Yeah, I really hate oversized pauldrons too. And pauldrons with some weird-ass shape. And overly gaudy armor in general. Most MMOs have awful armor that I can't stand.
Three recurring cosmetic "tropes" I goddamn hate in games:
- giant or weirdly shaped pauldrons
- weapons floating without a sheet/scabbard "glued" on the back of the character
- horned "viking" helms (but then again I very rarely like how helms look, in general).
So far BG3 strikes the first two, but I'm confident we will get the third as well.
And well, anything that's excessively gaudy, really. But this can rarely work when it's a specific vibe you are going when designing a particular elite group (Knights of the Blazing Sun in Warhammer with their plumed hats come to mind. Or the Order of the Flaming Rose in The Witcher 2).
It's weird, honestly. It's like some developers just couldn't wrap their heads around how hilariously uncool some of this stuff can can look at times.
I mean, this is a possible example of what a cool BIG armor can look. Something that makes you feel like both someone of a certain status AND a seasoned warrior.
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Not that shiny, pink abomination.
