Item Skins Question

[Rogat]

So I was thinking about buying one of the support packs because I always like looking cool in games and I wanted to support the devs because this game is really awesome.

But I've never bought any cosmetic before and I wondered if lets say I buy an armor set or an effect, how does it apply and if it applies to a single character can I remove it when I wish and use it on another character?

I searched really hard but I didn't manage to find the answers, any help will be great.

[The_Driver]

99% of all mtx are reusable.

Notable exceptions are:
- Fireworks
- "Skin Transfer" such as https://www.pathofexile.com/shop/category/weapon-effects#microtransaction-SkinTransferPack50 (the generic one, not Skins per se)

You can apply effects to one character (well, item currently, to be precise) at a time and will need to reclaim it before you can use it on another character (item), which is fiddly at the moment, but should be getting a lot easier tomorrow with the mtx patch, as that allows to strip those from other characters you aren't logged into (if it deploys successfully this time...^^).

Note that most weapon effects only affect one weapon (slot from tomorrow on), so if you dual wield, you may need 2 copies of the effect (as league-reward-effects can't be gotten twice, those are an exception and apply to both weapons when dual-wielding), if that is what you're trying to do (you could use different effects, if you like).
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Btw: Bought stash tabs are account-wide, they apply to present and future leagues. (You get one in each league that is, not cross league-tabs or so)

[Samseng Yik]

If you never pay any money before.
You should use your real world money for Currency Tab first.
The blatant pay to win transaction is this.

[Rogat]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

99% of all mtx are reusable.

Notable exceptions are:
- Fireworks
- "Skin Transfer" such as https://www.pathofexile.com/shop/category/weapon-effects#microtransaction-SkinTransferPack50 (the generic one, not Skins per se)

You can apply effects to one character (well, item currently, to be precise) at a time and will need to reclaim it before you can use it on another character (item), which is fiddly at the moment, but should be getting a lot easier tomorrow with the mtx patch, as that allows to strip those from other characters you aren't logged into (if it deploys successfully this time...^^).

Note that most weapon effects only affect one weapon (slot from tomorrow on), so if you dual wield, you may need 2 copies of the effect (as league-reward-effects can't be gotten twice, those are an exception and apply to both weapons when dual-wielding), if that is what you're trying to do (you could use different effects, if you like).
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Btw: Bought stash tabs are account-wide, they apply to present and future leagues. (You get one in each league that is, not cross league-tabs or so)

Alright thank you very much, that answered a lot of my questions.

[NixBoxDone]

Also note: a new cosmetics UI will come into effect at some point today or tomorrow (depending on your time zone) - it looks fit to make cosmetics so much easier. As far as I've seen it's like a second character inventory window where you can click your chest slot and it applies a cosmetic to the character regardless of what armor you wear on your functional slot (kind of like mmo town costumes / fashion tabs, if you ever played those).

This means you can switch items around without the whole "unapply mtx, reapply to different item" shenanigans and don't have to remove the mtx from your item before selling it anymore.

This will make the whole dealio so much more convenient.

Otherwise just seconding The_Driver, he did a splendid job explaining the cosmetics.

[Rogat]

Originally posted by NixBoxDone:

Also note: a new cosmetics UI will come into effect at some point today or tomorrow (depending on your time zone) - it looks fit to make cosmetics so much easier. As far as I've seen it's like a second character inventory window where you can click your chest slot and it applies a cosmetic to the character regardless of what armor you wear on your functional slot (kind of like mmo town costumes / fashion tabs, if you ever played those).

This means you can switch items around without the whole "unapply mtx, reapply to different item" shenanigans and don't have to remove the mtx from your item before selling it anymore.

This will make the whole dealio so much more convenient.

Otherwise just seconding The_Driver, he did a splendid job explaining the cosmetics.

Oh great to know, does it apply to items bought before? I want the Legacy support pack but I don't know when it becomes unavailable.

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Skaylor:

does it apply to items bought before?

Yes, it'll all be within the new system. (Although I'm not sure if you may need to reclaim applied affects manually... we'll see.)

Originally posted by Skaylor:

I want the Legacy support pack but I don't know when it becomes unavailable.

Not for long, the official website says "We'll be running them until the release of 3.0.0" ... substract 3h of downtime beforehand where you can't buy them either. The release has been announced for 2017-08-04T20:00:00Z (haven't verified that date). End of legacy league would probably be 2017-07-31T22:00:00Z, so if you want to be safe, buy before that point in time.

