I think these where some great ideas but the coloring system change really messing these up, Like spark of kill said I'm, having a harder time finding costumes that go with these and its really annoying. I do appreciate all the grey havens team is doing to add QOL changes and thank those are great, but I would like to see the coloring system go back to the old one for future promotions.

First, I would like to state my genuine appreciation both for the much needed QOL changes and the willingness to create new prize boxes add new items for this game, the effort did not go unnoticed and I eagerly await to see it further improved and modernized (here's to not teleporting into a fire block due to a lag spike one day).

Now, I might get a bit critical but wish to state that it is in no way, shape, or form done with the intention to offend or insult any of the work but rather the opposite - done with the full intention to provide constructive criticism and genuine feedback with the hope that it could be used better improve the game and take it in the right direction.

Personally, I think that the new armors are very high quality when it comes to their texture and feel, and think that there is definitely a lot of potential for what can be achieved in the future. I do tend to agree that the color themes are off compared to what they should be and that the armors seem too polished and gold / silver trimmed as opposed to the game's more matte and simple tones. Given, to me these are minor issues that can be easily corrected, and I don't outright disqualify them from existing (alongside more traditional designs) since I think that we shouldn't limit ourself to what was previously done and to the limitations of old technologies.

I won't criticize the actual design since neither robes nor heavy or overly metallic or fuzzy armors are my personal favorites but my main concern is how lore (un)friendly the new costumes, and potentially future costumes are and may be. The game has a very large variation of armors, costumes, helmets and more and so far, varied as they may be they all felt like they belong together in the same world. The new stuff though are really stretching the limit. I can probably excuse wizard robes as Spiral HQ's take on owlite fashion but I'm really struggling to find any valid explanation for insect gear to exist in its current design.

Many games often abandon their own personal style and design by selling some neat costumes in the cash shop, but all that it leads to is breaking the theme and atmosphere of the game. Imagine logging into a medieval dark fantasy mmorpg and the first thing you see emerging from the foggy, undead filled dark woods that are dimly lit by a shimmering blood moon is a max lvl player wielding a pool noodle sword while wearing a clown outfit and riding a unicorn that leaves double rainbows behind it when it jumps. It may seem like an extreme example but those stuff do happen and are far more common than you might think.

Like I said - the models themselves look very polished and high quality but I hope that future armors will be created with retrospect to what already exists and with the intention to make it more grounded within the world's lore and atmosphere. Even for the insect box - we already have silkwings, grievers and scarabs in the game, if the costumes were based on them instead of Hercules beetles and bees I probably wouldn't have lifted an eyebrow after seeing them.

A document was created and shared directly with Grey Havens that outlined some of these issues present on this thread, I'll link it here: Feedback Document

It was met with positive reception from the other side and has been passed along to the parties concerned.

A few more general things to note, @Zhaleor the Tech Azure colorway is reflective of the Moonstone material found in game, similar to the other new tech colors. I think it 100% adds value to costumes and I've personally seen some very creative usages of it.

As for the general modeling of the new items, I support being the team being creative and pushing boundries on what SK armor can look like-- it is extremely hard to match the "style" of older SK models, since they were made in programs/workflows that are difficult to follow in modern approaches. (Trust me I've tried)

The most glaring issue as you all have stated, is the colors. If the colors don't work, nothing will.

I'd also like the highlight the drop rate issue. If you take a look at the document and look at the Hive Box drop rates for items, you'll see some pretty gross statistics. Prior to the Wizard and Hive box, the rarest item from a prize box was the Prismatic Feathered Aura (roughly 1/800). Both of these new boxes contain items are over 4x as rare as that aura, and arent even an aura themselves. With the volume of boxes being opened, it's extremely unlikely we will see those items be avaliable for the average player to purchase without selling a kidney. (Not to mention some of these items are unbindable once bound, giving them zero resale value for the future)

I've posted my thoughts on the Wizard boxes before. I thought they were overall pretty good but I really didn't like how some of the coloring was handled and also didn't like the Charming Caps.

This box is like miles worse. Most of the gear seem to have some kinda metallic reflection effect on them which I really don't feel fits in this game. Not to mention an overuse of trims and an obscene color scheme. The honey beetle horn's color doesn't even match the same yellow as the helmet it's designed to go on. They use notably different shades of yellow.

Good job to GH for moving past the old direction the game was headed into new territory.