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When you're talking about removing the only minority from the signature supergroup, yeah, it matters. I'd be saying the same thing about gender if people were asking for Sister Psyche and Numina to be written out.

You should have been here for Issue 3.

So are non-reflective versions of reflective parts on the table for that theoretical toggle you discussed for legacy parts? As I mentioned in the All Things Art thread, I'm generally not a fan of the reflective parts due to the discoloration the reflections cause. It's cool tech but I have trouble using them on some of my characters due to it messing up my color choices.

I just want to point out that I never said she shouldn't use any valkyrie armor parts. I just don't think they should be the focus. I can't really say that I like your particular example, but the idea of using some of the parts is fine.

I want a motorcycle, and have since release.

But I won't buy it if it's going to shut off all my defensive powers and result in me being slaughtered by the mobs I drive by. I don't mind not being able to activate new powers, but shutting off toggles and passives is a deal breaker. I know the tech for allowing this probably doesn't currently exist, but I think it would be a good idea to create it.

I know that's not your area, but I want the others to know that this is important if they want to make money off of selling vehicle powers.

Yes. I've got a valkyrie character (whom I have a framed David Nakayama sketch of on my wall above my computer), and that's the only reason I use the old wings. The new wings look AWESOME, but don't have that headband/tiara with earplates piece. It looks like she's got metal wings growing out of her head if I use them.

I agree with you on this point.

If they want to make fancy versions of the existing valkyrie parts that do look techy, that would be cool, but if they're going to use standard costume creator parts, I think she should look like she's wearing a suit of technological armor, which is why I prefer Techbot's suggestion over yours. I think it's the most important aspect of her costume, otherwise her original version probably would have used the medieval armor parts.

I think it sounds awesome. This is the kind of graphical update I'd like to see. My apologies for assuming it would be a radical redesign instead of improvements to the existing concept to make it seem more alive.

This is a great point, and something that I wish I'd thought to say.

I'm also glad they put Hamidon in the LGTF, because it allowed more people to experience such a unique enemy.

Changes like this I would be all for.

Hey, that's cool, all of that sounds fine to me except for changing it to a giant Ent or the landscape.

And it's fine that we disagree on that. I just wanted to know why.

Killer Frost is a DC character that uses an ice slide.

That's something I wondered about too. I've never heard the word "static" used to criticize the art assets of Hamidon, just the gameplay aspects of him. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the usage of the word, but it seems like a weird statement to make about art assets. Wouldn't every NPC in the game have static art assets, aside from auras?

I have to wonder if we're not using the word "design" to mean different things (it certainly is a vague word).

Just so David understands why I think it's great and you think it's horrible, do you not like the fact that it is a giant amoeba? Is it the colors? Is it the generally smooth, spherical nature of the Mitochondria?

I don't expect us to agree, I just want to know why you feel it was thrown together.

It's a giant amoeba. It's a sci-fi apocalypse-causing monster of a simple and elegant nature. There is no simpler cell-based organism than an amoeba, yet it threatens the entire planet. There's something interesting about that.

I also agree with Arilou about the colors. The bright and varied colors are unusual for a giant monster, but that only adds to its uniqueness.

If you want to update the art assets on it-- make the Nucleus, the Mitochondria, and the goo fancier looking or something, that's cool (but be careful, graphic lag is already an issue for many people in that raid). But please don't make it "evolve" to the point that it is no longer an amoeba.

That's my answer as it pertains to Hamidon himself.

However, this reaction of mine really isn't just about Hamidon. If you had made this comment ("That's one I'd like to get my hands on for a update") about pretty much any NPC in the game that was there at release, I would have had the same reaction: please don't change their general design. Updating their art assets to be higher res is great, but please don't change who they are.

I have a fondness for this world that is similar to the fondness I have for Marvel and DC, and the characters and groups are the reason for that. This world now has a history filled with groups and beings that feel iconic to me. For most of these groups and beings, it feels like they fill a need in the universe-- an archetypical niche that must be filled. Alter them too much, or remove them, and it feels like there is a void (see the removal of the 5th Column-- we no longer had Nazis in the game, and the Council were a pale, watered down replacement, both in lore and graphically). Characters change and evolve, and this is understandable and often good, but if they ever change too much, people who love them get upset. Electric Blue Superman is the perfect example. The design was really cool, but he wasn't Superman anymore.

The original design of this game, in both the writing and the art direction, was high quality. I know that the technical aspects are certainly out of date, but there was great attention to detail in most of the NPCs that existed at release, in both lore and visual design. If you want to make alternate universe versions of Nemesis, the Clockwork King, and Dr. Vahzilok that look radically different than their primal counterparts, that's awesome, and I look forward to what you would do with them. If you want to update their textures to be higher res, but maintain the current design, that, too, is awesome. But I'd rather the established characters retain their current designs rather than undergo anything close to a reimagining.

If you want to know what resonates with me and why about the various NPCs in this game, I could continue to post about each group and character in it. That's going to be a lot of work, though. It would be easier to talk about the ones that don't resonate with me.

Those two new Hamidon entities are very cool, but please, please don't remove the only giant amoeba from the game. It's too cool.

I said this to my girlfriend, and she responded with, "that would just be mean". And you know, after the playerbase liked him so much, it would feel a bit like adding insult to injury.

Also, killing off not just the only prominent black guy, but the only prominent minority at all (Foreshadow isn't exactly prominent) is groan inducing. I think everything you've said makes sense, but I hope they don't choose BAB for those reasons, and because he's my favorite signature character on blue-side.

Regardless, I'm going to bet on Psyche being killed off and Manticore turning villain (at least for a while), only to come back later with Psyche in another body (wouldn't it be hilarious if it was Aurora again? lolz ) and Manticore redeeming himself (with revamped character models and TFs). The fact that one picture has both of them in it, and the other one doesn't makes me wonder if they made a before and after image (somehow missing Manticore's quiver in the process), and sent out the wrong one.

The Victoria MK VI costume code does not allow you to access it in the creator-- it gives you an inherent toggle power that changes your model into the Vicki model while toggled on. Check your Powers tab, on the right side for it, under "Inherent Powers". The icon is a white circle. Drag the icon into a power tray and activate it, and you'll look like a Vicki.