Steampunk Booster Update?
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Posted on: 2011-05-17 11:33 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
He's working on CoH2, of course. 
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This. So very this.
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Originally Posted by Unknown_User
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I always like steampunk when carefully used. Looking forward to the release.
The costume pieces are pretty flexible in how you can use them. I'm very happy with what I got to play around with!
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This pack is cool, but disappointing at the same time. Turns out the new face tech is just giving each gender two new, higher definition faces which are kinda creepy and still emotionless. And although a lot of these costume pieces are cool, it's upsetting just how much of them you can't color.
The biggest example is the assault rifle, which you can only color the handle of. Everything else is stuck brown and gold. Also not a fan of being unable to color the backpack white or gray. It just makes it look like it has a brown rust. And with the hats, you can't color your hair. Just the hat. Also not a fan of only women getting belts and only men getting coats.
Overall, kinda disappointed, but I'm sure people will love it regardless.
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Isn't that the general color scheme of the Steampunk Genre? Various shades of copper, leather, and Iron.
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Originally Posted by Xzero45
...And although a lot of these costume pieces are cool, it's upsetting just how much of them you can't color.
The biggest example is the assault rifle, which you can only color the handle of. Everything else is stuck brown and gold. |
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Perhaps, but what really sets a pack apart for some (including me) is its ability to apply to multiple character concepts. Versatility is key. Overall I'm seeing a lot in this pack that will work for non-steampunk characters, but a limited color selection cuts down that number from what it could potentially be.
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Originally Posted by Unknown_User
Isn't that the general color scheme of the Steampunk Genre? Various shades of copper, leather, and Iron.
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Well, there's nothing stopping me from making pink ninjas or purple witches or blue science goggles or red lion heads or whatever. Limited color options is a check in the liability column, plain and simple. The pack still looks great and I'm looking forward to playing with it tonight on Test but I won't lie and say it won't suffer from limited coloring options.
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Originally Posted by Unknown_User
Isn't that the general color scheme of the Steampunk Genre? Various shades of copper, leather, and Iron.
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Well, that will probably happen but, I, for one, am thinking how to use these parts, auras and gadgets for characters of a decidedly un-steampunk nature. Don't know how yet but, once in the editor, I'm sure something will come to me.
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Originally Posted by Quinzel
Okay, this is a very cool pack.
But everyone and their grandmother is going to run in steampunk gear for the next months. Thats the only thing that I dont like about it, an overkill of steampunk toons. |
"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them."
Limiting the costume options is nothing new. Baron coat for men, bolero for women. Long coat for men, bustiers and bustles for women.
That's the way Jack did it. That's the way NCSoft does it. And it's worked out pretty...errr... Wait...
Ok so the pieces are awesome! Just beautiful! But I swear I want to know which dev makes this same decision every freaking time. This belt can't be worn with jackets... This chest piece can't be worn with robes...
Who makes these decisions that limited is better?
And the best reponse we get from outcry is that they don't want people to make truly ridiculous toons.
Really?
Like they don't anyways in spite of your attempts at limitation?
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and give us back the suite jackets you took away in i4.
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I was just thinking the other day about how rarely I see anyone with a cat or bird head. I sometimes see a wolf and see bull heads most often but seeing any is a pretty uncommon event.
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Originally Posted by Quinzel
But everyone and their grandmother is going to run in steampunk gear for the next months. Thats the only thing that I dont like about it, an overkill of steampunk toons.
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I thought the dev response for the inability to combine costume parts was graphical clipping issues.
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Originally Posted by iPirate
And the best reponse we get from outcry is that they don't want people to make truly ridiculous toons.
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Considering new costume pieces have clipped within themselves, such as the Warrior or Gladiator shoulder parts, I don't think that argument works so well any more, either.
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Originally Posted by Unknown_User
I thought the dev response for the inability to combine costume parts was graphical clipping issues.
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Originally Posted by Quinzel
But everyone and their grandmother is going to run in steampunk gear for the next months.
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I did a trial the other night with two cat-man characters. (There was also a really poorly-done werewolf using some of the CoV pieces--I say poorly-done because there were better free options available than what he was using, but to each their own.)|
Originally Posted by Jophiel
I was just thinking the other day about how rarely I see anyone with a cat or bird head. I sometimes see a wolf and see bull heads most often but seeing any is a pretty uncommon event.
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I haven't used the new animal parts on many characters, though... mainly just a concept character named "Falcon Paunch" (fat boxing bird) that I haven't even gotten though the tutorial yet. However, I DO use Beast Run as my Praetorian Alp character's main mode of travel. I also very nearly changed a costume to use the flat beast feet from a recent update for a barefoot character, but they came out looking a little too hobbit-y for what I was going for.
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Check out this site. This guy redesigned all of the Star Wars characters to be steampunk. Pretty cool.
http://www.sillof.com/C-Steampunk-SW2.htm
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Originally Posted by enderbean
Check out this site. This guy redesigned all of the Star Wars characters to be steampunk. Pretty cool.
http://www.sillof.com/C-Steampunk-SW2.htm |
Actually, I've seen something similar before - but it doens't make it any less weird though
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That new skirt works pretty well with giving my Elven Ranger a layered cloth look. Loving the goodies in this pack! 
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OMG that is awesome. Be sure to check out the Victorian-era DC and Marvel pages. The steampunk Iron Man is a work of art.|
Originally Posted by enderbean
Check out this site. This guy redesigned all of the Star Wars characters to be steampunk. Pretty cool.
http://www.sillof.com/C-Steampunk-SW2.htm |
The Old West Star Wars line is pretty amusing too. What a fascinating hobby. I wish I had that kind of free time, lol.
More importantly you have hats with hair!
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OMG!! Please add these costume designs now!
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I am actually working on a MA arc with characters based on those designs. It's been put on hold for awhile but now with the new pack coming out. I just might have to dust it off.
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Originally Posted by enderbean
Check out this site. This guy redesigned all of the Star Wars characters to be steampunk. Pretty cool.
http://www.sillof.com/C-Steampunk-SW2.htm |
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
That new skirt works pretty well with giving my Elven Ranger a layered cloth look. Loving the goodies in this pack!
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"Cupcake cupcake cupcake; Cupcake. Merry_Mint is the best." - Abraham Lincoln
That long, divided skirt IS made of win, no two ways about it.
Really like the female pieces. The male pants are also pretty useful, both versions. New faces! We cant have too many of those!
Looking forward to using some of this stuff on my Carnie/Freak Brute. She will look beyond awesome.
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He showed up (lol) at the Ustream live chat so... He is still with us.
Devs said months ago he was overwhelmed with work, but the Steampunk is all made by Cheryl and her team, and Animal pack heads were made also for another art dev...
So I dont have a clue of what could be Sexy Jay working on...
Backpacks? Also for weapons so we can actually wear things like quivers for archers?
Upgrading the old low-res pieces?
Animated hair?
Time will tell... But for now, gimmie Steampunk pack!