Powersets and Costumes

Hey all, I've been playing city of heroes for a total of 4 years now, clearly i've enjoyed my time immensley.
I appreciate the fact that you have continually updated the game, and improved on it greatly. During the time i've played, there have been a few things that could be added and also theres a need for improvment on somethings.

In this post i would like to express my views on this matter:

Power sets

My first suggestion would be to allow players to choose the colors of their powers. For example, say if a player chose energy melee and fire defence, he could then decide wich color he would like them to be. So they could have blue energy melee and green fire defence. This of course would apply to all powersets. The reason behind this is that i and many others feel that we dont want to play certain powersets due to our disslike of that certain colour. In addition to this i also find that i'm limited when chosing a costume for certain characters, due to the fact that some costume pieces and colors sometimes clash with the color of certain powersets.
Lastly this will enable players to be more individual and enjoy their characters to the full.

I would now like to re-open the issue concerning the water powers, i have read before that the reason you gave for not being able to create a water based powerset that there was some complications and so NCsoft was unable to create it. However it has come to my attention that the Villain Patron powers include the Mako powerset which is clearly water based. Therfore if a few additions where made a water based power set could EASILY be created.

Costumes

[u]Faces[u]

I feel that the faces we have been given to chose from are very limited at a certain degree in the sence that no offence but most of them are ugly. The ones that are suppose to be young looking look no younger than seventeen, and so it is impossible to make a younger character.
My next issue is that theres no differentiation between the racial features given and i think that is unfair.
Also I know that you have tried doing this using the scales modifications, but, instead of giving default faces we should be able to chose what nose lips eyes and eyebrows that we want and also the color of it. When it comes to make up, the eyes and the lips shouldn't have to be the same color.
In order to make it more realistic, we should be given more lifelike faces, which would include blinking eyes and facial expressions.

[u]Hair[u]

Whilst many hairstyles have been added during the time i've played, apart from the affros there has not been any hairstyles added that are not dead straight. There should be an option for each hairstyle to be either curly, wavy or straight. Also seing as the capes are animated it only makes sense for hair to be aswell. For example it looks rather foolish when my characters are falling down and their cape goes up, it only makes sense for the hair to do the same thing. This applies for water also. I'm not asking for it to be an immitation of life, just a few water drops or something along those lines .

Tattoos, Jewellery and Piercings

In order for people to able to express individuality and originality we should be given a wide range of tattoos, jewellery and piercings,that unlike currently would be given to both genders. Speaking of both genders, both genders should be able to be huge and have pets.

[u]Clothes[u]

There should be more casual clothes added along with this the current casual clothing should be eddited so that the T shirts and Tank tops arn't skin tight. Also dresses should be added for girls, and boys should have cooler suits. Also both genders should be given cloaks. Also the belts should be positioned lower down on the characters waist.

It is not my intention to come off whiney and negative, i just thought i would give some suggestions that would hopefully be taken into consideration for future issues

If you agree with this post i would appreciate it if you state that, so there would be more support backing this post, and therfore more of a chance that it would be taking into consideration and bring about change.

Thanks
xxx

I must admit the look of chars isnt at the top of my list of important things, but it would all make a lot of people happy, so thumbs up

it's been said a few times that power customisation (e.g colour) if very unlikey to appear as of the water powerset.
i do agrre with the option of hair being animated, as it goes threw the cape and doesn't look really good if u have hard cand styled hair with a cape same with some of the clothes being skin tight.

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(e.g colour) if very unlikey to appear as of the water powerset.

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Whys that? :P

Have you used the fire extinguishers in Steel Canyon? That's our version of Water Powers.

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[u]Hair[u]

Whilst many hairstyles have been added during the time i've played, apart from the affros there has not been any hairstyles added that are not dead straight. There should be an option for each hairstyle to be either curly, wavy or straight. Also seing as the capes are animated it only makes sense for hair to be aswell. For example it looks rather foolish when my characters are falling down and their cape goes up, it only makes sense for the hair to do the same thing. This applies for water also. I'm not asking for it to be an immitation of life, just a few water drops or something along those lines .


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I agree

Capes where, if I remember right, a nightmare to "get right" because they don't animate freely. They go through a preset animatino cycle depending on what you're doing. And they still clip, I don't want hair that clips and flies all over the place while I'm playing thanks.

At least iirc.

Well, wear it short-ish then

I like most of the suggestions. Including the animated hair and the eyes blinking (facial expressions even better). Problem is that I think most require a major programing effort or a game engine update. I dont see those happening soon. Would like to have them but thems the odds.

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Have you used the fire extinguishers in Steel Canyon? That's our version of Water Powers.

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It's basically correct. The game engine doesn't support tranclucent water jets (and it would hurt performance on low spec machines if it did). The best it can do is a spray of tiny white particles. It can be done but it would look a bit naff.

The main objection is that a water set would be expected to do mostly smashing damage, which is highly resisted by many mobs, and knockback, which many players find annoying. In addition, Energy Blast is funtionally very very similar to what a water blast would be, and most players would rather new powersets did something different to old powersets.

BaB's Power Customisation FAQ

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BaB's Power Customisation FAQ

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Havn't actually read that - thank you, is power customization coming out in i13?

No.

Power customization won't come until they decide it worth the effort to rewrite the engine. Which is something i don't think will come soon.

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Power customization won't come until they decide it worth the effort to rewrite the engine. Which is something i don't think will come soon.

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i think they have no other choice if they want to keep COX players in there game, knowing that DCO and CO comes pretty soon.
not that i mind, but not every player takes this game because it's the best hero game, but it's the only one.

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i think they have no other choice if they want to keep COX players in there game

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I won't be leaving regardless of whether they do or don't add Power Customization to the game. Same goes for a lot of people, I think.

Given that the more we learn about DCO and CO the more carp they look, I really dont think CoX has much to worry about.

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Given that the more we learn about DCO and CO the more carp they look, I really dont think CoX has much to worry about.

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Mmm... Carp.
And really... DCO and CO wont make many players leave(some will just to find that grass is not greener).
On one hand you get to play with *censor* *censor*.
And the other hand you got a developer who is a *censor*.
CoH/V is a win/win situation since it has neither.

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i think they have no other choice if they want to keep COX players in there game, knowing that DCO and CO comes pretty soon.

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The do have the 'other' choice - do other feature and content work. I doubt not being able to change power effect colour is deal breaker for any significant portion of the playerbase.

Wait. He is coming...

Run you fools.

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i think they have no other choice if they want to keep COX players in there game, knowing that DCO and CO comes pretty soon.

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The do have the 'other' choice - do other feature and content work. I doubt not being able to change power effect colour is deal breaker for any significant portion of the playerbase.

Wait. He is coming...

Run you fools.

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Why whoever do you mean?