Ship Visualization Unlocks!

grimjax69

This has most likely been requested a thousand times but I'll do it again...

Please allow hull materials from all the cool shield visualizations to be turned into an unlock that is available even if the shield is not being used.

ex. I have a ship that has limited hull materials but I slot an Honor Guard shield, I now use that material. The problem is as soon as you remove it the visualization effect is gone.

Now imagine you slot the shield and the visualization effect gets unlocked to your hull material list in the ship customization vendor. You could then switch to another shield type like the Reman reputation one and unlock it also. But still have the choice of any of the materials you have unlocked.

The nice part is all the art work is already done, and would allow us to use it without having to worry about the stats being used.

Think of it as a costume unlock for ships...:D

lilithene666

I would love to see something like this done as well, even if it was say a "costume unlock" like how it works with ground gear (having the 3p set).

grimjax69

lilithene666 wrote: »

I would love to see something like this done as well, even if it was say a "costume unlock" like how it works with ground gear (having the 3p set).

That was my thought. I'm not sure how hard it would be to code, but think that it would be worth the time to add it to the game.

I've had some very cool looking ships, but because of the stats of the shield or trying to get a set bonus, I could not keep the look.

baddmoonrizin

In addition to this, I wish ship "costume unlocks" were something they'd do with the Tier 6+ concept.

T6 Escorts being able to wear any Escort costume. T6 Cruisers being able to wear any Cruiser costume. T6 Science Vessels being able to wear any Science Vessel costume.

Players would get to fly new ships, but retain the look of their favorite ships. I'd even be OK with certain limitations (i.e. no T6 Constitution, no non-carrier costumes acting as carriers, etc).

grimjax69

baddmoonrizin wrote: »

In addition to this, I wish ship "costume unlocks" were something they'd do with the Tier 6+ concept.

T6 Escorts being able to wear any Escort costume. T6 Cruisers being able to wear any Cruiser costume. T6 Science Vessels being able to wear any Science Vessel costume.

Players would get to fly new ships, but retain the look of their favorite ships. I'd even be OK with certain limitations (i.e. no T6 Constitution, no non-carrier costumes acting as carriers, etc).

I could see some people having issues with that, but I could see a reusable holo-ship item that would give the same effect.

baddmoonrizin

grimjax69 wrote: »

I could see some people having issues with that, but I could see a reusable holo-ship item that would give the same effect.

Well, we already have ship holo-emitter items to change the ship's appearance.

I don't understand the logic behind people taking issue with having the option.

flash525

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grimjax69

baddmoonrizin wrote: »

Well, we already have ship holo-emitter items to change the ship's appearance.

I don't understand the logic behind people taking issue with having the option.

Even though PvP is dead in this game, or should be dead, you will have those that will want to see what ship they are fighting. Not that I think that should stop it from happening or just don't allow it in PvP.

I have found in my time playing MMO's that there are always people that will have issue with any kind of appearance changes to equipment or feel that time could better be spent working on something else. These are the people that think the artists should be working on code bugs.

I've always thought that more visual customization options for characters and equipment in a game help to make it more fun. There are a lot of ships in this game I refuse to fly because I hate the way they look, but like the layout of. That is part of the reason why I asked for the material unlocks from shields, but could see having ship costumes would also be a nice option.

bbqfatal

Definately the ship customization in terms of material and maybe borg augment tech-like adds would be wy nice. In Zen store or Lobi alike.

warpangel

grimjax69 wrote: »

That was my thought. I'm not sure how hard it would be to code, but think that it would be worth the time to add it to the game.

There are already ship costume unlocks in the game. For example getting a mirror universe ship unlocks the mirror universe skin for normal ships of the same type.

shadowfirefly00

Yes please. In fact, I would suggest that where appropriate these unlocks be separate items that can be purchased from the appropriate rep store independently of their 'associated' set.