CoH Background/loader Art

You know, it just struck me...the loader art now is Statesman facing off against a Warworks

not Tyrant or any other Arch-villain from Praetoria....but a Warworks....and it looks like an ACU or BCU...which I believe are minions if I remember right....

somewhat...underwhelming, actually

Underwhelming it is, but that's the fallout from the "Something About Praetoria" craze. Personally, I'd like to see the Statesman squaring off against Tyrant with Recluse standing in the background facing the audience. Optionally, States and Tyrant could have their friends/lieutenants backing them up and running into battle while Recluse could have his lieutenants standing around with him.

Giving Statesman a better face under his quarter helmet would help, too.

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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.

I hate that picture.

Sorry Art team, but it's really not the finest piece of work you've ever come up with. I *loved* the GR Loader page. Id had dynamic, epic poses, it had the grandiose and still threatening look from Tyrant looming in the background...it worked. It worked MORE than great.

And it worked a hell of a lot more than the current one;
-Statesman's body looks twisted
-His face looks bad
-Why is he punching left handed?
-Why is the WARWORKS punching? At all? Those things are RANGED robots!

I can deal with Praetoria craze (Did I mention how much I loved the GR splash screen?)
I CAN'T deal with lack of epic.

And I still can't change it back to what I wanted it as

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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 NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

I invited a friend back, and their first comment upon loading the client was "Why is Statesman fighting War Machine?"

I think it's quite good for showing good vs evil theme of the game, especially as the war with Praetoria has gone passed the Rikti storyline to become the major plotline in the game - but I still think Arachnos should get a look in somewhere - Recluse has a pretty wacky comicbook villain design

EDIT: I also made a female version of the artwork when it was first previewed on the fourms back in June:

http://goldengirlcoh.deviantart.com/...edom-215812237

Given that Statesboy is too much of a wussy to even face off against the Praetorian army personally, I don't see how it makes sense for him to be facing any of them.

At the very least he should be facing multiple Warworks, though. We're not fighting Tyrant yet so let's leave him out of the promotional art for now (sure, he figures prominently into GR, but that's really a sidebranch of the main game).

This is what my mind's eye sees every time I see that image. Picture sucks.

Well there's this thread over at the Screenshots and Fan Creations board.

Some of these are truly excellent.

I have no idea what you people are complaining about. Nothing says, "You're about to enter into an epic gaming experience," more than a picture of the main hero rushing to take down a lowly minion with no personality while there's a look of utter constipation on the hero's face.

He *did* beat the hell out of the enhancement system (ED) and changed an entire powerset. We used to have /regen, now we have /self empathy.

Needs more lens-flare!

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He appears to be as anatomically correct as a ken-doll. Maybe even less so than a ken-doll. (It was pointed out to me. I can't unsee the blank smoothness. Help me?)