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Eye Blasters

ArcticFahx

By ArcticFahx,
Posted on: 2010-09-05 11:01 in Suggestions and Ideas

 

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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
For the other characters that use eyebeams (Superman, Gladiator, a few others I'm not thinking of), the eyebeams are part of a larger set of powers, which Laser Beam Eyes covers perfectly.
I wouldn't say 'perfectly'. The eyebeams of those characters are usually very potent. Our eyebeams are very 'meh'; a Medium damage single target attack with a little defense debuff.

Eyebeams in comics typically range from this...

...which I'd say was a High damage single target attack,


to these...



...which I'd peg as being Extreme DoT cones with knockback.


A case for the Incarnate system? You tell me.




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Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork View Post
For Ice, Fire, Dark and Energy Blast, sure.

For Trick Arrow and Assault Rifle, maybe not.
For AR and DP go with a skull gun ala CyberPunk (several books), see the opening section/chapter of Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

 

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Perhaps all new pools not need goofy looking animations.

Prunejuice is warriors drink.

 

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At least those funky "Eye Plug" (spiked and non-spiked) costume pieces at the tailor would finally make sense.

 

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Originally Posted by zachary_EU View Post
Perhaps all new pools not need goofy looking animations.
Like, seriously.

First you got people whining that they hate their dance gun-fu animating Dual Pistols and then you have people here that are like "9 versions of 'I stare at thee' would be boring".

Well how about Fire Blast? It's pretty much just multiple versions of 'stick out hands' with the only variations being Rain of Fire and Fire Breath...and guess what? People want to oust the breath animation for a hand animation...

I'd imagine an eye-blasting animated set wouldn't be big on character animations but have varied and interesting particle FX.

 

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Originally Posted by Leo_G View Post
Like, seriously.

First you got people whining that they hate their dance gun-fu animating Dual Pistols and then you have people here that are like "9 versions of 'I stare at thee' would be boring".

Well how about Fire Blast? It's pretty much just multiple versions of 'stick out hands' with the only variations being Rain of Fire and Fire Breath...and guess what? People want to oust the breath animation for a hand animation...

I'd imagine an eye-blasting animated set wouldn't be big on character animations but have varied and interesting particle FX.
Thanks! Shooting stuff from eyes with the two powerlist that was posted here would kill! can't please everyone, and this game shows that. I hate shields! there I said it, kill me. I dig the gun fu! Just wish the damage was more But there would be most likely 6-7 actual blasting powers and with all blasting powers the other 3 would be purely like a boost.