Why are the new premium cosmetics not separated into hat and skin?

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It just ruins them for me and I hope it is something that will be fixed.
In the posts announcing and advertising the new collection it is always said, that the premium cosmetic set includes a skin and a hat (like it always has been), but that seems to be wrong or worse a lie.

  • Added a new set of Premium Cosmetics: the Mythical Masquerade.
    • The Gotrek Gurnisson hero skin and hat, equippable by Bardin’s Slayer career.
    • The Naieth the Prophetess hero skin and hat, equippable by all of Kerillian’s careers.
    • The Felix Jaeger hero skin and hat, equippable by Kruber’s Mercenary career.
    • The Isabella Von Carstein hero skin and hat, equippable by Sienna’s Pyromancer and Necromancer careers.
    • The Count Boris Todbringer hero skin and hat, equippable by Saltzpyre’s Bounty Hunter career.

I refunded the pack after my initial surprise when receiving my items, because ingame when buying the collection your only hint, that these are outfits and not skin and hat, is the little purple number in the upper right, that you receive 5 instead of 10 items.

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Would be nice to swap out hats and such, makes for both stylish and funny combinations, though the latter is probably why it doesn’t come split into a skin & hat to begin with, which is a shame.

Honestly my biggest gripe is not allowing the Todbringer cosmetics for Witch Hunter Captain too, that’s literally the only thing stopping me from buying it despite my love for bald, one-eyed Middenlanders.

Makes sense to me to have it on WHC and BH, but that may also just be me coping :face_holding_back_tears:

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I was so disappointed when I went into modded realm a week ago and found out that the Bounty Hunter skin is a full skin like the VT1 skins. I really wanted to rock the BH hero skin, but change out the headgear for one of Saltz’s full helms so I could get a Durge cosplay going. Oh well…

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Honestly, the only explanation that comes to my mind is: Fatshark wasted too much time and resources on versus. So:

  • They released a poor customizable cosmetic sets (easier to develop);

  • They doesn’t had enough time to refine new weapons and release them with new map;

  • Unexpected craft system bugs and progression mess harmed some plans.

That’s the only explanation why they decided to green light this recent decision and I don’t expect they fix it, because they don’t see these new unseparable cometics as “bug”, but as “feature”.

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GW design guidelines. It’s been confirmed

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Where?? This also feels like a cheap excuse - we already got other Cosplay Skins like Louen or Alaraielle where it it was possible to separate the outfit

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To me, it’s a very lazy explanation if it’s true.

So why Grail Knight throw bombs?
Why Felix Kruber isn’t yellowish blonde?
Why Warrior Priest uses Flail & Shield?

I know GW is rigid with his IP, but Fatshark also lies.

I remember when consoles updates were WAY behind PC, they said that’s because Sony licensing was slower (the real reason was Darktide production). Now the updates are almost equal on all platforms.

I simply don’t believe.

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Thanks, what an idiotic decision on both ends. It was possible before, makes zero sense that it isn’t possible now.

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It sucks but I think I understand why it’s different.

The new set is all specific recognizable characters from Games Workshop IP. GW wants them to be represented accurately if they’re used.

Previous cosmetics that allow mix and matching aren’t specific big characters. They’re broader scope (classes and types etc) so Games Workshop isn’t as rigid for them.

I agree it’s BS, but no need to blame Fatshark for it when it’s the fault of GW.

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Except not really. There was already a cosmetic pack of known character garbs and you could equip heads and bodies separately

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Its arbitrarily decided by whatever GW feels at the time of deciding, Fatshark doesnt get to pick. They can only ask and follow.

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So why FS decided to go on this route knowing what can be happen?

They simply could made these outfits like a vague poetic license and everything should be fine.

Now we have a half-ass*d beardless Kruber, who didn’t look at all like Felix, and completely locked from customization to “fix” this.

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The new set is all specific recognizable characters from Games Workshop IP. GW wants them to be represented accurately if they’re used.
Previous cosmetics that allow mix and matching aren’t specific big characters. They’re broader scope (classes and types etc) so Games Workshop isn’t as rigid for them.

We already have such “specific big characters”. Alarielle the Everqueen, Louen Leoncoeur, Thyrus Gormann are not any less, but may be even much more recognizable characters than new ones.

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I really hope they fix this, I bought the whole pack hoping I could use hats separately. Also, please make matching helms for the existing armors such as the chaos wastes purified white outfits and the champion red armor, etc.

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They won’t. It’ll not be separated. Fatshark already answered in this topic:

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IDK fam, I’d rather have the single outfits than not at all. I for one like all the new ones and I don’t care that I can’t customize them :person_shrugging:t2:

I’ve never heard of any of them but I’ve definitely heard of Felix and Gotrek (not the other three new ones though). I’m admittedly not a Warhammer lore buff at all, so just from knowing who F&G were, is why I guessed this is the reason behind the single piece only design.

Just a guess though :melting_face:

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We already have tons of outfits that’s not match with hats colors, I prefer quality over quantity.

If you like the new outifits “as is”, very good, but if it was customizable, you would like it anyway and the other people who likes mish mash would be happy as well. Win-win situation. That’s why have “options” matters.

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