Get rid of Duty/Off-Duty/Formal costume separation.

meedacthunist

Personally I think it needs to go away, badly.

It's an unnecessary complication and it's very prone to bugs and glitches.

It's a main reason why Marauding Boffs can't be edited, and also a major annoyance since player's regular boffs also can't wear anything off-duty. Which sucks when you want all your crew in mercenary outfits, for example (the only thing that really suits some species).


At this point of STO life this separation serves nothing. Just get rid of duty/off-duty costumes and costume slots and make it all one category.
Make all former off-duty and formal costumes cross-factional.
Call it a day and behold the simplicity.

Yes, it will lead to some clipping and strange clothing combinantions. We have both already in existence, nothing new.

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Not to mention some duty costumes makes no sense as "duty" ones.
Best examples - purely fanservice thingys like Orion bikinis or Seven of Nine clothes.

ursusmorologus

I agree with you entirely, however I suspect the only reason its still here is because they cant make all of the clothing combinations work reliably.

cmdrscarlet

I support this thread.

centersolace

ursusmorologus wrote: »

I agree with you entirely, however I suspect the only reason its still here is because they cant make all of the clothing combinations work reliably.

They don't anyway. :rolleyes: I support this thread.

hanover

"NO! Because my herp derp RP immersion and canon blah blah blah...." :rolleyes:

I support this idea. +1

futurepastnow

/costumecreator.setslottype all

It used to work. They took it away. Can't allow us to have too much fun with costumes.

warpangel

I support this 100%.

If some costume combination doesn't work right, people won't use it. Or maybe they will, just for laughs.

Either is better than artificially restricting them.

jodarkrider

Totally support this.

seniorkafei

You've got my support. I really dislike that bridge officers can't wear any of the neat off-duty costumes, and it would be a lot of fun to mix-'n'-match some of that stuff with uniform pieces.

centersolace

Like the Seven of Nine boots and the Ferengi coats.

feiqa

I like this idea. It lets players dress similar to some of the NPC's. Formal top/reinforced pants on a borged citizen?

Mercenary pouches so your away teams look equipped and not hiding gear in their . . . hammer space.

peetapipmac

I'd just like to give my female toon an off duty costume that includes a skirt.

schneemann83

futurepastnow wrote: »

/costumecreator.setslottype all

It used to work. They took it away. Can't allow us to have too much fun with costumes.

Just bringing back the console commands might be the best and easiest solution. Players who like to, are able to get the outfits and combinations they'd like to mix and match, while Cryptic can always resort to this being custom-mode without guaranteed (/pretended) compatibility of each and everything.

jeffel82

warpangel wrote: »

If some costume combination doesn't work right, people won't use it. Or maybe they will, just for laughs.

More likely they'd come here, and set the forums ablaze.

jellico1

costumes could be a great money maker if we the players had more control over what they looked like


Where's My Fed Bikini !!!!!!!!!!!!!

earlnyghthawk

peetapipmac wrote: »

I'd just like to give my female toon an off duty costume that includes a skirt.

I agree with this right here, as it is, only on formal, can you have a non-uniform skirt/dress look, currently.

centersolace

schneemann83 wrote: »

Just bringing back the console commands might be the best and easiest solution. Players who like to, are able to get the outfits and combinations they'd like to mix and match, while Cryptic can always resort to this being custom-mode without guaranteed (/pretended) compatibility of each and everything.

I agree. If you use the console command then you have to expect things will go awry. I like that idea.