We already have precedent proving that pet customization is possible within the limits of the game's engine, courtesy of the... Well, pet customization for the Earth Control pet, Lumpy. You can have him show up as a rock, as magma or as a crystal. Furthermore, this also shows up for Fire Monkeys, the Dark Fluffy and so forth, which are pets that we can recolour. That's clear evidence that summonable pets can be customized.
However, Mastermind henchmen seem to be a bit... Different. And I believe the reason for it is their upgradable costumes. Henchmen have four states: 1. No upgrade, 2. First upgrade only. 3 Second upgrade only 4. Both upgrades. This means four costumes per henchman, in addition to whatever other alternate costumes a henchman has so that you don't summon all clones, like Thugs and Mercs have. And I'm not making this up, as anyone with a Thugs Mastermind should already know. I'm also not exaggerating, because the Thugs upgrade has something like two dozen costume change commands in it.
Of course, this doesn't mean I don't want to see customizable henchmen. I want it! Very much so.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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We already have precedent proving that pet customization is possible within the limits of the game's engine, courtesy of the... Well, pet customization for the Earth Control pet, Lumpy. You can have him show up as a rock, as magma or as a crystal. Furthermore, this also shows up for Fire Monkeys, the Dark Fluffy and so forth, which are pets that we can recolour. That's clear evidence that summonable pets can be customized.
However, Mastermind henchmen seem to be a bit... Different. And I believe the reason for it is their upgradable costumes. Henchmen have four states: 1. No upgrade, 2. First upgrade only. 3 Second upgrade only 4. Both upgrades. This means four costumes per henchman, in addition to whatever other alternate costumes a henchman has so that you don't summon all clones, like Thugs and Mercs have. And I'm not making this up, as anyone with a Thugs Mastermind should already know. I'm also not exaggerating, because the Thugs upgrade has something like two dozen costume change commands in it.
Of course, this doesn't mean I don't want to see customizable henchmen. I want it! Very much so.