Additional Flypose emotes, and more?
By
Socorro,
Posted on: 2009-07-15 13:00 in Suggestions and Ideas
We basically have the 'ironman' pose when flying straight up. I've sometimes kept that pose by flying up, but rolling the mouse so that I'm looking straight down while flying, thus moving horizontaly to the ground. I agree that it'd be a nice new pose, along with the surfer and jet styles. The surfer style would be a decent pose for Super Speed as well.
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The flypose emotes are some of my favorites of the game. Fly is my favorite travel power, and I usually bind a key to a certain emote so that once I'm flying I can quickly assume the flypose I like for that character. But I think we could do with a few more.
1. I have always been a huge fan of the Iron Man / Human Torch / etc. flypose. If you don't know what that is, it is a combination of the default flying position and flypose1. You are streamlined, with your arms down/back by your sides, looking ahead. Not flying as if you were standing at attention and then took off, but arms gently to the sides, as if they were helping propel you.
-It would be compatible with Rocket Boots. Let's face it, rocket boots with the default flying position do not look right. Your feet (and thus the jets) aren't pointed the same direction!
-Combines nicely with auras for unique effects. No, I do not want to encourage Human Torch/Ironman/Marvel character imitators. However, someone in this flypose with fire armor or a fiery aura would be able to achieve very similar effects.
2. A surfing flypose. Again, I don't want to encourage Marvel wannabes. But I know a lot of ice characters who would LOVE to be able to travel with an Ice Slide. Also, this could provide a nice opportunity for a new set of travel-power-based-costume-pieces. Instead of getting Tech or Insect Wings, you could get Surfing Disk or Elemental Boards (Rock, energy, etc. styles). Hell, you could even make it work with special events. Snowboards for the Winter Event anyone?
3. Airplane/jet style. This one would be very similar to flypose3, the arms would just be straight out to the sides, perpendicular to the body. Not too different, but different enough that it might make someone's day in terms of concept.
Those are my ideas, but I'd like to open this up to not only other ideas for emotes, but other travel ideas in general (jet pack costume pieces anyone?)
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