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An option to disable thigh side guards from chest armor

GuardianStriker
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As much as I like wearing armor to boost up my defenses, sometimes I want it to look good too and sometimes the thigh guards that come with chest armor just look real ugly. Heck, I don't even understand why there's thigh guards on light armor. I thought it's supposed to be "light". It's not like I'm a battlemage.

Now I don't have a problem if some people like the side armor thigh guards that come with the torso armor. That's fine. But I'd like an option to hide that, just like I can hide my helmet. I certainly would also like an option to hide armor pauldrons too.
  • Saltypretzels
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    I agree with this!

    I HATE THE HIP FLAPS!

    It seems that it comes with every chest armor. And they rarely clip or lay right, they are almost always floating 1 inch off your body.

    Whoever makes the armor seems to be obsessed with these things.
  • AlienSlof
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    Agree +100! :) A toggle would be great.
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  • NewBlacksmurf
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    yes Please!
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  • Nestor
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    I would like them gone myself. Even my GF, who is not an RPG gamer, asked me what those things were flapping around me as I ran. She thought they were like Fanny Packs and asked me if that was where I kept all my stuff.
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  • Zoner
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    Nestor wrote: »

    I would like them gone myself. Even my GF, who is not an RPG gamer, asked me what those things were flapping around me as I ran. She thought they were like Fanny Packs and asked me if that was where I kept all my stuff.

    This was alarming just because 'fanny' means something entirely different in the colonies

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  • Saltypretzels
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    Just say no to fanny packs and hip flaps! (Let's keep this on top of chat!)
  • Zuuda
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    That would be ... SO GOOOD! Damn those hip flaps, damn all the effing loinguards!
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  • ShedsHisTail
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    The thigh guards wouldn't bug me at all if they at least looked like they connected to the armor.
    I don't see how it would be too difficult to just reduce the distance from body to flap at the top so they at least looked like it was touching. But when I'm running down a trails and their just sort of floating next to me... That's a little distracting.

    Basically, connect them to the torso mesh instead of the legs.
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  • ContraTempo
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    I've said it many times:

    Toggles for flaps.
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  • Didaco
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    Speaking of which, don't you hate the way that medium Abah's Watch legs clips with EVERY SINGLE butt/crotch flap?

    Please ZOS, give us a toggle!
  • ArchMikem
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    Zuuda wrote: »
    That would be ... SO GOOOD! Damn those hip flaps, damn all the effing loinguards!

    This one's powerful legs deserve to have protection. You would see this one's beautiful and bodacious legs traverse Tamriel defenseless? You wish ill upon Khajiit, yes? Dark Moons.
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  • BlackguardBob
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    Yep, bum flaps and side flaps on thighs are superfluous, unwanted and unattractive.
  • GuardianStriker
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    I'm glad to know that this forum post got some good support. Sure hope ZOS sees this and thinks about this option. Not saying I want it "removed" however.

    Heck if they can, they can make the hip flaps look more appealing and real. But I still want an option to hide them. Again, not removed them. Just an option to hide them. Don't want to upset a certain percentage of players.
  • GuardianStriker
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    Oh yes and I'd like an option to hide those loin flaps too. Not much point if you're playing a female character ya know?
  • Knaxia
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    100 times yes to this!
  • phaneub17_ESO
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    Zoner wrote: »
    Nestor wrote: »

    I would like them gone myself. Even my GF, who is not an RPG gamer, asked me what those things were flapping around me as I ran. She thought they were like Fanny Packs and asked me if that was where I kept all my stuff.

    This was alarming just because 'fanny' means something entirely different in the colonies

    I still don't understand how cotton candy turned into Faerie Floss.
  • mistermutiny89
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    This is one of the repeat posts I like to see a couple of times a month.

    +100

    Perhaps in 2018... ZoS is a little slow with these things.
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  • C0wrex
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    Would like an option to turn it off!


    Also an option to disable that horrendous blocking thingy - damn forgot the word for it.... BUT THE THING WHEN YOU BLOCK!
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  • GuardianStriker
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    C0wrex wrote: »
    Would like an option to turn it off!


    Also an option to disable that horrendous blocking thingy - damn forgot the word for it.... BUT THE THING WHEN YOU BLOCK!

    You mean that glowy sign thingy that appears in front of you whenever you block? Yeah I'd like an option to hide that too.
  • GuardianStriker
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    This is one of the repeat posts I like to see a couple of times a month.

    +100

    Perhaps in 2018... ZoS is a little slow with these things.

    Done.
    Edited by GuardianStriker on September 9, 2016 1:37AM
  • waterfairy
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    We've all said the hip flaps look like crap but they insist on pasting them on armor, same with the elbow flaps...I think it's all a clever strategy to sell crown costumes.

  • GreenSoup2HoT
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    Hide Hip, Crotch and Butt flaps!

    I thought the Minotaur chest would look great with sleeker armour and i was so wrong!
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  • Osteos
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    Scandalous! This is Tamriel, one simply doesn't run amok with exposed hips!
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  • ArchMikem
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    It depends though. The thigh guards belong with most of the Medium, and all of the Heavy armor pieces, however for the Light pieces, which a lot of them are just shirts, it just looks very out of place and in the way.

    Like the Khajiit Jerkin. You have a nice sleeveless shirt, and then two giant pieces of wood dangling off your hips.
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  • GhostwalkerLD
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    We've been saying for years that the armor designer in this game has a hip flap and shoulder/elbow/knee-pad fetish... it's REALLY annoying, especially for example on light armor, which is supposed to just be cloth/silk, and as such, basically just be -regular clothes-. Why, then, would you put these giant metal faulds and epaulets on it? (Looking at YOU, khajiit light armor).

    This should be a change or a toggle, at least.

    But hey, if they did, then there would be far less people just running around in costumes constantly, and we wouldn't want ZOS to miss out on crown store purchases, would we...?

    *sigh*
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  • JKith
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    Oh man I agree 100%!! I'm talking about light armor here,... those hip flaps look like garbage! They float in the air too and often times go right through weapons that are sheathed
    Edited by JKith on September 9, 2016 9:54AM
  • GuardianStriker
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    This is the 3rd and last time I'm bumping this. Anymore and I'm probably spamming already. Zenimax please take a look at this post. A lot of people and not just myself want to see this happen.
    Edited by GuardianStriker on October 16, 2016 3:07AM
  • Hluill
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    I agree completely.

    They're not even in the right place as armor goes anyway.

    Would be nice if the designers had looked at some real sets of armor before making these floaty, hip-pouch things.
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  • NoMoreChillies
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    C0wrex wrote: »
    Would like an option to turn it off!


    Also an option to disable that horrendous blocking thingy - damn forgot the word for it.... BUT THE THING WHEN YOU BLOCK!

    You mean that glowy sign thingy that appears in front of you whenever you block? Yeah I'd like an option to hide that too.

    Yes please

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  • Wolfchild07
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    I would like them fixed so they don't float a metre out from the body...plus the option to toggle them off.
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