, flashy stuff going on at once. This is for performance reasons. The Commando vanity torso armor looks the way it does because the budget was mostly spent on another, very awesome piece in the set that is coming in the future. I can't show it to you yet, but it's pretty astounding. I was all for changing the torso piece until I saw what it allowed us to do with the set.

Take heart, Commandos. Your glory days will come!

[BodMaster]

I spoke with the art team and there is a really good reason for this armor to remain the way it is. Each set of armor, taken as a whole, has an art "budget". This budget dictates that any one armor set can only have so much cool, flashy stuff going on at once. This is for performance reasons. The Commando vanity torso armor looks the way it does because the budget was mostly spent on another, very awesome piece in the set that is coming in the future. I can't show it to you yet, but it's pretty astounding. I was all for changing the torso piece until I saw what it allowed us to do with the set.

Take heart, Commandos. Your glory days will come!

Thanks for taking the time to query it with the art team Flip. Is there no possible hope for a little more definition? no special effects, just a little more defined, so it actually looks worth wearing? Too blurry at the moment, esp with Chrome being a lot more zoom focused.

[Paar]

I <3 Ya Flip! Thanks for the comments!

[MeGaDuMb]

thanks for looking into it anyway Flip !
eagerly awaiting the next lvlcap ;-O

[SuRfY]

I can see the predator's homing cannon back device coming out.. *peers into her crystal ball* LOL

[Paar]

thanks for looking into it anyway Flip !
eagerly awaiting the next lvlcap ;-O

Hehe the cap just raised like a week ago?

[Killerade]

I gotta admit by just looking at it(while in game) it looks like it's photoshopped or something. If you look at the waist of the male commando from behind you'll see that in the left side is a bit shorter than the right side like the line is not straight/parallel to the floor. The female one looks anorexic i thought they are supposed to be buff seeing as they are supposed to be wearing heavy armors.

But in all honesty my main is an OP and i love yur guy's design! no complains just voicing my opinion