Motifs, crafted sets and looted sets.

olsborg

So with every DLC etc there are new motifs, new looted sets and whatnot. There are a few issues with this system imo.

1. Crafted sets are mostly outdated by now, a few exceptions tho, but for the most part and thats specially true after next patch the crafted sets will be far away from the power level of the dropped or looted sets that you can get.
2. New motifs basicly only apply to your crafted set, unless youre lucky enough that one of the sets you wanna use are dropped in content you want to do and has the motif you really, really like.
3. If you want to use a specific dropped set, but the motif it drops in are really ugly or it doesnt fit with the rest of your equipment youre pretty much up *** creek here.

This leaves us with alot of ifs and buts and makes new motifs etc have 2 sides of the coin, yea they look great, but i cant really make my character look good anyway if i want to use specific sets for my build.

Thats why I really, really hope ZOS lets us change the appearance of an item using either an excisting item wich then will "adopt" the look of said item, or plainly just use the crafting station to spend one desired style item to permanently change the look/motif of said item.

Hope something like this comes in the future, hell id even use the crown store to achieve this. Agree?

VerboseQuips

Well, dropped sets are usually found in a motif that fits them, lorewise, don't they?

jedtb16_ESO

if you have imperial edition you can convert anything to imp style...

i'm sure you don't need me to spell out the rest.

runagate

It used to crack me up wearing the rarer sets which more often than not came in a motif that you'd rarely see anyone wear. Well, anyone not in their knee-britches noobie stage.

My argonian wearing Elf Bane which is actually in the old argonian style but since it only came in very specific pieces (maul, chest, etc.) I'd always be wearing that crazy overturned cauldron hat of that particular motif. Before hide your helmet became a thing people would stop and stare... even enemies in PvP. I imagine Buckethead gets that a lot.

Also, Sentry armor had those anti-tank looking armor knobs all over it.

Almost NO ONE ever wore anything from the Immortal Warrior set, despite it looking amazing. The Trials weapon/jewelry sets have those wonderful light and sound effects. The Defending Warrior mace/shield combo, in particular, has an amazing effect when you "unsheathe" your arms despite the magic pulse caused when blocking an attack provides a mere tickle of damage against your opponents.

Wearing ugly old-style orcish Fiord's Legacy in PvP to zoom faster on long trips (using Wykkyd's of course) made you look especially ridiculous.

I think it's rather touching that there'll be a legitimate reason to wear some of these hideous old sets. Khajiit hats with little kitty ear flaps.

It occurs to me that the "uniqueness" of the boss mob drop's unique pieces will be entirely lost on the people who will now collect them as set pieces of regular zone-based sets now, as the "unique" bit was (almost) never the actual style of the item, but only the color palette. Which was actually noticeable back before there was armor dying.

I wonder if Voljar's crescent dagger, which really is freaking wicked looking, will get membership in a Set? That's be awesome.

Iluvrien

... or just restore the bonuses that crafted sets used to have. Thus making the sets that you can easily customize less outdated.

If motif-shifting did become a thing, I would suggest that it required a significant quantity of materials and, quite possibly, a time requirement too.

olsborg

Yes I want this so I can look exactly the way I want.

jedtb16_ESO wrote: »

if you have imperial edition you can convert anything to imp style...

i'm sure you don't need me to spell out the rest.

Wich would be cool, if I didnt find the imp motif to look atrocious.

clayandaudrey_ESO

No I want to keep it as rigid as it is now.

Bah stupid phone. I think yes crafters should be able to change the style as well as change the trait as I said here...

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/285999/should-traits-work-like-sockets#latest

Carbonised

jedtb16_ESO wrote: »

if you have imperial edition you can convert anything to imp style...

i'm sure you don't need me to spell out the rest.

No you can't.

Not monster sets, not dropped sets. Pretty much only dropped common items and crafted items.