Bioware - Why the Clones?

The trooper armor on Corso does bug me, but mostly because it makes him look like he volunteered to help out a kindergarten class with their latest tempura paint project. I actually like that he looks more heavily armored than my Sawbones though, because he is a tank and it seems fitting that he looks like the meat shields that he is. xD

BUT, I also wish that there was some more "civilian" looking heavy armor. BH stuff would be perfect, really. And from the story line so far, I can't imagine his character wanting to wear the Republic's military uniform.

umm stop equiping your companions with trooper gear? seriously plenty of designs never ran into this syndrome as of yet. my friend and my companions are pretty unqiue looking, juts have to find right modable gear that is all is to it.

umm stop equiping your companions with trooper gear? seriously plenty of designs never ran into this syndrome as of yet. my friend and my companions are pretty unqiue looking, juts have to find right modable gear that is all is to it.

YES! This just screams "CHEAP!" A group of NPCs standing around and they make them exact CLONES of one another. Seriously Bioware, did you think we wouldn't notice? Did you think we wouldn't care? How difficult is it to add three different looking NPCs, especially when they are standing right next to each other.

This one really bothers me, because I feel like they were just trying to cut corners. If you can't put enough effort and detail into NPCs who stand side by side, how can we ever expect you to do it for any other part of the game?

As others have mentioned, collect all the orange gear you can find then mod it to the stats for your companion. Really if I wanted to I could make my trooper look like a Jedi since they have heavy armor as well. I just have to put the right mods in it. It takes more work but the option is there if you want to do it.

The solution here is obvious.

Make the slave bikini wearable by male characters, too.

Did I ask for this to be done immediately?

Did I go screaming "THIS MUST BE DONE!!!!!!1!!!111!!!"

Did I give any indication at all that I would quit if this was not fixed?

Answer is: No.

Would I like to see this addressed? Yes.

Can I wait for more pressing issues to be attended to? Yes.

Would I like a response from Bioware, at least acknowledging this issue, with some small quip about "yes we are aware about this, and are looking to get some more variety into the system in <insert time frame here>. Yes.

Doesn't matter if Corso was military at one point in his life.

In the here and now, where it matters, he is a hired gun / mercenary / smuggler / civillian.

He is not a trooper. He is not a soldier in the Republic Army and he is certainly not a member of Havoc Squad, an elite special forces unit, that supposedly, only has 2-6 members, depending on where you are in the story.

So why does every piece of armor in the known Republic galaxy bear the Havoc stamp? Yet Empire armor, looks civillian?

/sigh

Because the devs didn't diversify their loot tables and armor models enough.

Doesn't matter that Corso was a soldier or trooper or whatever at one time.

He isn't anymore. He's running with me, a smuggler, and I'd like for him to look like one!

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Additional question to the devs:

Would it be difficult to port over some of the BH armor models on the Empire side, to be green drops on Republic side for companions?

You still don't understand. BW doesn't like Republic side and favours Empire - that's why that side has cooler looking stuff - didn't that ever cross your mind? There's even a whole section on this forum discussing this issue. Whether or not it's "really" true, that's another story but you do have to admit, empire does look better - I know, i play both sides - and no smart *** remarks either rofl....