A sneaky change to my favorite pants. :(

stormwaltz2

I'm not the sort who tends to complain about graphics changes, but when it occurs with no warning, to an appearance I've been wearing for nearly four years, well, I don't think it's unreasonable to squawk a bit.

I'm referring to my favorite pair of Fed uniform pants, "Panels and Pockets." I really, truly liked them best in the game. No joke, I've used them on my main and her entire bridge crew going back to beta. Imagine my shock to log in after the patch and find their design significantly (to my eye, at least) changed, and with no warning.

If you can't change them back, could you restore the old design as a separate option?

Yes, the new textures do look better in an objective sense - there's more detail. But I liked the blockier color design on the old version much more. The shape of the panels on the thighs has become less a block of decorative color and more an overt pocket. The seams on the front and back are far more obvious now, even when the pants' colors are set to black.

Additionally, colors of the pants no longer match the colors of the tops. My pants were set to the same colors as my Sierra-1 shirt, and *used* to appear to be the same uniform color. Now the pants are a noticeably lighter shade, and even seem a bit "shinier." Worse, two of the colors on the pants no longer match up - the "outside" of the legs are darker than the "inside" when set to the same shade.

And finally, it appears that in addition to the simple aesthetic changes, the updated pants are also bugged in the tailor. Only one color can be altered - that of the inner pants legs.

ufpterrell

I haven't looked to check the changes but it sucks that they're bugged. Then again Cryptic seem to be on a mission to mess up all the costume options in the tailor at present. Still waiting to be able to match up the colours for the 22nd Century Romulan Uniform I bought when LoR launched, still bugged and doesn't represent what was shown in the image.

It's one thing when free uniforms are bugged for long periods of time, but more than six months to fix something which people paid for with real money is just [REDACTED] :mad:

frtoaster

There are actually four versions of the "Panels and Pockets" pants: male knee-high, male mid-ankle, female knee-high, and female mid-ankle. As of the 12/5 patch, the female mid-ankle version as been removed. The textures of the other versions have been changed. The textures of the male and female standard long pants have also been changed. For further details, see the thread below.

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=947041