Female Mastermind Pets Suggestion

I've always thought the "But somebody might do something inappropriate" is a bit silly, since that's true of everything in any game. People already do inappropriate things, and they're usually reported and dealt with. I can't imagine it'd be any worse with optional female minions.

Not sure about "Female only", but both "One Gender Only" pet options could be fun for certain concepts, even if I'd prefer to be an equal-opportunity employer, myself. For things like thugs, you'd not even need to do much work in it. Just give some women biker jackets, et voilà!

Totally signed, but sadly I doubt we'll be getting it, even though everyone seems to be in general agreement.

I think MM need more PRE DETERMINED options for pets. Sorry but I don't stand behind being able to actually select your henchman's costume.

I would love to see alternate Robots (That is what my MM is)
Female versions of the existing sets: Merc, Ninja, Thug, and I guess necro
Alternate Demons (maybe one's that aren't as fricking noisy!)

IMO you should be able to select from 2-4 choices per PET...maybe someone wants a male/female posse of thugs hehe.

I think this would be a better option than giving control of each henchman's costume for not only "decency" reasons but would also be something that would require less resources.

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After having given it a little more thought, while I'd like to see female minions, I'd also like to see an alternate or two on the male versions.

I've been playing my Mercs/ (laugh if you wish) a bit lately, and I couldn't help but think of Toombs mercenary crew in Chronicles of Riddick. Certainly soldiers fit the Mercenary mold, but it would be nice to just divvy things up a bit, without my merc's being strictly soldier's out of an 80's action flick.

I'd bet money that the "people would do inappropriate things" phrase is just the go-to line for why MM customization hasn't happened. In fact, I'm almost positive the real reason is development time.

Consider that if we get alternate female versions, it leads to people wanting alternate "insert model here" versions in general. Robotics and Demon's in particular would be the resident problem children. It's probably easy enough to cobble together some models for the other Mastermind sets from existing in-game assets, but Robotics and Demon's are likely much more restricted in this regard. Further, it bootstraps certain future sets, should they go with more non-humanoid Mastermind primaries. After the German Shepherd pet was released to the market, there was talk of an actual animal primary involving bears and lions and whatever else. If customization happens for humanoid models, it would likely be demanded for non-humanoids as well, which likely leads to that much more development time in a non-humanoid inspired set, or a restriction of future primaries to models that can be easily tweaked for the sake of customization. Then of course comes implementing any such customization to the tailor UI.

Make no mistake, I still want to see some degree of minion customization, and females should be represented. Still, the more I think on it, the more I come to the conclusion that even Paragon doesn't buy the line their touting, using it as an easy out rather than a valid excuse not to do it.

Just something to chew on.

I am totally for this idea, my main was once a MM back in the days, I would really love to see this happen.

I really find their excuses rather lacking. Especially after they released the slime aura with all the possible parts that it can drip from.

/signed

Slightly off topic, but I had to post this up. This has to be my favourite crash message I've ever received from City.

I will sign this I think the current against argument is weak.

Doom/Batman in 2012

The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!

I will sign this. I've been after MM Pet customization for a long time, even if its just to have my Ninja's tinted white to match my MM's name Nishika The White.

I would also love to be able to customize the demon... though that would mean no more robe for it.

- Raith

I totally agree with female options for MM pets. This would even satisfy my current desire for color tintable pets and/or customizable pet dialogue.
Since Freedom there have been a greater number of female critter (CoT, Stricken etc..) running about. I applaud this welcome change and humbly request that we have MORE gender proliferation ingame!

Due to some extreme boredom on my part, and a little creativeness, I decided to mess around in the character creator to see if I could come up with a few ideas for female pets. (Putting them as links so as not to make a giant post)

Going off the male ninja outfit, I came up with this:
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I used the following:
Head: Ninja
Hair: Topknot
Top: Baggy 2
Gloves: Warrior
Belt: Circle of Thorns
Pants: Baggy Tucked in
Boots: Wrapped

I also decided to try a "sexy" version:
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I used the following:
Head: Ninja
Hair: Topknot
Top: Patent Leather
Gloves: Warrior
Belt: Circle of Thorns
Pants: Patent Leather
Boots: Flat Wrapped

I came up with this for Thugs:
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I used the following:
Head: Face 20 (I'm partial to that face on my females)
Hair: Shimmer (with teal and purple for a "punky" style)
Jacket: Biker
Sleeves: Retro
Shoulders: Small Tri-Spike
Top: Strapless
Gloves: Fingerless
Belt: Large Leather Eyelets
Pants: Basic Pants- Motorcycle Leathers
Boots: Combat

Oh, and for the sliders, I used these settings:


I was able to make them using current pieces I had available to me, and they weren't overly skimpy on the outfits. I based the ninja outfits off of the CoH ones, as well as the anime style, where the ponytail shows through the mask. For the thug look, I essentially went with the typical biker/punk female.

Any thoughts, comments? I will try coming up with some ideas for Mercs as well, and if you guys want, I can take a shot at female zombies

Decided I should play my MM for a bit and it reminded me of something I wanted to see in addition to the Female Ninja pets.

With all the upgrades to CoX since villain went live and the much more awesome and thematic design behind Demon Summoning we need some new options.

How about first, all Ninja pets should use Ninja Run as the default movement, especially if the Mastermind has the power.

Also if Jounin have two weapons on their back and we now have twin blades stalkers they should be retooled to use those attacks and abilities.

Im sure their could be other thematic changes made to the other MM sets.

- Raith