The Skull Hood...

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Dreggon wrote:

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Russell wrote:

That bone armour is really old too. If it was made now it probably would have been brightened up to contrast better from the environment. The skull is also bright because you cant really see it from top down otherwise.

I think the skull is hard to see because the hood is much, much too far forward. If you can bring the hood back then you can tone down the brightness and keep the skull aspect. Looks a bit comical right now.

I wanted to cover up the cheesy scream eyes.

Russel, you have said yourself that parts of the mask are cheesy, needed work, have wonky colours ect but you guys are going to be charging for this. It comes across as very slap dash to be saying that the look is cheese on toast & then expect ppl to pay good money for it.

I know noone forces ppl to buy mtxs but if even the art dept. aren't happy with it then it seems weird to expect players to buy it.

Mtxs should be high quality not some rushed garbo.

LOL
I love this item because it is such a troll. Almost funny, makes me grin seeing it.
Probably wasn't the art teams intention, but it is what it is now, and you cannot change it now, it's too late!

If players want a super realistic 'dark souls' skull effect, how about making another one. And keep this on as-is for the players who would enjoy running around in the game and having people see my char and be like, 'wtf lol?'

Also, even if you did change the skull to look more 'dark souls', PLEASE do not pull the hood back, if anything bring the sides of the hood around the neck line further down and in, closing the head in more like a cloak. (honestly only thing you really need to change is make the teeth have a bottom jaw and the tone of the skull from the greenish hue to a lite ebony grey) [edit: keep the teeth bright though]

Of course, I plan on using this on a Shadow, so it's obvious why I want a dark cloak look.

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lethal_papercut wrote:

Russel, you have said yourself that parts of the mask are cheesy, needed work, have wonky colours ect but you guys are going to be charging for this. It comes across as very slap dash to be saying that the look is cheese on toast & then expect ppl to pay good money for it.

I know noone forces ppl to buy mtxs but if even the art dept. aren't happy with it then it seems weird to expect players to buy it.

Mtxs should be high quality not some rushed garbo.

I didn't say anywhere that it had wonky colours or needed work. Just said it was cheesy. Also many people love the skull the way it is. I just prefer a more grim art style to other people. The skull actually looks pretty cool from top down when you can just see the jaw. This is all my opinion. I dont speak for everyone at GGG. For your info I don't really like the new weapon effects either. Too big and cheese. However others love them far more than the past effect. So my opinion isn't right for everyone :P

Man im not allowed to joke around with the games fans : <

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your candor on the subject, it's just that this is something I would have definitely gone for had it been more realistic or cooler looking and I just think it could be a false economy to create mtxs that aren't 'shut up & take my money' quality.

I will buy that thing because I always play fully zoomed out.
And everthing looks good when you are fully zoomed out :D

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Russell wrote:

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lethal_papercut wrote:

Russel, you have said yourself that parts of the mask are cheesy, needed work, have wonky colours ect but you guys are going to be charging for this. It comes across as very slap dash to be saying that the look is cheese on toast & then expect ppl to pay good money for it.

I know noone forces ppl to buy mtxs but if even the art dept. aren't happy with it then it seems weird to expect players to buy it.

Mtxs should be high quality not some rushed garbo.

I didn't say anywhere that it had wonky colours or needed work. Just said it was cheesy. Also many people love the skull the way it is. I just prefer a more grim art style to other people. The skull actually looks pretty cool from top down when you can just see the jaw. This is all my opinion. I dont speak for everyone at GGG. For your info I don't really like the new weapon effects either. Too big and cheese. However others love them far more than the past effect. So my opinion isn't right for everyone :P

Man im not allowed to joke around with the games fans : <

Appreciate your willingness to chime in, Russell; very few devs out there offer the level of fan access as that which is available in PoE.

I'm with you on the new weapon fx; wonder if GGG would approve releasing two versions of the same effect - difference being one is less flashy (read: doesn't look like a freaking arc welder or Tesla Coil)...call it the "Russellized" version. :-). Would seem easy enough to do: drop the pixel count and decrease the radius a few clicks and you're there...granted I don't know the first thing about producing vfx. What I do know is that it makes it tougher to click "buy" on an OB Supporter Pack when one of the prime "items" in that pack is something I'll never use.

Keep up the great work.

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Russell wrote:

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lethal_papercut wrote:

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Man im not allowed to joke around with the games fans : <

Hey just cause some dingledungs don't get it, the rest of us do..

P.S. I laughed out loud at your i see no similarities.

bumping old thread

Just wanted to say, I picked up the skull hood effect after patch 11.4 last night. Love it! Thanks GGG. ^_^

I picked up the skull hood even tho I can barely see the skull itself on my Shadow due to his hunching. Personally its way better than having a lions/bear/wolfs head I think end game for an evasion based character.

Please put in a matching MT for chest pieces. My shadow currently has a carcass jack which just doesnt jive with the head piece, but Im not giving up either item. Thanks in advance!