New cosmetics: Capes

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I am aware that the topic of Hive exclusive capes is not new, however most people’s ideas on how they could or should be implemented seems a little convoluted. I propose a simple yet effective solution that also addresses some concerns.

Common concerns players have regarding this topic:

  • Will my own capes not be wearable on the Hive anymore if cape cosmetics are added?
  • How can I tell the difference between a player who has earned or bought a Hive cape and someone who is wearing a custom cape designed to imitate it? Wouldn’t this de-value Hive capes entirely if people can just replicate them?

The Hive should have global cape cosmetics, and they should be treated similarly to other cosmetics such as hats, costumes, pets, etc. But these capes should ONLY be equippable to costumes. This is necessary to be able to distinguish between player owned capes and Hive-earned capes. Currently capes are not equippable to costumes in any capacity (with the exception of Death Run). Implementing the functionality for wearing Hive capes exclusively with the Hive’s costumes will allow players to keep and use their own capes on the network, while also allowing for Hive exclusive capes to exist and have value.

Now that I’ve gone over how global cape cosmetics can exist without causing conflicts, I can discuss how this type of cosmetic should be handled in terms of distribution. At it’s core, capes are a status symbol and should be treated like one. For starters, obviously an earnable cape (e.g. through leveling up in a game) should never be purchasable with Minecoins, and vis versa. There should be a healthy variety of capes to choose from so that you don’t see too many players wearing the same cape but at the same time not an overwhelming amount of variety that makes the capes feel unvaluable. Let’s take the monthly costume system for example, the costumes are too frequent to really be memorable
or hold that much value as a status symbol, if you showed me a monthly costume and asked me which year it was released I could not tell you. This is fine and works well for the costume system, but this kind of mass-production can destroy the value and ‘feel’ of capes regardless of if they are ‘earned’. Publishing cape cosmetics should be handled with care and intention to maintain it’s high-value status. A hypothetical solution for this specific scenario of “mass-production” could be bi-yearly releases rather than monthly, maybe twice a year just skip the monthly costume and replace it with a fun cape cosmetic instead. (Obviously this would not be the only way to obtain them, just spit-balling some ideas.)

Cape cosmetics (if added) would promote and encourage the usage of costumes more.
I hope this kind of design philosophy is considered if global cape cosmetics are ever implemented.

Thanks for reading.

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Welcome to the forums! :cubee:

Your idea is good, adding capes to the Hub (and every game) would be a cool thing.
About costume I think talking of marketing capes could replace (I’m talking for players business) costumes.

Anyway voted! :mailbot: (you can vote your own suggestion remember!)

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Did you really need to write a 2 page essay?

So, you want capes similar to the Deathrun capes? What is the meaning of using many rhetorical questions without simply saying what the perks of said cape, how it works and the 0.5 x 4 essay explaining that, however, decides to write itself in a nonsensically long way. But also, we may read it anyway. Why should they only be applicable to costumes and not work like normal capes? How do you buy them or obtain them? These questions race throughout my head while reading this overly verbose post! This has all makes no sense! The internet has been a lot lately and it’s not working for president and it’s not a good idea to do do it in the front page of the internet. I’m going to be a little late to the internet but I will call when you can but I will let you know when I’m on my way home and I’ll put the key in the mailbox. As we can see, capes are a fine idea, but they should not be executed in an essay. You’ve got my vote!

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Don’t be toxic, they have good points in their paragraphs. If you don’t want to read them like a child, just don’t respond to the topic :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: also, the paragraphs make a lot of sense, and show their level of understanding and writing ability.

I think capes are a great idea. I have a better idea for the execution tho: make the capes 3D or animated, to some extent. That way, it will be easy to tell who owns one of the Hive’s capes, and who has their own.

Since capes are such a simple cosmetic, an animated design would be a wonderful addition to their offerings.

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I was bout to suggest the same thing
VOTED!