It was apparently 'in the works'. It was more a case of making things look good, rather than ending up with what happened in reality, which was blue 'smurf' zombies. Which looke daft, apparently.
So, yes, hopefully it's somewhere in the pipe. But I wouldn't bet on it being soon yet.
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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As I understand it, not wanting "pimp" characters is nothing more than a rumor, and the real reason is purely technical.
There's a bunch of topics about it, but I think this one explains it the best: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=236651 (start with the 10th post, past all the "no pimps!" rumor-mongering)
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Originally Posted by Thunder Knight
As I understand it, not wanting "pimp" characters is nothing more than a rumor, and the real reason is purely technical.
There's a bunch of topics about it, but I think this one explains it the best: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=236651 (start with the 10th post, past all the "no pimps!" rumor-mongering) |
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Originally Posted by Seldom
Pimp theming does not seem to be the limitation; all of the devs' answers have come down to this: The engine finds NPC customization to be problematic.
Why? It seems pets, along with granite stone armor and the forms for kheldians are very simplistic. They just use an NPC model in a library, and the system doesn't seem to be set up now to handle customization of the NPC library. The thugs for masterminds, for instance, use differing models. Yet there's no way to make sure your arsonist always looks the same. It just doesn't specify. |
Well, they should at least allow us to specify whether we want male or female!
But before that fix the Pet AI's, for godsake.
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Originally Posted by ChaosAngelGeno
But before that fix the Pet AI's, for godsake.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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This is a ridiculous excuse and I demand, DEMAND a Smurf Summoning primary for Masterminds!! |
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
It was apparently 'in the works'. It was more a case of making things look good, rather than ending up with what happened in reality, which was blue 'smurf' zombies. Which looke daft, apparently.
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Originally Posted by freewaydoggy
Well, they should at least allow us to specify whether we want male or female!
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Originally Posted by ChaosAngelGeno
But before that fix the Pet AI's, for godsake.
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In other words: The two have nothing to do with each other. They can be worked on in any order, concurrently, or one completely independently of the other with the other ignored. Demanding that one be fixed before the other is like going to Walmart store and demanding that the person in the garden department fix your car's engine before selling a rake to the guy that was there before you.
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Originally Posted by freewaydoggy
Ppl have suggested that maybe they might be concerned that it might look like someone's a "pimp", or something sexual. That is RIDICULOUS! If that is the case, then why don't they censor how the female characters dress? I really would be interested in female henchman for the mm's.
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The time between allowing pet customization and someone breaking the Teen rating of the game would be extremely short.
The real problem is that it does indeed involve specific character models that the game looks up when you summon them, very similar to how Granite and Kheldian shapeshifting works (you can't customize them either)
So, the second part is the problem they have, and the first part is why they aren't looking into solving that problem.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
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Well, like I said, we should at least have the choice in choosing the gender of our pets & just have the henchgirls dressed modestly. That's all!
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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
This concern stems more from the fact that there are a number of emotes that can appear sexual, and that you can make them say anything you want. You can also, through costume color/skin color choices, make a character appear to be naked.
The time between allowing pet customization and someone breaking the Teen rating of the game would be extremely short. The real problem is that it does indeed involve specific character models that the game looks up when you summon them, very similar to how Granite and Kheldian shapeshifting works (you can't customize them either) So, the second part is the problem they have, and the first part is why they aren't looking into solving that problem. |
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The thing is, anything like that could be done in-game by multiple players already.
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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
This concern stems more from the fact that there are a number of emotes that can appear sexual, and that you can make them say anything you want. You can also, through costume color/skin color choices, make a character appear to be naked.
The time between allowing pet customization and someone breaking the Teen rating of the game would be extremely short. |
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And, indeed, has been just with existing materials.
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Originally Posted by Patteroast
The thing is, anything like that could be done in-game by multiple players already.
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How about more MM options.
Witches
Clown (yeah, yeah, fear of....I know)
Space Aliens (the grey type)
Cowboys
Apes
Pirates
MMs could be the most diverse powerset in the game.
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Except, by all accounts, they were looking into it.
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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
So, the second part is the problem they have, and the first part is why they aren't looking into solving that problem.
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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I know I have brought this up before, but I really think the devs should consider a customizing option to decide how their summoned henchmen look & dress. For example, why can't a mastermind summon female mercs, soldiers, or thugs? Ppl have suggested that maybe they might be concerned that it might look like someone's a "pimp", or something sexual. That is RIDICULOUS! If that is the case, then why don't they censor how the female characters dress? I really would be interested in female henchman for the mm's.