Hi there Ubisoft folks. Can you tell me why more (all) of the old outfits from Div1 didn't come through in Div2? Was it a technical issue or the like?
There's a few in there that were great and I'm curious to know the technicalities behind them disappearing.
Thanks in advance.
It was a nice way of saying the apparel in Div 2 sucksOriginally Posted by Mr8liner2020 Go to original post
... and that's a nice way of telling the other poster "what an ***" :hihi:Originally Posted by ziljn Go to original post
In a nutshell, the main technical issue is that the clothes meshes in TD1 are meant to stack on a model that has a sling backpack and mostly flat chest armor pieces. And these models are very complex because they have to stack on/under different things. For example, the shirt you see when your toon doesn't wear a coat, is a different model than the same shirt under a coat. Retrofitting them for TD2 would be a pain. They'd have to be basically built from scratch.Originally Posted by DobbsyOz Go to original post
That's not to say they could alter some of the TD2 models to a degree to resemble TD1's clothes, and use similar textures in TD2.
I do wish they had put more basic clothing items for us to find, and put in a lot more variety of colours rather than just having a few 5.11 items with each in three colours. Used to be a great part of TD1, seeing that teal/blue item (I'm colourblind) icon appear over a vanquished foe; I found it quite exciting, even if it was a piece of clothing or a colour that I wouldn't use, but then I do enjoy getting apparel stuff for characters in games.
I suppose III_Hammer_III is right, that the change in meshes would have meant each item and each colour would have needed to be reworked for TD2 and frankly I can see why they wouldn't want to spend their resources and the artists' time updating old clothing, not when they've decided to go with styilised apparel events. I might be only one of a few who would be willing to do so, but I would pay money for packs of basic clothing items, such as t-shirts, trousers, shoes, hats etc. that came in a variety of colours. "3x t-shirts in these styles that come in red, blue, green, white and black" for example, or "2x trousers in beige, brown, green, black and grey".
No, they could easily design Div 1 outfits for our Div 2 agents if they wanted to. There would need to be a big enough demand for it and they would also need to sell it (via Premium Credits aka "Real World Money") as an outfit pack to justify their time in creating it.
I would certainly buy it myself since the all-white LMB soldier outfit was my outfit of choice in Div 1. My buddy loved his whole "Chains" boss Riker look and would go with that in Div 2 if it was available so I think there's a definite market out there for a Div 1 outfit pack.
Ummm if you haven't noticed from all the snow yet, in D1 it was winter, now in D2 we are thrown into summer. I liked the outfits in D1 with layers and coats/jackets, but we know in some designer's minds, summer outfits means LOADS N LOADS of bright, flashy colors. So if you wanna wear those winter (and cool) outfits, go back to D1, (and as far as I can remember, the server is still working ;/ )
I love the go back to TD1 comments, the amount of items in TD1 was just better and much greater amount, they could have made summer items that were nice but instead made silly items that look like what some Euro traveler wears, ive never seen anyone wear 90% of what is in game in 50 years. Maybe there are some odd balls hear that dress like a nut in real life I dont know but I guess they are happy, sure aint no TD1 quality items tho for the most part.