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Open world RPGs need a standard feature whereby you can transfer your current clothing stats to any other equivalent piece of clothing in your inventory (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by 58008@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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I'm kinda sick of walking around Witcher 3's world looking like Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. I'm supposed to be a gruff and grizzled monster hunter, living in a filthy world and at the bottom of the social hierarchy, dishing out menacing threats in a monotone voice, yet I'm dressed in pristine baby blue prince pyjamas because they happen to be the strongest clothes I've come across so far. Let me cut & paste the stats from these Pierrot cumrags into a butcher's apron or something. And let me do it freely, with no in-game wank about having to visit a special magic tailor in the bumhole of nowhere, and with no restrictions on how often I can do it.

Fuckin' 17th century unsuccessful baroque composer lookin' ass. If someone came up to me dressed like my Witcher character, and challenged me to a fight to the death, I'd take the challenge because I know that no just universe or god would allow any harm to come to me from a person wearing that outfit. They could thrust an obsidian-tipped spear directly into my belly, and it'd harmlessly curve around me like a snake climbing a banana tree. The sacred blood of Christ would not allow for even a mild abrasion to befall me by the lace-gloved hand of a ballet theatre's chief bathroom attendant.

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I want my character to look how I want

For RP reasons or otherwise

If you don't like it just don't use this feature, it doesn't even give an unfair advantage. It's like complaining that Arthur Morgan can go get a haircut in RDR2

It doesn't make quests easier, your analogy is bad.

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like when gear selection has impact and choice in my roleplaying games.

If you choose to value aesthetically pleasing characters you should just accept you'll be playing with the non-optimal stats.

The ability to bypass this by transferring stats between items so you can have optimal build does make the game easier.

Ideally game developers and artists should be including ways to have balanced gear stats and aesthetics, but transmog and the like is just lazy on their part.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The ability to bypass this by transferring stats between items so you can have optimal build does make the game easier.

I could use those items either way but they are unaesthetic. I cannot comprehend your POV on this. It doesn't hurt you, doesn't make your game worse it just gives an option to the people who want it.