@NoahWard @Oveur @jbregg Forgive my crappy MS Paint cut and paste quality. I dont see why we cant see this type of stuff for LSM and CSM. These icons and assets aren't art intensive and most already exist in game. This seems like easy money. I'd buy stuff like this right up the minute it went for sale. I'm not really comprehending the hold up as far as seeing more aesthetic options. I also don't understand why we still have Wargear overwriting appearance options. Artificer and Relic armour cause unwanted changes to many iconic looks for all of our Astartes chapters. Wargear that adds fuel or fuel regen makes unwanted aesthetic changes to the look of our jump packs. As far as appearance items we could use existing appearance items to create 6 to 10 new appearance items PER CHAPTER by just mixing and matching EXISTING ASSETS. For any ONE set of existing legs we could see. -Roman Numerals on right knee, chapter icon on left knee -Roman Numerals on LEFT knee, Chapter icon on RIGHT knee. -Only Roman numeral on right knee -Only Roman numeral on left knee -Only chapter icon on right knee -Only chapter icon on left knee. -Squad Icon on right knee, Imperial Fist on left -Imperial Fist on right knee, squad icon on left -Squad icon on right knee, Roman numerals on left -Roman numerals on right knee, squad icon on left -Mark V right leg, Mark VI left leg -Mark VI right leg, Mark V left leg -Mark VII right leg, Mark V left leg -Mark V right leg, Mark VII left leg -Mark V right leg with roman numeral, Mark VII left leg with Fist icon and on.. and on.. .and on That's just using one existing set of legs(Mark V) and mixing and matching with existing assets. We could do the same for every other mark. Shield "Skins". We waited for over a year to see new shield designs. Well we received the new designs but they cost extra LP over the default shield. As a results nobody buys these shields and nobody uses these shields. We need SKINS for shields guys that cost the same LP as the default shield! Skins guys! Not Mastercrafted, not Relic, NOT EXTRA LP. Nobody's going to buy that stuff when it costs more LP than the default items. That's not a skin that's an upgrade we cannot afford. We just want SKINS. Jump Pack Skins. Unfortunately we have no Jump Pack appearance options because +Fuel and Fuel Regen Wargear overwrites the iconic Jump Pack skin. I'd propose we do away with Wargear changing the aesthetic for armour and jump packs and allow the players to choose what appearance they want as far as armour trim(or no colored trim) and Jump Packs. We want to give you our money! What's the hold up guys and gals!?!
Add any of the shoulder Heraldry skins shown above to your shoulder and have a matching herald skin(NOT AN UPGRADE IN STATS and LP)on your DEFAULT STATS shield. Pay $$ for each = profit and more goodies for EC in the future.
They have enough artists making stuff I think(outsourced but whatever). The problem comes in the approval pipeline taking a while and then the actual programmers putting them INTO the game are few and far between. I imagine only Noah and Chan are probably the ones actually inputting stuff into the game but both are already swamped with more important tasks(Noah is probably sole worker on Elites, Chan is tasked with bugs/Melee overhaul AND he's going on vacation for a MONTH). Need more devs, less artists.
I want these decals and numerals so bad for my Dark Angels...can't wait for the day I can put something on every free spot...from backpack to shoulder pad over to knee cap, greaves and helmet...
This game has really hurt itself with the production pipeline it arrived at. Waiting for assets from contractors sets back the implementation time of pretty much everything.
I don't believe there is still ongoing production of any assetts by outsourcing at the moment (even bikes assets are finished already). Afik the assets are done and need to be implemented, adjusted and rigged with animations in-house. Anything which is missing will be missing for quite a while until they can direct money into the production of new assets and animations. EDIT: btw mocap for bikes has been done ages ago too
Likewise Orks CSM and Eldar could also simply use the massive amount of symbols and iconography at the disposal of GW to add similar customisation to the other factions AND vehicles. Opportunities like this to make money to help the continued development of the game should not be overlooked.
The delicious irony here is that even if bE did suddenly churn out a bunch of cosmetics, most of the players still playing have gobs of RTC sitting around already plus FRTC and they wouldn't actually make any money of us haha.
