Has there been any announcements about...
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-08-02 11:38 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
For pool/ancillary/patron power customization, we've been told that they know that we want it badly, but they do not have a clear answer of when we'll actually see it. I will say with a fair amount of certainty "Not until next year, at the earliest."
We've heard nothing about weapon redraw (so far as I know).
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Winterminal is correct on all accounts pool customization to my knowledge.
As far as weapon redraw, the last I heard was that BaBs found a way to eliminate it just before he left the company, but it badly broke the game in other aspects.
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What about weapon redraw?
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What about weapon redraw?
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As far as weapon redraw, the last I heard was that BaBs found a way to eliminate it just before he left the company, but it badly broke the game in other aspects. |
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aw, man... that's too bad... thanks for the info!!
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Dechs already answered this one...
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What about redraw was being expected/hoped for? Last I heard that was fixed ages ago... So, what about it now?
I'm far from the worlds best video editor, but if there is any remaining delay caused by redraw, it's in time-frames so microscopic that to worry about it or expect devs to devote more time to it really unrealistic. Granted, I haven't tested every combo, but still.
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There is redraw time. It does not exist between attacks if the weapon is drawn, that is what was fixed long ago. It used to be that redraw time was baked into every animation. That is no longer the case, but redraw still hurts your attacks if you switch weapons.
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Originally Posted by Madadh
I'm far from the worlds best video editor, but if there is any remaining delay caused by redraw, it's in time-frames so microscopic that to worry about it or expect devs to devote more time to it really unrealistic. Granted, I haven't tested every combo, but still.
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The latest word I saw on power pool customization was from Tunnel Rat about 3 weeks ago:
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So they know we want it it's just a matter of if/when/how to do it.
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Originally Posted by Tunnel Rat
I’ve seen a metric ton of requests for pool/epic/ancillary powers customization. (And no, asking for it is not breaking the rules at all.) I’m a long way from promises on that one, but all I can say right now is that your requests have been noted, underlined, and bolded, as have qualms with the default travel power effects.
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I'm chalkng it up to it being nearly as time consuming as power customization was, and they're pretty busy with a lot of stuff right now. |
Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
The latest word I saw on power pool customization was from Tunnel Rat about 3 weeks ago:
So they know we want it it's just a matter of if/when/how to do it. |
I mean, there's what, at least 3 new powersets being worked on, plus some proliferation and a whole bunch of new content? Not surprising that they haven't managed to fit in power pool customization yet.
Getting rid of redraw will require a separate animation for every power in the game that is not part of the set you want to remove the redraw from. They will do it by combat stances rather than individual powersets (Example: Battle Axe, War Mace, Broadsword, and Arachnos Mace all use the Single Weapon combat stance. Claws, Spines, Dual Blades, and Dual Pistols all use the Two Weapons combat stance.)
But...even if they do it by combat stances there's still a metric butt ton of work that needs to be done to change it. From what I understand the problem that BaBs had that stymied his efforts to get rid of redraw involved Shield Defense in some way, but he wasn't specific on exactly what the problem was.
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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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I'm chalkng it up to it being nearly as time consuming as power customization was, and they're pretty busy with a lot of stuff right now.
I mean, there's what, at least 3 new powersets being worked on, plus some proliferation and a whole bunch of new content? Not surprising that they haven't managed to fit in power pool customization yet. Getting rid of redraw will require a separate animation for every power in the game that is not part of the set you want to remove the redraw from. They will do it by combat stances rather than individual powersets (Example: Battle Axe, War Mace, Broadsword, and Arachnos Mace all use the Single Weapon combat stance. Claws, Spines, Dual Blades, and Dual Pistols all use the Two Weapons combat stance.) But...even if they do it by combat stances there's still a metric butt ton of work that needs to be done to change it. From what I understand the problem that BaBs had that stymied his efforts to get rid of redraw involved Shield Defense in some way, but he wasn't specific on exactly what the problem was. |
Its a shame too, redraw is one of the major things that constantly keeps me away from playing weapon sets. (I have a couple, but there are more I would play if this wasn't an issue).
At any level/build cost its an annoyance, especially for sets with ponderous redraw (like Warmace, BA, etc).
At the high end, you are basically accepting a penalty if you want to use secondary/power/epic/patron pool powers.
I always tried to just ignore redraw on the few guys that I play that suffer from it but sometimes I just can't. I must admit that I find it quite annoying.
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Originally Posted by Deus_Otiosus
Its a shame too, redraw is one of the major things that constantly keeps me away from playing weapon sets. (I have a couple, but there are more I would play if this wasn't an issue).
At any level/build cost its an annoyance, especially for sets with ponderous redraw (like Warmace, BA, etc). At the high end, you are basically accepting a penalty if you want to use secondary/power/epic/patron pool powers. |
All in all, redraw doesn't bother me that much. That said, however, I won't be rolling a Dual Pistols/Trick Arrow/Mace Mastery corruptor anytime soon.
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Has there been any recent announcements or discussions about patron power color customization or any possible chance of changing weapon redraw so it isn't affected by powers such as hasten or a self-heal ?