I was promised Fish Heads!
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Posted on: 2010-06-11 13:20 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
They are not in there. *crosses fingers they are in GR* It was strongly hinted at that some of the mutant-y pieces we have wanted forever were coming... but I have to say that I (and many others) assumed that this would be the place.
Regardless, the stuff that is in the pack DOES look fantastic!
Eat them up
yum yum
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Also, it may just be possible that given the level of demand for monstrous items, it was decided not to put them in a $10 expansion pack and instead include them in a later free release. While nobody ever promised fish heads in the mutant pack, David Nakayama did state that bushy animal tails at least are in production right now.
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David Nakayama has said that a monster booster is something they can look into after GR.
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I, for one, am incredibly happy the devs didn't turn the Mutant booster into an Animal booster, and instead chose to go with the sort of weird, well, mutated look that I love.
lets clarify one thing, because this was specifically asked at the beginning of dave's art thread, we were not promised, nor given a timeframe for anything. making it sound like dev communication can later turn on the devs is a good way to limit dev communication. i want fish heads, and tails, and fins, but after communicating my ideas to david and even getting a response, about the fins, i realized that my suggestion was part of a large number of suggestion that they deal with with limited resources, so nobody promised me anything, and i daresay this is a healthier attitude to have for the long haul.
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I'd like to second this sentiment and add that I'm not surprised that there are people that are once again upset that something the devs have released didn't live up to their overactive imaginations.
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Originally Posted by Street_Wolf
I, for one, am incredibly happy the devs didn't turn the Mutant booster into an Animal booster, and instead chose to go with the sort of weird, well, mutated look that I love.
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So when someone said they wanted big ole claw swiping hands and a red name said "wait till mutant booster" or whatever...did he mean AFTER mutant booster?
Another vote for not wanting to live in a menagerie.
That said, I feel your pain since I remember my disappointment when the "Natural" booster turned out to just be "City of Ninjas".
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I'd like to second this sentiment and add that I'm not surprised that there are people that are once again upset that something the devs have released didn't live up to their overactive imaginations.
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I am afraid i have to tamp that comment down a bit. both posi and david had made comments in regards to the dev pack as something that would remedy the drought of beast themed costume pieces, so the expectation were not entirely misplaced, though it was likely amplified well beyond reasonable expectation relative to the other boosters.. we were told to expect something, and to be fair, what was given was not a new beast head, no new beast legs, and initially no new tail even. so while there were no promises, there was perhaps an expectation for a fairly specific type of costume piece that simply did not materialize. this was worse because the text said there would be new heads and tails, we got new faces and head details, and the tails were , until david commented, in limbo. i can sympathize with those who are disappointed, i currently am not, but given the statements leading up to the booster, i do not see their disappointment as being entirely groundless. |
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I'd like to second this sentiment and add that I'm not surprised that there are people that are once again upset that something the devs have released didn't live up to their overactive imaginations.
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That said, david gets big points for getting his boots on the ground today and being straight with us about the tails, and the possibility of future thematic elements, that part was handled well and i think satisfied some of the initially upset. and for some, you just aint going to please them.
I will have to say that David is my favorite dev at the moment, due mostly to his massive interaction with us here on the boards.
Dec out.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I'd like to second this sentiment and add that I'm not surprised that there are people that are once again upset that something the devs have released didn't live up to their overactive imaginations.
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Edit: Sorry, I just now noticed the posts in Dev Digest. Durrrrr....
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The EU peeps who aren't in GR Beta cant see them at all, due to how our Test server is set up
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I also like the items available in the Mutant pack. That said, "I'm happy that you didn't get what you want" is a profoundly ungenerous sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Street_Wolf
I, for one, am incredibly happy the devs didn't turn the Mutant booster into an Animal booster, and instead chose to go with the sort of weird, well, mutated look that I love.
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Originally Posted by LISAR
So when someone said they wanted big ole claw swiping hands and a red name said "wait till mutant booster" or whatever...did he mean AFTER mutant booster?
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Hmm, I remembered this red name reply. Are you misremembering the comment replied to or was there another instance of this?
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This is the worst Booster Pack since the Wedding one.
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This is the worst Booster Pack since the Wedding one.
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It's not exactly what I was dreaming of, but it's not an extraordinary reading to say that the items that David quoted me asking for are present as I described them.
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Originally Posted by Street_Wolf
I, for one, am incredibly happy the devs didn't turn the Mutant booster into an Animal booster, and instead chose to go with the sort of weird, well, mutated look that I love.
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That said, my main beef with the Mutant pack is what it doesn't have, but would have made sense to have - namely, monster feet and monster heads. They don't have to be modelled after existing animals, but why make a booster pack about transforming yourself into an angler fish and NOT include the more weird monster parts? Are we EVER going to get new Monster feet and Monster heads?
Additionally, I was perplexed at the things it didn't include, like a new set of Organic Armour for the Robotic Arms torsos, giving us the ability to have a red right hand. Or a belt. Or a chest piece. Or a hairstyle.
And again, this is the what booster pack in a row that's replete with sharp, angular shapes and distinct, clean, almost mechanical lines? The art is starting to repeat itself quite a bit, and sooner or later we're going to need some more organic (ha-ha snicker), more rounded shapes that feel fluid and smooth, rather than the cubist hard edges we've been getting for the past few years.
Don't get me wrong - I LOVE the pack. But it feels like a missed opportunity. While I have nothing against the "Prototype meets Witchblade" look of the pack, we already kind of had that. That's the big thing - it's just more of what we already had, rather than breaking new ground. Now, I'm not sure I WANT new ground to be broken in paid-for packs, so we'll have to wait and see how things develop in future Issues, but something tells me we'll just get more of the same yet again, with monster heads, monster feet, monster arms and monster hands being neglected YET AGAIN.
In fact, I'm willing to bet on it.
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Let me be the first to complain that the Mutant Booster Pack doesn't have a wide array of animal-like heads like some other game.
The two new sets are nice (thanks, Sexy J!), the emotes are cool, but I was hoping for Fish Heads, Frog Heads, Shark Heads, Alligator Heads, Jackal Heads, etc.
Are they in there and I'm just not seeing them?
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