Possible "New" Powerset preview......
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0zymandous,
Posted on: 2007-02-22 10:03 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Hmmm, I wonder. Either way, very observant of you. I completely missed that.
It could also just be a change in animations for a claws or spines power. I really don't think devs would waste time introducing another scrapper/stalker powerset which involves pointy things popping out of your hands/arms.
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Looks like he just performed Ripper.
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Looks like he just performed Ripper.
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Then where are the rest of the spines sticking out of his back, legs, upper arms? Yes, it does look like the ending animation for Ripper, except...there's a lot of missing spines there.
Animation change or new powerset? Or...NPC with signature powerset? That's also a possibility.
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It could also just be a change in animations for a claws or spines power.
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Or it could be the Nemesis Staff seen from a strange angle. 
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Looks like he just performed Ripper.
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Then where are the rest of the spines sticking out of his back, legs, upper arms? Yes, it does look like the ending animation for Ripper, except...there's a lot of missing spines there.
Animation change or new powerset? Or...NPC with signature powerset? That's also a possibility.
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TY Rose. I thought spines Scrappers had more spines poking out of them. I didnt know enough about the set to say anything. What if its a Dual-Blade set for Tankers everyone is assuming Scrapper. Dual-Blade Tanker would be sweet.
EDIT: Lol well hi Castle!!!
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My guess is a change to the Spines animations, to try and encourage more people to use the set.
Edit: Our samurai friend again. Note the widow next to him.
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It could also just be a change in animations for a claws or spines power.
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Or it could be the Nemesis Staff seen from a strange angle.
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ha castle is wrong, nem staff is not that shape or color 
Or perhaps an invented temp power?
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It could also just be a change in animations for a claws or spines power.
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Or it could be the Nemesis Staff seen from a strange angle.
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ha castle is wrong, nem staff is not that shape or color
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Yeah, of all the things that looks like, Nemesis Staff is not it.
Note the knob on the end of the staff.
_Castle_, if you guys let a revamp of Spine Graphics out of the bag with the screenshots, you guys might as well say so.
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It could also just be a change in animations for a claws or spines power.
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Or it could be the Nemesis Staff seen from a strange angle.
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ha castle is wrong, nem staff is not that shape or color
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Yeah, of all the things that looks like, Nemesis Staff is not it.
Note the knob on the end of the staff.
_Castle_, if you guys let a revamp of Spine Graphics out of the bag with the screenshots, you guys might as well say so.
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Seriously, it gets curiouser and curiouser... what is going on in that picture? The only thing that could make this more interesting is a grassy knoll
If you look closely, it looks like the end of the... whatever it is... extends all the way to the ground.
My guess: it IS the nemesis staff. The hero is standing in an odd position so that the end of the staff is clipping through the ground, concealing the little knob at the end of it. If you look at the picture of the Nem staff, mentally remove that knob, then look at the original screenshot... they are similar.
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If you look closely, it looks like the end of the... whatever it is... extends all the way to the ground.
My guess: it IS the nemesis staff. The hero is standing in an odd position so that the end of the staff is clipping through the ground, concealing the little knob at the end of it. If you look at the picture of the Nem staff, mentally remove that knob, then look at the original screenshot... they are similar.
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i dont think it goes in the floor, and even then it still thins out at the end and is not the bronzeie color of the staff... and shouldnt the big sparkle part of it be poping out his elbow then?
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If you look closely, it looks like the end of the... whatever it is... extends all the way to the ground.
My guess: it IS the nemesis staff. The hero is standing in an odd position so that the end of the staff is clipping through the ground, concealing the little knob at the end of it. If you look at the picture of the Nem staff, mentally remove that knob, then look at the original screenshot... they are similar.
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Sorry, It is not the Nem staff. Remember the Nem staff is ALWAYS in the right hand. The graphic clearly shows whatever it is in the left.
My guess would be either:
a.) New animation for the Scrapper Spines set we have not seen yet. Or,
b.) A graphics bug within the Devs internal test server that conflicts the samurai armor and the body animations for the spines.
Personally, my money is on choice b.
Interesting. Maybe the devs got sick of seeing all the Bananas/whatevers running around. I had a Spines/Dark named "The Banana Avenger."
its ripper, the devs have moded the spines scrapper gfx so as not to perforate the samurai armour they have him wearing. Im sure this is just for internal pics
you can see where hes done spine burst in the 3rd pic and yet still no spines sticking through
how would spine burst theoretically work if the spines couldn't come out from under the armor?
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My guess is a change to the Spines animations, to try and encourage more people to use the set.
Edit: Our samurai friend again. Note the widow next to him.
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Am i the only one that LIKES spines as is... surely i can't be the only one...
Dont change it... I LIKE how it looks... i make customs to complement how it looks...
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I guess i'd survive if it was retooled... but i wouldn't LIKE it... 
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C'mon _Castle_, since when do you take that pose at anytime using the Nemesis Staff? Hrm?
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When a Spines Scrapper does Ripper, two long, thin spines appear out of thin air, attached to the Scrapper's forearms. This is a separate effect from the other spines that sprout from the rest of the Scrapper's body. What it looks like we're seeing in the screenshot is a Scrapper doing Ripper, but for some reason the numerous spines that should be sticking out of his body aren't there. However, the two long Spines that only appear during Ripper (and the first 2 powers in the set the names of which I can't recall) are there. It's not a new powerset we're seeing. They may have changed Spines so that the "Spines all over" effect only appears during some Spines moves (most likely Spine Burst) in the latest internal build, though.
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My guess is a change to the Spines animations, to try and encourage more people to use the set.
Edit: Our samurai friend again. Note the widow next to him.
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Am i the only one that LIKES spines as is... surely i can't be the only one...
Dont change it... I LIKE how it looks... i make customs to complement how it looks...
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I guess i'd survive if it was retooled... but i wouldn't LIKE it...
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Yes, you are the only one.... :-}
If they were colourable, that might help some. I personally just have my Spines/Dark hide inside the dark ball of shadow cloaking, so I only have to put up with the sound of quills and not the spines and look of it.
Villain side spines look much better imho. Best would be some sort of invention method that would redo 'em thus making everyone happy.
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Vendel is correct , Thats ripper, I like spines the way it is now, but would not mind a change just for ripper.
Ok, I was just looking at the pictuers of the Statesman's TF, looking a little closer at picture 6 the Hero in the Samurai Armor looks like he has a blade coming straight out of his left hand and if im not mistaken there is one coming out of his right hand too and he seems to be in a Night Widow attack pose you know the one they make right after the hit you with their double blades.
I may be going out on a limb here but maybe this is a preview of an upcoming Primary.
Oh HERE I did a close up of the Samurai.
In case you didnt see it heres where I found the picture LINK.
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