Hydrofoil_Zero

Originally Posted by flashrains

I didn't mean morphing animations, I meant animating whatever animal you've shifted into. Kheldians already have this kind of shapeshifting power, so it is possible in the game engine - but each form needs its own set of attack/hit/movement/etc animations, and since I assume you're after more than just one or two alternate forms like the Kheldians, that would be an ENORMOUS project.

On the other hand, a Beast Mastermind would have to involve at least nine new models with their own animations (three tiers of pets each with two layers of upgrades, as well as possible species variance within tiers) so it could make some amount of sense that if you make one, the other would be less of an issue due to the possibility of using most of the same models and animations. Even then, the shapeshifting would probably involve more animating, since un-upgraded mastermind pets only have one attack and a player in shifted form would need to have more than that.

Originally Posted by Amerikatt

Thank-you for your response. You bring up some valid points.

However, some of your animation numbers can be greatly reduced. For instance, a cat model would not have access to things like swords or axes nor to the Widow or Arachnos Soldier ATs. We're talking about a cat, *not* a catgirl.

I'm certain that, were the Devs to implement such a model, they would probably limit access to certain ATs. At the very least, certain powers would not have animations. An animal model *could* be used for a character with Dual Blades, for instance, but it would appear that the character is using their Dual Claws instead.

There's no doubt that it *would* take a good bit of animation and character model development time, but I believe it would be a very nice addition to the game. After all, aren't CoH/CoV known for a high degree of customization?

It'd be nice to have things like skins for cats, dogs, monkeys, etc. I believe that some current art assets could be used or modified.

Originally Posted by NightErrant

There is an issue though...

Suppose someone sent an email to... I'm going to go with one of my characters: Mortimer Blake. Mortimer Blake is a Cheerful Detective with Shadow Powers who fights and binds Demons. He's one of my perkier characters as well.

So let's assume the following variations of him exist:

A Dark Miasma/Dual Pistols Defender.
A Dual Pistols/Dark Miasma Corruptor.
A Demon Summoning/Dark Miasma Mastermind.
A Dark Melee/Dark Armor Scrapper
A Dark Miasma/Dark Blast Defender.

Only 3 of those actually exist. One will be deleted with GR. But this is a good example.

Now, suppose my friend Sal (Who exists as a Claws/Reflex Stalker, and Claws/Regen Scrapper) set an email addressed to Mortimer Blake.

Which Mortimer would get it? The one which was online at the time? Would it be diverted to my global? What about if he sent me a tell?

Then what if I were to respond? If I sent something to Sal, which Sal would it go to?

It's possible with Globals, but the infrastructure needs to be tweaked.

Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay

This needs to be a free iPhone App with a file you can upload to the "Saved Costume" folder on your computer. It needs to have existed years ago.

Originally Posted by Timeshadow

ANIMATION TIMES

One of the primary concerns as of late has been the apparent trend toward long flashy animations in new powersets. Dual Pistols is the primary example when this issue comes up. Many worry that these long animation times will come with insufficient damage numbers to compensate. Thus leaving Kinetic Melee with sub par overall DPS. There's not much argument to make on the matter. Only a Dev can shed any light on the actual numbers and its unlikely that'll happen. We'll probably end up having to wait for open beta.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Three words;

Power Armour AT.

The arm mounted gatling guns and lasers and backpack cannons along with Power Armour that the PPD Hardsuits pack; /Want