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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

New animations for certain. Hell, though, if they ported ALL those new blast animations they did to every other blast set? That'd be a ton of options right there. I simply don't understand them limiting each blast set to the original and ONE variant of the new animations. That seems...well...daft?

Originally Posted by CommunistPenguin

Id like them to go back and do a few alternate options for almost every power that isnt melee or defense. So all ranged, control, buff and blast(minus Dual pistols, archery AR, traps etc). It doesnt even have to be terribly unique for each set. Basically id like to see an alternate that makes the power:

Shoot from a gun, both pistol and rifle
Shoot from a wand/staff

This would really open up alot of possibilities imo. Redraw could be reduced. For example if you wanted to be a Energy Rifle/Kin defender. If you could use your rifle to shoot the boffs and debuffs then you woudlnt have to redraw to shoot. Moreover it would give players more flexibility as to the origin of their powers.

Also, in addition to "rifle" it would be nice if we could get an alternate that mobs have, using the mminigun animation stance? Like the boomers etc. That way we can also open up some of the mob weapons we havent been able to get.

Also, I would love to see alternate pet models, but thats really reaching most likely.

Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid

Now we've wrapped up the first SSA we can begin looking forward to the next one.

So what do you think will be (or what would you like to be) the focus of the next SSA?

What I would like to see (and there's some strong evidence of it being possible) is the redemption of Scirocco. The Freedom Phalanx really took it on the chin with Who Will Die, now it's time to shake things up with Arachnos.

Scirocco has always been something of a reluctant villain, and recent events have had him acting more and more like one of the good guys. In WWD part 7 he's the Arachnos member to first propose working together, even being a good bit friendlier to heros than to villains.

The story of Dark Astoria goes even further in making Scirocco (and even his lackey Ice Mistral) a heroic figure. He's even come so far that (in Praetor Duncan's arc) Serafina is willing to work with him. And Ghost Widow's cutscene conversation with him points strongly to the possibility of him fighting what he has seen as his fate.

And what would happen to the Arachnos power structure if one of the patrons decides to go straight? Suddenly Recluse is left with an idiot, a psychopath, and a ghost who continually claims to be unable to change as his chief underlings. Do the three escalate the conflict they've been having behind the scenes? Is there a battle royale among those who want to ascend to patron status? Mu'vorkan certainly wants the job. Is Red Widow interested in it or does she prefer a more, um, intimate relationship with Recluse. Maybe Dominatrix, having burned her bridge to Praetoria, will try to get in good with Lord Recluse (which would cause Ms. Liberty to have a fit.)

TL, DR: Scirocco goes straight resulting in a Rogue Isles civil war..

So, what would you like to see (or think we might be getting even if you don't like the idea?)

Originally Posted by Kyriani

Originally Posted by Slaunyeh

Oh, I could understand the Well allegory. What provoked the jest was this part of what Prometheus said, when he deliberately uses the word 'puddle':

"All you think when you think of the Well is a mere puddle on an island in the middle of the ocean" <snip> "that image is a manifestation of something primal within humanity"

Maybe we yearn to return to our amoebae origins?

Besides, I'm pretty sure primitive humans would have died out long ago if it hadn't been for Orlando Bloom. Maybe he's the well!

Originally Posted by Kirsten

I like the idea, but archetypes need a primary and a secondary set. This just has one set from what I can see.

Originally Posted by ThePill

I'm surprised that some of these posters didn't read all the info. But thanks for actually paying attention too.

20% bigger would work too. Just anything really to give it a bit physical distinctiveness. When I think alpha wolf, I don't think fleas is what I'd go with.

Originally Posted by concreteshift

A shadow dragon wouldn't be bad for Dark Control pet.

Originally Posted by Raith

I would really like to see an update to the old Dark Powers, the FX looks really dated alongside the new Controller Power. Not quite as distinct as the difference between Fire and the Incarnate stuff but close.

To my eyes they are less dark and more Smokey.

Even if you called them the Netherworld Sets I think they could use a bit of sprucing.

If going to do all of them is out of the question could we at least get a new look for Petrifying Gaze? two smokey blobs, that arc left/right from your line of sight and hit a target? never made sense as some sort of "Gaze" to me, unless my character all have lazy eyes. I would love to see something that actually Pertify's my opponent giving them a rocky/statue like appearance, maybe with a pulse of darkness glowing out from my characters eyes but not travelling across to the target would be great.

- Raith

Originally Posted by twistedlogic77

Would it be possible for male characters to get a edited version of the bolero magic witch tops the girls get?

That dynasty pack coat is so cool I really wish I could use it with the weird sleeve thing it has instead of the fur.

Oh and butt capes.

Originally Posted by Demetrios Vasilikos

And that scales down all the way to cats to. I could tell you a story about 3 sister cats who each had 5 kittens. the younger sisters didnt really care for playing mommy and weaned thiers pretty fast then moved on to find new territory.

