Alternate Appearance Suggestion

[falscheneun]

i hope this hasnt been suggested before, if so - apologies/close.

i found out that both engi and black orc (maybe even more classes i didnt play yet) do not seem to be able to change the appearance of their 1H slot weapons. all other classes i played/checked are able to change the appearance of said slot.

i checked the medaillon/emblem vendors, green gear vendors, there wasnt a single 1H weapon that can have their appearance changed. at the same time, choppas who use the same weapons, are able to.

i know this is merely a cosmetic issue but i think it would be nice if players of all classes would be able to change the appearance of their stuff to more cool looking items!

so my suggestions would be: make it possible for Engi/Black Orc/Other classes that have the same "problem" to change the appearance of their 1H slot weapons.

please consider.


greetings

[Glorian]

What 1hand weapons can't get change appearance on Engi?

[falscheneun]

What 1hand weapons can't get change appearance on Engi?

my engi is only 20 but so far - every spanner i tested green rvr spanners, SC spanners, spanner of the wanderer etc - none could have had their appearance changed.

i always get the message: "The Main Hand slot may never have its appearance customized." ... same for the BO.

i can change about every rapier/sword i find with whatever im wearing on my WH. on the other hand, now that i created this thread and been checking out other people, i feel like almost every 1H slot weapon is not able to be changed in appearance? i barely ever see "Alternate appearance available" now that i tend to check on it.

the weird thing is, i was playing my BO earlier. i got the T1 SC weapon on and got the same message as above (may never have its appearance customized). when doing rvr i saw and checked out another BO, wearing the exact same 1H choppa - with changed appearance?!

could it be some sort of client-side bug?

[Ugle]

Same problem on SW. For example t4 inf reward swords cant be used as alternate appearance. Might be because some sword says "main hand or offhand" while others only says "main hand".

[Dabbart]

Aye. You can't change the appearance of a weapon with a different "type". So chosen, Bo, etc, with different weapon types (sword axe etc) can't be used to cross over appearances. I would assume that's the same for offhand only, 1h and 1h or offhand weapons.

There used to be issue with that on unbound items(before BoE worked), so it might be a bug along those lines?

[falscheneun]

"main hand or offhand" while others only says "main hand".

maybe the main hand of offhand thing is the problem. e.g. ive seen choppas with "main or off hand" cleavers that cant be changed. maybe its bugged when a racial (not class) weapon can be used by a dual wielder and a SNB class or something like that? wouldnt make sense in the case of engi spanners though.

but then again this is just cosmetics, nothing game breaking. would be nice to have it in the back of the list though imo

is this something that would be change-worthy @devs?

[Collateral]

If one weapon is main hand and another is main/off hand, you can't use them both to change appearance. For some reason the game says these are two different types, even though they are both axes/swords. That' quite annoying for some weapons.

As for 'alternate appearance' not available, there's a workaround for that it's on youtube. But still, you can't use main hand to change off hand, and vice versa.

Oh and while we're here, please give us shields that look like weapons so my bo can look like he's dual wielding

[tazdingo]

BO can? i always use the flamebreaker rippa from chapter 1

whilst we're on the topic does anyone know if chosen can use the ch1 flamebreaker pick? i've seen some dudes running around with it. it's classed as an axe but doesn't seem to be usable as an appearance on anything

[falscheneun]

BO can? i always use the flamebreaker rippa from chapter 1

how? i went and got the weapon yet i still get the "Main Hand may never be customized" message as the flamebreaker rippa is "main or off hand".

As for 'alternate appearance' not available, there's a workaround for that it's on youtube. But still, you can't use main hand to change off hand, and vice versa.

Oh and while we're here, please give us shields that look like weapons so my bo can look like he's dual wielding

it would be nice if it was possible to change the appearance through the ingame alternate appearance system and not by bugging it though as i already said its just a minor, cosmetic issue but its still kinda annoying for a lot of people to be bound to a specific skin due to the weapon being "main or off hand".

and i know its just a joke but pls no "stupid" demands as this is a serious suggestion im trying to make

[tazdingo]

could be a recent thing? i deleted my very old magus at one point and made a new one, had a few bugs on it that i never had on the old one

both of my BOs are years old and definitely have no issue using alt appearances