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let us change weapon visuals

imadude3imadude3 Member Posts: 825 Arc User
edited January 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
let's face it, most of the weapons in my opinion looks alot nicer with their low level models
i would like to make a mk xii phaser look like a mk I
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  • kahless2001kahless2001 Member Posts: 130 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Phasers have different visuals between Mk ranks?
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,588 Community Moderator
    edited January 2014
    Higher mark weapons add details to the weapon model. For example, a Mk I Phaser Rifle looks kinda like a stripped down version of the rifle seen in First Contact. A Mk XI looks beefier and has glowy bits on it. Same can be said of the phaser pistol. A Mk I Beam Pistol looks similar to the basic Hand Phaser from the show, while a Mk XI looks bulkier with glowy bits on it.
    Basically, each higher tier weapon gets more details added on. Until about Mk X or XI, odd mark gear has no glowy bits while even mark gear does. I think X-XII look the same, unless you get into Elite Fleet weapons, which have unique models to set them apart from other weapons.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Would love this. Especially for disruptors. The high rank visuals look dumb. The low rank visuals are the classic disruptor look that I love.
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Coming soon to the Z-Store: Transmutation Modules! Transfer the look of one item to another!

    (Ships excluded. No tier 5 connie for you!) :P
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  • phoeniciusphoenicius Member Posts: 762 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    how come i never noticed there is a difference between MK I-XII
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    DC Universe Online has a feature like this. Once your character has equipped a piece of gear once then the visuals are permanently unlocked so you can continue to use that visual even if another piece of gear has replaced it.
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  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I honestly never noticed.
  • mightyleptonmightylepton Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    imadude3 wrote: »
    let's face it, most of the weapons in my opinion looks alot nicer with their low level models
    i would like to make a mk xii phaser look like a mk I

    This has been suggested since game launched. Earlier mark weapons look more canon, and decent. The later versions, and especially Mk XII look so exaggerated.

    Bah.


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  • fauxpasiiifauxpasiii Member Posts: 72 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    peetapipmac wrote: »
    DC Universe Online has a feature like this. Once your character has equipped a piece of gear once then the visuals are permanently unlocked so you can continue to use that visual even if another piece of gear has replaced it.

    Seems like a good idea. =)

    The only drawback I can see is that PvPers would complain if they couldn't eyeball what somebody was carrying. (And yes, I AM still sore over losing powerhue, tyvm).
  • houseofdaxhouseofdax Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I'd love to see this, honestly i dont really like the armor and "holographic" kits because they were never really seen in Star Trek - a simple looking phaser rifle, hand phaser and a uniform, even if they added versions of the troop uniforms seen during the klingon & dominion wars (AR-558 and whatever that waste of time Jake Sisko episode was) for anybody who didnt like running through colony invasion in their shipboard uniform.

    Im currently using a weapon on a female toon that is bigger than she is, levelling her up i actually skipped upgrades to keep a rifle that looked "normal" (in Star Trek terms)
  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    hypl wrote: »
    Coming soon to the Z-Store: Transmutation Modules! Transfer the look of one item to another!

    (Ships excluded. No tier 5 connie for you!) :P


    I think I'd be happy if I could just make my romulan plasma beams look like phasers. So do the rest of the Feds I think. We're all tired of our ships shooting green beams because the canon beams can't compete with experimental beam/rom console set bonus/fleet science consoles etc.
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