If you haven't looked at the new Skulls, please do.
Have the Skulls always been an ethnic gang? That shizzle is news to me.
Have the Skulls always been an ethnic gang? That shizzle is news to me.
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The devs are aiming to give them an ethic background similar to the Italian one for the family, and the Asian one for the Tsoo.
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Have the Skulls always been an ethnic gang? That shizzle is news to me.
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Less cliche', more depth. In my opinion, a good thing.
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They've always been run by the Petrovic family, who had a Slavic background - but the minions haven't been shown to be Eastern Europeans until now.
The devs are aiming to give them an ethic background similar to the Italian one for the family, and the Asian one for the Tsoo. |
That'd allow them to play both sides, where they recruit anyone, but still an ethnic gang.
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;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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Very few of the enemies in this game have been given deep character development until recently. Think about it: before GR, the Praetorians were basically "What if the heroes were villains?" The Clockwork were basically generic animated scrapheaps who were animated by the Clockwork King to take over the city.
Less cliche', more depth. In my opinion, a good thing. |
Also I just hate how the male Pocket D hair was made. It's not the style itself that bugs me, people actually have that messy kind of style. But it's how sloppy and unnatural the product itself looks.
They've always been run by the Petrovic family, who had a Slavic background - but the minions haven't been shown to be Eastern Europeans until now.
The devs are aiming to give them an ethic background similar to the Italian one for the family, and the Asian one for the Tsoo. |
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The Devs should throw in some random chatter you occasionally see where it reveals that the lower level skulls are just doing fake (thus explaining the hollywood-style) accents, because they think it's cool and their leaders actually have real ones.
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Edit: Yes, that's a War and Peace reference.
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I like that some of the female Skulls have their own Skull's Girlfriend NPCs hanging around. This may have been a simple oversight on the Dev's part, but I think some more progressive relationships are okay in the game.
Here's my own input: (I'll just copy this over to the beta forums)
-I do like the Skulls revamp and feel the Hellions could do with something similar, you know, a real revamp and not just the edition of the Girlfriend from Hell (which I found inappropriate since Hellions are normally supposed to count themselves 'lucky' to have actually MET a real demon).
The only drawback I do find is that they Skulls now look "too clean". No ripped jeans, frayed hems, torn-off-sleeves, or stains. But that in of itself can be justified since I'm pretty sure even gangbangers enjoy laundry fresh clothing. (fresh from the dryer underwear: proof of compassionate and loving divinity on cold days)
Oh, though as a small suggestion: maybe consider giving some of the bosses trenchcoats. Black trenchcoats. (mighty be a good place to showcase the cybertech trenchcoat)
-For text and lore: I do also object to giving THE WHOLE GANG cheap accents. For one: the Skulls were founded by and a bit from Eastern European immigrants, but as has been pointed out before: they are recruiting from EVERYWHERE and gathering up ANYONE they can. Besides, The Family doesn't all speak with cheap Italian accents, the Tsoo lack cheap Vietnamese/Chinese (the spread of the Hmong people, if I recall) accents, even the Fifth Column is lacking in German accents.
I would like to point out to the Devs that the Petrovich brothers already existed in-game as basic Bone Daddies in the Bonefire Arc. Back then they were known as Marrowsnap and Marrow Drinker. I will admit that this is a HUGE improvement on the two, I just think it might be best to edit some of the old website info or move the Bonefire arc purely to Ouro.
-This is more of a bug, but Gravedigger Strikers and Deathhead Soldiers guns are not rendering, making them look like City of Heroes is getting censored by 4Kids.
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I don't really see the problem with this revamp? They look just like the Skulls we have now, but with better graphical definition.
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Gonna' miss the black and ripped denim jeans.
It would be nice if their full-arm tattoos either continued all the way to the wrists or didn't end in such an abrupt line, despite that that's a limitation of the player options.
Also hair silly, accents unnecessary, the usual consensus of the thread thus far.
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Eh I like the new skull look
They needed a little face lift
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I like that some of the masks have jawbones and some don't.
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On the last coffee talk, they said that they new Skulls mask was going to be in a 2nd Halloween costume bundle.
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I think the club hair is dorky....which makes is perfect for a bunch of knuckleheads like the Skulls.
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