ESO needs some cloaks!

Skullderic

Deers in Cyro, No Cloaks ~ Lagg...

Emma_Overload

Am I the only one who saw this thread and was hoping they meant adding an Invisibility spell to one of the skill lines that everyone can use.

Skullderic

Emma_Overload wrote: »

Am I the only one who saw this thread and was hoping they meant adding an Invisibility spell to one of the skill lines that everyone can use.

Jeremy

Emma_Overload wrote: »

Am I the only one who saw this thread and was hoping they meant adding an Invisibility spell to one of the skill lines that everyone can use.

Nope. I thought the same thing. ^^

Danikat

Nah no cloaks

Varana wrote: »

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thegreatme wrote: »

Cloaks seem like something that would be very easy to implement...

Lots of games don't have free-flowing cloaks - for a reason. ESO doesn't have them, either. And many of those that do have them, have issues with them. One game (Pillars of Eternity, iirc?) had to disable cloaks on Mac because they crashed the engine, or something like that.

Implementing cloaks is not easy.

Except when you're talking about flat "cloaks" clinging to your backside like the Breton Hero Costume. It's a cloak, it's also dead ugly.

Even in games where they know right from the concept phase that cloaks will be essential, so they can consider that when building/choosing a game engine etc. it's not an easy thing to implement.

Batman Arkham Asylum for example - where it literally went without saying the player character would be wearing a cape throughout the game - one guy spent two years doing nothing but trying to get the physics and animations right...and players still complained it was terrible and they hadn't put any effort in at all.

It is relatively easy in older games or ones with more basic graphics and animations - because it doesn't matter if the cloak looks like a sheet of card hanging from your shoulders. But when everything else is more detailed that looks massively out of place and is likely to put players off using them, which makes it even more pointless to implement.

essi2

Engine can't properly support cloaks.

friimynd

I agree!

but what is a vampire without a cape?

cyclonus11

Nah no cloaks

EQ2 had some elaborate cloaks, but you had to have max settings to get the full effect. Not sure this game can handle it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bioyNIHzuZw

Malmai

thegreatme wrote: »

This is something myself and a few different groups of mine have discussed time and again now. Elder Scrolls in general has pretty much entirely overlooked cloaks as something that even exists. Luckily mods exist in other games such as Skyrim to fix that little issue, but obviously there's nothing to fix that in ESO.

Cloaks seem like something that would be very easy to implement, maybe with some tweaks here or there for different kinds (like thicker fur cloaks for nords and orcs up in cold northern areas, but more linen cloaks for places like Elsweyr or Valenwood).

Cloaks could be equipped the same as things like disguises and guild tabards into the Appearance slot on characters as more aesthetic pieces rather than gear slot pieces.

More cloaks more lag they didnt remove all animals from cyodiil for nothing haha... Maybe so they can put in Crown Store cosmetics haha...

Arahallris

I agree!

Cloaks would be nice. We definitely need back items though like backpacks, spell books, gravestones, and whatever else you can think of.

Rake

Maybe?

if u want cloak roll nightblade

Casterial

I agree!

Siohwenoeht wrote: »

They tried, cloaks were in alpha. The physics just never come out right. Either looks like a piece of cardboard attached to your shoulders or they had to staple them at the waist like the Breton hero costume. Either way, they clipped so horribly zos didn't even put them in the beta.

Just not possible with how they built the game unfortunately.

Agreed, hopefully technology now brings them back? Some armor has cloth with really nice physics

friimynd

I agree!

i noticed recently that my hairstyle with the braids going back like cornrows sort of wags instead of waving, when she runs it jerks side to side as a whole piece, as if it were heavily sprayed with a hair product
same issue with cloaks
needs a 2.0 type of engine overhaul to properly render the flowing hair and cloth etc

CaptainBones

Only if done right though. Don't give a flying heck if it causes clipping issues tbh, would mainly use on nb with daggers anyway.

jircris11

Nah no cloaks

Wolf_Watching wrote: »

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Varana wrote: »

thegreatme wrote: »

Cloaks seem like something that would be very easy to implement...

Lots of games don't have free-flowing cloaks - for a reason. ESO doesn't have them, either. And many of those that do have them, have issues with them. One game (Pillars of Eternity, iirc?) had to disable cloaks on Mac because they crashed the engine, or something like that.

Implementing cloaks is not easy.

Except when you're talking about flat "cloaks" clinging to your backside like the Breton Hero Costume. It's a cloak, it's also dead ugly.

We don't care. They haven't spent a dime on game performance.

And you know this how? Dont give me the "look at the performance " crap either as that means nothing in what they spent. We as customers have no clue what's spent behind the scenes.

TheUrbanWizard

Emma_Overload wrote: »

Am I the only one who saw this thread and was hoping they meant adding an Invisibility spell to one of the skill lines that everyone can use.

Then that would kill off the pesky Nightblades all over Cyrodiil. Oh wait..

idk

ESO would have stupid looking cloaks because there is no clothing physics in game and that is not going to change. So cloaks would like the only cloak already in game, stapled to our butts in a stupid looking fashion.

Zos has already said never more than once.

Cirantille

I agree!

Yes yes yes please
I love cloaks

barney2525

Is it the time of the month to ask for cloaks already?

My how time flies

Austinseph1

I agree!

I would be okay with more outfits like Breton hero, it’s one of the coolest costumes in the game.