All Things Art: NPC Conversions

"IF we decided to do that, what would be your top choices? Also, if given the choice, would you consider this a priority over, say, brand new costume sets, 'lost' costume pieces, and other alternatives?"

Top Choices:
- PPD Hardsuit set(s)
- Praetoria Police pieces/sets
Priority over *everything* for me

Other choices:
- Wyvern boots
- Kheldian sash

I agree about keeping signature items to NPCs only (Maelstrom's "heart") but disagree on the general view about NPC spoofing. Zombie's post said it all. This reason shouldn't be a hindrance to get applicable NPC pieces/sets to players. Take it as "players joining factions," like Arachnos. It should be possible to copy their exact looks, or most of it, to look like they're really part of them.

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Not sure if it applies to costume pieces, but NPCs have face textures and hair not available to players. For example, Romans have a very short hair that players don't get. (I can't get a picture right now, but will as soon as I can). They probably don't belong to factions, but it would be nice to have them available to players. After all, shared face textures and hair are not signature looks.

Tha lack of mentions for the Carnival bustiers, with or without the big bows, is an outrage.

I think variations on some of the stuff on Ghost Widow, Belladonna Vetrano and Sister Airlia would also be cool to have.

1) Anything Mender
2) Anything Carnie
3) Anything Legacy Chain
4) The chest/arms/thighs rigs that the Sky Raiders wear (IIRC)
5) More Cimeroran stuff

And add another agreement to the "as close as we can get without being exact" to NPC looks - my SG on Justice is a Freedom Corps branch, and we've been complimented several times for resembling Longbow without being identical.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Since you asked, while there are few things that would be interesting to have, I would rather resources be put into new pieces and making some of the older low rez pieces look new with NPC peices being done when possible.

My top 5:

1) Nemesis parts, notably the highly-detailed armor plates seen on Fake Nemeses, the distinctive cuirasses worn by human members, and the pickelhaubs (those hats with the spike on top) and other outlandish helmets. Having the "Gatling gun" used by Dragoons as an option for Assault Rifle users would be nice, too.

2) Carnival of Shadows parts, notably their masks and sashes. (If you do decide to implement Carnie face masks, might I suggest making Tsoo face masks available as well so the male model gets a comparable part at the same time?) The Carnie parts are hands-down the second-most-requested costume set I hear players discussing in game, right behind ...

3) Kheldian sashes, like the ones Moonfire and Sunstorm wear.

4) The shoulders and helmets used by the Legacy Chain.

5) The Menders' unique pieces. These are probably my number one request, simply because they're so distinctive.

ok dave, here ya go.

1. carnie parts, specifically the corsets, masks, thigh high boots, hairstyles of the master illusionists, and if we could get the patterns of the illusionist/master illusionist tops as a tight option, maybe have it also selectable on skirts that we do have, the sashes too. that would be amazing. I noted dave has reservations with carnie masks, no prob, something similar but unique for players would be just as good, just some sort of cool porcelain mask with some sort of classical looking design on it and i'm golden. heck, kabuki masks would probably serve the same purpose for some here, but thats kind of outside of this particular thread

2. tsoo sorcerer pants, love the pattern, seperate the legs if you need, like a pair of hakama.

3. kheld sashes. you probably know this one, people have been begging for them since they appeared.

4. legacy chain necklaces- i have been asking for a set of necklaces for a long time. these, and vanessa's cameo would really be great, maybe in either detail 2 or shoulders? im good for either.

5. anything you can get from the ppd hardsuits would rock, i can understand massive clipping concerns, but what you can do, especially those cool one-eyed helmets, would make my powersuited characters sing.

6. here's an out there one, but since we now have a "skinny trunk" with the clockwork one, could we get rikti body parts? might be a bridge too far, but had to ask.

7. oh, one more long-shot one, but remember the monster head fuss we had a time ago, the minotaurs have pretty nice monster heads, and a few people wanted bull heads on their 3-part short list. the model is different, so i realize that feasibility may be an issue, but just throwing that out there.


thats all i can think of for now, right now my main priority would be carnie stuff, they are the most striking and i have concepts that would be ready at launch if we got them, oh and could we get the mask for men too?

oh and i noticed dave's question about priority, this above other stuff..that is really a ticky question to answer, we dont know exactly what else would be coming down the pike, but I will make a stand that maybe if all of the require the same amount of work, then yeah the npc pieces have been around the longest and have had people asking for them for a very long time, so my personal take is that the request has seniority on new stuff or lost stuff. now if doing this will take significantly longer and would prevent anything else from coming out, then my inner pragmatist says go with the most reasonable idea first. but in an ideal world where i actually had a informed opinion about the amount of resources and planning schedules went on at paragon and everything took roughly equal amounts of time, i'd probably give these the priority.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Carnie face masks, Kheldian sashes, and Rikti style armor are essentially my top things.

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Originally Posted by reiella Until I see something that states to the contrary, going to assume VK is right .

the glowing chest sigla, shoulder/neck pieces, gloves, loin cloth and boots of the Pantheon Lts. (and eventually... variants of each)

Wyvern pieces (helm, gloves, quiver strap (even if quiver is not included) and banded pants)

Mirror Spirit's gown style and hair-dress

Void Hunter tights and 'shoulder' (upper arm straps) - may have to be presented as Void Hunter upper body tights

Vahzilok Apron

Shivan Skin (tintable)

Tsoo Sorcerer skirt and hat

Rularuu Brute loin cloth

Sky Raider's harnessed uniform and Jump Bot pieces

Malta harness

Luddite tunic

Lost chest and shoulder pieces; Pariah heads; Prelate hanging hoods and feet

Legacy Chain shoulders

KOA harnessed tops, pants and boots

Ghoul-cuffs

Freakshow hair and Swiper claws

Crey aprons and Ciysis Unit shoulder pieces

Coralax heads

CoT Mage robes (as a top and a bottom)

Cimerorian hand and boot wraps; Minotaur harness, belt and loin cloth; Cyclops kilt and cuffs (which are almost the same as Ghoul-cuffs)

Female Carnie chest piece, Master Illusionist hair and gown top (sans lower dress portion); Ringmistress bra, gloves, sarong and thigh highs; Vaness Devore hair

Cabal tattered skirt

No mention of the Lost TV set helmets?