Uhhh would Whips be too suggestive for a powerset?
By
Blackavaar,
Posted on: 2009-03-30 22:54 in Suggestions and Ideas
Sorry, best I can do at the mo'. If you think the Forum search is bad here; try it with one hand on a PDA while horsin' a big rig down the Interstate with 40,000 lbs of plastic bags loaded.
I won't argue the point if I can't produce evidence, but the statement is true. And even if the Devs change their position (stranger things have happened) that doesn't change the veracity of my post. And it is why many just discount the suggestion out of hand.
The reason I'm shaky on a Posi post is because I can't produce it myself.
Ninus Lvl 50 Bots/Dark/SM Mastermind Badges: 1384 @Ninus on Global
Put an Ebil MasterMind in the Obal Office: It wont be the first time
Campaigning for Global Global Ignore Champion since 2009!
I will use my feminine (BRRRRAAAAPPP..excuse me) charm to try and get an answer.
Honestly I was watching my brother play MK vs. DC Universe when I suggested it, but I didn't want to mention the Catwoman word because I figured it would get that type of response. I do agree that there are far more clone-prone powersets out there (like the aforementioned claws) but I also agree that it is definitely an issue that the Devs would keep in mind before publishing a powerset.
Oh well... It was fun to think about 
which is why Lothic put it last in the hierarchy of concerns for the Devs in considering a new powerset. It may very well be first on their list because it's a quick "will it cause clones? can it be used without directly being considered a clone?" question.
Just my opinion: IP and copyright issues aside; the Devs would probably not bat an eye at clones, and would probably welcome them as everyone and their brother would play the game to create their own take on their favorite Hero/Villain (just the arguments over what AT and Powersets would Batman or Superman be are entertaining). People would and indeed did many times buy CoH to do just that eventhough NCsoft made plain that a player would be walking a fine line doing so (Homage vice Clone). What I find entertaining (or found) was when Marvel and DC announced plans for MMO's, people automatically thought they would get a chance to make their clone-toons with impunity. My guess without knowing their EULAs is that the chances are nil because IP protection is IP protection.
Ideas get slapped down pretty hard and fast in this Forum because, as Solomon said; there is nothing new under the sun, and many older Forumites have heard it all before and sometimes know the Dev's decisions from their own statements on such matters. It's not malice. Just like the above discussion with Lisar. I know what I saw back when. I may not be able to prove it to her, but I'll make my statement and let her decide from their. No worries. No anger. No harm. No foul.
Sadly, though, there are some who take this stance as being elitist or flaming when it really isn't .
Ninus Lvl 50 Bots/Dark/SM Mastermind Badges: 1384 @Ninus on Global
Put an Ebil MasterMind in the Obal Office: It wont be the first time
Campaigning for Global Global Ignore Champion since 2009!
So an unbacked quote in a deleted thread. So only one person has ever seen the actual red name post and their quote is now gone. Without an actual dev comment I wouldn't have believed it then and I won't buy it now. There's a reason "Hear Say" isn't allowed in court.
Also wen I mentioned underwear I was talking about the briefs option for men and the bikini options for females. We can clearly walk around in anything but the nude.
---
I see I stopped typing half way through a sentence up there.
What I was going to say on the nipple nerf was that I fully believe it was done to prevent grey scale heroes from using tights to look topless.