Mastermind Customization Made Easy (tm)
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Atilla_The_Pun,
Posted on: 2012-03-14 18:20 in Suggestions and Ideas
This is by far the easiest solution and one that has been suggested many times before. Hopefully if we keep suggesting it they'll eventually get around to doing it.
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In AE it is possible to color the Robot drones and Zombies a bit. Basically color the robot drones a bit of a color and the Zombies have their "lioncloth" colored. Thats bout it though so far.
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Although KoA should be Ninja.
And I'm sure some other basic skinning could be done.
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"No! God no! Mercenaries! Not ninjas!" - the Knives of Artemis, begging not to be nerfed.
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Originally Posted by Atilla_The_Pun
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Although KoA should be Ninja. ... |
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All human skins for all human pets and demons
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This. Even tho you know if they use skins from ingame factions there will be complaints about how the MM henchmen powers don't match up with the NPC faction powers.
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Originally Posted by Atilla_The_Pun
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If the price we have to pay for having the awesomeness of those skins is us having to sit on the forums telling people to shut the hell up and be glad for what they have, I'm willing to pay it.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
This. Even tho you know if they use skins from ingame factions there will be complaints about how the MM henchmen powers don't match up with the NPC faction powers.
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your = Belonging to you.
you're = Contraction meaning "You are."
Ur = The name of an ancient Mesopotamian city.
ur = This is not a word.
/KA-signed!
The only problem this may present is if they're simply modded versions of existing powersets BUT also completely seperate powersets you'd end up with a whole host of Powersets listed which are essentially the same thing.
So you'd get:
Thugs.
Thugs: PPD
Thugs: Longbow
Thugs: Council.
Thugs: 5th Column.
etc.
All appearing in the powerset selection menu, would be quite cluttered.
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i've suggested a million times to have the alt-model of faction-skins for the MM pets to be unlocked by various badges tied to the various groups.
not everything has to be part of the market :P but it probably will be now.
but alt models linked to badges, like alt weapon models, i've always considered a good idea and to make sense 
. kill enough knives of artemis and some of them will go rogue and follow you. kill enough banished pantheon zombies and you'll know how to summon those corpses in particular... and so-on [CoT demons, Tsoo for ninjas, destroyers for thugs...].
Short of full customization, this would still be a major improvement for MM pets/minions.
I also have said this a while back and think it would help with making mm pets fit with character concepts.
Some of my suggestions from posts i have done
boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=195762&highlight=dbhellfist
boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=278178&highlight=dbhellfist
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I Could see Tsoo and his gang for the Ninjas I love that Hanaya mask one of the ninjas wear.
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Sweet! Tsoo are a good call!
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Originally Posted by COV4LIFE
I Could see Tsoo and his gang for the Ninjas I love that Hanaya mask one of the ninjas wear.
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The step before all this? Get a computer science degree, then learn what the code looks like.|
Originally Posted by opprime28
Step 1: Make several "Skins" for different mastermind sets. For example: Carnie Skins for Thugs, Knives or Malta skins for Mercs. Circle of Thorns skins for Demons. Banished Pantheon skins for Zombies. Color Tintable but overall standardized unique options. Make them "prepackaged" sets but a variety of existing and unique looks.
Step 2: Place said "skins" on the market at a price similar to costume sets. Step 3: Rake in the money. Suddenly the resources spent on making them are worth it AND the players finally get what they've been wanting. The end. |
Then make up an easy way to do something.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
The step before all this? Get a computer science degree, then learn what the code looks like.
Then make up an easy way to do something. |
The point is that the art is already done.
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Nah, the power selection stays the same. |
Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU
The only problem this may present is if they're simply modded versions of existing powersets BUT also completely seperate powersets you'd end up with a whole host of Powersets listed which are essentially the same thing.
So you'd get: Thugs. Thugs: PPD Thugs: Longbow Thugs: Council. Thugs: 5th Column. etc. All appearing in the powerset selection menu, would be quite cluttered. |
The skins appear under Power Customization.
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Yeah. Don't give customizable power sets to henchmen. That would be ridiculous. Just new models that can selected from a drop down in the power customization screen. I'm not even looking for the ability to adjust henchmen costumes in any way (not even colors, though if they could pull that off I wouldn't complain at all). Just give us some henchmen options.|
Originally Posted by Atilla_The_Pun
Nah, the power selection stays the same.
The skins appear under Power Customization. |
Mercs:
PPD
Malta
Knives of Artemis
Longbow
New Original
Bots:
Clockwork (Primal)
Clockwork (Praetorian)
Nemesis Automatons
New Original
Ninjas:
Tsoo
Legacy Chain
Carnival of Light
New Original
Thugs:
Skulls
Hellions
Freakshow
New Original
Zombies:
Banished Pantheon
Circle of Thorns
New Original
Demons:
New Original
Circle of Thorns
These are all just ideas off the top of my head. Feel free to argue about what should go where.
Mercs probably has the most options already in game. It's a pretty versatile set thematically.
your = Belonging to you.
you're = Contraction meaning "You are."
Ur = The name of an ancient Mesopotamian city.
ur = This is not a word.
Step 1: Make several "Skins" for different mastermind sets. For example: Carnie Skins for Thugs, Knives or Malta skins for Mercs. Circle of Thorns skins for Demons. Banished Pantheon skins for Zombies. Color Tintable but overall standardized unique options. Make them "prepackaged" sets but a variety of existing and unique looks.
Step 2: Place said "skins" on the market at a price similar to costume sets.
Step 3: Rake in the money.
Suddenly the resources spent on making them are worth it AND the players finally get what they've been wanting.
The end.