well, apparently, i have to do this again. seems " rants " gets more attentions than normal suggestions. this time though, on top of my gripes, i’ll strictly address everything that is wrong with these customizations:
if you already saw that one, you can like this one and leave or write down your gripes about customization ( even though, i’ll not talk about prices ). ain’t gonna be much different. i’ll just show with more picture what bothers me and basically compare what’s in the editor than what we have in the game.
from someone who truly cares and love customization;
without wasting further time, here are all the issue that i currently have with anything that has to do with the customization:
main issues
here is the " template ".
X ) Issue Title
explained here in text
Photos
( name of the cosmetic in the editor )
In Game Photos ( as a suggestion )
each issue will be numbered as a point, will have the issue, and a game screenshot of possible solution and selection that i would like to see.
pretty straight forward.
Stalingrad
in this section, i will cover stalingrad issues.
1) No Gray uniforms nor gray pants for germans?:
so… it’s 1942/3 and yet, we have no light gray uniforms for germans in stalingrad.
( yes, i’m aware there’s one gray Coat and then there’s the gray one for medics. problem are, the dark gray coat it’s only for winter, and the medic coat it’s only available for medics within the medic squad. which kinda sucks as we are not able to put those clothings on other soldiers.) and it’s not like the game does not have gray uniforms at all? so here are a bunch of cosmetics made in the editor which are historical accurate as possible:
mortar squad - Barrikady Gun Factory - 17 october:
( tunic_m44_ger_gray_summer in the editor: )
Stalingrad 1942 by Peter Antill.
( overcoat_01_3_ger_winter )
( plus, additional autumn one which it’s already there from the german medic squad but without the armband: a bit more greenish )
( overcoat_01_gray_ger_winter )
German soldiers of the 24th Panzer Division in action during the fighting for the southern station of Stalingrad.
( LEFT, Tunic_01_ger_gray_summer - RIGHT, Tunic_01_gray_ger_summer )
Luftwaffe Field Division troops move through the rubble at Stalingrad
2) no smg/assault rifle/mg pouches over many cosmetics?:
no joke. you have base cosmetics that can literally have mp40s, stgs, yet, ANY trenchcoats & winter clothings have no option outside kar 98 pouches or pistol and kar98 pouch. that’s it.
here are examples that i made with the editor ( of what people would like to have… and should be able to use… ) :
Panzergrenadier with stg pouches
Light-Jeager trooper
panzergrenadier V2 with stg pouch and p08 holster
Light-Jeager V2 trooper
croatian engineer
croatian soldier:
( generally, ALL pouches TO ALL Clothings! pretty please…)
3) there are no cosmetics based on class available in other squads.
the primal example is, no ability to give medics proper uniforms with the medical armband, nor even a simple helmet for medics that are not inside the main base medic squad?
nothing, i cannot literally give any medical cosmetic to medics OUTSIDE the medic squad.
( i would have to wear a while helmet instead to be remotely “close”… which it’s bad. because does not resemble medical equipment AT ALL )
another is, no winter white pants from sniper squad?
i can buy winter pants in the sniper squad:
but not anywhere else outside from any sniper squads?:
and, worst thing is, if i buy the winter pants in the sniper squad, i cannot transfer those pants to any other squad unlike other cosmetics. ( when the update to the selection has gone live )
i presume someone forgot to also allow others squads to wear sniper pants, and medics uniforms…
Pacific:
1) Bare minimum selection available compared to stalingrad:
it might sound generic and vague, but that’s literally the reason:
here is a stalingrad customization:
and here is a Pacific Customization:
do you… see the problem?
because i would like to remind everyone:
and after 8 months, with a new campaign where it should actually be better and should have listen to complains, this, instead, is what we got after 8 months that the customization ended up being.
so… if it wasn’t clear, on top of being expensive and lacklaster at best ( because if before you were able to save a few credits with less “”“rarity”"" item, since some of the were more expensive than others. in stalingrad, you pay 2 tickets for ANY pants, and 8 tickets for torso with pouches:
8 + 2 = 10 right?
yet, in the pacific for a less customizable system, you have to pay 12 tickets:
no, i did not modified with photoshop anything. you can check the prices for your self.
so yeah, for 10/8 tickets in stalingrad, i can select the pants and torso that i want ( or even just the torso if i’m fine with the standard pants that the squads comes with saving 2 tickets for maybe the helmet instead).
in the pacific, you get to select effe nothing for being priced much more and you actually get way less. you are not able to decide any type of cosmetic within your uniform. it’s all tied up and too bad if you don’t like the pants / torso. or too bad if you wanted to have a standard uniform with just pouches instead. because you are not allowed to select or chose any of that.
you either like the selection that has been made up, or you’ll have to enjoy your soldiers looking like stripped recruits sent at the front at the last moment with no backpacks or pouches.
therefore, my SUGGESTION about it is, keep the uniform selection, add medals to it, and move it onto gold order soldiers for free. meaning that those who owns a gold order soldiers can assign the cosmetics to their gold order soldier for free. since they are supposed to be special and cost 750 credits ( therefore increase reasons to buy it )
whether normal soldiers, make the customization like stalingrad.
