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Skull for a head. Also

Skull for a head. Also effects that can be added to specific parts of the body, like head, hands or feet.

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I would like to very closely

I would like to very closely recreate the alts that are special to me. My main concern is movement. Will the new city feel like our old one. Siphon speed, Speed boost, Inertial reduction, zoom. Fly, SJ, etc..Very few games (mmos) give me the feeling of owning movement in 3d space like CoH does. hang on rotp is up...

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Definitely agreed, but not

Definitely agreed, but not sure how this relates to costume requests...?

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Cinnder wrote:
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Definitely agreed, but not sure how this relates to costume requests...?

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I think whatever amount of

I think whatever amount of unlock-age is enough to get you to do the missions is enough. So like, you could make every piece of the "Rocketeer" outfit available norrmally EXCEPT the rocket backpack, that you have to unlock. How does that unlock happen if you're a hero/villain? Well, I'd write some kind of arc for heroes where you have to either defeat a rocket-pack-wearing badguy, or recover it from ne'er-do-wells who stole it and return it to the Rocketeer himself, etc to unlock it, Villain side the story arc would be defeating the Rocketeer or stealing it from him somehow. I think you could make the case for "unlock by defeating" as well as "unlock by making friends" for just about anything. The only important thing is that the piece being unlocked is strongly associated with the NPC or group you have to interact with.

And I like Darth's idea of having different "thrust effect" options. And I think that sounds doable. I'd like to see a jetpack that leave a trail of white smoke behind in it's wake and then the smoke eventually diffuses and disperses over time until it eventually disappears entirely.

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Radiac wrote:
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You're going to have to make different looking badguys, and that takes time and money to do, and when you're done you have costume pieces. Why use those costume pieces ONLY for the NPCs? Let the players unlock them too. Maybe some stuff should remain "untouchable" like the Archvillains' costumes (or even bosses) etc, but run-of-the-mill minion and lieutenant stuff would be cool to have without stealing any signature NPC's thunder.

I remember one of COH's devs stating they didn't want to allow PCs to look just like NPCs because that could confuse other players.

Perhaps COT's HUD will make it easier to tell them apart, though.

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Ok, this irritated me on CoH:

Ok, this irritated me on CoH: Fishnets, good. Then I choose strappies. Fishnets stop at mid-calf because that's where the shoe model starts.

When building leg coatings, build strappy/open toed/whatever shoes to let the coating show through.

Build this in from scratch rather than as an afterthought when it's too late.

By the way, since the game's powers are not paperdoll-oriented (armor slots for armor/powers) then there is no reason whatsoever to think of clothing as "slot-based". In real life, you stack things up as you put them on, so design it that way in the game.

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Corlagon wrote:
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Radiac wrote:
You're going to have to make different looking badguys, and that takes time and money to do, and when you're done you have costume pieces. Why use those costume pieces ONLY for the NPCs? Let the players unlock them too. Maybe some stuff should remain "untouchable" like the Archvillains' costumes (or even bosses) etc, but run-of-the-mill minion and lieutenant stuff would be cool to have without stealing any signature NPC's thunder.

I remember one of COH's devs stating they didn't want to allow PCs to look just like NPCs because that could confuse other players.
Perhaps COT's HUD will make it easier to tell them apart, though.

People could already do that with some enemy factions in the game already. Especially when VEATs and the circle of thorns pack came out. It'll only be a problem if the majority of players make costumes exactly or very similar to enemy costumes. Sure I get why archvillains should have unique costumes, because it will degrade from the epicness of it all, but I still want my tesla coil shoulders and vahshock style doctor costume set. I can accept unlocking those costumes or buying them from the cash shop, but don't make enemies have costumes I might want.

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A checkbox on weapons that

A checkbox on weapons that allows them to attach to the back or hip when not drawn for power use would be awesome. Not everyone uses Hammerspace after all ;3

Floating bandages and floating hats, ALA the Invisible man. ((No lower face, no upper face, floating mask, etc.)) An option to just have no head as well for a headless concepts.

