daveyj3

lmao

is the well dancing or casting or wha?

i really hope the aura is more interesting when it's not a picture XD, and did anyone test the helms? the tartarus one looks... like a bobble head. O_o and the vanity pet... love it! except that you can clearly see his rula' belt :/

:shrug: oh i didnt know that would be more demanding. i thought that by using the doppelganger tech it would allow for the pets to simply load the same costumes as the player character which would be a round about way to customize pets without the server having to save and load six-to-eighteen[if you include upgrades, more for alt models like with thugs for example] more pet models, AND it would roundabout allow pet customization simply by your own costume slots and character customization, not by actually customizing the 'pets' [as in all other mm sets are not affected and would not need any UI work or extra coding for the AT], not actually outright pet customization because i know that's difficult and they're trying to figure out still O_O.

:shrug again: but idk how the doppelganger tech actually works, and my suggestion suggests using the doppelganger tech for a simply cosmetic duplication, not powers and buffs and junk, the pets would be basically other MM pets with an auto transform power using the dop'tech.



still... duplication! this is how i see it happening! XD

now. how to work around mastermind customization perhaps, and to give players a cloning/duplication powerset by making use of the doppelganger tech, i present to you:

"DUPLICATION" - a primary powerset for Masterminds

I see a Duplication powerset for MM's as still potentially viable. Pets summoned would all have duplicate costumes to the player character but with varying auras from the upgrades i suppose.... OR because players have multiple potential costumes with up to ten slots, the minions could simply reflect randomly the various costume slots of the character by summoning a clone with a model randomly chosen from the available slots. OMG TOTAL WIN because this gives you 'pet customization' while still reflecting the doppelganger tech in game already that summons a identical character. though, it might make more sense if the code is written so that it summons identical to your current costume in which case players might have to summon first pets, costume change, summon other pets, costume change, summon final pet.


attacks for the power would be the most complicated part. i'd say that if it was a dimensional/parallel universe themed attack set where you pull yourself from other dimensions/parallel universes or points in time, a teleportation variation of attacks would make sense. also give all the pets the same teleport attack powers, basic brawl and kick attacks, or a unique buff/debuff power and it can still flow pretty well with most themes and secondaries. Or the "you"s from different dimensions can have powers based on those dimensions added to the basic powers of the set. netherworld dimension, fiery dimension, star/celestial dimension, frost dimension, night ward dimension, rularru dimension... idk other dimensional versions of you O_o

powerset: teleport or 'dimensional' attacks

-attack - ranged teleport single target attack [briefly tp and hit then return to where you were]
-base clones - basic clone no aura, meelee brawling attacks and one tp power
-attack - pbaoe attack? or another single targeted attack where you "scatter your enemy across several planes/dimensions" using dimension shift costume change animation
-upgrade
-attack - teleport cone attack like judgement power
-medium clones - basic clone maybe head or chest aura, multiple tp attacks with brawl powers, perhaps one heals or buffs
-special -taoe or pbaoe buff or wave of clones like gang war.
-master clone - body aura, advanced teleportation attacks and abilities.
-upgrade

:shrug:

i'd rock that powerset.






note: im no coder so i dont know how difficult this might actually be, but it doesnt seem too hard to me
thoughts, ideas, questions?

you know, I see a Duplication powerset for MM's as still potentially viable. Pets would all have duplicate costumes but varying auras from the upgrades i suppose.

attacks for the power would be the most complicated part. i'd say that if it was a dimensional/parallel universe themed attack set where you pull yourself from other dimensions/parallel universes or points in time, a teleportation variation of attacks would make sense. also give all the pets the same teleport attack powers, basic brawl and kick attacks and it can still flow pretty well with most themes and secondaries. Or the "you"s from different dimensions can have powers based on those dimensions added to the basic powers of the set. netherworld dimension, fiery dimension, star/celestial dimension, frost dimension, night ward dimension, rularru dimension... idk other dimensional versions of you O_o

powerset: teleport or 'dimensional' attacks

attack - ranged teleport attack
base clones - basic clone no aura
attack - pbaoe attack?
upgrade
attack - teleport cone attack
medium clones - basic clone maybe head or chest aura
special -taoe or pbaoe buff or wave of clones like gang war.
master clone - body aura
upgrade

:shrug:

i'd rock that powerset.

:edit: to add to this idea, the minions could simply reflect randomly the various costume slots of the character but summoning a clone with a model randomly chosen from the available slots. OMG TOTAL WIN.

:edit edit:
im gonna make this a suggestion thread

for forcefield i'd say up the dmg of force bolt, give repulsion field a little dmg too, and give force bubble a -to hit debuff or something O_O. then it would so be my favorite set evar.

brief side comment about that XD




I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today's customization and tomorrow's alt models, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the Mastermind's dream.

I have a dream that one day this city of Paragon will rise up and live out the true meaning of its customization ability: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all nameable pets and alt models are created equal."

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, the streets of Paragon will be a peaceful place, where Player Characters can truly embody the spirit of creativity, escape, and imagination. Archetypes will reach theyr full potential, and even some beyond that. Masterminds will command their minions or fire their attacks be it six thugs, three bots, one wolf, or even no demons, without the fear of someone else telling them how to play their character, regardless of it's actual effect on the team, survivability, or theme.

I have a dream that one day, the dear Developers and Programers will find a way to cross the hurdle that is preventing alt model customization from happening for masterminds like it does for NPC transform powers and the animate stone, changing the look but not the power[s].

