Revert Heroic Bow back to the original Textures - The original was BETTER

avianos

The latest patch supposedly "fixed" the textures on Heroic Bow weapon which apparently were wrong

kaizerin wrote: »

Collector Lockbox

• Updated the Heroic Bow's textures as it was previously using incorrect ones.

13 April 2017

HOWEVER, this change complety ruined the weapon skin, downgrading it into yet another generic weapon

Picture given as reference for Before and After (character in picture is my Hyena adventurer, Tauno Zossunk, pictures taken while still working on the costume and final appearence)


The textures BEFORE not only gave the weapon a unique Wooden texture, it also made it less shiny and it looked like it was made more than 1 materil

Now the weapon was downgraded to a plastic-metal weapon toy, no details, no unique textures. It's horrible and doesn't feel heroic anymore, why would you do that?

NOBODY Complained about the weapon's texture, NOBODY requested it to change

all weapons are stuck with the ugly reflecting texture, there is no material choice for them and Heroic Bow was a a breath of fresh air (and something for the UNDERWELMING Archery powerframe to play with)

DEAR DEVs, please DO NOT fix stuff like this
You could have kept this as a FEATURE

and I request you to turn back the textures to the original ones, the change you made was pure dissapointment​​

themightyzenith

Completely and utterly /signed

This update was a downgrade. The original texture was perfect.

blumoon8

The new texture is bland and boring. No idea why they changed it. I would have gotten it if I knew what that the old texture looked so interesting... but the new texture is just... gross. lol.

PLEASE CHANGE IT BACK

avianos

Not to mention, the Bow was like this for more than 1 Year, and I had been using this skin for so long time with no complain.
Was there anyone who seriously wanted the Bow to get normal textures

It buffles my mind considering one of the DEVs is a Costume fan

the previous textures made the skin superior, LOOK it emulates Wood, what other costume/weapon has such textures? (well Foxbat Mallet does now)

DEVs why? I want a legit explanation for why downgrading this weapon so bad?

I thought updates were made to IMPROVE quality, not downgrade it​​

themightyzenith

Is there any word on this @kaizerin ?

kaiserin

The bow was using the wrong textures. Like, it was using the compound bow's normal maps and the heroic bow model wasn't unwrapped in the same way. None of the details lined up, it was a mess.

Parts of it also couldn't be colored, at all.

If I find time I'll post a close up screenie of what it looked like on the old version. However, the old texture will not be returning.

If there is desire for a wood textured bow, (or maybe a wood texture variant on heroic) that is something for the suggestion box.​​

themightyzenith

kaizerin said:

The bow was using the wrong textures. Like, it was using the compound bow's normal maps and the heroic bow model wasn't unwrapped in the same way. None of the details lined up, it was a mess.



Parts of it also couldn't be colored, at all.



If I find time I'll post a close up screenie of what it looked like on the old version. However, the old texture will not be returning.



If there is desire for a wood textured bow, (or maybe a wood texture variant on heroic) that is something for the suggestion box.​​

Thank you very much for responding. There is an image already posted in the original post in this thread by @avianos of what the old version looked like. I also used it on my archer and it didn't look like a mess to me..... dunno if you meant it was a mess on a technical level tho'.

So were the "wood textures" just a happy result of it using the wrong map?

avianos

Thank you for replying to the thread and answering community's questions

However...

kaizerin wrote: »

The bow was using the wrong textures. Like, it was using the compound bow's normal maps and the heroic bow model wasn't unwrapped in the same way. None of the details lined up, it was a mess.

I had leveled 2 characters with this bow from level 6 to 40 and I never got any issue with it
(neither Aesthetically nor technical)

I really don't understand your point of view, it looked BETTER with the previous textures, it gave it more personality and it didn't affect the game's flow

kaizerin wrote: »

Parts of it also couldn't be colored, at all.

Now hold on a second, yes they could (Original Post as reference) I used the same colours

kaizerin wrote: »

If I find time I'll post a close up screenie of what it looked like on the old version. However, the old texture will not be returning.

Ehm... my original post includes a comparison image for before and after... with my Hyena boy ( ' _')

kaizerin wrote: »

If there is desire for a wood textured bow, (or maybe a wood texture variant on heroic) that is something for the suggestion box.

That would be neat but kinda lazy and redundant, I mean having to buy the same weapon skin I had been using for 2 years(?) is kinda
I'm all in for weapons with wooden textures
I understand the code doesn't allow weapons to have Material options so that could be an alternative option​​

xacchaeus

So glad I wasted a purple weapon skin voucher on this bow, I liked it the way it was...

draogn

If history is any indication, the textures will find their way onto another lockbox only bow or as part of some absurd 900 token grind.