Cowl (hooded) idea to make them a desired item

[Coglin]

Hi, My name Is Coglin Ohmsford, and I approve this message.


Seriously though, I agree, we lose a slot, The stats always fall short of a body/head even without materias. The defence is also alot lower on the on the cowl. I love the look of the hooded attire, and personally would like to see more. Perhaps with more regal gold and silver trims and what not. Even perhaps some forest looks for some for my bard or archer.

[syntaxlies]

they should make them so the hoods are purchased separately but when you combine them it looks like one piece. that way you can meld the hood and body separate.

[Klive]

Another thought I had was, how about cowl restrict what head gear you can equip while wearing a cowl. You can only wear circlets, eye wear, and masks. These easily be worn under a hood and give back the need materia slot.

[Mychael]

My thoughts,

-Allow all head and body materia's to be melded to cowls (since they count as both)

I apologize for the late reply Eruantien! I was able to get a response from the dev. team about the good points that you brought up.

We first asked the dev. team if they would be able to allow cowls to attach both head and body materia. They let us know that this unfortunately wasn't a possibility with the system.

The question we followed up with was is if they could allow cowls to attach head materia instead of body materia and they said that they are looking into if it would be possible.

As for your last idea, it would work better if the hood was just a separate piece, so we could meld to it as well. That would be weird though, since you could technically put on a hood without the matching body. :/

[Dragon]

I think the best idea is to allow multi-materia attachments and/OR "set-only" materia (like the previously mentioned +MP Regen) attachments for the Cowl, and create a flag to make it so you can't get the 5-meld materia achievement (or w/e it is) through melding a cowl.

[Kinseykinz]

As for your last idea, it would work better if the hood was just a separate piece, so we could meld to it as well. That would be weird though, since you could technically put on a hood without the matching body. :/

Lol true... I think some of the NPC Thm's in the THM guild have 'mis-matched' cowl's+headpieces if I remember correctly though...so really, depends on the player choice. I kinda like either the cowl stays as is but allow for certain headwear to be equipped (masks crowns etc) OR make the hood a headpiece and you can buy/meld both.

[Jinko]

Give cowls double the slot count, success rate could be as follows:-

1st and 2nd materia would be 100%
3rd and 4th would be = to that of a second piece on a normal item.
5th and 6th would be = to that of a third piece on a normal item.
7th and 8th would be = to that of a fourth piece on a normal item.
9th and 10th would be = to that of a fifth piece on a normal item.

SE count discount cowls from being used to get the 5 times meld achievement.

[Mychael]

Lol true... I think some of the NPC Thm's in the THM guild have 'mis-matched' cowl's+headpieces if I remember correctly though...so really, depends on the player choice. I kinda like either the cowl stays as is but allow for certain headwear to be equipped (masks crowns etc) OR make the hood a headpiece and you can buy/meld both.

I decided to check into this...



And they do indeed have mismatched hoods! And that kinda says a lot for how it could work out.

Though some cowls could remain (like seers cowl, for example), it would be nice if you could have a "Woolen Hood" (in yellow):

That you could just wear over any garment. I'm not sure what the THM body pieces could be called though.

[Raldo]

I like the idea of separating the hood from the cowl.

I'm not sure what the THM body pieces could be called though.

Shroud, perhaps? Other options include shawl or cloak. I was going to say gown, but we apparently already have gowns.