goodbye to mix-n-match cosmetics?

They'll almost certainly see a huge drop in sales if they continue this trend.

If I can't buy the piece I want, I won't buy anything at all.

If I can't use a nice piece with other parts I like, then I have no temptation to buy at all.

This locked set nonsense doesn't gain anything for them if it removes most of the reasons people like cosmetics in the first place.

Same here. Every single cosmetic that will not be able to mix and match will not be bought by me also. I even saved 20e for the new upcoming cosmetics. But looks like ill add for some new game instead. Since i don't want to have bunch of items that i can't customise...

Hey, I also like it! I prefer mix&match, but I think it is one of her best cosmetics yet.

Yeah honestly most of their cosmetics that I've bought have had AT LEAST one piece that I completely didn't like and wanted to change. I don't think they're that good with clothing styles overall. Literally only one of Legion has actually cool outfits. Although Frank had a really cool mask, but the hood that went with it was stuck to the body, which imo was stupid.

I worked with the model in Blender it's made the exact same as the rest of them. You could have them separate it really wouldn't of been that big of a deal they're just forcing it.

i hate it but with nea new outfit i can understand the head and torso but i wish you could buy the pants alone this sucks.

Okay, too lazy to read the whole thread so I’ll leave this tidbit.

This isn’t going to be a new era of Set cosmetics! Set cosmetics are just to make “complex outfits” that “prevent clipping” as stated in one of the other comments.

There is an upcoming Jeff cosmetic that is NOT a Set cosmetic- I’m sure that this won’t be the end of mix and matching!

Exactly! Sucks because it's finally a gorgeous Nea outfit, too IMO. But... it's saving a lot of us some money, so there's that.

The devs just took a major step backwards.

Yeah I could mix an match to show what it would be like with different heads etc

the problem with it is that the head is the only part of the outfit that doesn't have clipping issues with other cosmetics. So this time around it makes sense for the outfit to be a full set as you can see the Legs clipping into the Jacket from a different outfit and the head doesn't quite sit right on that torso either

For starters I set up a poll on a popular dead by daylight community asking which cosmetics they preferred, it was an overwhelming majority.

-61 votes prefer how cosmetics can be customized.

-5 votes are fine with set cosmetics.

Yes it is my opinion but I do have some support there, I'm not the only one. If you enjoy this good for you, my question for you is this.

What prevents you from wearing a complete uniform from how cosmetics were done before sets were introduced?

Allow me to play devil's advocate here. Yes Konami does not have the brightest reputation, but i wholeheartedly disagree with the belief that Konami forced Behavior to sell their cosmetics as sets. You can argue for their involvement in pricing, but I see them selling set cosmetics as a step backwards. If I want to by one piece of the cosmetics like say, Pyramid Head's head piece, I would be forced to invest 10 dollars worth of cells for a full package and be prohibited from enjoying just small bits of it that I like.

Why force the community to buy the whole set? In theory you would be likely to have more sales if they resumed selling them as they have before, in a 3 piece cosmetic outfit. I am certain Konami would see it that way as well, and as for you arguments concerning the awkward customization for Bunny Legion's, we have Elephant Clown and Warthog Huntress already. You could dislike how awkward some players choose to customize their characters, but one man's trash is another man's treasure.

As if it wasn't bad enough that Behavior requests 10 dollars for a uniform when for 7 dollars you can purchase a chapter which comes with 1 survivor, 1 killer, and 6 personal perks, now we are being given set cosmetics that prohibit us from enjoying it in what limited ways we can. Mind you the simplest form of customization, i.e. color customization is not an option in this game and is instead sold as alternate outfits. Even with the Legendary skin I am shocked to see that price go up to 15 dollars on a licensed dlc that costs 5 dollars just to purchase Cheryl alone, or 7 dollars for the whole chapter. The game does not even go far as to acknowledge you as Lisa, you still carry Cheryl's name and voice. Are we forgetting Ash Williams, a Survivor who was sold to us for 5 dollars which came with a prestige outfit and 3 personal perks?

Why can't we have both the way it was before with customizable outfits? And most importantly, why do people feel the need to argue in their defense for giving us LESS with these sets? Controversial yet honest opinion of mine, we the community are just as much to blame for the mistakes the developers make as they are, because we just allow it despite being upset.

To reinstate, their IS a place for both sets when we had customization, because then you could CHOOSE to customize or wear the full set. Yet for some unknown reason, taking that small hit of freedom away and requesting the same price is fine for some, and I just don't think I'll ever understand how that works.

Ooohh 61. That's nice, it's not like the active playerbase is full of thousands upon thousands of players at the very minimum, not all of which are busy typing away here on the forums. Not to mention that's a very poorly written poll in our given context, seeing as it doesn't at all reflect on what you and I are talking about. Had you asked me which do I prefer, I myself would've chosen customizable cosmetics.

Just because I prefer them doesn't mean I think they should delete all the cosmetic sets right away and toss out the whole concept of linked sets in the garbage, those ideas aren't mutually exclusive, you can believe both at the same time.

And I never said "forced" I clearly said "had a hand in" meaning that in some way or other they were involved in determining that price, it's their product that they're licensing after all. It could have been as light as a suggestion.

Anyway, I'm not personally invested enough in this topic of conversation to respond in kind to get into a drawn out debate about it. I'll leave it with this: Regardless of polls or however many threads there are complaining about why we can't stick a bunny head on top of a character that wears a hoodie, money talks. And apparently, enough sales are being made that BHVR is pumping out more and more of these linked sets, and I'm personally okay with that, and I would assume that the people buying them are also at the very least okay enough with the concept that they would buy those cosmetics in the first place.

A mixed reception caused by some 61+ discontent players isn't going to be enough to throw out this new concept that has been out for hardly a month and has only barely scratched its full potential yet.

Not_Queen herself also already said not to worry, linked sets are not taking over the shop (or so I've heard) so framing the problem like that's how it is, is either over-exaggerating or just purely misleading.

That's all I've got. See ya.

- Money talks, that goes both ways for the product and the consumer.

- Yes the poll is small, but the huge difference in numbers should still pose am impact. Were we to add a poll for the community to take part in, i'd take my chances that the reaction would be the same.

- Linked sets being around less than a month is more reason to be so vocal against it. Less of an effect to adjust it now then to do so months later.

- It is a shame investment is so rare these days for debates or sharing perspectives. At the very least I hope you know that some people feel strongly against linked sets like I do.

Sounds like a you problem, part of the fun is making a super ugly outfit, and just because something looks "wrong" to you doesn't mean it looks "wrong" to everyone else. The only people who I've seen enjoy this are some streamers who coincidentally are Fog Whisperers and a few forum members here and there, the majority of people are not on board with this anti-consumer decision.

Its already confirmed that the Jane and Clown cosmetics from the midchapter patch are sets. There’s probably gonna be more as well. Sets are going to become super commonplace unfortunately and will still cost $10 even though you are getting way less value from it.

Sorry I shouldn’t say confirmed, but it looks highly probable from this screenshot. While I would understand the dress (torso/legs) being linked, there’s no good reason why the head shouldn’t be able to separate.

I mean, the Nea cosmetic in its entirety is good tho. I just wish i could customize it.

It's in the background of the sneak peek of the redeem Code window that will popup with the next patch