Hi all,

The relatively recent change to the way paint patterns are applied to Raider has highlighted for me the need for creative freedom in the customizing menu.

Some of you may already have noticed in the last 6 months how Raider's 'standards' section on the armors 'Horst', 'Alberrich', 'Vaeri' and 'Headsmen' has changed to apply the pattern quite differently (and awkwardly), with no patch notes referring to why the change was made. Of course, Raider is not the only character who suffers from the lack of a 'none' option in paint patterns. Almost all of the cast; except for a few of the more recently released characters, suffer from this in one form or another. Whether it is Cent's left arm, or Valkyrie's shoulders or even Nuxia's cape; they all require a paint pattern to be selected. It is my opinion that this is unnecessary and really quite bad looking.



We know that these paint patterns apply on top of the already textured armor models, so from a technical perspective this change is possible.

From a design perspective, there is that old argument that some hero's team colours won't be as visible as they need to be. I would argue that most players are paying closer attention to the UI rather then what shade of blue/orange is on the other player's character. Besides this, there are already colour swatches added to the attacker/defenders colours screen which go against the warm and cool themes.

As a community, I ask that we ease of the pressure we place on the devs (particularly the art team) to produce new armor set content, and instead allow the team to work on fixing these problems and changing the customise settings, so that our already existing options for player expression can increase tenfold. I am sure that the team is already aware of this problem, as the community is already quite vocal about it. That team is already pushed for time especially with the upcoming seasons and global covid-19 pandemic forcing many of the team and their support to work from home. It is up to us to help identify these issues but also be patient with brand new cosmetic content. We need to fix the game we already have first.

Please vote and comment to keep this thread at the top and active so the the devs can see it.

Thanks for reading,

Sweetcam (Rep 198)
P.S. Sorry for the *** quality picture I took on my old PC, but you get my point. If this post gets enough attention I will capture some newer pictures.