Captain_Photon

OK, speaking of missions that need revamping in the worst way, let's get some data mining up in this thing: Has anyone ever starved to death or died of old age - or, for that matter, boredom - while attempting to complete Mercedes Sheldon's "go to the hugest, sprawlingest sandy cave map on Earth and personally beat up every member the Warriors gang has ever had in the history of the world ever" mission? Because I'm pretty sure I came close to both A and C while soloing it with my MA/W Scrapper this afternoon.

I've been playing a Martial Arts Scrapper again recently, and it's been good fun. I mostly play this new character with the alternate punch-oriented animations, since she's not really supposed to be a trained Eastern-style martial artist, but I noticed, during one of those newfangled missions where you have to fight a doppelgänger of yourself, that her double was using the "stock" animations, and so doing a lot more kicking.

At first I was annoyed by that - not much of a double if she doesn't even fight in the same style - but then I got to thinking. It'd be nifty if, for those melee sets that have more than one animation available for some powers (MA and Super Strength are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head), there was a power customization setting for "random" that would... well, just what it says on the tin, really. For instance, if you had MA:Storm Kick set to Random, sometimes when you fired it off you'd get the spinning kick, and sometimes you'd get the punch in the face. For this particular character, it would heighten the sense that she's basically just improvising; for others, it might give an impression of highly trained versatility - whatever spin the player prefers to put on it. It's a purely cosmetic thing.

N.B. I am suggesting this as a further customization option, not the One Way I Think the Powers Should Work, so please remain calm. Also, I am already aware that the standard code rant applies, inasmuch as I don't know how those animations are "linked" to particular power customization profiles on the backend. Thank you.

Also, it just occurred to me that yes, there are ranged sets which could also conceivably benefit from this trick.

(Put this on the tech/bugs board originally, since I'm reasonably sure it is a glitch... but it's also a fun pair of screenshots, so here.)


"Scarlet Stranger, I'm worried. I'm supposed to go and meet with a Skull leader in my capacity as an investigative journalist, but what if he tumbles to my real purpose for meeting him and things get hostile? I'm just a civilian, not a superhero like you. What if I need to make a quick getaway?"

"No problem, Deborah. I'll lend you my rocket board! If anything goes wrong you can be out of there lickety-split."

"You can do that?!"

"Sure, hop on. It's easy!"



"Holy cow, this is awesome! Thanks, Scarlet Stranger!"

"Just be careful in there!"

soon...



"Hey, lady, where'd you get that rocket board?"

"Found it. Look, are we going to do a deal about these food supplies or not? I've got places to be."



I'm pretty sure this wasn't supposed to be possible? But it sure was funny.

I just got a tip mission entitled "Stop the Unknown Psychic". I'll be very disappointed if I get there and find that he is not wearing a brown paper bag with eyeholes cut in it on his head.

Speaking of which (and this is the suggestion part), we need that in Special Helmets. I've already reserved The Unknown Corruptor in anticipation. (Does the old "hey Sexy Jay" thread still exist? For that matter, does Jay still work here? I was away a long time.)

Not a bad idea on its face, but didn't the developers already say they're not going to be doing the alternate animation thing for melee sets any more? Something about it being easier to just make new power sets, I forget exactly.

Gonna be honest here, I'm not sure how it makes a particle of difference unless you're using some really creative camera angles in play.

"Scarlet Stranger, I'm worried. I'm supposed to go and meet with a Skull leader in my capacity as an investigative journalist, but what if he tumbles to my real purpose for meeting him and things get hostile? I'm just a civilian, not a superhero like you. What if I need to make a quick getaway?"

"No problem, Deborah. I'll lend you my rocket board! If anything goes wrong you can be out of there lickety-split."

"You can do that?!"

"Sure, hop on. It's easy!"



"Holy cow, this is awesome! Thanks, Scarlet Stranger!"

"Just be careful in there!"

soon...



"Hey, lady, where'd you get that rocket board?"

"Found it. Look, are we going to do a deal about these food supplies or not? I've got places to be."



I'm pretty sure this wasn't supposed to be possible? But it sure was funny.

What in the world are you on about?