[Rogat]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Originally posted by Skaylor:

does it apply to items bought before?

Yes, it'll all be within the new system. (Although I'm not sure if you may need to reclaim applied affects manually... we'll see.)

Originally posted by Skaylor:

I want the Legacy support pack but I don't know when it becomes unavailable.

Not for long, the official website says "We'll be running them until the release of 3.0.0" ... substract 3h of downtime beforehand where you can't buy them either. The release has been announced for 2017-08-04T20:00:00Z (haven't verified that date). End of legacy league would probably be 2017-07-31T22:00:00Z, so if you want to be safe, buy before that point in time.

Alright cheers, I'll buy it now then, this is by far the best free to play game I've encountered so I always like to support devs that deserve it.

[NixBoxDone]

B-but if you give them money then it ain't free, man! Data wants to be free!

Just kidding - the devs deserve every penny. If I divide what I paid by hours spent having fun, the devs probably earned like 2 pence per hours from me. Most conventional entertainment venues won't even bother to have the bouncer throw me out for 2 pence.

[Rogat]

Originally posted by NixBoxDone:

B-but if you give them money then it ain't free, man! Date wants to be free!

Just kidding - the devs deserve every penny. If I divide what I paid by hours spent having fun, the devs probably earned like 2 pence per hours from me. Most conventional entertainment venues won't even bother to have the bouncer throw me out for 2 pence.

Yeah, the different builds and characters with the huge amount of gems gives me the feeling this game had a huge replay value, I only have 1 mid character and I played for 60 hours so its already a pretty good deal for me and it won't make me feel dumb for playing a free to play game while half my steam library is still unplayed :l

[Lagwin1980]

The new MTX system is supposed to come out tomorrow, it'll change how things are applied, the effects will no longer be afixed to an item but a mtx slot, there will be no problem with loosing an MTX in your stash either as they are all listed regardless of where they are and they can be reclaimed and applied without the need to logout and change characters

[Kamiyama]

All of the custom armor sets and weapon/skill effects can be reclaimed from an item via the MTX menu and used again.

"Skin Transfers" are bought in packs and can each be used only once. They let you transfer the skin from an existing item onto a different one.

A lot of the unique weapons and armour have unique 3D artwork and that's why the skin transfers exist. For instance, the unique boots "The Blood Dance" look like shoes with blades sticking out of them. You could skin those onto a different pair of boots to have that look if you want it.

If you've seen other players in town with a bubble around them, it's because they are either wearing maligaro's restraint or they skinned it to the belt they are wearing.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

All of the custom armor sets and weapon/skill effects can be reclaimed from an item via the MTX menu and used again.

"Skin Transfers" are bought in packs and can each be used only once. They let you transfer the skin from an existing item onto a different one.

A lot of the unique weapons and armour have unique 3D artwork and that's why the skin transfers exist. For instance, the unique boots "The Blood Dance" look like shoes with blades sticking out of them. You could skin those onto a different pair of boots to have that look if you want it.

If you've seen other players in town with a bubble around them, it's because they are either wearing maligaro's restraint or they skinned it to the belt they are wearing.

This is not entirely accurate as discipline forcefield mtx does this aswell as a few others.

[Rogat]

Interesting, thanks for the replies, I'm glad they made it simpler.

[The_Driver]

Seeing as your inventory only shows a clarity mtx and no other item...

Originally posted by The_Driver:

End of legacy league would probably be 2017-07-31T22:00:00Z, so if you want to be safe, buy before that point in time.

This date has now been confirmed (see link below, was from the API before, which can sometimes use placeholders), and that date is mentioned in regards to hurrying up to buy mtx...

Which means https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1925105 and https://www.pathofexile.com/purchase ("We'll be running them until the release of 3.0.0 later this year.") may be contradicting each other a tiny bit... so yeah, go by the harsher deadline.

[Rogat]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Seeing as your inventory only shows a clarity mtx and no other item...

Originally posted by The_Driver:

End of legacy league would probably be 2017-07-31T22:00:00Z, so if you want to be safe, buy before that point in time.

This date has now been confirmed (see link below, was from the API before, which can sometimes use placeholders), and that date is mentioned in regards to hurrying up to buy mtx...

Which means https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1925105 and https://www.pathofexile.com/purchase ("We'll be running them until the release of 3.0.0 later this year.") may be contradicting each other a tiny bit... so yeah, go by the harsher deadline.

Thanks for the information!