( Since attention span on this forum is lowering by the day, there is a Too long; Didn’t Read at the bottom )
even though i reccomend to read the whole thing to understand and follow along.
anyway;
greetings community and developers.
today i would like to add, or rather, expand an already existing feature onto default cosmetics.
both appearance pieces from soldiers and camouflages from vehicles.
but before i’ll dive on the suggestion it self, i would like to address the main feature.
the ability to move cosmetics from one squad to another. or in the vehicle case, camouflages from another.
for example;
if i buy an helmet to my soldier, he will equip it:
leaving the default helmet M1 with leaf covers in the inventory.
or, just like any tanks:
select a camo and apply it:
which works accross campaigns AS LONG YOU UNEQUIP IT FROM ONE TANK; AND APPLY TO ANOTHER EACH TIME.
which it’s fine and cool:
Berlin gray tiger:
i remove the camouflage:
and apply it onto the normandy tiger:
another cool feature that i found out thanks to @Shiivex , is the ability to apply camouflages onto gold order vehicles as long you bought one from the base vehicle. which it’s one of the coolest thing because it allows for more variety and not make everyone stale / look the same.
where i bought a gray camouflage from the basic puma:
and i can apply it to my gold order vehicle and Twitch Event Puma:
so i can keep the custom and historical marks and numbers while being able to adapt my vehicle for enivorement / preferences. or, just make it look different.
The Issue
which it’s all cool and what not.
but here comes the issues.
why can’t i take what i have ( for example, the camouflage that the tanks comes, and headger that the soldiers comes with ) and use it on other equipment that i have?
why, for example, the default helmet that i changed with a cosmetic one cannot be used it on another unit?
?
i bought the soldier, so technically he is mine cosmetics included ( as much as the vehicle ) yet, i can’t use those camouflages / cosmetics that the guy/tank comes with and can’t reuse it on other soldiers?
but i can with things that i have bought in the customization menu?
it’s unlogical.
the other issue is, lack / scarsity / unability to reuse those said default assets onto other tanks.
an example that would mostly work on tanks / camouflage is,
if, in my puma example, i have 3 camouflages:
i currently have 3 camouflage:
lines ( that comes by default with the twitch tank );
Gray ( that i bought )
and, default cheese from the squad grind puma:
why do i have to switch to tanks and make so many clicks for a camouflage that i already own but is not available on the other vehicle?
aka, why can’t i use the cheese camo on the twitch order with markings if i desire to do so?
or why can’t i use the lines from the twitch order onto my default puma?
or, another example is, why can’t i use the default panzer IV F2 gray camouflage from stalingrad, and apply it to other panzer IV f2s?
the panzer IV f2 from stalingrad comes with default gray camouflage:
why can’t i apply it onto other gold order vehicles while keeping the marks?
how am i supposed to color my vehicles in gray when the color is not available in the customization section?
yes, those are oddly and specific cases. but i can guarantee you it works for every other tank.
you name it, and if it has a default camo, you can’t use it onto other tanks.
this becomes a problem especially since in the merge, vehicles will be used in other campaigns. and it wouldn’t make much sense to use a desert camo vehicle in the winter, or vice versa and many other examples.
and in my occasions, the customization selection is lacklaster at best. so it would be greately apreciated if we can also use default camos onto other vehicles ( such as from different campaign / gold order vehicles ) and apply it. or viceversa. making gold order vehicles interesting to apply camouflage on default grind squad.
perhaps i’m repeating my self over and over. but the message should be clear.
i just don’t get why i’m able to use camouflages that i bought across many tanks but can’t do the same with default camouflages.
and the same applies to personnel.
if i bought a soldier that comes with a helmet / hat, and when i either sell the soldier or change his headgear / torso / pants i should still have those appearance items with me.
what is this… some sort of rent?
for those who will say " hurts " economy argument
first of all, it’s a lie.
you still have to buy torso ( which it’s the most expensive part ) and other type of pants.
when it comes to headgear, you bought those soldiers, should still be yours. not get taken away for no reason what so ever.
and if you think it will reduce the headgear selection you are still wrong. because there are other helmets with different colors, style and above all, if the concern is that they wouldn’t be able to make money on it, add decals already:
this way it will allow more customization and keep what players actually get.
thanks for hearing my Frustrations Suggestion.
i hope something will be done to it.
TL;DR
- make cosmetics from sold / replaced soldiers be usable on other squads.
makes no sense that if i switch a cosmetic, the default one becomes unavailable.
to be fair, i’d like also the option to remove entirely headgears. so i can reuse headgers somewher else, and/or make my volkksturm, soviet conscripts / penal battalion and rear echelon to make them visually accurate even more accurate without headgears.
- make gold order vehicle get the ability to choose camouflages from the customization menu. and default camouflages that vehicles come be usable onto other vehicles of the same type. ( which should, and could be used on gold order vehicles too.
or, additionally, to make gold order vehicle interesting, allow the possibility to buy different camofulages not avilable in the grind vanilla / default vehicle counter part. so it would make gold order vehicle interesting. and be able to be adapated for every enivorement. or something.
because i find a bit tideous that i need to buy a camouflage from the default vehicle, unquip it, exit from the menu, select the other tank, click customization and then apply the camouflage.
i’d even would say, make camouflages of vehicles that you unlock usable onto other vehicles. but… i could perhaps understand that could be potentially harmfull.
so, either that, or make available more camouflages.
it’s really sad that i can’t use default gray camouflage on more german tanks.
