Capes and cloaks

BruhItsOver9000 · July 2016

When i play pve and see those statues that have Capes or cloaks, i cri evrytiem

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Smileybones · July 2016

Poor BruhItsOver9000 !

*pets BruhItsOver9000*

UltimaJoe777 · July 2016

Alas, it was never meant to be a trend amongst the Vestiges of Nirn.

DaniAngione · July 2016

Well, the Breton costume (at least in the CG) had a cloak. Nord too, but Nord cloak was removed - Breton seems to have kept its cloak, however. At least that's what we can see in the release announcement screenshot.

We'll see how it will look like in game, if it will be a proper cape or a coat of sorts.

If it works like a cape, well, that might be their first test. I remember some datamining long ago revealed what seemed like residues from cape items, not sure if anything new developed from that.

Either way, before some funny pumpkin comes quoting that Incredibles character "No capes!" please step aside and remember that
1- capes are an intuitive and common piece of clothing meant for several purposes like protection from cold/snow/rain/sandstorms and such. ( Fur cloaks!

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2- There are cloaks in past TES games like Daggerfall, Arena, statues in Skyrim, etc...
So, yes, Cloaks are lore-friendly and cloaks are cool. Take your cape-hate elsewhere and let us hope for a nice cloak with Breton costume!

imnotanother · July 2016

I believe capes and cloaks are a layering issue. Due to massive clipping, they were held back.

Elloa · July 2016

Vruci · July 2016

So I'm gonna make the 'no capes' joke right? Totally chill, scrollin down the forum, feelin sorta clever, and then Elloa beat me to it

....well played Elloa... Well played....

UltimaJoe777 · July 2016

Vruci wrote: »

So I'm gonna make the 'no capes' joke right? Totally chill, scrollin down the forum, feelin sorta clever, and then Elloa beat me to it

....well played Elloa... Well played....

Yeah it's just like the Auction House meme. Expect the Auction Horse in those threads lol

Eirikir · July 2016

Everytime I hear capes are to hard, clip to much, and so on... I look at the garbage fire that is DCUO and think... "They do capes np... why can't this game?"

Snowstrider · July 2016

Elloa wrote: »

Boring Elloa.
I expected you to like more customization,Cloaks fit the medieval fantasy genre and it can look awesome

Snowstrider · July 2016

Eirikir wrote: »

Everytime I hear capes are to hard, clip to much, and so on... I look at the garbage fire that is DCUO and think... "They do capes np... why can't this game?"

Its just an excuse because ZoS does everything perfect

FloppyTouch · July 2016

Can the cloaks have an armor slot with added stats >:D

Smileybones · July 2016

Snowstrider wrote: »

Elloa wrote: »

Boring Elloa.
I expected you to like more customization,Cloaks fit the medieval fantasy genre and it can look awesome

Hey don't call our beloved Elloa boring you bad bad @Snowstrider !

Melodina · July 2016

The capes in Dark Age of Camelot were great and you could "dye" them with your guild's heraldry. Nicer than the tabard covering your armour which you worked so hard to get, in my opinion

Snowstrider · July 2016

Smileybones wrote: »

Snowstrider wrote: »

Elloa wrote: »

Boring Elloa.
I expected you to like more customization,Cloaks fit the medieval fantasy genre and it can look awesome

Hey don't call our beloved Elloa boring you bad bad @Snowstrider !

No i do not think she is boring but i expected her to want more customization

Duiwel · July 2016

Guild Embled Armourer

Put it on the shield too.

All you no cape minions say something bad about that idea

Daemons_Bane · July 2016

If they were to be implemented, I would like to see one ala the one from Final Fantasy

http://plamoya.com/bmz_cache/3/327ddf9162b8b5dcf82ccdfa9d267848.image.331x500.jpg

Leon119 · July 2016

No capes. Id rather have a character that doesnt look rediculous. The wings on the armors lately are pushing it...

Daemons_Bane · July 2016

Luckily it's a free choice

Tryxus · July 2016

Can we have long coats instead?

Milvan · July 2016

I believe its a engine thing. I don't think that it supports a dinamic cape.