I have a dream that one day even the Rogue Isles, a place sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of customized pets for every theme; female mastermind minions, badge unlocked villain-group minions, alt models of every creed and color [except complete customization cuz that's just redic'].

Let Alt Model MM Customization ring from the snowcapped mountains of Pocket D!

Let Alt Model MM Customization ring from the curvaceous horned slopes of Cap Au Diable!

But not only that; let Alt Model MM Customization ring from the tall mountain of the Hive!

Let Alt Model MM Customization ring from Mot's lookout mountainous head in Dark Astoria!

Let Alt Model MM Customization ring from every hill and molehill of the Hollows and Nerva. From every mountainside, let Alt Model MM Customization ring.

And when this happens, when we allow Alt Model MM Customization to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's minions, mercenary men and knives of artemis, thugs and carnies, default zombies and banished pantheon zombies, default bots and clockwork, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Mastermind spiritual, "Yessss Massssterrrr! Attack! Follow! Heel! thank God Almighty, we are customized and themed at last!"


ThEnd.





back to staffs:

But about Staff Meelee. I can wait a couple more weeks. It's like... gonna change the game! STAFFS EVERYWHERE. i bet we'll see more staffs than dogs! question, it was confirmed that dream doctor's staff will be like blue steel's shield: unattainable?

now i wont be able to go to church without seeing everything in CoH terms.

AMEN. alt pets PLEASE. PLEEAAASSEEE. ANYTHING BUT WOLVES. IM SO SICK OF WOLVES.

:'( but no we just got a lot of canine ports.


also, why are the Black Knight's dogs regular dog colors but spit out netherworldly powers...

... umbral beast is a straight wolf port...

its like theyre closing their eyes when they do these things. XD




wow im bitter about that. O_O




i just hope staff has some more great models. like the animus arcana one on Night Ward. or a spear. or a tree branch with leaves.





:EDIT: but that's ok. now im waiting for a new leaked set that hopefully will be more amazeballs than evar when it comes out months from now.

Well, I appreciate everyone's support for my character *Silver Cyclone* to fill out the roster of the Freedom Phalanx. As a mantle-bearer of the Order of the Four Winds, he is finished with his training and has some real-world crime fighting experience, and will now take a visibly active role defending Paragon City. Especially after helping his former archnemesis' Scirocco and Ice Mistral grow as people and see beyond the villany they've lived the past years, and with the support of his Partner, Serpent Drummer, Silver Cyclone hopes to offer favorable winds to all.

His costumes are fantastic.




Hero1 should be healed by now and would definitely make a fantastic addition to the FP. Foreshadow can come too.

you know, not until you mentioned it...

this show really has amazing child actors. i normally HATE child actors but these are so good that everything is believable and helps to make the fantasy more real. wow.

I want Arya and Gendry to get married and live happily ever after as king and queen with arya wearing the pants. :d Daenerys can come. and Jon Snow. and all the direwolves. dragons too.

please nobody spoil my fantasy.

OH MY GOD I WOULD ADORE A SNAKE RIG VANITY PET!

a snake.

a mermaid.

a... snake....

a snail?

a caterpillar! well maybe that wouldnt work... a centipede!

hmm...

i want!

Ahahahahaha.



also, isnt Jay's thread closed because he doesnt work there anymore? and there will be a new thread "soon"? Now we have Dink! Yaaaaay! [i simply adore Dink ]

but it kind of feels like they make whatever they feel like making [more tight armor sets O_o] and occasionally make what the players 'ask' for, like the sci-fi retro set.

never mind good looking hair. or quivers. you know, things already in game even but just not ported to players. [NPC conversion thread? how much has been converted? :/]








anyway. yes, we need feather pieces. very badly.

just playing around i came across three powers for a blast set...

and deduced a new-

:sniper hamster shot:

PHEW, that's what i figured, but one negative nancy in one of my global channels told me that.

yay!

edited original post.

O_O.

ty Magipie. all. XD


::shrug:: who really knows, they're dead! and there are plenty of birds in tropical climates, the rhea for example lives in south america and is quite fuzzy and large . all we know is what we've got and the context clues! hehe but it's true, big ones in warmer climates could have been quite scantily clad.


well ornithopods didnt have feathers [though many had spikes, osteoderms, and quills], so both options would really fit . its just kinda sad that if when the opportunity arrises for a dinosaur pack, we get very dated and mainstream ideas rather than some modern factual ideas.

example:
-aliens as mainstream icons: little green/grey men. maybe reptile men. movie that shows this: 'Paul'

-aliens as [ok there is no factual evidence for this really buuuttt interesting ideas that arent the overused kind of mleh icon] something different, game wise: rikti [not really but you know what i mean], kheldians, lobsters, squiddies.




eh? eh? eh? no? :/

also, Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs, but rather, a different branch of archosaurs. buuuttt I would REALLY like a pair of Pteranodon or Quetzalcoatlus Northropi wings for my character, most efficiently included in a dinosaur pack.

XD

holy crapamoly! that's HUMONGOUS! i like it.

too bad the lions in game are all still itty bitty kitties.

also, too bad the Liger is kinda awkwardly colored, not with the tan stripes of actual ligers. [i'd file this under the same vein as the MM dogs being identical... no alpha wolf differentiation? nothing?]

this, i cant wait for! ready to enter the contest! im reeeeaaaddddyyyyyy!!!

but i hope SSA#2 focuses on both the FP post-states, as well as Arachnos re-organizing and placing a Mu over Mu Mastery to fill the hole that Scirocco and Ice Mistral will leave as they grow as characters and away from Recluse.