Me, of course.(It is impossible to wear it inside the helmet!)
Magnets
I don't like any of the on-foot cosmetics.
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The Empire is already handing out custom suits, but not to members of the Pilots' Federation.
See, that looks sensible. So we know they can do it. So what the hell happened with the Voltron suits? It'd be extremely cool if there was some indy faction that piloted giant space cats (Panther Clippers!) and they only wore that outfit, that'd make sense at least. 
The cosmetics are telling a story(s) that don't exist in the game. There are no space cowboys either.
The cosmetics are telling a story(s) that don't exist in the game. There are no space cowboys either.
You know the answer! With all those magnetic pizza boxes lying around, the solution is pretty obvious! No tape required!
In my headcanon, however, my CMDR does not use magnets for his suits, but rather Guardian Grade Velcro, which emits a fancy blue glow when he's feastening/unfastening it *
*obviously, this is not seen in game.
Yeah, the drifter is the only aesthetically appealing (somewhat) suit cosmetic in the store IMO. The absolute best suit cosmetics are the free orange/black cosmetics from the Alpha. I suspect they would probably sell more cosmetics if they just offered more color schemes of the base suits.
It'd be cool if they just made baseline packs and then let players tweak the colors on their own, add patterns and styles and the like.
I'm reminded of the plane-builder from Crimson Skies, which let you customize per your personal preferences. Could be a redtail or whatever, it was pretty cool.
What I find strange is the crayon guys at FDEV had this in the bag back in 2015:
I asume that part or most of the suit cosmetic where outsourced. I find it hard to believe that someone at fdev never locked at there own designs back log.
Im in the same boat with the op, would love to spend money to personalize my figure. But the current style looks to awkward and misplaced to me.
Im in the same boat with the op, would love to spend money to personalize my figure. But the current style looks to awkward and misplaced to me.
I have the same issue, I wanted to buy a suit but none conviced me to buy it. Meanwhile I think FD abandoned on foot content completely and not even new suit will be released.
wow, cool clothes, and armour that looks like its cool and useful! Take my ARX!
Yeah, a LOT of the weapon skins look like they just slapped a picture over it and called it a day.
This one, for example. It's not like this sort of thing doesn't exist irl:
But they're comparatively rare compared to much more classic stylings, like this:
Note how the usable pieces remain relatively normal?
Or this:
General Patton's sidearm. Notice how it's primarily functional, yet simultaneously stylized?
That is, broadly, what SOME of the current ones do, like the Baroque Tormentor skins:
But most of the others lack similar options for subtle yet classy.
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Context man. There are no space cowboys in ED. There are no space ranches, no remote indy settlements, every settlement is a clean corpo building. Just like there are no racetracks for those 'racing' ship skins. ED's cosmetics are telling stories that aren't in that game. Some might call it LARPing.Firefly/Serenity would disagree!
Also...
I agree. im not a fan of pretty much most of the Odyssey foot cosmetics and when something i like does appear its usually one item from a complete pack of stuff that i dont like. But i think that is maybe frontiers strategy here, get players to buy multiple sets for that one item to then get the custom look you want, and at todays ARX prices, im just not going to do that anymore.
If buying single items was ok. would be better.
But also... better designs. most of the stuff is just so campy.
If buying single items was ok. would be better.
But also... better designs. most of the stuff is just so campy.
This one when it come out i had to laugh.
Power rangers inspired i think.
Compared to the designs given by (other leading MMO Space game currently in alpha) frontier have got a long way to go.
Way to take a joke comment seriously.
But ok, let's do seriously.
There could be space cowboys in ED. You know certain people have a love for all things cowboy, and in the future, it wouldn't be surprising at all to find a group of people who wore cowboy themed suits.
There is a wild-west kind of situation out there, and in lore, nothing against space ranches being a thing, remote indy settlements, etc. Just because FD haven't modelled them and we don't have earthlike planets yet doesn't mean its not something that wouldn't happen in ED, so people larping as space cowboys is quite realistic.
It's definitely LARPing. That's the only viable explanation for the pic in the OP.
To be fair, I think that's what's meant by "there are no space cowbays IN ED".
There could be space cowboys in the ED universe, and there might even be some gameplay to be squeezed out of the premise if FDev chose to implement it, but FDev do have a habit of mentioning stuff and then not actually producing anything interactive related to it.
Personally, I just think it's a bit odd (not to mention contrived) the way everything seems to need to be compatible with the spacesuits.
My suspension-of-disbelief is willing to accept that somebody might choose to wear a cowboy-themed outfit while wandering around a space station or when flying their ship but it doesn't stretch far enough to allow me to accept that they buy an oversized hat especially to wear over a space-helmet.
Why not just sell casual outfits and spacesuits, with the game automatically selecting the most suitable one depending on the environment?
Twice (or more) the revenue for FDev and no more ridiculously contrived spacesuits.
Skyrim is getting on for 15 years old now and for over a decade there have been mod's that allow players to select outfits for home, villages, cities, exploration and combat and then player characters and followers wear the chosen outfits in the associated environment.
Obviously it's not a deal-breaker, in a spaceship game, but if a company is going to get into first-person gaming (and they hope to maximise the revenue from the venture) it'd probably be smart to do it a bit better.
I have not bought any of the weapons skins - none of them appeal to my sense of the ridiculous..
Do have some of the suits, because they do...
The 'Specials' - Year of the Tiger, Halloween, Snowman etc. suits are fun, as is the Raider suit. (and the 'space cowboy' one, of course. )
I would have bought a couple of the newer ones, but considered the cost prohibitive.
Do have some of the suits, because they do...
The 'Specials' - Year of the Tiger, Halloween, Snowman etc. suits are fun, as is the Raider suit. (and the 'space cowboy' one, of course. )
I would have bought a couple of the newer ones, but considered the cost prohibitive.