JD2013 · July 2016

Duiwel wrote: »

Guild Embled Armourer

Put it on the shield too.

All you no cape minions say something bad about that idea

They tried capes in alpha.

Apparently it just contributed to server side lag, as they wanted to do them properly with proper physics and it didn't work.

BOOM!

kongkim · July 2016

Would really like to see this at some time

Malsidius · July 2016

Snowstrider wrote: »

Elloa wrote: »

Boring Elloa.
I expected you to like more customization,Cloaks fit the medieval fantasy genre and it can look awesome

Though the game depicts more of a Roman Empire genre, not medieval in my opinion - which began after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. If anything, I would say the game was in the midst of entering something of its version of entering the medieval period.

To stay on topic, graphically - I think the cape would probably look ugly, but to give the people what they want; it should be an optional appearance, like hats.

Snowstrider · July 2016

JD2013 wrote: »

Duiwel wrote: »

Guild Embled Armourer

Put it on the shield too.

All you no cape minions say something bad about that idea

They tried capes in alpha.

Apparently it just contributed to server side lag, as they wanted to do them properly with proper physics and it didn't work.

BOOM!

I know that i have been pro cloaks and capes since the pc beta and have seen most about it.

Its really strange that an 2014 MMO cannot handle such simple thing, horrible engine?

Milvan · July 2016

Snowstrider wrote: »

I know that i have been pro cloaks and capes since the pc beta and have seen most about it.

Its really strange that an 2014 MMO cannot handle such simple thing, horrible engine?

Yeah, ESO engine is horrible. It's because of it that we don't have underwater exploration/combat, dinamic ships. It's also the reason behind the clunky animations etc.

nimander99 · July 2016

There were cloaks in ESO early alpha, it had a majorly negative impact on frames so they were scrapped before beta. If you go to youtube u can find video's of ESO Alpha play.

Ghost-Shot · July 2016

I would love to see capes and cloaks! They are always a fun part of customizing the look of your character in other games and they even had them here very early on, alpha I believe. I know they've always said they aren't coming but I feel like all the statues added in newer zones that are wearing cloaks, Gold Coast for example, could be a hint that they are being added at some point. Maybe wishful thinking but I don't understand why they would model those on the statues if they never intend to add them into the game.

Snowstrider · July 2016

nimander99 wrote: »

There were cloaks in ESO early alpha, it had a majorly negative impact on frames so they were scrapped before beta. If you go to youtube u can find video's of ESO Alpha play.

I just dont understand how such small thing like cloaks could have such negative impact on the game when much older games have no problem with them.

What is wrong with Esos engine??

khele23eb17_ESO · July 2016

Snowstrider wrote: »

nimander99 wrote: »

There were cloaks in ESO early alpha, it had a majorly negative impact on frames so they were scrapped before beta. If you go to youtube u can find video's of ESO Alpha play.

I just dont understand how such small thing like cloaks could have such negative impact on the game when much older games have no problem with them.

What is wrong with Esos engine??

If you want your cloak to look like a piece of wood / long sheet of paper glued to your back Im sure it can be done with a very small hit to fps. Getting it to look like a proper cloak is much more resource intensive. In fact Im yet to see an MMO that does cloaks well.

On a related topic - I would love to see is ZOS making a coat mesh instead of painting coat textures onto the robe mesh thats already in game.

BruhItsOver9000 · July 2016

khele23eb17_ESO wrote: »

Snowstrider wrote: »

nimander99 wrote: »

There were cloaks in ESO early alpha, it had a majorly negative impact on frames so they were scrapped before beta. If you go to youtube u can find video's of ESO Alpha play.

I just dont understand how such small thing like cloaks could have such negative impact on the game when much older games have no problem with them.

What is wrong with Esos engine??

If you want your cloak to look like a piece of wood / long sheet of paper glued to your back Im sure it can be done with a very small hit to fps. Getting it to look like a proper cloak is much more resource intensive. In fact Im yet to see an MMO that does cloaks well.

On a related topic - I would love to see is ZOS making a coat mesh instead of painting coat textures onto the robe mesh thats already in game.

DCUO NUFF SAID.