Pool attacks should use existing powerset themes.
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Samuel_Tow,
Posted on: 2009-09-15 22:51 in Suggestions and Ideas
Not a bad idea, actually, though I'm sure it'd be a mountain of work.
Something else, though - aside from Martial Arts, all other powersets are hand-based. What would you envision happening for, say, Jump Kick to make it match Stone Melee, for instance?
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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This is a nice idea until you take into account Stone Armor, which is very bulky. Picture, if you will, someone punching at half the speed of light, with big ol' granite fists. It's not a thematic issue, but more of a 'this animation looks horrible' issue.
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Put the effects on the feet, of course. Stoners can already grab Jump Kick (and Flurry), this addition wouldn't change the animation looking silly.|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Not a bad idea, actually, though I'm sure it'd be a mountain of work.
Something else, though - aside from Martial Arts, all other powersets are hand-based. What would you envision happening for, say, Jump Kick to make it match Stone Melee, for instance? |
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Originally Posted by Sigium
This is a nice idea until you take into account Stone Armor, which is very bulky. Picture, if you will, someone punching at half the speed of light, with big ol' granite fists. It's not a thematic issue, but more of a 'this animation looks horrible' issue.
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Issue 16 made me feel like this.
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I'm not talking about animations looking silly, just wondering what they would look like. Would, say, Kick put Stone Fists on your legs? It works if you're already Stone Armour and have rocks all over your body, but without that you'd need some kind of alternate effect which would need to be created.|
Originally Posted by Vanden
Put the effects on the feet, of course. Stoners can already grab Jump Kick (and Flurry), this addition wouldn't change the animation looking silly.
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But that's actually something that's true for all pool powers, when you think about it. Fire powers only need to have sprites that look like Fire, but something like Boxing might need to look like fire, ice, lightning, radiation and so on and so forth. If we really want this (and I do), that sounds like quite a bit of work.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Specifically I'm talking about Air Superiority, Boxing, Kick, Jump Kick, and maybe Flurry. They should be able to use the custom themes from existing melee sets, so they look like they're powers from those sets. They should definitely be able to use the glowing aura from Super Strength and the streaks and starbursts from Martial Arts. Rocks from Stone Armor? Sure! Stuff like electrical or fire effects I wouldn't have a problem with, but of course the effects of the power would stay they same. (As in, they would keep their normal effects, and NOT take on things like Elec's end drain or Fire's DoTs.)
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
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