Meanwhile the oldest sister, a pure black pantheress, started nursing the other 10 lonely young kits on top of her own 5. and managed to get them to adulthood only losing 1 kitten from each litter to various accidents like dogs or attacks from other cats.

of those 12 that reached adulthood only 4 are females. All the kittens are long grown now and still wander the nieghborhood frequently coming by to visit thier momma cat who rules from her yard like queen of the entire town.

Originally Posted by HardRider

I want a dev to comment on this asap tbh.

Cos imho..unless its a t-rex or dino bird human hyprid thing with lasers then i would love to know how this can fit the theme of a superloser or awesome amazing archvillain game.

..Tho... would also be acceptable as they themselves are dinosaurs

Originally Posted by KnightofKhonsu

Oh great, now we'll have a bunch of He-Man and Skeletor imitators running around screaming "By the power of Grayskull!" Wonderful! Yuck!

Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake

they have actually answered the quivers/sheaths thing a few times now. they dont currently have the tech to have the sheaths/quivers show changes based on combat state, like arrows missing or swords in or out of sheaths. they dont want to half-implement it, so they havent done it till the tech is available and feasible. they had a similar stance on wings, and the eventual wings we got were pretty good.

Originally Posted by Bad_Influence

Yeah, definitely. I was totally wrong: every time you turn a page in a comic-book, a dinosaur IS looking back at you.

Or not. My bad.

As far as the Steampunk pack, I had my issues with that as well, including that the Steampunk theme does not feature much in comic titles I am interested in; however it had pieces in it that I found useful, so I kept my mouth shut.

HOWEVER. To even momentarily think that the developers should be creating a "dinosaur" pack before they address many other long-standing costume-related requests, is just.... not to mention people have been requesting a base-upgrade pack for what, SIX YEARS?!! And they *still* don't get one, nor is one in the pipeline to my knowledge.... but we're going to get dinosaurs? *facepalm*



1. I am not angry.

2. A dinosaur pack would take developer time and effort away from stuff that I think is more useful and appropriate, so am I pleased? Not so much. Despite forum wing-flapping, "not pleased" does not equal "in a titanic rage." Sorry.

Re gender equality, no one was a more visually gender-equal guy than Mao, so that's pretty much a non-starter as far as flame-war fodder. Although I do think a Mao-themed costume in the game would be a hoot. But you dinosaur-wanting people are evidently going to get what you want, so rejoice.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

There are many times I disagree with J_B. This isn't one of them. In fact, this is one of the things that irritated me enough to leave for a bit.

I understand and support giving new people the freedom to expand the world, possibly taking it in directions the "old guard" never thought of. They're going to see the game as it is *now,* with the storylines in it *now* and the technology that's in it *now* and take advantage of it. That should be encouraged.

However...

As much as I don't like it, I understand some things being abandoned. Avilians, for instance - the original idea for a "winged character" being an Epic AT - are left to a vague reference to hollowed out bones and a few people like me who remember them. They never *really* got a foot in, and tech moved past the need for them - and an Epic AT, as much fun as I think they'd be still, is a lot of work for something that can be done by pretty much anyone now with a costume piece. (Personally, I'd like a Portal mission or two where you find and learn about them... and why the race died off "in game." Just because.) It makes sense that they were abandoned.

Then there are items like the Blood of the Black Stream. They've had more work put in behind them - they're referred to IN the game, and in other promotional materials (the now-defunct, admittedly, CCG where a player character's bio was altered to fit it, the Eye of Horus in the oil spill in Oakes, the Gadzul Oil references.) So they can't be an Epic AT... I see it as a loss, but fine. Use the framework of the lore to expand the world further, take us beyond the Cities again, get Ouro involved again (going to ancient Egypt... which could lead to a little more Kheld content too,) etc. There's a lot of potential in there.

There's another tier of lore out there, too - going back to epics. The Coralax. This one fulfills *so* many wishes I don't understand it not being done. We've got a potential Epic AT, for those that want to focus specifically on Coralax lore (and potentially new variations and combinations of powers not available elsewhere - another "Free for VIP, for sale for everyone else" bit too, to help with the funding.) We have the Underwater zone(s) asked for for how long. We have lore tied in to both COH and COV, though heroside it's more of a guest appearance in the Hollows (why aren't they in IP, pestering Lusca, or Talos or FF?) And to cap it off, we have a goddess to face, or help (Merulina,) for the Incarnate angle when we're done with all the other stuff. This is "old lore" that should really be getting worked on and mined for all it's worth. It can be dealt with throughout multiple level ranges. It should, really, be an issue (even 1 1/2) in and of itself with everything that could be done with it.


Just because it's "old lore" doesn't mean it should be ignored or trashed.

Originally Posted by Bad_Influence

Because every time we pick up a new issue of "The Flash" or whatever, dinos are up front and center, right?...!

Or are they?

I still say, out of all possible costume packs requested, a dinosaur themed pack remains Massive Fail.

As far as the other person nattering on about dinos everywhere having been found bristling with pinfeathers, yeah right. I'll file that right next to "I WAS KIDNAPPED BY BIGFOOT!" claims. Hope that does not sound "snobby."

Those of you who think this game needs a One Thousand Years BC theme, carry on. I'm out.