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doubleome
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

Cannot find the option to turn off skins

Adding classes back into the game was a massive step forward, but mostly for vehicles cuz you could quickly identify if the player is a threat or not

But as infantry the classes aren't really the biggest thing to worry about it's mainly what specialist they play so you know what to expect, but everytime new skins are added it becomes increasingly hard to identify what you are facing, too many skins to keep track of and most skins do not represent the specialist they play at all, a lot of masks have been added as well completly hiding the players face.

Cannot find the option to turn this off, and that would be a obvious option to have in the game imo

ps: what specialist can even wear the dead cow on their head? Should be Dozer right cuz I seen them with a shield but in game I cannot even find it.....

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  • VOLBANKER_PC's avatar
    VOLBANKER_PC
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    I have a similar problem when I want to pick which specialist to play before the round starts: I try to see what the others are playing as, so we don’t for example have two of the same specialist, which is often not optimal, however many times I simply cannot identify which specialists the others in my squad are playing because they are wearing - to me - unknown cosmetic items.

  • SVND0WN's avatar
    SVND0WN
    2 years ago

    It's pretty easy to identify who is who. All of the skins have pretty consistent silhouettes because they always have their gadgets attached to them somewhere or wear a particular type of outfit. Sundance is always in a jumpsuit and has a rig with grenades hanging off it, Dozer is always in EOD gear with a neck blast plate, Mackay always wears a flightsuit with a harness and carabiners, Zain has prosthetic legs and the XM370 on his back, Boris has the turret, Lis has her missile launcher, Crawford and Irish have backpacks in different colors, Falck has the big medkit on her back, Angel has the duffel bag/Pelican, Casper has the drone on his back, Rao has the ECW suite, Paik has the visor, Blasco has the jammer on her back. Every specialist has unique animations in the pre-match screen and also in game, too, i.e. Falck always stands up straight holding her gun in one hand pointing upwards, Casper always "sneaks up" and stands slightly hunched with his gun at low ready position, etc.


    The animal skull helmet is on last season's tier 100 battlepass skin for Dozer called Overthrower. It doesn't show up in the game store or in his available skins because it is no longer available to obtain since it was a battlepass exclusive. Previous battlepass skins only show up if you have obtained them.


    I do wish we had an option to select a "generic" soldier like in BF3/4 though. The whole thing with a bunch of identical "specialists" running around is a bit goofy. Even moreso when a completely generic and unidentifiable soldier is more unique than them since it could be literally anyone under the balaclava instead of knowing for a fact that the multiple people next to you are meant to be a specific person.

    And to answer your question, you can't turn off skins.

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