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2026-03-17T15:34:00-04:00

I'll make an attempt to untangle the current tagging so far (and also try to make it as understandable as possible to evaz and nnt)
It's going to be a pretty long post because I will try to be as informative as possible (while also trying to remove as much fluff as possible).
If there are parts hard to comprehend I can reword them or explain them better.
If the post is too long and you don't have time nor interest to digest the information then Just Trust Me On This One

We got 3 main outfit tags:

- Identity tags
- Uniform tags
- EGO tags
Plus the occasional "alternate" character like Sancho which take a character tag of their own but don't worry about it

We can safely ignore EGO tags for now, they can be somewhat improved but for now they work and that's the most important thing, so I won't explain them.

I will try to tackle Identity and Uniform tags. (Mostly the latter)

Identities

To recap the reasoning of why the tagging is, currently, the way it is: Identities in Limbus Company are, basically, "What if this character was part of this other faction in an alternate universe?".

Further explaination on what identities are tagging-wise + FAQ

The main gameplay and story revolves around 12 playable characters (post #6174508) getting various identities over the course of the game.
They can be random mooks or they can take the spot of important characters in the story (example: Ishmael (post #10972439), one of the main characters, has gotten an identity based on Kira_(project_moon) (post #10677654, post #10602941).
Many of them are centered around specific factions or archetypes, so they have been grouped up in gentags as to not make 20+ character tags per character.
A lot of fanart plays around with the concept too, giving identities to NPCs (most notably yuri)

Q: If they are based on existing characters, shouldn't they be cosplay tags?
A: Not every identity is based on a character, and those that are aren't tagged as cosplay to avoid tag bloat (and making that cosplay tag useless).

Q: Ok but why can't they be character tags?
A: Beyond the immense tag bloat that would cause (posts like post #10101050 would more than double the character tag count), it would also ignore art of unofficial identities (Meursault never got a Zwei identity, that doesn't stop people from drawing him as such (post #7160903).)

TL;DR they work like undertale au tags, as bad as that sounds

What you need to know is that I can search for kurokumo_clan_(identity)_(project_moon) heathcliff_(project_moon), and have it return a collection of artworks of That specific character in That specific outfit. Some searches are more accurate than others but the point is that It Works

Uniforms

As previously said, Uniform tags didn't exist at the beginning. They got made through forum #344002, which split Identity tags into Identity and Uniform.
The reasoning behind it was that identities wore standardized uniforms anyways.

The good thing is that now you can search for outfits as a whole: looking up zwei association south uniform now returns characters which wear it as default outfit (for example Isadora (project moon)).

The bad thing is that it doesn't consider identities with multiple outfits: Just look up ishmael_(project_moon) zwei_association_south_uniform. Many of the Zwei identities have artworks where they're undercover (post #7169828), and those posts shouldn't be tagged with the standardized uniform tag.
Removing the tag means it breaks the identity searches. Keeping the tag means the Uniform tag doesn't do it's job properly.

Proposals

There are two main courses of action:

- Undo Uniform tag, reinstate Identity tag
Pros: Clean tagging
Cons: Can't search for uniforms as a whole

- Remake faction identity tag, keep both
Pros: Uniform tag works properly
Cons: Tag bloat, having to tag two different tags for the same thing is annoying and prone to tagging mistakes/forgotten

Removing Identity tags as a whole is not an option, because it would leave out way too many outfits (refer to the casual/undercover zwei association outfits above).
I personally think the first is the best option. The second option is more niche and useful, but it makes things more complex for something that I doubt people would look up in the first place. (If someone is looking up zwei uniforms, I think they would rather look up the npc character themselves rather than the outfit they're wearing)

Either way, something must be done because the uniform tags have been left half-assed.