The cosmetics in this game are terrible

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Pangaearocks wrote:

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pprandom wrote:

I recently re-installed the game and when i reached lioneye's i found myelf surrounded by some surrealist garbage. Wings as big as the screen and some other visuals that would make Diablo 3 blush. They are ugly, tacky, means nothing (since those characters could be naked and lvl 2), betrays any semblance of integrity the setting is supposed to have and clutters the screen for everyone else.
PoE1 is kind of a lost cause at this point but at least try to tone it down a bit for PoE2, please! It could be even better if you found a way to tie visuals to the itemization itself but at least keep the tone consistent, it really takes people out the game.

I completely agree with you. It looks god-awful and tanks performance to boot. Wish we had a button to turn off that fugly stuff. It's fine if the owners want to look at the bling-bling, but why should everybody else? I'd like an OPTION to avoid it. Would make doing Heist and other hub zones more bearable.

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arknath wrote:

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pprandom wrote:

I recently re-installed the game and when i reached lioneye's i found myelf surrounded by some surrealist garbage. Wings as big as the screen and some other visuals that would make Diablo 3 blush. They are ugly, tacky, means nothing (since those characters could be naked and lvl 2), betrays any semblance of integrity the setting is supposed to have and clutters the screen for everyone else.
PoE1 is kind of a lost cause at this point but at least try to tone it down a bit for PoE2, please! It could be even better if you found a way to tie visuals to the itemization itself but at least keep the tone consistent, it really takes people out the game.

Those are paying for the free game you are playing. Might not wanna forget that xD Most of the time playing this game is by yourself in maps or sitting in hideout sorting items. People buy and wear what they feel like. It doesn't matter what you feel about it xD

If you feel it breks your immersion you can pay up and host a private league. You can then tell people to not wear cosmetics if they wanna join. Problem solved

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pprandom wrote:

Yeah, a toggle off option would be so great. You could at least see the game's actual gear instead of technicolor vomit.

Other option could be to redesign the way cosmetics work in the game and make them more part of the itemization. A different way to handle cosmetics (aside from designing them to be less over the top), especially in a game like this where trade and community are so important, you could:

-You buy/earn cosmetics and are added to your library of available ones.
-You apply them directly to a corresponding item (maybe using a currency).
-You can later trade that item if you want.

If you add some way of name personalization and make the currency relatively rare you can create some interesting tradable community customized things. You could find an incredible item, apply some troll visual and corrupt it, or have some awesome perfect armor that looks amazing on the market. Feels more involved and interesting than just throwing random junk.

Obviously, you wouldn't be able to do that in PoE1, but PoE2 is a fresh start and they could approach cosmetics in a more engaging way. But apparently it'll be rainbow vomit from the get go.