My lowered-expectations skins list
So, I've done a lot of these. My Semi-Realistic Expectations for Clones post, the My Thoughts on Officer Customization one, the one about My Trooper Skins list, etc. Back when I was a wide-eyed dreamer, full of hope and optimism for this game. Reality has changed me. Lowered my expectations, even lowered my hopes.
And hey, they're probably still too high. But with all the sad realities of this game in mind -- heroes from the distant past or future just magically appearing in a battle, hero Hoth skins on Tattooine and Jakku, the ridiculous rainbow of legion skins in every CW game, and soon Wookiees on Geonosis -- I've decided to at least try to scale my visions of potential back to what can realistically be achieved by a company that either doesn't want to do very much, or isn't being allowed to.
So here it is.
(It's taken me a while to put this together, so I'm posting it in a somewhat unfinished state. I'll update links and such later.)
First, male and female for every class (except Clones and Droids obviously). Some of this, for helmeted troopers, is just swapping voice options. Easy enough. This gives 1-3 new options for EVERY faction/class combo, for a total of 78 new options.
Next, for Rebels and Resistance, open all aliens to all classes. This gives 8 or 9 new options to every Rebel and Resistance class, for a total of 66 new options.
And hey, they're probably still too high. But with all the sad realities of this game in mind -- heroes from the distant past or future just magically appearing in a battle, hero Hoth skins on Tattooine and Jakku, the ridiculous rainbow of legion skins in every CW game, and soon Wookiees on Geonosis -- I've decided to at least try to scale my visions of potential back to what can realistically be achieved by a company that either doesn't want to do very much, or isn't being allowed to.
So here it is.
(It's taken me a while to put this together, so I'm posting it in a somewhat unfinished state. I'll update links and such later.)
First, male and female for every class (except Clones and Droids obviously). Some of this, for helmeted troopers, is just swapping voice options. Easy enough. This gives 1-3 new options for EVERY faction/class combo, for a total of 78 new options.
Next, for Rebels and Resistance, open all aliens to all classes. This gives 8 or 9 new options to every Rebel and Resistance class, for a total of 66 new options.
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SIMPLE SEPARATIST SKINS
all-blue uniform, Cyclops helmet
Up to this point, everything here should be pretty simple to make. A lot of it is just recoloring, some is bringing back skins they already made for the last game, the most complicated part of it is just making a head or a helmet.
"if you dont expect too much, you might not be let down"
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The main point is this:
We could have at least 144 skins inside a month, just from doing the other gender and opening aliens to all classes.
Then, just from recoloring and moving minor elements around, we could have around 90 more skins. Though admittedly that's a bit more than minimal effort.
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That Specialist rework was disappointing.
Fingers crossed for more skins next year!
Agreed. I've also made a few threads with my thoughts on this topic. I'm tempted to make another one now, too.
I’m still sitting over here waiting on the Ishi Tib skin
For SIMPLE EMPIRE SKINS :
- Death Star Trooper - Officer class
- Stormtrooper Commander - Assault class
- Shadow Trooper - Assault class
- Imperial Army Swamp Trooper Corporal - Assault class
- Imperial Army Swamp Trooper Corporal (maskless version) - Assault class
- Imperial Army Swamp Trooper Heavy Gunner - Heavy class
- Imperial Army Swamp Trooper Captain - Officer class
- Imperial Army Mimban Stormtrooper - Specialist class
Concepts for potential maps:
https://battlefront-forums.ea.com/discussion/126706/a-list-of-maps-they-could-add-to-this-game-spoiler-alert-its-a-long-list#latest
This is your lowered expectations list? Lol.
My realistic expectations are like 12 new skins total. Good job, though! I like it
Death Star Trooper - Officer Class
Stormtrooper Commander - Assault Class
Shadow Trooper - Assault Class
Imperial Army Swamp Trooper - Assault Class
Imperial Army Swamp Trooper (maskless version) - Assault Class
Imperial Army Swamp Trooper Heavy Gunner - Heavy Class
Imperial Army Swamp Trooper Captain - Officer Class
Imperial Army Swamp Mimban Trooper - Specialist Class
All great ideas. Any new content is welcome. I really want this battle damaged Vader skin from the comic book
I actually included this one -- as the Imperial Navy Trooper. The name "Death Star Trooper" is a bit of a misnomer, they're actually Imperial Navy Troopers, some of whom serve on the Death Star. The action figure was named "Death Star Trooper" by Kenner, so lots of people think of it as that... they didn't really do accuracy checking back then.
These aren't really canon, but I wouldn't mind them as a Legendary skin, locked to max rank. Or maybe as Vader's bodyguards, if they bring back the bodyguard system?
Shadow Troopers became Death Troopers, they're the same basic thing.
I've seen these suggested a lot. But I can't say I'd want to see them as skins. Snowtroopers belong on snow maps only, Shoretroopers belong on beach maps only, Swamptroopers belong on swamp maps only. Your selections are perfect, though, very well suited to each class -- they'd be great for default skins if we ever get a Mimban map, or any other swampy location.
This one I wouldn't mind seeing. I like it! Looks like a sniper, too. Similar to the ST Sniper with a poncho, in my list.
Realistically, I doubt we'll see more than a few of the skins in my list. But they're all so simple to make, we SHOULD be able to expect them all.
So, you lost your old hope, and now you have A New Hope?
Seriously though, I would settle for some Luke skins, especially Tatooine Luke. Would like his X pilot garb, and his ESB brown Randy Marsh shirt. Old bearded Luke would be cool too, for striking down idle players in their sleep. He already has the face for it.
Not to derail, but am I the only one who feels like Luke's face looks old/comicbooky/not like Mark H.?
I would also love to see the TIE pilot skin as a trooper.
For the pipe dream list, Bikini Leia and Chewbacca in a speedo (why not give him a 15th skin, right?).
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Yavin 4 has a swamp ;-)
- Neimoidian Navy Officer - Officer Class
For SIMPLE REPUBLIC SKINS :
- Other skisn for the Wookie Warrior
- Naboo Security Guard - Assault class
- Naboo Security Officer - Officer Class
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- Naboo Palace Guard - Officer Class
And variant Wookiee Warrior skins would be great.
So, yeah. If possible, I'd like them to add this handful of more complicated skins, though sadly these are mostly wishful thinking, given that they'd require time and effort:
SUBSTANTIAL SEPARATIST SKINS
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SUBSTANTIAL REPUBLIC SKINS
SUBSTANTIAL EMPIRE SKINS
SUBSTANTIAL REBEL SKINS
SUBSTANTIAL FIRST ORDER SKINS
SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE SKINS