Beast run, Ninja run... Huge run??
By
Dante117,
Posted on: 2011-05-05 10:30 in Suggestions and Ideas
Well we know the upcoming Steampunk Pack is going to include yet another travel power (which'll probably be close to the type of movement we can get with the Jump Pack) so it seem possible that we'll keep getting new ones in the future. Maybe a Huge Run can be one of them. 
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Steam jump looks cool, i just really think there should be some consideration for all those huge and strength-type characters. Basically most tanks and almost every brute you see running around.
Surfing would be cool eventually, too. Any kind of surfing. Water, Ice, weird nimbus cloud.
Unfortunately, I use the Ninja/Beast runs a lot, just for convenience, but they don't fit any of my characters at all. I mean, I love the Ninja run on my Shield Defense Brute, since it looks like he's charging forward with it, but in all other instances, they just don't mesh with my characters' theme.
I think there're a lot of cool, potential ways that some of the travel powers could be customized. Hell, I'd be content of I could have my character just cross their arms in front of them Magneto style when they hover.
I really think there needs to be a run power just like beast run or ninja run, but themed for huge size characters. I mean obviously beast run is only for anamalistic characters because you are running on all fours, and ninja run is great for fast athletic characters, but it looks really silly to have your 8 foot huge sized toon flipping and spinning through the air. almost as silly as it look having him run on his face.
Dont get me wrong i LOVE ninja run and beast run they are AMAZING. I just wish there was a similarly themed run power for huge sized characters... i mean come on they are one of the THREE choices when making a character (male, female, huge) this is no small population of the game.
My suggestions: Huge characters don't take more steps faster (like a ninja) they take larger steps that, through strength, propel them great distances at awesome speed. In other words, have them go just as fast/high as ninja and beast run, but the animation is taking large strides instead of lots of tiny steps. Also, there should be an appropriate booming noise every time their foot hits the floor. Bonus points if there is a small animation every time they land from a jump where the ground appears to crack from the force of thier landing (after all, they are very heavy)
I really think this is a HUGE part of the game (no pun intended) and should be considered seriously. After all, how many animal characters do we really see in CoH/CoV? and they have thier own run power. So should huge sized (or similarly themed strength-based) toons. call it whatever you like.