Characters, their Customization and Art Design
Hi all,
i'd like to share some opinions on the art design of the game:
Problem 1 - Fixed Characters:
The Characters we can play in Multiplayer actually feature Bios and therefore a fixed background. I am not sure, what benefit this would grant you. I think for the player it would be generally a big plus, if you just could custimze the gender/colour/nationality yourself. looking at the male/female models, there seem to be no difference in body, so if it is just the face/voice that makes the character unique, i don't really see the point in forcing people onto certain pre-defined characters. If people want to play all-male/all-female espada patrol f.e., why just not let them? I think BF V in this regard was a lot more free and i liked the system more. It would also improve representation of any group, since you could just pick what you like. And it would circumvent the 'problem', that you basically need to inflate representation of your fixed characters in your units vs real world. Also i want to say, i think it is good that you have lots of options for representation. Thumbs up for that. I just would like to have more control for the players.
Problem 2 - Consistent Art Design and Uniforms
This topic is only gonna get worse. What i initially really enjoy is that both Teams are distinguishable and follow a certain 'pattern' in terms of gear and artstyle. Now with all the incoming skins (some are questionable imo) this is gonna wash out.
Now this above is the espada patrol, which is imo a very well crafted set of skins. (Good job on that!) Now you may think the newly additions of skins are over the top or not, but i think it is not controversial, that some of the new skins will totally destroy the consistent/immersive picture. Some are already doing that in fact:
(Yikes)Let's be honest - even if you are keeping your promise with keeping them 'grounded' (we have different understanding of these terms) there is a simple solution that will cost no money and you can keep producing funny skins: Implement a skin filter. Let me have an immersive design, let others have their cool skins. People who will toggle this filter, will not buy your premium skins anyway. You will likely not lose money, while getting a lot of goodwill from the cumminty . Make weapons also toggleable, but i would suggest having individual toggle for both. Some suggestions
- Have a toggle that forces the game to render the map specific base unit skins -> for example the espada patrol skins on iberian offensive (with the respective camo variant).
- Have a red-list of filters, that will be replaced with standard ones (Most control for player)
- Have a toggle for 'authentic cosmetics' that will replace fictional and fantasy with base skins (see world of tanks)Historical / Historical and non-historical / Historical, non-historical and fictional
Problem 3 - basic Unit Skins challenges
Some of the basic Skins are hidden behind honestly ridiculous challanges. Sure have the Mastery Skins locked behind a certain bar. but it shouldn't take you to be a Top x% player or cheesing in the Protal mode to get a basic skin on a game i have paid 70€ for. For example all the Desert camos from the pax armata are way too hard to get.
And that for a basic Desert Camo?- You need to get 30 Headshot kills in one Round to hit mission 2. How many players even hit consistently 30+ regular kills in one round? If i hit 30 Kills, that is usually a good round for me. And i am not even that 'bad' in the game. But 30 headshot kills?
- then you need to hit 4 headshot kills with a side arm without reloading. The side arms are aweful, in this game. How are you supposed to even do this without cheesing?
And you do this to get a basic desert camo. I think the Difficulty / reward is waaay out of line. I know you are reviewing this, so please make these basic skins available with a moderate amount of grind (of regular gameplay) and not a skill bar. thank you! (DICE PLS)
I am really enjoying the game so far. Cheers
