Universal shoe extra effort effects

[tall prawn]

I think it would be cool to instead of having the extra effort/boost sprint effects locked behind specific shoes, to rather have them as its own cosmetic. For example the shoes from the end of battlepass season 0 or the Season 1 trailer shows the fire shoes with the fire trail. What if i just wanted the trail on different shoes?

People might like a certain effect but not like the look of the shoe and therefore it gets completely disregarded.

In a similar fashion that rocket league has boost effects, you could add it to this game. It would change the focus from making effects for specific shoes to universal effects for any shoe equipped.

Sure it might get rid of the rarity value of the item if the effects become universal but maybe there’s some middle ground? I just think having more customization expression is fundamentally better than locking a specific thing behind an item. Instead of disregarding players who don’t like the looks of things, adding effects that are purchasable in the shop or sprinkled in the battlepass could be a good idea. Instead of having people wait for a potential shoe with effects that they like.

Universal shoe extra effort effects

[hasty ledge]

I say make it so some shoes haveaffectd but you can earn them

[tall prawn]

That’s already in the game, some shoes have effects and you have to earn them (via battlepass or clothing bundle).

Unless you mean you can have a shoe and the option to not have an effect on it, but you could do say a specific requirement like “Score 50 goals while wearing these shoes” and it’ll unlock an effect for them or something.

That also could be an interesting idea, although it sorta cycles back to the fact that people still might not like the cosmetic itself. If there was a shoe i personally didn’t like and I needed to do some sort of challenge in order to unlock an effect, there wouldn’t be a point in me doing it as i already don’t have an interest in the base cosmetic itself. And it’ll loop back to people waiting for something they like that they’d be willing to grind for.

That’s why I still think having the ability to just equip an effect on any shoe you own would be nice. The fact that they’ve already gone the route of locking stuff behind specific cosmetics is a tough hole to dig out of, but im sure there’s some sort of way for it to work out. I really believe it would influence not only more expression but the demand too, if there’s a cool effect people will want to buy it

[hasty ledge]

no I mean like sometimes I like the shoes but not the effect, vice versa

[tall prawn]

Yeah i get that, being able to have effects you could put on any shoe would solve that. Since you’d be able to find an effect to put on the shoe

Like for me i think the effects are pretty neat, but the shoes just don’t resonate with me and I find it hard to feel the need to ever wear them or use them. Generally the look of the shoe outweighs the look of the effect in my case

[naive glacier]

I agree. I remember when I was trying to find the glitch boost effect wondering why I could equip it…really do wish I could customize my shoes but maintain the effect

[tall prawn]

yeah the glitch is cool, i just am not a fan of the shoe look

[naive glacier]

Right? They look like the middle-age new balances

[tall prawn]

i agree, i also think a lot of the shoes just look like ones i would’ve thought were “cool” in elementary school, but now especially for a game about soccer i think i lean more to the type of shoe like in the puma collab. something that’s more realistic. there is VERY few other shoes i actually like in the game. i just wish i could change the effect for the ones i enjoy wearing

[smoky juniper]

thats a very cool idea actually

Or keep it seperate from shoe effects cuz we already have that system and add another system for your idea.

Shot on target ball effect for striker based cosmetic
Shin guard or interception/deflection effects for defender
Ball trails/effect activated on passes for cms
Glove effects for goalies

Something like that (can only wear one at a time)