Transmogs: Why are we so quiet on this?

[Grave]

Seriously, Larian has done some great work with every patch. That said, players have a lot of hopes and requested update features. Of those, I rarely see gear transmog on that list.

There's a mod for such a thing, and I am sure mod support sure can make it easier to add in- but I think it needs to be a standard feature for everyone, console users included.

Edit: Few comments reminded me not everyone might know what I'm talking about, and another person clarified it, but I'll put it here, too.

Transmogrification is the term for taking your gear with the stats you like/need and having a method to swap the gear holding those stats. Usually it falls within like-types, so chest to chest, boots to boots, etc. Another way of doing it is having the gear you're wearing, and then a sub-menu of 'gear that will be shown', which overrides the visual but not the stats.

Hope that helps for anyone not knowing what we're talking about here.

[alanc9]

Originally posted by Quillithe:

Originally posted by alanc9:

I had to google transmog to know what the hell this thread was about.

Maybe it's because I'm old, but I don't get the concept. Why shouldn't stuff look like what it is?

It's an MMO thing - I wouldn't be surprised to learn it started at around the same time as selling cosmetic microtransactions.

It's so you can use whatever armor you want while having whatever massive glowing mess of armor you paid for.

In single player games? I wouldn't be strictly opposed if Larian wants to add it, but I wouldn't use it

Thanks. So, it's basically the intersection of two things I have zero interest in,.

[DrZann]

Just not interested in this.

[Ceredh]

OP, I absolutely concur.

The mod Transmog Enhanced greatly enhanced my gameplay, as I care for visuals, and is on my list for donations. There are many ugly and unfitting items in BG3, being able to change the appearance or make them invisible is a huge enhancement.

That's especially relevant if you use a mod like Basket of Equipment to enlarge the boring range of vanilla armor and clothing we get for wearing (while NPCs have a lot more variants).

[Daniel]

These mods and editors already existed for Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 back in the early 2000s, it just wasn’t called ‘Transmog’ because the term was coined by WoW. Mostly used to get a robes look back after dual-classing or to remove ugly helmets.

So this is not a ‘modern ♥♥♥♥ game’ thing. It’s just what people want because if I don’t like how my character looks I have no interest in the game and intentionally downgrading your gear to keep or match a specific look is dumb.

[seeker1]

Well, all I will say is, there is a certain robe that looks awful on my male Sorceror (usually Jacelyn when I recruit him), and yeah, it has nice stats but looks ... well, ugly as crap ... so I usually solve this by making him appear in camp clothes while wearing it. Would be nice to just be able to "transmog" it to another robe. I would be using the transmog mod already if it didn't require script extender, sigh. (Though I THINK I may have seen another that doesn't, so ... well, anyway.)

There were some hints that Larian might put 'transmog' in patch 6. Now, they didn't, and rumors are rumors, but maybe it is on the agenda for patch 7. Who knows? If official mod support does what I hope it will, I WILL be able to use all the transmog mods already out there, so that's just as good.

The one built in feature of the game I love is the hide helms option. First off, because many of the helms are ugly as crap, but second, with most of the ladies, I'd rather be looking at their faces, all the time, anyway. If I had a quibble, it seems to "lose" what you had it set to when the companion leaves your party.

[dulany67]

Why are the fans so quiet about transmog? I assume because most players are happy with the way the various equipment looks.

[Brian_the_Brute]

The game does have a way to do transmog. Just run around in your camp clothes and it doesn't matter what armor or gear you are actually wearing.

The good clothes are only at the end of ACT 3 though, so if you don't want to wait that long, or want to be shown wearing armor or whatever you want, there are plenty of mods that give you choices to do whatever.

or just use the transmog mod if you want to fiddle with that.

[harken23]

WAY too much of the decent, high stat gear looks like super hero costumes. I'd rather play a game that looks like medieval earth or high fantasy. Superhero everything is lame and boring.

[harken23]

Originally posted by Flinsberg:

Because this ain't an MMO.
Go play WoW if you want transmogs.

I hate WOW. It's freaking boring and pointless. I want transmogs in this game (and I'll use a mod to get it if I have to). Not sure why that bothers you so much.

[Thadeus]

I love transmog systems in all games. It's mandatory for me, tbh.

Luckily there is a mod doing that in BG3.

[harken23]

Originally posted by Flinsberg:

Originally posted by harken23:

I hate WOW. It's freaking boring and pointless. I want transmogs in this game (and I'll use a mod to get it if I have to). Not sure why that bothers you so much.

Go play with a mod then, who's stopping you?

Larian is under no obligation to cater to a small % of BG3 playerbase. Pretty sure transmogs aren't even in their top 10 priorities rn.

I'm avoiding mods for the time being, that's why.

Not sure who said Larian has any "obligation" to do anything, or why you decided to bring that up. Probably because nobody did, and you just couldn't come up with another argument.

Please, explain how a transmog mechanic would bother you.