All I'm going to say is -
Stop and just think about how much animation that would take. Walking, running, the new ninja run, travel powers, and everything that could be "animated" with that staff.
As an individual powerset, possibly. As a booster - I wouldn't hold my breath.
I would love to see the option to use a staff for certain powersets (especially Blast sets). However I'm afraid that it is very, very unlikely to ever happen. Because of the way animations and weapons work in this game allowing us to use a staff (outside of a dedicated Staff Fighting melee set) would require custom animations for every single powerset that would use the staff. In terms of the animation effort this basically means that allowing us the option to use staffs for existing sets would be the same as making an equivalent number of NEW powersets.
It would be pretty hilarious to launch claws attacks with a staff, however.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
All I'm going to say is -
Stop and just think about how much animation that would take. Walking, running, the new ninja run, travel powers, and everything that could be "animated" with that staff. As an individual powerset, possibly. As a booster - I wouldn't hold my breath. |
lol yeah i expected all of you to say this :P it was just an idea and i doubt they would ever do something like this. Animations are a lot of work and if they ever did this, id have to say this game has the most dedicated group of designers lol. that would be pretty cool to have a staff fighting powerset.
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I'd just like to point out that the work has already been done. We as players already have access to two staves via Veteran Rewards.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
All I'm going to say is -
Stop and just think about how much animation that would take. Walking, running, the new ninja run, travel powers, and everything that could be "animated" with that staff. |
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That is basically true, however there are only two sets of Attack animations using the staffs. Implementing it the way the OP asked for would require new attack animations for every compatible set.
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Originally Posted by Imoba Strife
I'd just like to point out that the work has already been done. We as players already have access to two staves via Veteran Rewards.
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I think they should make another magic-like booster. it would enable more options for the way you powers activate. it would include 5-10 staffs, and the new power animations would be cast or just shot out of the staff. it would be cool for tech, magic, and natural origin heroes :P please help me put more detail into this, comments are welcome, so is criticism just help kme with this
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