Anyone who has been hanging around the public test realm of “Star Wars: The Old Republic” in recent days may have already enjoyed the outfit designer. This will significantly improve the customization of one’s character.
Heavy Armor for Everyone
The outfit designer will allow players to take armor as a “skin” for their actual equipment. So if you want to swap out the strong but ugly robe for a stylish slave’s top, it’s now child’s play. Even more pleased will be the fact that cloth-wearers like Inquisitors or Scholars can now resort to heavy armor.
While this is only for decorative purposes, it consequently has no impact on the character’s armor values. That such a system is well received by most players has already been shown by other games like WildStar, which offered such a feature from the very beginning. Whether this will lead to confusion in PvP remains to be seen – in other games, the great outcry has so far been absent.
No More Swapping Modifications!
The best part of this feature for many players is probably that you no longer have to spend a lot of money to upgrade modifications only to then reinstall them in new clothing that you find visually appealing. If you want, you can now simply put a new piece of clothing over the “real” armor – and the high costs of remodeling are eliminated!
There are still three good weeks until the release of Patch 3.2 “Rise of the Emperor”, then Jedi and Sith can completely re-outfit themselves. After all, even the Darth of tomorrow should look good, right?
