I kinda like the balance we have at the moment, but devs are forgetting one of the reasons why we want the warband equipment system back : cosmetic purposes & unique player characters.
There is a simple compromise to this. Keep the current class system , but define a few equivalent armor pieces that the player can choose between for every class.
Example: There are many northern culture helmets and hats in the game. When you choose to play as a sturgian warrior and pick the extra armor perk, you get a nasal helmet variant. The thing is, the game (singleplayer) has like 5 nasal helmet models that are similar in protection, but the character (multiplayer) can wear only one of them! Just let us pick between those 5 helmets, solely for cosmetic purposes!
Let us choose what type of heavy helmet our vlandian sergeant wears, let us choose which light tunic/cloth our imperial recruit wears etc. you get what I mean.
This would not create a confusion when recognising a certain classes in game, since you would know that the only class that wears a heavy vlandian chainmail would be either a sergeant or a knight etc.
This would give every player a certain freedom to choose what their character looks like without altering it too much from what their class is supposed to look like, it would make mp more colorful and fun. What do you guys think?
There is a simple compromise to this. Keep the current class system , but define a few equivalent armor pieces that the player can choose between for every class.
Example: There are many northern culture helmets and hats in the game. When you choose to play as a sturgian warrior and pick the extra armor perk, you get a nasal helmet variant. The thing is, the game (singleplayer) has like 5 nasal helmet models that are similar in protection, but the character (multiplayer) can wear only one of them! Just let us pick between those 5 helmets, solely for cosmetic purposes!
Let us choose what type of heavy helmet our vlandian sergeant wears, let us choose which light tunic/cloth our imperial recruit wears etc. you get what I mean.
This would not create a confusion when recognising a certain classes in game, since you would know that the only class that wears a heavy vlandian chainmail would be either a sergeant or a knight etc.
This would give every player a certain freedom to choose what their character looks like without altering it too much from what their class is supposed to look like, it would make mp more colorful and fun. What do you guys think?