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    Feedback/Suggestion: extend it?

    Not a direct comment on the transmogrification of the gear, but a suggestion on extending it.

    The developers and artists went a long way to creating a lot of different guns in the game in each class, but there are only a small percentage of the guns that are actually used once you get to endgame. It would be nice to be able to inject some of the different guns again instead of seeing everyone running with the same ones. Perhaps extend the ability to change weapon skins to the same class (excluding exotics).

    For example, you can change an SMG skin with any other non-exotic SMG skin... or Assault Rifle with any other non-exotic Assault Rifle skin. It would add a little more weapon diversity (even if it's only the look) into the game and we wouldn't have to see so many M1A's everywhere.
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    I think the problem here is that weapons are more dynamic than gear. Gear just kinda hangs there and does nothing gameplay mechanic-wise. Weapons, meanwhile, have both different reload animations and reload times, not to mention some can't mount the same attachments as others. For example, you've got a Police M4, and you try to use the F2000 skin. The F2000 lacks a long underbarrel rail, has a different reload animation and a different reload time. Things get kinda hairy on how you deal with stuff like that.
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    Originally Posted by I_TheSoldier_I Go to original post
    I think the problem here is that weapons are more dynamic than gear. Gear just kinda hangs there and does nothing gameplay mechanic-wise. Weapons, meanwhile, have both different reload animations and reload times, not to mention some can't mount the same attachments as others. For example, you've got a Police M4, and you try to use the F2000 skin. The F2000 lacks a long underbarrel rail, has a different reload animation and a different reload time. Things get kinda hairy on how you deal with stuff like that.
    Not a problem, since you can simply NOT change mods and stuff.

    As for the system itself, at least let us to change the appearence of different gun versions. Like AK-m/Blackmarket/Military. Or MP5/MP-X (with the same RPM though).
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    I am unsure how doable this is and the intricacies of coding since I am far from a coder.
    Nevertheless I have forwarded your suggestion, thank you for sharing
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