SHARED & MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
1) no rank / divisional / helmet Patches nor Decals.
both in stalingrad and pacific, after the customization has been around since march until now, ( 8 months ) and SILL no helmet decals or rank & divisions patches ( i can understand no divisional patches for the germans, since they got none irl too, but for the american? since you guys showed that those were a thing in normandy ) and yes, i know with the latest update, the american tanker uniform got the insigna on the shoulder, which i’m very greatefull for it… but… not available for others uniforms? which… to my knowledge and memory, when pacific was released ,the tanker unifoms did not had the patches. so… it took only a couple of weeks to introduced it.
but… where are the others?:
which you guys removed them for no effing reasons.
again, i understand those are from normandy… but… doesn’t take you long to apply a png over uniforms with a effect filter?
2) no helmetless options nor hairs:
so, it has been quite a long time since hairs got leaked:
so… where are those? is it really needed all the delay and waiting?
3) Gold Order Soldiers Inability to change faces
this one was a thing. i never understood why it got removed. as, i’m against having clones. and was convenient to be able to change their faces. after all, the thing that should be mattering for gold order is:
4) Lack of valor medals for gold order soldiers.
did you know, that it’s almost 8 months since the customization has been introduced?
even more older, are the gold order soldiers. and yet, none, and i mean none has medals of their title that can be displayed.
Tank Customization:
1) Expand decoration Slots from 4 to 6 similar to war thunder
self explanatory. more is always better. everyone knoes that.
2) REMOVE locked decorations premium feature
seriously. it’s one of the dumbest thing after the private custom lobby behind paywall, and many other similar things. i’m baffled that on top of the decorations it selfs ( THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY, AND CAN’T UNLOCK. which it’s fine for me ) Have to even pay for the ability to place more decorations ( i’m very much less fine with that. drives me nuts )
3) ADD FACTION INSIGNIAS AS DECALS
seriously. 8 months, also used in promotional material:
yet, we have no german crosses to apply on our vehicles, no italian/british flags… not even american & Russian stars. what an absolute joke…
and don’t tell me that is hard to import a few pngs from War thunder because i’m gonna slap someone.
4) EXTEND camouflage in all campaigns
so, through the editor, i found out the ammount of camouflage that can be seen here:
and yet, most of the tanks do not have similar camos to others. for example, i can’t even have a basic gray color for any of my tank. ( and some of them… don’t even have default gray nor the option available. as far as i know, only the puma, and stalingrad vehicles have default gray. but not all of them ):
( yes, there’s the dark gray one… but… doesn’t look iconic nor the same to a normal gray one… )
( literally only two camo? wha… why )
other tanks, literally have almost no selection such as the one above.
and yada yada yada.
5) Make premium vehicle and gold order vehicle able to change camouflage
just like anything in this list that is missing, or should be changed, this is certainly one of them. as it would increase sales ( in chase you failed to realize it ) it would be very apreciated. reason being, as someone who really enjoys gold order vehicles, when taking them in custom games really throws me off the inability to change camo for my tank. and i’m fairly sure i’m not the only one.
6) Add the missing Decorations
in the picture there are 61 decorations ( which i missed at least other 20s from vegetations and stuff ) yet in the game, we only use 30 of them. more desirable are the flag decorations, logs, planks, backpacks, missing weapons, tank box, and the hedgerow.
in conclusion
that’s pretty much it. my frustration of 8 months in one post. which i hope that those will be improved. of course, not a priority, but i’d rather avoid the shit show of pacific “customization” ( if you can even call it that to begin with ) in other campaigns. and improve what we have.
which, i’ll do one better. if devs tells us how to do profiles for cosmetic and such through the coding that they use, the community can help and make stuff better for everyone
after all, you can see what the community can do:
and as we are passionate about it, kinda make us loosing patience and hope when even the simplest things can’t be done.