Raiment of the Lich costume fix = quality reduced

I logged on and took a look at my costume. I noticed something, and maybe it's just that I didn't notice it before (or I'm looking for it now)...

But do the wings seem...flat? If that's what the OP is talking about, then yes I definitely see the problem.

I used to work in computer graphic design so i know what I'm looking for and appreciate in great detail how great graphics are made. Most people probably are not going to notice the difference besides the new dye-able areas on top of the larger male classes, i have noticed my issue on both dervish and warriors. They did remove a texture layer that made the wings look real and not painted on a shell, and they also removed feathers on the wings that gave the wings movement and replaced them with semi-transparent wings... you can tell which ones they replaced they just do not look the same and are completely translucent as apposed to a solid center gradient-ed to transparent edges.

Like i said minor details you wouldn't notice if you weren't looking for them before the update...But the small details can add up..... it just seems like a lazy fix because someone worked hard to make that layer... it just wasn't perfect... then fix it don't delete it...

I prefer the sheer cloth that we still have on the front of the female monk and ritualist, but it is causing their lower abdomen (see screenshot) to be transparent. It may be hard to tell from the screenshot, but I can see the ground and everything else through that area when she breathes or I move the camera. Camera distance doesn't make a difference.

I could probably learn to live with the flat color we have on the other professions if I had purchased this with in-game money, but I had to use my credit card. Can we please get the sheer cloth back for the other professions and have the ghost tummy fixed?



Other than that, I can't complain too much. The wings look okay for me and I found 3 birthday presents while checking to see what the costume looked like on all my characters.

Edit: Just checked a male warrior and I'm not seeing any problems with the wings.

Was the costume dyed (non-default color)?... won't notice the dye-able space if it wasn't..

What kinda video card you use?

Edit: A friend informed me that the male Mesmer best resembles the texture and movement with the exception with some clipping around the edges of the wings... Test it move around in it...the lower feathers will sway and reflect light on Mesmer... compare it to another male class... the wings go stale.. all classes should have the same quality.

Just thought id do a side by side comparison now that i know of a in game example people can go compare Male Mesmer to other classes themselves.

Mesmer = Left, Warrior = Right



As you can see especially on the back view on top of the wings that there is a lower resolution on the warriors as well as all other male classes... if you want to see the movement and sheen i been talking about.. compare your class to male Mesmer wings when he moves around...best seen while your back is to a light source.

After my ticket was "escalated" on a Saturday.. i received the following response today.

Response (GM FruitSnake) 11/16/2010 10:56 AM
Hello,

Your issue has been noted and escalated to our Quality Assurance Team. If we have any additional information for you, we’ll be sure to update this ticket. If you recall any other details that might help us reproduce this issue, feel free to contact us again with that information.

Regards,
GM FruitSnake
The Guild Wars Support Team

Hopefully we will get a fix soon O.o

What they seem to have done is taken away the white bar, but reverted to a lower quality "tattered/roadkill" look on my ele

And the response I got to mine:

yeah of course there not going to give us a time frame so we can actually expect something... my guess is prob bout a month... and by the time stamp on yours.... it seems like they only been aware for an hour...

Well, yeah. lol. Just figured I'd post mine as well, since it was different.

I just saw a guy in Kamadan usa3 with an evil grin on his Cowl of the Lich. I swear to God, I saw this white line, and I'm thinking: whats with that guy's Cowl? I look, and I see this on his cowl:

No joke, I'm dead serious. He zoned before i could make a screenie
And I dont have texmod installed or anything.

It was probably a necromancer with an armor that has a collar that clips threw the mask...it does look pretty wicked.

ooh, yes, perhaps (elite) necrotic or elite luxon...too bad my necro is female, or I could have tested it out ^^
Anyone who can produce some screens?

No fix as of yet, maybe they will work on it now that they have these new ones done, good costumes but i refuse to buy em until they fix this.

Seams like the new wedding gown is suffering from the same issues... Looked great yesterday but today it's completely pixelated... -_-'

Yeah i been hearing the same thing from friends that had purchased them, I guess this is the quality we can expect from future guild wars costumes.. just seems like a sleazy way to make a quick buck... make good looking costumes with a few minor flaws to get people to buy them... then when everyone notices a few minor flaws.. lower the quality and call it fixed...good for short term gains but you can bet people will stop buying new costumes. The Halloween 2010 costumes are the first and last costumes i will ever buy.

Only noticed just now with the wings OO
and now that I notice it I don't like the wings anymore at all, they ruined my wings QQ

I am planning to but wedding pack... can it really be that the quality is not acceptable?
This saddens me... my trust to anet just got a hit... not broken... yet...

Why would they ruin my wings? Whyyyy?

@up. Quality is... well, acceptable. I don't have a screenshot before the update, so I didn't noticed any difference after I've been told there is some. I was also wondering if people aren't mistaking the dress embroidery for "low quality" pixels.

You might want to note that female elementalist Formal Attire lack of jewlery on her hand and she misses a piece of her back.

Female ele. Again.

They still haven't fixed this?

I don't want low resolution armour/costumes, which is why I don't buy any armour from Prophecies or Factions (or EoTN).

Why did Nightfall get all of the high-res stuff?

Oh, I bought the Halloween costumes because they looked awesome. I want what I paid for back to the quality it should have been.

People are talking about the wedding dress quality being lowered not the bridal dress.... but i see what your saying comparing screenies on wiki