People always will complain

[ItsNotMe]

No problem, I guess but dont try to argue against taking a shower once in a while

[Hello]

Lets just all be happy we have dirt and a newspaper as the immersion features instead of fall damage.

[ItsNotMe]

There are things that people could complain about but no the dirt is problem because you have to wash yourself once in a while

[15Edward]

the only real issue i have with dirt is the fact that it cuts off weirdly on your face and makes it look 100x worse

[StockSounds]

Looking bad when you don’t shower regularly is too real, where’s my escapism?

It’s also a bit like saying that the hunger system is an immersion feature, when it’s really just to prevent AFKing and so that there can be a food system.

I think if dirt wore off after going a minute without scrapping with someone (fighting), then it’d be a bit more of an immersion thing. That way you get to look messy after getting beat up, but you don’t have to look awful in pictures.

I’m sure somebody can find a problem with that.

[Viprid]

@ItsNotMe

Vetex added soap so they can get rid of the dirt instead of jumping in water several times, yet people are still mad.

yet he still added dirt???

[StockSounds]

Actually a similar thing happened for bleeding and soaked, and nobody complains about those.

[crimis_cringle]

@StockSounds

I think if dirt wore off after going a minute without scrapping with someone (fighting), then it’d be a bit more of an immersion thing

@StockSounds

but you don’t have to look awful in pictures.

[wesree]

im angry cause the dirt makes it look like my character smeared shit all over themselves

[tbd]

@tbd

yeah well the problem is that dirt sucks as an immersion feature.

immersion != realism. seeing my character get dirty doesn’t immerse me into this world of magic and pirates, it takes me out of it, since that isn’t something that i’m expecting. when i’m playing as a flashy hero fighting off pirates, i don’t imagine that hero also getting dirty. or tanning in the sun.

ao is not a realistic game, nor is it about the environment, so dirt doesn’t really fit

im not going to repeat myself

[realisticbanana]

i love watching debates just devolve into insults

[ItsNotMe]

Trying my best to be passive agressive here

[white_thing]

I’m mostly indifferent about the dirt situation but I feel like it’s kind of annoying
at least we have a to-go solution now, it’s better than nothing

[Actravaz]

i wasn’t passive aggressive

[Crusade]

@flammenherz

It accumulates far quicker than it seems to make sense

I imagine dashing around and rolling on dirt accumulates dirt on you pretty fast.

@flammenherz

One has to wash off 3-5 times just to look less grimey/has to jump into the ocean a few times to get rid of the effect

Wouldn’t make sense for it to vanish after one dip, soap helps with this presumably. I can’t imagine Vetex would make it expensive either.

@flammenherz

It covers a lot of the character model. Some may prevver to keep their own character as is- making it costumisable would as such greatly increase overall reception of this feature.

I mean, sure? Although not every single game is going to give you an option for every little detail. Vetex would have to disable the accumulation feature for that though.

Forgot I was replying to Onion.
To address what they said, I don’t see why taking a shower’s a bandaid fix.

[TheEvilReeve]

You need to splish splash in the ocean for a full 20 seconds to get rid of dirt

[spicytuna]

I feel like he couldve just grabbed the bucket from the brig and put them in random areas instead of more inventory bloat but soap being edible is a nice feature

[StockSounds]

Dark Sea golden bath!!!

[spicytuna]

yeah see like, it would be really useful in random dark sea islands I think… but wouldnt make sense in lore

[StockSounds]

But the random golden cauldron, currently lit up while in the rain, and completely impossible to physically replicate outside of the ancient ruins of the dark sea, that makes sense in lore.