Also, it's a pretty rare shader considering the circumstances to get it

Who really wanted to preorder COD:AW at gamestop just to get this shader?!?!?!

on a related note: I preordered COD:AW at gamestop just for this shader (but it only unlocks on the XBOne and not my 360... wtf?!?)

My total play time is 9 days and I've had destiny since launch lol, at least its not negative ;)

And it was semi-relevant, black smith is white/black/yellow but on some hunter armours it completely ignores the yellow and only gives black/white so = boss

Also, it's a pretty rare shader considering the circumstances to get it

I have this shader on my titan and with the armour I'm wearing it looks BOSS!!

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A. Your Titan isn't wearing Blacksmith. That's Thunderdevil.

B. This isn't really a relevant response to my post.

C. Your K/D is mediocre :p

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Probably not, but maybe. I have no idea how various color schemes impact memory usage, but it may be a consideration of keeping us from having that much control over each piece.

That being said, shaders work with the whole RNG investment system of Destiny. People care about aesthetics the more they are invested in the game. If you have to keep playing tons of hours to get one that works for you, you'll be populating playlists and keeping Destiny alive that much longer. I don't like it, but I get it.

It's probably not a prev gen thing. If the game can display a color, then it can display that color and you just tell it to "put that color here" sort of. I'm assuming the colors are all done by modifying a base layer and then drawing reflection, texture, shading on top of that. They *could* be rendering each object totally independently, but then every time you added a shader you'd have to re-create the art for every single item in the game, and every time you created an item you'd have to render it with every possible shader. That would be very, very inefficient in terms of memory usage (but I guess nicer to the GPU in terms of the math it needs to do to draw textures).

Facts: There are too many shaders and not enough storage slots. Some are very rare or hard to acquire which makes me uneasy about destroying them, even if they are ones I don't think I'll ever use, so I have craploads of shaders and often run out of room in my "other" storage while weapons is only half full and armor is basically empty. I also like to change my shader when I change my spec so that I always have a visual cue as to what I'm running (same for my teammates), so I do regularly use about 6 of the 9 or so shaders that I can carry with me at any given time.

Ideas for better:

- the CoD method: A book or catalogue of unlockable shaders that doesn't take up any inventory space. Highlight a weapon, press Down on the D-Pad to access the catalogue, choose your shader from the ones you've unlocked so far.
- the Warframe method: Give us actual color palettes and let us select our primary / secondary / tertiary shaders our own damn selves. Instead of unlocking shader combos, you can unlock specific colors for your palette.
- A third method: Give shaders their own inventory storage separate from everything else and make sure there's a slot for every one. I don't like this option compared to the other two ideas, but it seems easier to implement in the current game.

Here she is with Revenant, SuperBlack, and Thunderdevil, respectively, with no shader again on the right.

Double Banshee is blue/blue, but I want a darker blue like in Gilgamesh.

I wish certain pieces of armor didn't remain unaffected (like the Don't Touch Me blue).

I feel the same way about things like Ruin Wings and Armamentatium. OH MAN, and Glasshouse. That seafoam green kills me.

The Insurmountable Skullfort is the weirdest case.

Female Titan? Sure, we'll tweak the color based on your shader. Male titan? NO MATCHING FOR YOU!

What color im running either depends on my mood or the season.

I ran with Artic Proxy and Chatterwhite all through the winter because I wanted to be a special snowflake.

I run with God of War when I am feeling especially badass because I love the way the red on red looks.

I ran with Middaye while a lot of the first Crota stuff was going on just because it looked really sick with the serpent cape I got, and it looked neat playing against hive.

Currently I am playing with Prism Dancer because I LOVE the way the purple and gold and tiger pattern makes my armor look.

CC