It is possible by sending them a PM.
It is unlikely you will get anything but player (uninformed) thoughts and responses here.
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Yeah, I thought that might be the case, but I hesitate to send unsolicited PMs to the devs. It just seems rude, somehow.
Still, if I don't get a response here, I may take that course. I'll give it a day or two.
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Originally Posted by Ultimo_
Yeah, I thought that might be the case, but I hesitate to send unsolicited PMs to the devs. It just seems rude, somehow.
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Just don't lead off with "Having been trying to make a character based on Cyclops of the X-Men,". You might as well phrase it, "Can we get new animations so I can do a Cyclops rip-off?"
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Same here. However, I'm respectful of the fact that they are busy people. I believe that, in 4+ years of play, I have PM'ed a dev just twice. I've sent many more PM's to the community contacts.
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Originally Posted by SunGryphon
I've gotten a response every time I've PMed a dev.
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BaB at one point said (if it was in Closed Beta my apologies if you can't find it) but he said that he can customize an animation, or he can customize a particle effect, but can't do both. That would seem to preclude changing the character model animation and having a color tintable blast attached to it.
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I believe that was in reference only to spines (as spines has both it's spines and the toxic drips). It wasn't changing the animation, but the fact that several spines powers have spines being thrown, etc, and the spines become projectile effects - and you have to choose on that being customized.
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
BaB at one point said (if it was in Closed Beta my apologies if you can't find it) but he said that he can customize an animation, or he can customize a particle effect, but can't do both. That would seem to preclude changing the character model animation and having a color tintable blast attached to it.
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With the development of alternative animations for powers (eg. Super Strength has variations on its punches), it seems possible that other power sets could get similar treatments.
My question is specific to the Energy Blast set. Having been trying to make a character based on Cyclops of the X-Men, I've tried a couple of different approaches. My first instinct was to make him an Energy Blaster (Nrg/Dev), but there's currently no way to make the blasts come from his eyes (or even just his head). More recently, I've been toying with a build that is Radiation/Psi (using only X-Ray eyebeams and psi effects coming from his head). This latter build is somewhat aesthetically displeasing, and somewhat less than effective in combat.
My question is, will there be an animation set that will have Energy Blasts coming from the eyes/head of the character?
If yes, then I'll keep the Nrg/Dev Blaster. If not... well, I don't know quite what I'll do.
Is it possible to get a definitive answer from BAB or one of the other devs?