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So that Cosmic Cape was up for a week with hardely any info... any chance to bring it back
guardiannexus
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Kinda annoyed. The one damn thing I have been asking for (for about 8 years or so), a freaking Dona Troy cape finally gets in the game for a week and there is no info on it, unless you count one article from an obscure MMO site and patch notes.
Will this come back? Why was it so hard to find info on it?
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Want to clarify that I didn't see any info in the patchier only a "we have something in the works" kinda post about the celebration. I found out about the cosmic cape in chat, in game, after it was done and on some MMO news site that's not MMORPG.com or Massivelyop.com
Will this come back? Why was it so hard to find info on it?
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Want to clarify that I didn't see any info in the patchier only a "we have something in the works" kinda post about the celebration. I found out about the cosmic cape in chat, in game, after it was done and on some MMO news site that's not MMORPG.com or Massivelyop.com
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Everyone should have this cape. I don't see a compelling reason not to bring it back. It was a free item, why not make it always available? Or at least have more opportunities to pick it up. And I have to agree that Cryptic is horrid when it comes to getting the word out for things CO.
[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009
A cape with a really cool effect where the material of the cape is basically space. Like the cape itself looks like it's a portal to outer space. It's all cosmicy. It's pretty cool.
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I also missed out on this freebie!! I didn’t know to look into the zen store, until I saw others wear it in-game! It is kinda frustrating
Definitely need a little boost to advertise CO, this cape'll help if it's just a perma-free obtainable costume piece to keep celebrating CO's longevity! Also it's bound to turn quite a few heads from folks playing the currently released competitor's game of the DC variety~
Muahhahaa!!!!!
Thanks...now I'm not happy I missed that at all...
This was last week? Or the week prior? Not that it matters, for I saw no such message when I logged on during those weeks...
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best I could manage. Here is the links to the image of the cape in question https://pasteboard.co/HloBfiN.png https://pasteboard.co/HloCfqA.jpg https://pasteboard.co/HloCy8h.jpg
Note I also have the sparkle skin on the costume so it added a bit more "stars" to it.
I saw nowhere saying "Log in the week of whatever to get this thing".
I happened to log in with one toon, got it, and thought "Okay, just a perk for everyone to celebrate the game lasting as long as it has".
Wrong. Only one of my toons has it. The others missed out because I was busy and didn't think there was a hurry.
This cape? Never saw a mention anywhere. Been here since early start and my reward for that is one thing for one toon and nothing else because no one here seems to know how to let people know about things like this.
They can make a post about them being the longest running game but not about the things they are adding in-game as a result and how to get them.
Well... mine has a few other effects added too.
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Sorry, no. That other game has had items with the same effect (and other similar ones) for several years now. Not that I'm endorsing it. I played it for quite a while and I much prefer CO, though I wish (fervently) that the devs would fix the CLIPPING (and clipping and more clipping) issues!!!
Simply saying this would bring more people to the game from the other. . . Very unsure what you're on about unfortunately.
Fixing costume clipping is such an unsolvable issue.
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It's not even a theory. I've seen many MMO's and never have I seen as many clipping problems as CO has. I believe most avatar systems use polygon culling to solve the problem. It certainly would have been easier to do if implemented from the start, but it might well be worth it to go back and put a system in place to solve the problem now. Costuming is kinda important in a superhero MMO.
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For example: Your Diablo 2 character might look unique(not guaranteed)... but the list of pre-defined options is so short that it's stupidly easy to check all of them for clipping.... also that game didn't have the ability to resize body parts.
That's a large part of why CO has "issues" with clipping is because the list of options is an order of magnitude greater than most games. In WoW, you can guess around half of a person's build by looking at their character. Here? Maybe 5%.
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> It's not even a theory. I've seen many MMO's and never have I seen as many clipping problems as CO has. I believe most avatar systems use polygon culling to solve the problem. It certainly would have been easier to do if implemented from the start, but it might well be worth it to go back and put a system in place to solve the problem now. Costuming is kinda important in a superhero MMO.
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You are forgetting that a lot of pieces weren’t even meant to be used together. The tailor opened up tons...allowing combination and clipping was encouraged. Now, if you are wearing basic tights and your skin clips from scaling...that’s an issue.
If you put on a hat and your hair shows...that isn’t an issue.
There is good and bad clipping and would be impossible to picked which ones to fix.
it was not like this at first, then a lot of people wanted it and when
kaizerin stared to work on the game he/she work with the other developers to consolidate the costume items and allow for the clipping, as it allows for cool combinations. Also, to stay on topic: Where is my cosmic cape?
First, you could have the option to allow clipping or not because, I agree, clipping sometimes makes for interesting effects. Most of the time, however, the results are just bad and TBH sloppy. Here's a prime example:
These are the tight folded boots (a basic feet option) on skin! There is no excuse for this kind of clipping. They clip the same way when used with tights and you can just forget about using them with any of the pants models.
I understand that dealing with clipping is a difficult problem but none the less, in a game like this, it's part of the deal. As I said before, most engines deal with the problem by polygon culling which will eliminate most clipping issues.
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was that weird thing bumburger?
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It's my character Diaula.
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I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
Maybe he doesn't want to. It's fine if he wants to miss out on it
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Wing Membranes.
Also if anyone even noticed a few posts I mentioned why I stayed with Champions Online to begin with, cause it gives me the opportunity to represent the Dragon family with relative physicality and power/skills (Limitations withstanding), so I don't have any intent of making something outside of my primary motivation(Sharing with Friends is welcome), it would be courteous to have more options for the Cosmic Material as Spinny suggested,
For example, like how the Tailor got a revamp last year(Or the year before?) and have been able to use skirts (Clothing Option) without that bugged Legs & Skirts (Robes still do but legs are obscured so that's okay?) option distorting the legs mass, see how it fits nicely now? like it should of.
I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
I don't understand the relevance here, I was stating my initial motivation for staying on Champions Online then moving on like anyone else not interested, could you elaborate?
Cryptic could add a back option for capes while using wing based pieces, some testing required.
I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
Family Matters is a sit-com that was on the air in the 90s.
I put them together. Don't freak out, it's not a plot by the Wyrm State!
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