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On a somewhat unrelated note, I just want to take a second to thank you guys for being so positive and excited about this feature that's consumed so much of my life for so long. It's been a very long haul and tremendous amount of work from many people on the team. Your excitement about this feature is making it so much easier for me to continue to be excited about it, and that's making it a lot nicer to get through the final stretches of finishing this issue up and into your hands. I can't speak for the other people who've done a tremendous amount of work on this feature as well, but for me personally...it's a huge deal.

The handful of non-glowing responses I've seen have been very reasonable and more in the realm of disappointed but still understanding. For that I'm exceedingly grateful.

So thanks for staying positive and constructive, it makes reading the forums so much easier and working on this game so much more rewarding.

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You're welcome. Thanks for continuing to make this a great game. Coming from someone who has had to spend the better part of the last year stuck at home due to circumstances I would rather not get into publicly here on the forums, being able to be somewhat social on this game has actually made it much more bearable and helped me to keep SOME sanity. Keep up the good work! There are people out there that what you do does make a difference for.

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no BABs thank you for doing the work and persevering through the criticism to complete it. The one huge thing that was missing for me was changing the colors of powers, and I accepted long ago that this is just a video game and can't be done is all, maybe CoX2 or whatever.

You guys surprised me with alternate animations for a few of the powers. You also caught me with making the color changes for each costume slot. So thank you for the above and beyond work. You already had me as a loyal costumer but stuff like this cements it.

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On a somewhat unrelated note, I just want to take a second to thank you guys for being so positive and excited about this feature that's consumed so much of my life for so long. It's been a very long haul and tremendous amount of work from many people on the team. Your excitement about this feature is making it so much easier for me to continue to be excited about it, and that's making it a lot nicer to get through the final stretches of finishing this issue up and into your hands. I can't speak for the other people who've done a tremendous amount of work on this feature as well, but for me personally...it's a huge deal.

The handful of non-glowing responses I've seen have been very reasonable and more in the realm of disappointed but still understanding. For that I'm exceedingly grateful.

So thanks for staying positive and constructive, it makes reading the forums so much easier and working on this game so much more rewarding.

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*hugs*

We love you too, BAB.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

STOP THE [CENSORED] PRESSES!!!!!

I found something to [censored] complain about.

There are no [censored] screenshots of [censored] custom color [censored] Energy Melee!

What kind of [CENSORED] would post up screens of lame [censored] powers, and not have [censored] screenshots of [censored] Energy Melee?!

I mean, [censored] really. Is it too [censored] [censored] [censored] much to [censored] ask that we get some [censored] screens of [censored]-up [censored] Energy Melee?

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This post has been brought to you by 'Self Mockery' and the great word [censored], which may actually be a phrase. I'm not sure how the [] modify it.

You may carry on with the "Good job, BABs and Team!" now.

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On a somewhat unrelated note, I just want to take a second to thank you guys for being so positive and excited about this feature that's consumed so much of my life for so long. It's been a very long haul and tremendous amount of work from many people on the team. Your excitement about this feature is making it so much easier for me to continue to be excited about it, and that's making it a lot nicer to get through the final stretches of finishing this issue up and into your hands. I can't speak for the other people who've done a tremendous amount of work on this feature as well, but for me personally...it's a huge deal.

The handful of non-glowing responses I've seen have been very reasonable and more in the realm of disappointed but still understanding. For that I'm exceedingly grateful.

So thanks for staying positive and constructive, it makes reading the forums so much easier and working on this game so much more rewarding.

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BaBs, even though I was almost certain this feature was coming (and had predicted it for some time, once the team was starting to get remped up in size), I can tell you, I'm completely psyched about the implementation. It's exceeded my expectations in many ways.

*I was expecting one color (though hoping for 2)... we got 2.
*I was expecting we'd pick our color(s) for each power-set... we get to pick them for (almost) each power.
*I was expecting color-choices would be on a per-character basis... we got per-costume basis.

Great job, especially given the sheer amount of powers/fx you had to change.

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Now GIT BACK TO WORK ON THE REST OF THE POWERS (INCLUDING EPICS/PPPs & POWER POOLS)!!!



Also, thanks to srmalloy for all the info.

Yeah, this is undoubtedly taken a lot of hard work an effort. Now that we can create our own missions, customize our powers, had the 5th Column return, we're running out of the bigger things to complain about not being in the game.

I can only think of 2 things off the top of my head....I won't say them lest I risk sparking some uproar or sound ungrateful. :P

Overall I'm sure everyone's glad to finally be getting this out of the way. From what I've seen so far it looks pretty much ideal to what most of us have asked for.

So fantastic job all around to you guys, and if you ever need more than our approval to keep you going on this project, BaBs. I think its safe to say that if you stop now, you'll get eaten alive

Incarnates and NEW ZONES? Completely revamped 1 to 25 ?

amiclose?

