Bag for Cosmetic Items

[lilsaren]

I would love to have a bag to store all cosmetic items. After playing for so many years, you accumulate quite a number of cosmetics that take up valuable inventory space. A bag to store them is worth buying with TPs!

[Hipparan]

I would love to have a bag to store all cosmetic items. After playing for so many years, you accumulate quite a number of cosmetics that take up valuable inventory space. A bag to store them is worth buying with TPs!

This is something people have been calling for for a long time. Counting the cosmetics from Iconic characters, I have well over 100 different cosmetics filling my banks.

[Saekee]

something yes--it has been suggested.

But a BAG...Can we not come up with something more...glamorous? Like a 'portable portmanteau'?

[Memnir]

They've said a few times it can't be done without a total rework of either the way cosmetics work or the way containers work. So, I'd pin this one on the Unlikely board.
Although I'd now love to have anything called a 'portable portmanteau'.

[Annex]

Why would anyone store a Cosmetic Item from an Iconic Character? To use such an item you must be a specific Iconic Character, but if you are a specific Iconic Character you just received another free copy of the associated Iconic Cosmetic Item. Even glamering does not prevent the Iconic Character limitation. I am genuinely curious.

[Krelar]

Why would anyone store a Cosmetic Item from an Iconic Character? To use such an item you must be a specific Iconic Character, but if you are a specific Iconic Character you just received another free copy of the associated Iconic Cosmetic Item. Even glamering does not prevent the Iconic Character limitation. I am genuinely curious.

I've never gotten another copy of the iconic armor's except for my first life as that iconic.

[Annex]

I've never gotten another copy of the iconic armor's except for my first life as that iconic.

Wow. Huh. I have completed... *thinks* ...12 Iconic go rounds and never noticed that. However, I destroy all the Starter Equipment so fast I probably would not have noticed if the Cosmetic was there or not. Now I want to know why the Iconic Cosmetic Armor is not always generated. Hmmm...

[systemshaker1941]

They need to address the problem at some point - cosmetics could be a real money-maker for the game, but not if it's combined with the massive inventory crunch. Making all cosmetics BtA would be an easy solution. As it is, I'm stuck with a pile of ravenloft cosmetics I barely have space for. I don't use them but if I destroy them they are gone forever. I could have a lot of fun playing dressup but simply don't have the space for cosmetics clogging up my inventory.

[systemshaker1941]

Wow. Huh. I have completed... *thinks* ...12 Iconic go rounds and never noticed that. However, I destroy all the Starter Equipment so fast I probably would not have noticed if the Cosmetic was there or not. Now I want to know why the Iconic Cosmetic Armor is not always generated. Hmmm...

Worse still, theres a specific Bladeforged iconic cosmetic that I didn't get on my first bladeforged life(I think due to timing) that all my other bladeforged iconics get. But I can't have one on my main because its BtC. And I won't ever get one.

[banjo174]

They've said a few times it can't be done without a total rework of either the way cosmetics work or the way containers work. So, I'd pin this one on the Unlikely board.
Although I'd now love to have anything called a 'portable portmanteau'.

It doesn't have to be a bag, It could be a wardrobe tab in the shared bank area. Just like they added a crafting tab to it, they could add a wardrobe tab to it, simple as that... it would act just like a normal shared bank, but be limited to only cosmetic items. Simple... The devs just don't care apparently lol

[Annex]

It doesn't have to be a bag, It could be a wardrobe tab in the shared bank area. Just like they added a crafting tab to it, they could add a wardrobe tab to it, simple as that... it would act just like a normal shared bank, but be limited to only cosmetic items. Simple... The devs just don't care apparently lol

Even that is more complicated than it need be. A Shared Bank "Wardrobe" tab need only search for and display Cosmetic Items. Such a system requires no limitations on what goes where. Or, add the ability to search for "Cosmetic" in the Shared Storage Search Box and have it actually work.

Anyway, they solved all these problems in The Lord of the Rings Online. The storage systems in that game work great. For whatever reason, they will not implement those solutions in DDO. It is extremely frustrating.

Also, this game would greatly benefit from a 'Recover' function that would return things like the Iconic Character Cosmetic Items. Yet again, they solved a problem in The Lord of the Rings Online and will not implement that solution here.

[banjo174]

Even that is more complicated than it need be. A Shared Bank "Wardrobe" tab need only search for and display Cosmetic Items. Such a system requires no limitations on what goes where. Or, add the ability to search for "Cosmetic" in the Shared Storage Search Box and have it actually work.

Anyway, they solved all these problems in The Lord of the Rings Online. The storage systems in that game work great. For whatever reason, they will not implement those solutions in DDO. It is extremely frustrating.

Also, this game would greatly benefit from a 'Recover' function that would return things like the Iconic Character Cosmetic Items. Yet again, they solved a problem in The Lord of the Rings Online and will not implement that solution here.

Thats annoying lol

[JOTMON]

[NemesisAlien]

Where the hell did this come from?

[JOTMON]

Where the hell did this come from?

an old wish list that gets revived periodically over the years.

Cordovan pretty much killed any hopes if this ever being viable since cosmetics were not coded in a way that this could be accommodated, and got the impression that they have no desire to update or forward code to have this kind of a system for cosmetics...

The idea of a cosmetic closet is something we have discussed, as would a separate tab for cosmetics only, but the issue is a technical one. Cosmetics are not a "singleton", which is an inside baseball term, but it means they cannot go into their own separate account bank. Also, it means they are not typed in a way that allows them to go into a separate tab, folder, or bag. Making them do that would be a re-engineering of the cosmetic system.

Although they are capable of doing the system as shown by the cuti-pet implementation..

I can only assume they felt there is no value in investing any coding time to make a useful cosmetic system like having a cosmetic closet system for players to be able to buy and store a collection of cosmetics and mirrored items across the player account.

I guess they are happy enough with overloading player inventory with one off cosmetics.

I still don't understand why they chose make many cosmetics BTC and not BTA... and continue to ignore/reject requests to retroactively change all BTC cosmetics to be BTA.

[systemshaker1941]

Changing things to BTA would make too much sense and solve too many problems.

[valkrei]

Changing things to BTA would make too much sense and solve too many problems.

BTA is a band aid but it would help. But Why can't they make it like diablo 3, you get it once and all characters can use it.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

BTA is a band aid but it would help. But Why can't they make it like diablo 3, you get it once and all characters can use it.

We already have something like that with pets.

Now, cosmetics aint't pets yet ...

I personally believe hat it would be easier to have an own "bank account" just for cosmetics. Or, some kind of housing with additional treasure chests. That this is in principle possible is shown by guild ship vault rooms.
It should be permanent, though.

[Gljosh]

A kennel for pets, a closet for clothes, weapon rack, shoe cubby, hat rack, jewelry box, and a stable for mounts.

Each sold separately.

[Smokewolf]

Maybe call the cosmetic bag the “purse”...