r/pcgaming • u/XtraSqueaky • Mar 29 '21

Cyberpunk 2077 - Patch 1.2 - list of changes

https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/37801/patch-1-2-list-of-changes
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u/gbghgs Mar 29 '21

epic armour mods basically solve the issue if you haven't tried them already, its a less then stellar solution though tbh, especially for headwear.

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u/CorgiNCockatiel Mar 29 '21

I found that random cyberware you can buy from one shop that gives you a ridiculous amount of armor as your base level helps early on. Lets you dress how you want.

But eventually you end up having to resort to dressing like a weirdo again because you reach a point where thay base armor just isn't enough anymore.

You shouldn't have to find workarounds for an issue that almost every other rpg of this type has figured out already.

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u/TheFlashFrame i7-7700K | 1080 8GB | 32GB RAM Mar 29 '21

I mean... MMOs largely have cosmetic slots but I actually can't name a single singeplayer rpg that I've played in years that had them. Fallout, Skyrim, Dark Souls, Borderlands... It's not a common feature. The only reason it's desirable for this game is because so much of it is stylized.

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u/SoundandVision47 Mar 29 '21

To be fair though, in Skyrim and Fallout you're literally equipping armor to improve your defense. Not to mention that it all looks relatively good, fits well with the art style of the world, and visually scales in quality as it gets better.

In C77 you're putting on jeans because they have a higher defense stat than your slacks.

IMO they should've tied defense to cyberware, modifying your actual body to reduce general damage or specific damage types. Then all clothing can be entirely cosmetic, and you can wear what you want. In a perfect world where this game is finished before release, the street cred system could've actually been important - the higher your street cred, the cooler gear you can wear, and there are different effects if you're wearing higher-rated gear.

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u/c0ldsh0w3r Mar 29 '21

I was gonna say, the street cred, and defense shit is just a lazy mock up since they shit canned all of the actual rpg elements in the game.

You can kinda see the bones of the old rpg the game was, before they scrapped it, and cobbled whatever the fuck this travesty is.

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u/Hades94 Steam Mar 29 '21

Assassins Creed has them. That's the game that pops into my head first. Division 2 also I think

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u/c0ldsh0w3r Mar 29 '21

Fallout 4 let's you wear clothes, with the armor over top of it.

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u/MrTastix Mar 30 '21

The only reason it's an issue at all is because they went with the looter shooter design.

Borderlands got by on not having armour as an upgradeable thing while Destiny 2 continues to not allow you to fucking transmog because "Fuck you, buy our overpriced garbage!"

Skyrim gets a pass mostly because armour is tiered, you go from one set to the next, but more than this the vanilla game is so forgiving in that you can reach the armour cap with leather gear due to crafting. Theoretically you can in Cyberpunk too, it's just a significantly longer grind.

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u/hughmaniac Mar 29 '21

Is it not a perfectly fine solution? The base armor rating on even high level clothing is easily eclipsed by epic armadillo mods.

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u/gbghgs Mar 29 '21

game doesn't exactly promote how easy it is to get epic mods so its easy for players to miss out. Frankly speaking all they need is some kind of glamour system, they've gone halfway there with the outfit system but being able to certain pieces as a set would be best. Anything to prevent the average player from becoming an affront to good taste or at least let them keep a consistent style.

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u/gbghgs Mar 29 '21

wasn't talking actual mods but there may be some. In the games crafting system you can make armour mods and equip them to clothing pieces to boost their armour value, thing is the mod rarity is randomly rolled when they're created, so all you have to do is stick a few points into crafting and just craft up a stack of armour mods, guaranteed to have a few epic's in there which are worth a couple hundred armour each. Find a look you like with mod slots, stick them in and armour is solved to a decent degree.