How I feel.

The work on power customization has easily exceeded what I would have expected. A big thanks to BaB for spearheading this effort and to all other devs at Paragon who are pitching in to help.

Hehe, you know... One thing I always try and do is post things when I want to express something positive...
It always seems like I (And I know I'm not alone) post things when I have a suggestion, a concern, an issue, or a complaint (Although, I think I do it respectfully).

I know I've made some positive remarks and posts about you, Babs, and the whole dev team...

However, I've been raving like mad (extremely positive) to my friends and anyone that'll listen about how awesome this team is and how absolutely excited and pleased I am with, not only what you're implementing into the game (At a regular pace), but also how you guys are doing it.
You do it and you do it right, do it big and make it awesome.

I've been impressed and wonderfully happy with the extent at which you guys delivered the AE and now with the Power Customization.

Haha... The big thing I was intending to say in this post was...
Unbelievably... I don't think I've posted about my absolute happiness since the Issue 16 info was released!
Sure, I've talked to my friends non stop... and posted on my guild forums about it...
But I could never gather my words to post something on the main forums!

Things like "FREEM!!!" and "YES!!!!" and such were all that would come out...

I suppose I should have gone with it.
I just tend to be more verbose... Too verbose... As you can see...

Haha... *sigh*

It's not just Issue 16, BABs.

You guys are great!

Since I've been here... The Rikti Invasion, weapon customization, Ouroboros, Power Proliferation, Great new Powersets, AE, Issue 16's uberness...

And it's not just all these cool toys... but how you do it and the trust we can have in you guys/gals to steer this ship well!

Yay!


Excelsior!!

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The handful of non-glowing responses I've seen have been very reasonable and more in the realm of disappointed but still understanding. For that I'm exceedingly grateful.

So thanks for staying positive and constructive, it makes reading the forums so much easier and working on this game so much more rewarding.

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The only thing about this whole thing that I could possibly be upset about is that Stone Armor didn't get a going over, at least from everything I've heard so far. I know you guys made stone armor look like it does, and it is better than the original, but I've always wondered:

Why can't you just run an emboss texture, or drop a texture, on top of the character model. Was the engine not designed to handle that?

Because Stone Armor would be totally awesome if it's look was changed to more closely resemble what Bioware and later Obsidian used for the Stoneskin and Barkskin spells in NWN 1 & 2. Here's what I've always hoped for:

Rock Armor: Common grey stone texture. Almost the same as the Stoneskin spell.
Brimstone Armor: Volcanic/basalt/graphite. Very dark, with veins of "lava" running along the texture. When mixed with Rock Armor, it "extrudes" around the veins, leaving the rest of the grey in place. Mostly along the arms and legs, with bits into the chest. Alpha blended so as to not cover the rock armor.
Crystal Armor: White crystal encrusting on the chest, back, thighs and forearms. Not like now where it protrudes, just a texture skin with alpha blending.
Granite Armor: Actual granite texture, mixed with 'veins' of basalt/graphite and lava, plus the crystal patches. Looks sleek, because it's again a texture instead of a different model.

I would, of course, be happy with just an overhaul of Granite armor. Because that would be awesome in and of itself. The rest, however, would be really cool. Heh, now that you're finishing Power Customization BaBs, maybe you could look into it?


<tongue firmly in cheek>
Ready, set go! Thx, By!
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I'm just happy that this is going through the pipeline. Those who are disappointed that certain powers or whatnot are not "customizable" need to realize that this is a spring board to further customization down the line. Of course, that's just an assumption on my part -- but I'd like to think of it as less of an assumption and more common sense.

They have to start somewhere before they can refine the process and really maximize the potential of a new system.

I really wanted aux pool powers to be customizable. But am I disappointed? Not in the slightest. Because I have no doubt that they will eventually incorporated once the bulk is out of the way -- of which I'm heavily looking forward to, as well.

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Do any of yall remember if during the last Closed Beta could anyone/everyone log into test and access the Character Creator even though they couldn't enter the game zones?

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Dude, for this feature, I want to have your baby.

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I told you BaB: give them an inch, and they'll be after your children next.

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Looking one mixed metaphor in the mouth is worth two birds with one stone.

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Well, you can lead a horse to the bush, so you can have your cake and bite the early bird that feeds you the worm, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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STOP THE [CENSORED] PRESSES!!!!!

I found something to [censored] complain about.

There are no [censored] screenshots of [censored] custom color [censored] Energy Melee!

What kind of [CENSORED] would post up screens of lame [censored] powers, and not have [censored] screenshots of [censored] Energy Melee?!

