So essentially those “tank” predlocks at lvl 500 are supposed to be the Exile predlocks. He’s shown to have them in all promotional media and in the store. If you look at them they have the same wooden bandings with the same inscriptions that his armor has so obviously they go together. Illfonic however, in their infinite wisdom released exile without them. When he released back in October, he had placeholder predlocks that were an exact copy of Elders, literally both were identical.
Seven months later after several people had been asking them to release his predlocks (something you’d consider very simple and minor) they do in this last update however, they locked them behind a high level so even if you bought exile (with actual money) you don’t get them and they’re available to everyone, something that no other DLC pred has (I don’t see Vikings or valkyries predlocks having a level req. anywhere so what the hell).
The kicker is that they “added” shaders to exiles current predlocks (the elder copy) however they did nothing to elders so they’re still default only. If you want to customize the color for elders predlocks you have to buy Exile. It’s entirely disingenuous to anyone who has bought/ or is looking to buy Exile, or to those who like elder but dislike Exile.
This entire shit show was made possible by the wonderful management at Illfonic. What is their response to this you may wonder? “We’ll let you know when we can”