doing thugs/poison with I7 myself. Kinda hoping for the whole gangster look most likely theyll use some kind of rifle again. Could be cool though with a shotgun and a bunch of mobsters or gang bangers helping ya. 
Personnly i think they took the easy option this time round by introducing thugs. It looks on paper the easiest to do and imo could turn out realy bland. Carnies or other pet types people havce suggested amongt the various threads would have being better to add more varity to the mm primarys.
I hope im wrong tbh.
would have been kinda cool with an abomination set for the mad bioligist or perhaps elemental minions for an evil wizard
I expect that there will be a good few more Mastermin Primaries due to come out - just that Thugs was the quickest and easiest to complete.
With the other CoV content due in I7, quick and easy is best!
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Just wondering what people think about the new set coming out...personally i'm hoping for a hellions/freaks type look (will be bleeped off its just family look-a-likes)..
Also what types of attacks in the primary do you think would fit- (melee/pistols?)
Another note, I do think that they should have introduced another secondary to go with it because im not sure if any current ones fit too well for concept purposes.
Although I will be rolling a thug/bubbles MM when I7 hits
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thuggables?
I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
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So when the Pirate MM's come out, will you be rolling a Matey-Bubbles?
what about carnies? carnie-bubbles
Pirates, Carnies and Demons are - presumably - next on the list, as they've been previously mentioned by Statesman (Although I'm unsure if they're currently under production, or still on the "vague ideas" board).
Demons are one set I'd definitely like to see..., suppose to keep with the character a fire based secondary set might be needed though.
Think they should try getting away from humanoid pets tbh!!
Mythical Animals Please!!!
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Think they should try getting away from humanoid pets tbh!!
Mythical Animals Please!!!
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The engine seems predisposed to doing humanoids only really (or static objects). Like even the DE are just bipeds with the same internal bone structure for walking. Snakes are a little different from the waist down (oo-er) but I can't think of non-humanoid mobile mobs in-game at the moment.
I'd agree with you though, I'd love to see quaderpeds intoduced into the engine as it'd give them loads of new options for MMs and enemies.
The only non-humanoid mob that springs to mind is the DE swarms. Actually... insects is another forth-coming MM primary (as mentioned in a statesman interview. Along with Elementals)
They've no bendy bits in them though, they're a simple mobile "blob" with the texture animation of a load of bugs on it. Hammi, Singularitys and a number of other pets are exactly the same.
You've either got "non-bending blob" or "humanoid" in CoX, no other skeletal animations exist AFAIK. I think they fudged humanoid legs to do snakes and Mu, although really they use a modification of the "legs bent while hovering" animation I'd guess.
ELEMENTALS!!!!! MUST RESET ACCOUNT FOR I7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111ONEONEONE (grabs heart and gasps) ( pwned )
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You've either got "non-bending blob" or "humanoid" in CoX, no other skeletal animations exist AFAIK. I think they fudged humanoid legs to do snakes and Mu, although really they use a modification of the "legs bent while hovering" animation I'd guess.
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The way I see it there are a huge number of MM posibilities, the challenge is how to make them sufficiently different from each other. How will Thugs differ from other powersets?
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Ah excellent. Forgot about them, recent addition that they are.
The first stage of a whole new slew of quad enemies coming I hope (archonos are actually quad aren't they?).
That bodes well.
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Actually... insects is another forth-coming MM primary (as mentioned in a statesman interview.
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Holy god, all my characters are going to be MMs! I've already got a Robotics one, and now they're talking about pirates and insects? So. Damn. Cool.
heh as if there whasnt eanough mm runing around already :P
heh, bugs... creepy, especially spiders, I have a serious case of Arachnphobia, hence the reason for my deep hatred of Arachnos.
lets see, we have: robots, mercs, ninjas, thugs, pirates, zombie people and another one that might be on way but I forgot it 
. basically, we've almost exhuasted all forms of henchman. the plants one would be good, genetic monsters grown in a lab? how bout that, your first lot would be something like a little thing with claws and your last one would be a T-rex kind of thing. I can imagine it now
"go toothy! grind their bones with your- wait! no! stop! AAAAAAAAH"
those would be the days
Maybe there should be a Devs powerpool, with States and his 'Nerf Bat' as the top teir...
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I'd agree with you though, I'd love to see quaderpeds intoduced into the engine as it'd give them loads of new options for MMs and enemies.
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So they do have skeletal layouts for at least some sort of quadruped. Not a particularly naturalistic one, admittedly...
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Just wondering what people think about the new set coming out...personally i'm hoping for a hellions/freaks type look (will be bleeped off its just family look-a-likes)..
Also what types of attacks in the primary do you think would fit- (melee/pistols?)
Another note, I do think that they should have introduced another secondary to go with it because im not sure if any current ones fit too well for concept purposes.
Although I will be rolling a thug/bubbles MM when I7 hits