I mean, [censored] really. Is it too [censored] [censored] [censored] much to [censored] ask that we get some [censored] screens of [censored]-up [censored] Energy Melee?

[censored].

This post has been brought to you by 'Self Mockery' and the great word [censored], which may actually be a phrase. I'm not sure how the [] modify it.

You may carry on with the "Good job, BABs and Team!" now.

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There are [censored] pictures of Energy [censored] Manipulation; it's the same [censored] thing! [censored], get your [censored] eyes examined!

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On a somewhat unrelated note, I just want to take a second to thank you guys for being so positive and excited about this feature that's consumed so much of my life for so long. It's been a very long haul and tremendous amount of work from many people on the team. Your excitement about this feature is making it so much easier for me to continue to be excited about it, and that's making it a lot nicer to get through the final stretches of finishing this issue up and into your hands. I can't speak for the other people who've done a tremendous amount of work on this feature as well, but for me personally...it's a huge deal.

The handful of non-glowing responses I've seen have been very reasonable and more in the realm of disappointed but still understanding. For that I'm exceedingly grateful.

So thanks for staying positive and constructive, it makes reading the forums so much easier and working on this game so much more rewarding.

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For this... I bring back the Sig.

Still waiting for his Official BackAlleyBrawler No-Prize

I'm about as excited about this as it gets with me. Not only are we getting power colour customization, which is all anyone official ever talked about, but we're getting power ANIMATION customization, albeit on a limited basis. This alone exceeds my expectations, as I honestly though we were ONLY getting colour customization.

Now, the animation customization may not be all that much, but look at the kind of potential it brings. Not only does that mean that, with time, more powersets and more powers could have alternate animations made for them, but these alternate animations could work their way to picking WHERE you shoot powers from. I mean all it takes is an alternate animation that, instead of pointing your hands to shoot a fire blast, causes you to peer forward and shoot it out of your eyes. So animation customization, and possibly even a power emanation point customization. To me, this is one step removed from letting us shoot our powers out of devices of our choice, provided BABs wants to give every dang powerset a weapon choice

That last one undoubtedly requires some new tech and, hey, I'm not even certain it's possible, but given everything else we're getting, I've no reason to believe it isn't. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not for another couple of years, but it sounds decidedly possible. And, really, that right there provides competition to the much-vaunted competition everyone's using as a boogeyman.

Seriously, it doesn't get much better than this.

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I told you BaB: give them an inch, and they'll be after your children next.

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Looking one mixed metaphor in the mouth is worth two birds with one stone.

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Well, you can lead a horse to the bush, so you can have your cake and bite the early bird that feeds you the worm, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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o.O what???

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seriously guys, this is one of the features i have wanted since i started way back in 04, first weapon customization, and now this, this just made my week last week when we found out, and the last few months have needed some good news.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

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Dude, for this feature, I want to have your baby.

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I told you BaB: give them an inch, and they'll be after your children next.

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Looking one mixed metaphor in the mouth is worth two birds with one stone.

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Well, you can lead a horse to the bush, so you can have your cake and bite the early bird that feeds you the worm, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Hahahaha

That is all.

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Have we heard if we can change the powers customization based on the costume slot, or is it going to be one set of power color customization for one character?

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Powers can be individually customized per costume slot, but not supergroup mode.

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Dude, for this feature, I want to have your baby.

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I told you BaB: give them an inch, and they'll be after your children next.

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Looking one mixed metaphor in the mouth is worth two birds with one stone.

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Well, you can lead a horse to the bush, so you can have your cake and bite the early bird that feeds you the worm, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Well done. You win.

To actually be on topic for a change, I do have one problem with the I-16 announcement: I'm too excited for it, it makes it tough to want to play the game now since it'll be so much better soon.

This is not the first time I've had this problem.

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I told you BaB: give them an inch, and they'll be after your children next.

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Looking one mixed metaphor in the mouth is worth two birds with one stone.

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Well, you can lead a horse to the bush, so you can have your cake and bite the early bird that feeds you the worm, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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o.O what???

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"Give them an inch and they'll take a mile" being modified led to the mixed metaphor comment that was at its heart a mix-up of "looking a gift horse in the mouth", "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush", and "kill two birds with one stone."

That naturally led to a more complex mix-up in reply featuring:

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink"
"you can't have your cake and eat it, too"
"the early bird gets the worm"
"don't bite the hand that feeds you"
"give a man fire and he'll be warm for a night; set a man on fire and he'll be warm for a lifetime"

And something about a bush that may have been going back to the "bird in the hand" adage.

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I think you just blew my mind even more than the devs already had with this possibility. Sure, it would be more work, but with what they're doing I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't at least be possible now.

Suggestion when the devs have time for it (post-GR, I'm guessing): alt animations for ranged powers where it's shooting out of a wand or staff.