Female kittens/cats as viable Player Character models, please?

What you're describing is a running animation, not a stance.

As far as stances go, there's actually /em growl from the Mutant pack, which puts you on all fours, growling and clawing at the air. If it weren't as loud, it'd be perfect for a stance.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Even if it was, it isn't a 'bad' idea. Lots of people would like an animal/non humanoid skeleton for characters. So rather than belittling the OP we're giving explanations on the difficulty of the project and offering alternatives.

Well, it depends on your graphics settings, for one.
Do you have "Show Nipples" enabled?

Female cats tend to have smaller bodies and more finely-defined facial features than their male counterparts.

No Ben, you're not.

Menace? She wants to be a cat, not a man. She's a catace!

I've had many cats over the past 20 years, and I couldn't begin to tell a male from a female unless I check the trunk, as it were. And even then I'm never really sure.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Then the obvious question is, why are we even discussing that? Animal/cat model = unisex

I'm not saying it's against the rules, I'm saying it's annoying.

Hey, those water jet backpacks can be used for more than putting out fires.

I wouldn't say a lot of people.

I'm sure there's people who want a more werewolf style look, and likely a beastial run/walk, but actual animal body type outside of powersets (ie shapeshifting)...I find doubtful.

Saying that, I have no doubt it wouldnt be a popular body type for the first bit of the game with people making "Batdog" and "Krypto" style joke characters.

But after that, I don't think you'd see many use it.

Now...a powerset that lets you take different animal forms, with their own list of abilities (like Kheldian shapes), I could see people wanting and using.

I suppose that some people would make characters until the novelty wears off -- as they always do -- but I take Amerikatt seriously. She's my main and is a Level 50 heroine. She's not a joke to me!

I have no doubt in that. That's not what I meant, and I think you know that.

I'm not trying to claim that a significant portion of the playerbase wants this. I'm just acknowledging that I have seen requests for animal skeletons many times over the last six years.

Fireball would work good for that.

Of course it supports 4-legged models. There just aren't any 4-legged animations. [/sematics]

Of course.

There's going to be a small portion of the player base that wants this, there's going to be a small portion of the player base that wants that.

For this request, outside of a animal shapeshifting set, I suspect the request to play supercat or batdog is very very small. I don't think many want to play City of Pound Puppies.

And how's it going to work? It's already been shown they don't want to do outright silly things. And assuming I want to play a superhero fox, how would it look with my fox running around with dual pistols in her paws? Would there be a clank every time she took a step?

I have no doubt, Amerikat takes her character seriously. I'm sure there are a few others who would to. I just think the amount of players who would use such a build, would be so small, as to not be worth the time and effort that could go into other projects that MORE people would use and want.

And like I said before. I'm not "/unsign"ing it. Just saying I don't see it happening compared to a lot of the other suggestions.

As opposed to discussing what, exactly? The thread is a joke, and a pretty obvious one, at that. Animal models, be they good or bad for the game, have been shot down by the development team as completely undoable. Not much else to say about it, other than small talk.

Would it be cool? Probably. I can't see what it would hurt.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Personally the only way I could see it being done would be if the animal skeleton was directly linked to the power set like the Kheldian forms are. So you wouldn't see a cat or a dog running around with dual pistols or a katana.

True, Forbin! It *would* be silly to see critters wielding weapons! I've always imagined the model being for melee and ranged powers which do not need a focus (that is, traditional Natural, Magic, Mutant, and Science origins, but not Tech).

I know! If the Devs *do* decide to give me a nice Christmas gift, they can simply make a cat model as one of the Peacebringer morphs. Since 'Fitness' has become inherent, I could take the Kheldy Kitty Morph power and simply leave it on all the time (I hope that it has a VERY low END cost)!

Or add it to a Booster Pack!

This thread is *not* a 'joke', Sam.

I understand the technical issues side of the argument, but I am very serious about wanting to see my character look the way she is supposed to. Other people have their characters the way *they* want them.

No joke, Sam. Please don't troll me. You don't want a cat model, that's fine. I do, and I will continue to hold out hope -- no matter how long it takes nor how naive my request may sound to certain factions of the community!

I also take umbrance to the people who insinuate that I am spamming my request. A 6-month hiatus does *not* qualify as 'spamming'.