Stovahkiin wrote: »

I would like having them but it isn't something we really need.

Of course we don't NEED them but it would be nice to have them

Only if they have proper physics. Given that they have terrible hair and tail physics, I don't see them improving anything for capes. They would probably look like a board floating on your back.

There have never been cloaks or capes in Elder Scrolls except through mods. Guild tabards are coming to serve the purpose that capes would have.

No thank you. The only reason I would want cloaks is for RP or vanity purposes (and it would have to be optional). I'm content with the amount of gear we have to accommodate stats and have no desire to be forced to wear an unwieldy lump of cloth just to boost stats.

(My irrational hatred of cloaks probably comes from WoW).

Capes with 50 magicka regeneration to supplement the broken templar class would be nice.

I've never seen a game that had good-looking capes. It's always like someone glued a stiff little carpet to my toon's shoulders.

There has never been capes in TES because cloth simulation is tricky to implement and very taxing on hardware, especially in the early console cycle of the Oblivion era. Not because it wasn't fashion standard or for lore reasons.
Capes were intended for ESO, but they probably realized that over 200 hundred people wearing them in PvP was a considerable performance hit, and pulled them off for the same reason we don't have complex armor meshes instead of lots of character model re-textures.

http://elderscrollsotr.mymiddleearth.com/files/2012/10/ArgonianGroup.png

You can also see them in early gameplay footage.

I'm sure they'll probably implement them if/when they find out how to do it properly, even if they're rigged to the skeleton without any physics.

I would like capes.

Capes and Cloaks. I'm a Nightblade/Ranger.

As long as I can turn it off I don't care. I think they look dumb, and no MMO thus far has changed my mind.

No capes please ><

Capes waste graphic card ressources (additional 3dmodels with textures and separate animations) on non-functional equipment.

If they are easy to get for everyone then they have no meaning and make the game look like yet another assembly of cartoon superheros (which happened in Lineage 2, for example).

If capes (or certain types of capes) are hard to get then they will either create more inequality in PvP (if the capes actually make your character stronger) or they will just be a very blunt an obvious way for people to show everyone how great they are (whether other people want to see that or not).

I think the different looks of armors (you can see the style, the basic material used, and the quality) and the titles that can be earned by completing achievements and gaining ranks in PvP are more than enough to show your character's progress.

No. No. No. No . No. No capes. Absolutely no capes.

Cloaks possibly, but only if it is a choice of outfit (ie part of light chestpiece and head set), not part of every outfit.

I like capes and robes, maybe cloaks and coats. Some cooler looking hats would be nice too. Basically just more options.

Only if it flows in the wind.