Stone Mallet, redraw animation?
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BackAlleyBrawler,
Posted on: 2009-06-22 15:01 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
No, the draw for the elemental weapons is part of the animation, not something separate.
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So here's the deal. Mentally, I think of these particular powers as not actual weapons. It's the element being wielded in the a manner similar to how you'd wield a weapon. So "Stone Melee" isn't actually a mallet made of stone.
Yes, it's vague and subjective...but it's one of the rationalizations I have for why there these particular powers don't require a 'draw' animation, and why they don't support 'weapon' customization...even though there's not a technical restriction or limitation for either of those things.
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No, the draw for the elemental weapons is part of the animation, not something separate.
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And the animation change actually added time to the mallets - they used to be 1.17s each. 
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So here's the deal. Mentally, I think of these particular powers as not actual weapons. It's the element being wielded in the a manner similar to how you'd wield a weapon. So "Stone Melee" isn't actually a mallet made of stone.
Yes, it's vague and subjective...but it's one of the rationalizations I have for why there these particular powers don't require a 'draw' animation, and why they don't support 'weapon' customization...even though there's not a technical restriction or limitation for either of those things.
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Try this one on for size:
It's only a true "weapon" if the whole set is about using it. So the sets that are melds of multiple ones (Ice Fist Melee + Ice Sword Melee + Ice Gust Melee; Fire Sword Melee + Fire Fist Melee + Fire Palm Melee + Fire Breath Melee) don't have one.
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No, the draw for the elemental weapons is part of the animation, not something separate.
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And the animation change actually added time to the mallets - they used to be 1.17s each.
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Nope, that was added to the end of the animations, not the beginning. Their animations were terminating too soon. (I personally thought they looked perfectly natural before, but it's over and done with.)
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So here's the deal. Mentally, I think of these particular powers as not actual weapons. It's the element being wielded in the a manner similar to how you'd wield a weapon. So "Stone Melee" isn't actually a mallet made of stone.
Yes, it's vague and subjective...but it's one of the rationalizations I have for why there these particular powers don't require a 'draw' animation, and why they don't support 'weapon' customization...even though there's not a technical restriction or limitation for either of those things.
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They're clearly effects not weapons, when you suppressclosefx or whatever the command is so you can see past your armor, your mallets disappear so what is there to redraw 
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No, the draw for the elemental weapons is part of the animation, not something separate.
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And the animation change actually added time to the mallets - they used to be 1.17s each.
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Nope, that was added to the end of the animations, not the beginning. Their animations were terminating too soon. (I personally thought they looked perfectly natural before, but it's over and done with.)
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Just stating that there never was an issue of "removing draw time" for them because the change to the animation was that time was added and not removed. 
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it has gone from unconscionable to downright appalling that we have no way of measuring our characters' wetness.
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Originally Posted by Brillig
It's hard to beat the entertainment value of Whackjob Wednesdays.
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Yes, it's vague and subjective...but it's one of the rationalizations I have for why there these particular powers don't require a 'draw' animation, and why they don't support 'weapon' customization...even though there's not a technical restriction or limitation for either of those things.
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I can understand that,but some of us view our control over the elements as precise, so the ugly blobby stone melee weapon may not be appropriate. It would be nice if one could get a smooth well-formed two-handed stone hammer as well.
Lewis
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Lewis -- by that argument, though, all stone (armor, melee, or control) powers would need to be changed. None of them have precise geometric shapes; they are all somewhat haphazard and "blobby". The mallet is not alone in that regard.
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Lewis
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"I remember... the Alamo." -- Pee-wee Herman
"Oh don't worry. I always leave things to the last moment." -- The Doctor
"Telescopes are time machines." -- Carl Sagan
Quick question:
Was there ever a "redraw" delay from the Stone Mallet powers? (like using a Broadsword, Axe, etc. power without the weapon drawn)