Can we please get this already? It’s such a small detail and when you preview shaders you can literally see them on an exotic weapon if it’s what you are holding so the mechanic is already there. I think this would be a significant quality of life improvement and the only explanation I can see for why it isn’t already being done is because it might deter people from buying ornaments for said weapon if they can just use a shader to make it look cool.
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[quote]I can see for why it isn’t already being done is because it might deter people from buying ornaments for said weapon if they can just use a shader to make it look cool.[/quote] I feel this is the most popular community reasoning for why OP's topic isn't a thing, but the more I think about it the more I feel like exotic ornament sales would actually benefit from shaders. Shaders are basically just colour palette swaps, with some material textures thrown in. [i]Most[/i] ornaments have actual model changes, not just colour swaps. I honestly think all of the ornaments post-Y1 are model changes as well and not just colour swaps. The Y1 ornaments also are pretty much not for silver sale anymore and go into the free Bright Engram. That and the ability to swap colours around would greatly benefit ornaments because players wouldn't be locked into those specific shades and what not. There are definitely some ornaments I would actually like to use if it weren't for the default colours. We also have legendary weapon ornaments, and those were popular despite the weapons themselves allowing shaders.