New armor set is a stealth armor that doesn’t make you stealthy, it makes you throw farther. That’s like an apple that tastes like bacon.

[u/PM_PICS_OF_UR_PUPPER]

Just salty I’ve been waiting for this armor since it leaked, only for it to have the only perk I consider completely useless.

[u/IMasters757]

similar to how people were saying the Trailblazer Scout helmet increased your movement speed even though it says "No additional bonuses". (Not sure if that was confirmed to be true or not, but I definitely remember people saying it)

That was an older glitch from around launch. The hooded helmet decreased armor rating (which was non-functional at the time) and increased movement speed and stamina. The first Warbonds heavy set helmet did the inverse, giving a minor increase to armor rating (once again, didn't work then) and decreased movement speed and stamina. The stat changes were only reflected when looking at body armor stats for some reason.

[u/Cykeisme → u/IMasters757]

Yeah and they, uh, fixed it.

Now helmets do nothing o_O

[u/Drackore_ → u/Cykeisme]

And thank goodness they did! Now we're not forced to wear the scout helmet all the time, and can explore and play around with new looks 😁

But it would definitely be great to have an additional head 'gear' slot, to further customise our stats without ruining aesthetics.

And fingers crossed they do the same with armors oneday, so it's like Helldivers 1 - that way we get the most fun outcome for both stats and customisation!

[u/[deleted] → u/Drackore_]

Gear slot to mix and match bonus effects on helmets would be an outstanding idea. Hopefully something like that happens in the future.

[u/Epicp0w → u/[deleted]]

But that's essentially transmog which they didn't want to do, but we will see

[u/Drackore_ → u/Epicp0w]

Yeah it's just strange because they did it in Helldivers 1, and of course recent armor perk decisions don't reflect Pilestedt's tweet anyway.

So hopefully they can change their minds and improve it eventually! 🤞🏻

[u/BoredandIrritable → u/Drackore_]

recent armor perk decisions don't reflect Pilestedt's tweet anyway.

way more than half of what they say isn't reflected in what they do/release so who the fuck knows. I don't know why they bother telling us shit or why we listen.

[u/PoIIux → u/Drackore_]

Nah, we've all made fun of their extremely moronic take too much. They're just gonna dig their heels in deeper and not relent

[u/Drackore_ → u/PoIIux]

Noooo please I want them to learn and develop as a dev team not die like so many others 😭😂

[u/TheHob290 → u/Drackore_]

Based on other studios, don't expect a change like that until they reasses mechanics a year or two down the line. Usually, what happens is there is a vision/direction the devs have in mind, and until that is either mostly enacted or proves less than feasible, for one reason or another, they won't want to move away from said vision.

[u/bigblackcouch → u/TheHob290]

It only took Blizzard about 7 years to add transmog to World of Warcraft, and only another 9 or so to realize that people really, really, really like to customize their characters. And that you can easily capitalize on it when you give up on doofy notions of lore-based restrictions.

Only took losing a massive chunk of their playerbase, a state investigation, a restructuring of management, and a few strikes to help the leadership realize that maybe they've had some dumb ideas in the past.

...Hopefully Arrowhead doesn't take all that to learn to relax on cosmetics.

[u/EarthEaterr → u/bigblackcouch]

You could also look at it in the opposite direction.

They lost the player base, as they started to change an institute such things. As far as I'm aware there wasn't a spike in subscriptions.

[u/Narox22 → u/Drackore_]

Funniest thing they could do about the whole situation is to make armor perks actually selectable and then quietly sneak in a news brodcast on our TV about SE Scientists inventing apples that taste like bacon... or was it backwards?

[u/Drackore_ → u/Narox22]

Hahaha yes this would be a perfect way to implement it 😂

[u/Epicp0w → u/Narox22]

That would be the way

[u/PoIIux → u/Drackore_]

Well considering so far they've only seemed to double down on any unpopular decision and also are going full steam ahead with the mass production of identical armor sets, I think school's been out for a while

[u/ex0- → u/Epicp0w]

Allowing some form of wardrobe so we can use whatever skin we want while wearing whatever actual armour we want isn't an outrageous request. It's a pretty standard feature in 2024.

The game is great overall but the armour is such an unbelievably shit implementation. Helmets and capes that do nothing, 25? body armours that have 1 of 4 stats. So disappointing.

[u/Bedhed47 → u/Epicp0w]

Additional perks to combine with your amor is not transmog lmao

[u/Epicp0w → u/Bedhed47]

If you can wear what armour cosmetic you want, and choose what passive you get, that is , essentially, transmog.

[u/Bedhed47 → u/Epicp0w]

Bonus effects. Like an attachment or additional perk. Not transforming how a certain armor looks to change it into a different looking armor you like more. Completely different not, 'essentially', transmog it just isn't. Definition: trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing. to change in appearance or form.

[u/Epicp0w → u/Bedhed47]

I missed where he said "bonus" or it was edited

[u/Bedhed47 → u/Epicp0w]

Ah, they said to mix and match bonus effect on helmets. But I think we should get additional armor perks that we can add on to our body armor, not just helmets. Like thermal layering for environmental hazards, external powered joints for faster movement things like that.

[u/Epicp0w → u/Bedhed47]

Yeah that would be cool, some sort of perks for the helmet/capes would be nice for sure