So with this patch there was a stealth increase to the size of all the old, non-cartel market double-bladed lightsabers. They also increased the size of some of the older cartel market ones to match the new ones in size.

 

I'm sorry, but what the heck? There was a reason we liked the old ones: they were smaller. Satele Shan's Lightsaber was already huge, now it's even bigger! They look terrible and horribly disproportionate to our toons. I don't like the new lightsabers because they look like ridiculously oversized maglights, and now the saberstaffs are that size too.

 

I don't know if this was intentional or if it was a bug, but IMO, this change needs to be reversed, immediately.

 

~ Eudoxia

Edited October 4, 2016 by FlavivsAetivs

I noticed this immediately when I logged in on my Assassin.

 

There are many double bladed lightsabers to choose from, and they come in a variety of sizes, from reasonably small to so big they look like they should be back mounted. I deliberately picked a smaller one for my character and I am very, very unhappy with this change. It looks ridiculous on him now, as would any (?) other I bought to replace it.

 

Is this a bug that will be fixed, or do I need to swap my now-oversized saberstaff for a pitchfork?

They probably did it so that they can put weapon tunings on them

Any screenie ? lol

 

So what now....the blade are Bigger ?

They probably did it so that they can put weapon tunings on them

 

This may very well have been a result of changes made for weapon tunings, however there were smaller lightsabers before (Tempted Apprentice Dualsaber for example) that could take a tuning without being stupidly huge.

Well either "size doesn't matter" or "bigger is better". In both cases this is a good change

No it's not, many of the sabers are disproportionate to the toons and aren't affixed on the belt properly. It's especially bad with body type 1.

 

~ Eudoxia

I was joking obviously

Most of the double-bladed lightsaber models were already to big when "holstered". Any change should be towards making them smaller, not larger.

 

Edit: Warmaster Double-bladed lightsaber is now twice as long when holstered. Of course I got it, because it was shorter than most of the other ones. Well done.

Edited October 4, 2016 by GeromeDoutrande

They don't even look scaled properly. Just went to check the double bladed saber I had on my DvL Shadow and it looks longer now when holstered than it is when the blade is active. Certainly doesn't have the same scaling.

 

This needs a response and, preferably, a fix. ASAP.

Lightsabers, and their size ratio, are definitely one of the more important character aesthetics in the game to me....where I had believed that way too many were already oversized. Edited October 4, 2016 by VitalityPrime

The devs have been fighting to give us coffee can sized lightsabers since the launch of the game. Now they have resorted to sneaking in these absurd art design decisions thinking they will go unnoticed! For shame Devs, FOR SHAME!

There was a reason we liked the old ones: they were smaller [...] They look terrible and horribly disproportionate to our toons [...] this change needs to be reversed, immediately.

I agree!

Very unhappy about this. Very unhappy about a lot of things concerning shadows/assassins at the moment but I wasn't expecting to add looks to the list.

 

I'd also be curious to know if anyone even likes the oversized sabers (both single and double) that had already become the norm before this latest, uhm, feature?

Please give us confirmation that this is just a bug that will be fixed, and nothing more. Edited October 4, 2016 by VitalityPrime

For those that want to see the difference of this change, which is hopefully just a bug.

 

https://ouroportal.com/w/images/0/00/Lightsabersizechange.jpg

Edited October 4, 2016 by VitalityPrime

Hey everyone,

 

This is not a stealth change to the size of Dualsabers, don't worry. This is a bug with the data that sets the size of the weapon. It's actually happening to all weapon types, but is the most noticeable on Dualsabers. We are going to have our engineers look at the problem, and should have a fix in an upcoming patch.

 

-Tait

Hey everyone,

 

This is not a stealth change to the size of Dualsabers, don't worry. This is a bug with the data that sets the size of the weapon. It's actually happening to all weapon types, but is the most noticeable on Dualsabers.

 

-Tait

Oh great...it's not like this cannon wasn't already outrageously large...

 

I hope it's fixed soon Tait...

Oh great...it's not like this cannon wasn't already outrageously large...

 

I hope it's fixed soon Tait...

 

can you post the scaled version?

Hey everyone,

 

This is not a stealth change to the size of Dualsabers, don't worry. This is a bug with the data that sets the size of the weapon. It's actually happening to all weapon types, but is the most noticeable on Dualsabers. We are going to have our engineers look at the problem, and should have a fix in an upcoming patch.

 

-Tait

 

Thank you for the response Tait.

 

~ Eudoxia

Ever since they came out with these ridiculously long double-bladed sabers I have never cared for them, and don't use them. Now this. Hopefully when they fix these they fix all the others as well.

 

What's interesting is all of them are only long when they are put away on the side of your character. When activated, they look normal, even the ones before this bug.

Hey everyone,

 

This is not a stealth change to the size of Dualsabers, don't worry. This is a bug with the data that sets the size of the weapon. It's actually happening to all weapon types, but is the most noticeable on Dualsabers. We are going to have our engineers look at the problem, and should have a fix in an upcoming patch.

 

-Tait

Good to hear, thanks for letting us know!

Hey everyone,

 

This is not a stealth change to the size of Dualsabers, don't worry. This is a bug with the data that sets the size of the weapon. It's actually happening to all weapon types, but is the most noticeable on Dualsabers. We are going to have our engineers look at the problem, and should have a fix in an upcoming patch.

 

-Tait

 

Thank you for the update!

*sigh of relief*

 

hopefully it is fixed soon...

Hey everyone,

 

This is not a stealth change to the size of Dualsabers, don't worry. This is a bug with the data that sets the size of the weapon. It's actually happening to all weapon types, but is the most noticeable on Dualsabers. We are going to have our engineers look at the problem, and should have a fix in an upcoming patch.

 

-Tait

 

This needs to be fixed ASAP. A lot of weapons are already too large for certain body types. The old sabers and guns at least scaled with the body type, but this is ridiculous now.