Racial skins
Racial skins enable a player to change their character's racial appearance.[1][2]
- Racial skins transform the race of the character to that skin. The original racial appearance of the character is entirely replaced.[3]
- Racial skins can be toggled on and off.[2]
You're changing your race over to that, which means that you won't look uniquely different if you were a Vek angel or a Human angel.[3] – Steven Sharif
Racial skins are not costumes. This means that armor and character customization is possible on these.[4]
There are plans to create other racial skins.[7]
- Some potential future ideas include undead and werewolf (lycan) skins.[8]
List of racial skins
Skins
Accessories/armor, Buildings, Caravans, Mounts, Pets, and Ships sold in the cosmetic store are skins.[11][12][13]
- Skins are cosmetic items that do not grant the user any benefit.[14]
- Skins are only be able to be applied to things that have already been earned, crafted or found within Ashes of Creation.[15][16]
- Owning cosmetics does not guarantee the acquisition of the item the cosmetic can be used on. Players must still achieve the corresponding item/building.[15] – Steven Sharif
- Caravan skins change the appearance of an in-game mount and in-game caravan that are hooked up to each other.[21][22]
- The best skins will be in-game achievable.[23]
- The best skins will be in-game achievable (obviously “best” is subjective, so I’d say the most ornate and detailed/unique).[23] – Steven Sharif
Cosmetic store
The Cosmetic store enables players to purchase Cosmetics for use in Ashes of Creation.[26] The cosmetic store offers limited time, limited quantity items to help sustain game development.[27]
- Equitable cosmetics, both from a quantity and quality standpoint, are achievable through in-game means.[27]
- Nothing in the cosmetic store will be pay to win.[28]
Nothing in our shop will ever be pay to win as we believe this practice greatly hurts the MMORPG genre.[28]
- Cash shop cosmetics will offer a diverse selection of unique looks.[29]
I want to incentivize purchase in the cosmetic shop for sustainability of what expansions we have intended, since we are not a box cost. I want to incentivize purchase by offering limited items: limited time, limited quantity, so you have confidence that when you purchase them, they won't be offered later on in some other way.[27] – Steven Sharif
- All cosmetic store items will be non-tradeable.[30] There will be no gifting mechanism for cosmetic items.[31]
I don't want cosmetic items that can be purchased from the market to be transferable... because it is in a way a transfer of money for potentially something in-game.[31] – Steven Sharif
See also
References
- ↑ Livestream, May 12, 2017 (1:04:04).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Livestream, May 29, 2020 (1:42:43).
- ↑ Kickstarter 12k+ backers.
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- ↑ February 8, 2019 - Questions and Answers.
- ↑ Livestream, 2018-04-8 (AM) (4:47).
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Store: Racial skins.
- ↑ Livestream, November 30, 2020 (56:02).
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Rime and Regal.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2
- ↑ Livestream, December 6, 2018 (41:43).
- ↑ Livestream, June 30, 2023 (1:15:34).
- ↑ Livestream, November 30, 2020 (57:50).
- ↑ Livestream, August 28, 2020 (2:14:06).
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- ↑ 21.0 21.1
- ↑ 22.0 22.1
- ↑ 23.0 23.1
- ↑ Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.
- ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:53:46).
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- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Livestream, 2018-04-8 (PM) (58:29).
- ↑ 28.0 28.1
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- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Interview, May 11, 2018 (32:36).