Thread for Suggesting alternate animations and sounds

I didn't see a thread specifically for suggesting alternate animations, so I thought I'd start one. A big WELL DONE! to the developers for investing the time and money to make power customization happen. I hope that custom sounds are coming some time soon.

The first animations I'd like to see alternatives for are Enviscerate from the Claws set and Ripper from the Spines set. Both these powers have the jump up into a double back flip animation that I think is goofy and overlong. You can get off two attacks in the time it takes to animate the double back flip, which means that the big damage attack isn't so big after all. I'd like to see something close to Sweeping Strike from Dual Blades. (I know I probably shouldn't suggest animation time changes, but I think in this case I will.) In addition, I'd rather have the Sweeping Strike animation as an option for Jacob's Ladder in Electric Melee.

Also, may we please have an option to go back to the old claw uppercut animation that was my very favorite move for Claws. I'm not sure which power this was, I think it's the one that does a gut punch now. I have no idea why this was changed - who would rather do a boxing style gut punch when you could be stylishly ripping into an enemy with your claws?

Also, I'd like to suggest a set of alternate sounds for Sonic Blast, something quieter along the lines of Frost Breath. Also, I'd like a quieter alternative sound for the most annoying sounding power in the game, which is Quills from Spines.

Now that we have alternative animation capability, no one needs to get bent out of shape because someone suggests a new animation for their favorite power. Thanks, Devs!

I can already hear BaB's pained screams of agony as this thread was posted.

I don't think we've ever gotten any of the weapons suggested in the custom weapon request thread, and Jay's costume request thread has a notoriously low rate of suggestions seeing the light of day. They're just too busy with what their bosses and they themselves come up to do with to cater to the whims of any given forum poster.

Well there's no harm in asking...

The top two on my list are the Assassin Strikes for Energy Melee and Dark Melee, which not coincidentally are the same, and so goofy looking I can't bring myself to play either set. MA has already been given an alternative AS, so I'd love to see these two given the same choice.

I would love to see Electrical Blast revamped. Particularly Thunderous Blast.

When I first heard of TB, I assumed you would be dropping a lightning bolt from above with an impressive explosion of energy. This assumption was based on witnessing Elec Melee in action, and seeing them summon lightning to them (Forgot the name of that power). Then I used TB...And man was I dissappointed.

So I suggest a new/alternate version, which drops a bolt from the sky onto your target. Simple, logical, and IMO would be a hundred times more badass looking.

In addition, let me just say the SFX of Elec Blast are...Weird. They just sound too fake. After hearing some of the SFX from Mu Mastery, I'm wondering why Elec Blast doesn't sound like that. So maybe some alterations to the Elec SFX would be nice.

You know what I'd like to see, eventually?

I'd like to see alternates for all the regularly-used animations in the game. Alternates, plural.

Caveats: This wouldn't all need to be done in one big bang. I'm really talking about the very basic blast and power animations, many of which are recycled a lot. BABs could add an alternate to a single one, then do something important and while some people would scream because the animation they hate hasn't gotten an alternate they like yet, few people would not see any benefit from it. The problem with things as they are now is that some animations are recycled too often. Storm Summoning for example has more than one power that use the same animation for completely different powers.

I can live with both FF Bubbles using the same animation since they're similar powers. But Stormies just stand there with their arms in the air a lot. And you don't wanna know what my Ice/Cold looks like. He's always thrusting his hand out at people. Same thing for, say, a Fire/Kin. Now, granted, it's probably harder to find ways of altering blast animations in major ways. Melee attacks have an easier time of it for example. But BABs is a smart fellow, and if he has any newish minions (I forget) it might be a nice way of breaking them.

In, I mean. Breaking them in.

Anyhow. In an ideal world, each generic power animation would at least have one, better two generic alternates. How cool would that be?

Assassin's Groin Kick for Martial Arts!

Original colors versions of the new animations for Martial Arts and Super Strength, Original colors versions of when you swap out Fire Schimitar for Greater Fire Sword(and vice versa, same with Ice Melee), and Hero Original colors for the villain powersets, and vice versa if you haven't done those already!

The ability to remove the sound FX entirely and replace them with colorful onomatopoeia!

A special animation theme for Assault Rifle, Mercenaries, Thugs and Dual Pistols powers where nobody actually gets shot, but there's indications of gunfire like a dustcloud kicking up in front of the target, or a wall next to them gets pock-marked!

I'd really appreciate "sword version" alternate animations for Fiery Melee. I'd like to have the option to use a "fire sword" animation for every attack in the powerset using the existing fire sword graphic. To even it out, might as well make non-"fire sword" animations for the powers that do use a fire sword. Thus, some Fiery Melee characters could use all "fire sword" animations (as I would choose to do to go with my Shield Defense) while others might choose to use all non-sword animations.

Giving sword versions as alternative animations for other elemental/energy-type melee powersets would also be a nice treat. Ice, Electric, Energy and Dark melee powersets would all look cool using sword animations. And, like an all sword Fiery Melee, I think those animations would pair really well with Shield Defense.

Finally, if sword version alternate animations are ever done for these powersets, it would be nice to have dual wield sword animations too. Of course, then you have to consider how/whether to allow those animations with Shield Defense. But that's just something to consider after single-handed sword animations are done, if ever at all.

>.>

I want to be able to customize the sound for Self destruct to sound like a crazy little kid giggling, and then going 'KABOOOOOOM!'


...... whaaaat?

(Though I would kill to see it become more of a volcanic eruption.. But that's just 'cause the character I've been playing recently.. )