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More torso options for full-plate.
« on: October 31, 2022, 02:34:02 AM »
I think full-plate needs more torso options and I was wondering if it would be possible to make it share some of the Half-Plate torso models. Most of the full plate options are just different versions of the tabard plate or base game.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2022, 02:35:48 AM »
In general we would need a little more options for male characters. Formal attire has realistically three options.


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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2022, 03:16:13 AM »
In general we would need a little more options for male characters. Formal attire has realistically three options.

Not what I’m asking for, just if it’s possible for half plate and full plate to share some armour models like some other armours do.
« Last Edit: October 31, 2022, 03:21:31 AM by Edward »

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2022, 04:28:40 AM »
More torso options for chainmail too would be neat. Find us some models, Edward!

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2022, 06:16:11 AM »
More torso options for chainmail too would be neat. Find us some models, Edward!

I’m not asking for new models I’m asking if full plate and half plate can share some of the models we already have.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2022, 12:01:34 PM »
A lot of good chest pieces could just be shared between armor types.
"All" it would take is re-creating other torso armor pieces and giving them the name of the armor you want them to be applicable on.
Half plate could use full plate's stuff
chainshirt and chainmail could probably share stuff
all medium and heavy could probably go with the chainmail breastplate

etc etc
i dunno how to ACTUALLY do this so i hope some lovely dev will do it for me :)

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2022, 12:43:47 PM »
A lot of good chest pieces could just be shared between armor types.
"All" it would take is re-creating other torso armor pieces and giving them the name of the armor you want them to be applicable on.
Half plate could use full plate's stuff
chainshirt and chainmail could probably share stuff
all medium and heavy could probably go with the chainmail breastplate

etc etc
i dunno how to ACTUALLY do this so i hope some lovely dev will do it for me :)

Please do this!

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2022, 03:54:02 PM »
Agreed.  More often than not I use robes to cover the crappy chest pieces.  there are like 2 good looking torsos for full plate / half plate.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2022, 04:22:52 PM »
+1, but for nearly all armors to share all the different torse options within these weight set, I.E heavy armor can use all of the options, light armor all of the light torse options, etc.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2022, 04:37:38 PM »
Being that robes can obfuscate literally any piece of clothing, I don't get why all armors simply just don't have access to all torso options.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2022, 05:57:09 PM »
Being that robes can obfuscate literally any piece of clothing, I don't get why all armors simply just don't have access to all torso options.

Your wedding dress can be full-plate. Just let it all loose I say.

I also wouldn't mind this, either, but i sadly doubt the devs would go that way.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2022, 09:24:35 PM »
It would be nice to see all light armors share torso appearances, medium armors all share their appearances and the same for heavy.

It wouldn't require sourcing new models either.  Banded mail has some really great models despite being nearly unused as an item type on PoTM.
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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2022, 09:51:28 PM »
It would be nice to see all light armors share torso appearances, medium armors all share their appearances and the same for heavy.

It wouldn't require sourcing new models either.  Banded mail has some really great models despite being nearly unused as an item type on PoTM.

I'm gonna +1 this. Half-Plate and Full Plate should share torso models, there's no point to this distinction between them. Though I'd also argue that there should be some control on what robe models can be used with certain armor types.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2022, 10:07:43 PM »
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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2022, 06:45:19 AM »
Echoing the sentiments all around. I am guilty of using lesser gear just so the aesthetics are better...

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2022, 06:54:46 AM »
Yes please, great QoL suggestion.

Not the same, but something I recently noticed is that splint mail has maybe 1 or 2 appropriate options, with the rest not even resembling splint mail or any kind of heavy armour in the first place.

I dunno if there's a modeler on the team right now, but maybe this would be a good idea:

There are some robes which resemble "cutoff" torso-only versions of other robes. These "cutoffs" are 12, 201, and 202. Two look more like cloth or leather, one is a chain shirt.

The robes they appear to be derived from are the "long tabard/surcoat" family of robes, 100-115 and 128-149.

If we could get "cutoff" versions of all of these robes, either as robes (like the existing 3) or as torso pieces, it could help solve the problem that banded mail, splint mail, and scale mail have relatively few appearance types that are appropriate, because most of these "long tabard/surcoat" robes resemble cloth, leather, chain, splint, banded/lamellar, scale, etc. type gear. They would be fantastic additions, creating a massive amount of variety across all armour types.

I would like to see them as torsos distributed across the appropriate armour types, and not just robes, because then we could combine them with some of the lower body robes to get hundreds of new looks not seen on any other server. But I don't really know how that would be implemented, just a wishlist item from me. :mrgreen:

edit: This includes banded mail which is the same AC as splint mail
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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2022, 04:54:01 PM »
I agree, more options would be nice.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2022, 04:54:11 PM »
A lot of good chest pieces could just be shared between armor types.
"All" it would take is re-creating other torso armor pieces and giving them the name of the armor you want them to be applicable on.
Half plate could use full plate's stuff
chainshirt and chainmail could probably share stuff
all medium and heavy could probably go with the chainmail breastplate

etc etc
i dunno how to ACTUALLY do this so i hope some lovely dev will do it for me :)

Yes please.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2022, 04:55:34 PM »
+1, play a lot of characters with full plate, would like more options.
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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2022, 05:04:07 PM »
A lot of good chest pieces could just be shared between armor types.
"All" it would take is re-creating other torso armor pieces and giving them the name of the armor you want them to be applicable on.
Half plate could use full plate's stuff
chainshirt and chainmail could probably share stuff
all medium and heavy could probably go with the chainmail breastplate

etc etc
i dunno how to ACTUALLY do this so i hope some lovely dev will do it for me :)

This is a great idea, if someone is willing to put in the work.


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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2022, 07:04:59 PM »
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This is a great idea, if someone is willing to put in the work.

Though I don't foresee us putting in that work.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2022, 07:33:56 PM »
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This is a great idea, if someone is willing to put in the work.

Though I don't foresee us putting in that work.

I'll give it a shot.

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« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2022, 01:14:29 AM »
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This is a great idea, if someone is willing to put in the work.

Though I don't foresee us putting in that work.

I'll give it a shot.

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Re: More torso options for full-plate.
« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2022, 02:58:25 AM »
Also please make tower and large shields share the same models too, tower shields are super ugly... most..