What's up with the outfit design? Pauldrons, tassets, and faulds keep being thrown on everything

duagloth · September 1

Master crafter,yet I cannot design or repair my own armor.

Varana · September 2

Same complaint. Whenever I put together a new outfit, I have to discard half of the good-looking styles because they feature gigantonormous metal plates at the hips that float for some reason*, sharp metal plates at the hips that cut my character's wrists when standing around, or both at the same time attached to a light cloth shirt for whatever reason.

* I'm not even bothered too much by the floating if it's not too excessive. But if you know you won't be able to do them properly, why have them in the first place?

I really, really do not understand the design idea behind these things. If you're creating an outfit that has a lightweight chest piece - shirt, robe, even fantasy leather or something like that - then hanging random pieces of metal from your hips does eff all to protect you. It makes no sense. And more importantly, it directly contradicts the style you were going for with that piece in the first place. Who does stuff like that?!?

And I kind of understand why going back to edit all the existing pieces so the stupid parts can be hidden. But for some reason, they insist on adding these ... things to new styles as well.

Someone at ZOS' art department (or higher up) must have a worrisome fetish for these things.

aetherix8 · September 2

Tazzy wrote: »

My female Khajiit has small breasts. Some of the costumes make them swell to twice their size. I hate that. If she were supposed to have big breasts, I would have given her some from the start.

This.

ZOS, why most chest pieces double breast's size, but buttocks always seem flat no matter what pants I use? That makes no sense.