Issue 16 New Animations: Suggestions

Hi all!

I know that issue 16 is still in closed beta and that the hype around the total revamping of the costume creator is all the buzz these days, (from what I saw in the published articles it IS looking much MUCH improved, all hype aside!) I've got a question/suggestion.

I happen to have a dominator on villain side that has electric powers, but have noticed that my electric powers don't look as cool as the heroic ones. Maybe its the color, maybe its the animation, or possibly even the combo of the two. However, I then switched to a forgotten 50 toon that I had and noticed I had a power called "shocking bolt". THIS animation was right on target for what I was looking for! (if you've ever been to croatoa, you've seen it from the witches that sap your endurance)

So my question/suggestion is this. I know that Martial arts and Super Strength are getting alternative animations for their powers. Is there a chance that the Electric people would be able to switch out Shocking Bolt's animation for some of their other power animations? Like Switching Lighting Bolt out for the animation from Shocking Bolt. I do believe this wouldn't change the damage the power does or has, just how it looks. Purely cosmetic.

I figured NOW is the time to ask while i16 is still in beta. Is this even a possibility? (Gotta admit, it'd make my Dominator's powers fit THAT much more..)

Sounds like a nice implementation, providing the activation time of powers stay in line for balance purposes.
Would further diversify the individual look and playstyle of the community?

I highly agree. That was the intention of my post, to try and see if this is something the community at large would like, being able to potentially swap out animations for similar powers so you can become more unique. Adding in that you can re-color those powers, and it's a whole new ball game for most players! Can we get a red name to chime in on this? (about the potential for it... in terms of activation time and ease of adding in to the issue..)

Yea i believe some animations wouldn't work because of the time/length of the animations themselves thats not to say some jiggerypokery can't be done

Sounds perfectly fine, i would assume that further down the line when time permits it we will see new animation options for powers. Kinda like we get new pieces every so often

I like a one handed version of Energy Transfer. Stand there charging it in your right hand then Wham in the face.

I also trade ice fists for a same animation that stone fist uses(might be to fast) I think SS punch would work, The animatin now doesn't even fit the animation(used barrage).(It doesn't do two ticks of damage the animation protrays.

I figure that would be a "phase 2" of customization. Right now SS and MA are getting some animations so they have some custom options along with every body else. But a full animation selection for all powers will have to wait.

The good news is now the SS and MA are getting them, that means the framework is there for this to be added later. But they would hold off on putting it in game until they had the animations for ever power ready to go, recycling animations would get you about half way but then the rest would need brand new animations made.

On the other hand Ghost Falcon said:

"We are still iterating, so any pictures or videos from SDCC will be outdated by the time Open Beta begins."

So who knows what the devs are up to behind the closed doors of beta right now.

I've said this in another post, but I'm very excited for I-16, because it opens the door to many additions.

Since their team is pretty big now, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw NEW animations coming down the pipeline, giving us even more to choose from.

They obviously can't cram it all into this issue, but they put the foundation in place and changed how everything worked, so when they want to add something on top of it, it'll be relatively easy.

So in the future, I wouldn't be surprised if we got new power FX, options, Emanation points and more animations.

If I could have a couple animation swaps it would be in the /EM set. Instead of the EM punches maybe switch them out to some of the MA animations. I'd love to change out Energy thrust for Crane kick, and Total focus for Eagles claw!!

Ahhh one can wish

What I would really like to see is a differentiation between the current Assault Rifle and energy weapons. I'd also like to see more options for more natural/technology-minded blasters. Possibly assault rifles (which are good, mind you) pistols, energy rifles and energy pistols.

However, I realize that it might take a little more than just adding new animations and costume pieces, and they'll probably have to pop up during character creation, but I think they would be pretty cool.

Okay, so I want a phaser. Sue me.

Having the option to turn some of the energy blasts into eyebeams, or chest beams would also be groovy, but as has been said, that is more for the 'official alternate animation suggestion' thread that I'm sure we will get post I16.

"CoHBABs"Lava" and "Crystal" themes for Stone Melee and Stone Armor.about 1 hour ago from web"

just saw this on BaB's twitter...

*tilts head*

I'd like an alternate animation for Blazing Aura; perhaps a copy of the Hot Feet animation. That "fwoosh . . . fwoosh . . . fwoosh" animation gets on my nerves fast. I'd like something steadier.

And after getting Tesla Caged by a Freakshow Stunner, I was inspired to wish for a similar looking Force Field bubble

What I would like to see, is being able to 'mirror' the weapon animations... uno how Broad Sword is swung with the right hand, ild like to be able to 'mirror' or swap hands so i could swing it with my left *like Sephiroth *... BUT if it does happen... which im 3% certian itl happen in a MUCH later issue... like maybe 19 or 20?.... but with Power Customisation we will just have to wait and see because SS and MA are just a test to see how much time it WOULD take to do alt animations for the majority of the sets that exist now

I'd love to see an alt. animation for invulnerability's unstoppable that lets you pick the Cimeroran yell instead of the Tarzan one.

Personally? My first thought on this thread when I read it a while ago.. is the same as it is now.. I'd love to have dance emotes for regeneration aura, or recovery aura. I'm not sure why I even want it, other than I think it'd fit with those two powers.

That or the yoga sitting pose. For my mind controller's empathy auras.

J/ Wilde