Speculation on an upcoming prehistoric fashion extravaganza!

LOL at the dinosaur vanity pet in a baby carriage!

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl They'll still be lying around someplace They've posted the wrong patch notes before, but it's usually just the ones for the next build coming down the line, and when it's pointed out to them they acknowledge it and edit them. But for the animal pack note, they just edited them, and then deleted every quote of the lizard/crocodile part, and acted as if the mistake had never been there at all. And it's not like it could have been a misprint either - plus, the lizard parts were at the stage where they were included in the internal patch notes, so they do exist - and it's unlikely that the devs will let the time and effort spent on them go to waste

I seem to recall it being in a producer's letter (or something similar), rather than patch notes (although it may have been both).
However, I recall it being an actual write-up (I think from Second Measure, but I could be wrong), talking about what they were delivering and such.

Unfortunately, I didn't see it until all of the edits and it was rather confusing and frustrating reading through the replies and wondering WHAT EXCITING INFO WAS REDACTED?!?!
I was hoping somebody had copied it before it was edited, but no one had (why would they?). Instead, all I heard then was the same vague mentioning as you've repeated now, "something about reptile or dinosaur or lizard or something parts that were pulled"... some even mentioned ape parts as well, but I have no idea if that's correct.

C'mon, Devs... spill the beans!

Well, the dino pack is something I have been looking forward to for quite some time, admittedly to repurpose to a dragon, but my hope is that we get the base scaly heads and then,similarly to how the feline heads in the beast pack had different options for manes, sideburns and fangs, get the option of frills, feathers and the like, as well as perhaps bone ridges lieka triceretops and different horn structures. for player characters, mix and match should be key. If they later introduce a new dino zone, either by oroboros or by some deeper part of the hamidon territory of praetoria, then it would be cool to see feathered raptors and the like. basically, dinos have been a part of the comic community for a long time, and a good "lost world" would be soemthing id love to see coh go with. heck, redo "monster island" into that sort of area, maybe make it bigger and more detailed for different dev earth monsters.

Oh and one more thing, since a lot of discussion has been on hints. the producers letter from when the beast pack launched seemed to be the biggest tip off. I had not seen it before it was edited, but it seemed based on responses to have suggested a crocodile head being initially planned, but later held back for another set.

Another hint that i find interesting was that at a recent con, either a pax or the pummit, i forget exactly, posi was asked about dinosaurs and he said that that would need a 4 legged rig. Given lead-in times for art assets, he would have already known that a 4 legged rig was being worked on, so this may or may not have been a clue. Either he knew and was leading us on with an answer that we would only understand with knowledge that would come in Halloween with the dog, or he just forgot and its a red herring.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Not only are dinosaurs a classic comicbook theme, they'd also make sense gameplay-wise - with the 4-legged rig, they're really the only thing that could fit the description of a Giant Monster that could use it

I'm trying to imagine Jurrasic Park with a molting season....

I'm sorry, but I HATE the everloving snot out of "It's not in Comic Books!" as a reason why something, be it a powerset or costume piece should not be in this game. You know what? I'm not even a huge comic book fan. I joined this game after a friend (technically against the rules) let me sit down at his computer and play CoH, and I experienced how fun it was, and how the game's costume creator allowed me to design almost any kind of character I could envision, and its incredibly open and diverse storyline allowed me to come up with any kind of backstory I wished, and roleplay it as such. There was room here for almost anything. I didn't have to be an elf, orc, or spandex-clad human.

I personally might not get that much use out of a dinosaur or caveman costume pack. But I sure would like to see what other players did with it. I suspect that once it got mix and matched with all the other costume sets in-game, we'd see lots of aliens, fantasy characters and other creative things I can't even think up right now, and that's what I love about this game- the sheer creativity it encourages in the playerbase.

^This, exactly. It's one reason why I view "It's not in comic books" as a pretty weak excuse to keep something out.

Hmm. Some dinosaurs had ARM feathers.

This makes me think feather gloves/arm pieces would be an excellent idea.

I hope there is the Leona Helmsley Dino face: