Then & Now - Side by side screenshots of Original/Equipped/Unequipped costumes & Class Talent Grids (update Jan 25 2021 - Round 3 costumes added)

sleepyhead · June 12, 2020, 5:46pm

@Mr_Smile this thread should help

and copying the most relevant question. In summary:

Each hero only has ONE costume
You can switch between hero and costume
You only use emblems on the base hero; when you use the costume, the hero keeps the same number of emblems but switches to the emblem of the costume

Hero Costume FAQs! Please read for answers to most questions before posting new questions

Q4 – Changed class… What happens to my emblems?

Nothing! Nothing happens to the emblems you’ve already spent, they’re still on your normal hero (refer to Q1 about the toggling)

To be very clear about Emblems and costumes!

A hero can ONLY get emblems from its original class.

E.g. Normal Joon = monk, Costume Joon = Fighter. Can still only give nodes using MONK emblems, regardless of if it is costumed or not.

Emblem effects ONLY kick in for the costume once the costume is maxed also!

A +20 normal cleric Rigard will have +20 on his costume WHEN the costume also hits 4-70

Emblem Path is inherited from the original Hero!

So using +20 Rigard again, if you went L,R,L,L,L,R,L on normal Rigard, the costume emblem pathway will also be L,R,L,L,L,R,L…

The path will be the same but the benefits at each node will change cause it’s a different class

Another thread has been started asking if you will reset/ change emblem paths because of the new Costumes. Link Here

Q4b – Why do the costumes change Class at all???

Best I can tell there are a two main reasons:

Access to a different Class bonus talents.

Changing from a Monk to a Fighter changes the talent from Withstand to Revive.

This new talent may better suit the new costume play styles…

Could also be viewed from a perspective of gaining access to a BETTER class/talent by spending the emblems of a WEAKER class (e.g. upgrading from Wizard to Rogue)

Additional Versatility

Primarily this is in relation to Class Trials! The new costumes will be usable in the costumes new class trials!!!

Means you get extra versatility from the same hero, being able to compete in more trials… So for example with Costume Rigard & Costume Boldtusk, the Ranger & Monk class now have a healer available.