Unique lower body parts such as genie/ghost tails, Snake lower body, Centaur body type, Tank treads ((Think Johnny 5 from short circuit)) Spider legs. ((Definitely not expected at launch at all.

Two-headed option.

Hole-in-the-chest for undead characters, or various mystic characters.

Disjointed upper and lower bodies, ALA Knightmare, from later soul caliburs, and charade from earlier soul caliburs. ((With or without some floating object acting as the abdominal region))

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Corlagon wrote:
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I remember one of COH's devs stating they didn't want to allow PCs to look just like NPCs because that could confuse other players.

I remember their saying that also, and I never understood it: a single click on the character in question was all that was needed to tell the difference. I never got them to give me a believable scenario where the possible momentary confusion at first sight could have any meaningful impact.

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Ok, belly T, shortsleeve

Ok, belly T, shortsleeve belly T, and various hot pants, including more exotic stuff like these here witch ones, wedding pack heart ones, etc.

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costumes :

costumes :
- elbow and knee pieces (pads, elbow blades, etc.)

creator :
- asymmetric capability (left with a piece, right with another)
- to be able to swap 2 colors easily when colors are not matching from one piece to the other
- waist slider for female toons (I have to mention that because it is frustrating to be limited to hourglass curves with a well built toon)

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I know hologram/projection

I know hologram/projection effects have been mentioned. In addition to those, costume pieces along the lines of the helmet in this piece would also be cool.



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As far as costumes and

As far as costumes and animation interaction, I'd like a floating robotic device that I can have my ranged powers out of, as well as a floating magic sword that I can use to make melee attacks. Also if possible I'd like to be able to take off my hat and throw it like oddjob from james bond.

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Spiffier - and larger -

Spiffier - and larger - examples of the arm-cannon stuff. I don't know if this character's arms transform into guns, but I'm willing to pretend that this is the case.



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notears wrote:
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Also if possible I'd like to be able to take off my hat and throw it like oddjob from james bond.

Make sure it comes back to you. Any power where you lose your hat is a bad power. ^_^

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Darth, I think your theory of

Darth, I think your theory of arms transformed to guns is backed up by the fact that she is apparently now unable to zip her costume up. :-)

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Back home, she probably just

Back home, she probably just swaps out the gun arms for plain arms. :/

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Still, can't go wrong with

Still, can't go wrong with guns for hands.....

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Anyone who ever thought

Anyone who ever thought trading hands for things was a good idea, has never tried to get through life without using their hands.

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Fireheart wrote:
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Anyone who ever thought trading hands for things was a good idea, has never tried to get through life without using their hands.
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Helmet. Crown.

Helmet. Crown.

Helmet Crown.

HELMET CROWN!

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I would say that CoH had a

I would say that CoH had a whole lot of options to make a characters costume, but for City of Titans I'd like to see something of an advancement, it was mentioned earlier in the thread that earning a cape at level 20 provided a sense of achievement, and I agree with that wholeheartedly. I don't necessarily want EVERY possible option available to me at level 1. Maybe costume pieces unlock as a character levels, or enters new areas (Which has the stores in which to buy them. Meaning your character may have to travel across several game zones or meet the requirements for entering those zones in order to gain access to them.) I don't necessarily think that doing missions to unlock "Costume parts" are appropriate. With the exception of, the Full cape. (I don't know why, but I really do feel like having a Cape is something you should earn.) And... Villain parts. When a hero brings down an Arch Villain, or completes a specific story arc or something equivalent, the character should have the option, or possibility to acquire a piece of that Villains costume, which could bind to the character. Obviously the costume part would have to either have a gender neutral option or offer both a male\female configuration. Just a thought.

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Various tribal style options

Various tribal style options would be nice including various fur and wrap options, a few variants of fur capes, tiki and tribal masks. African, Native American and Polynesian styles as examples.

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Flowing/hanging pieces for

Flowing/hanging pieces for each costume section: Broken chains, torn cloth, slime, jewelry, ectoplasm, ruffles, cables, drapery, hair, bandages, plants

Variety of tattoos & face/body paint as a separate layer from "patterns".

Translucent gems on broaches etc

Animated costume pieces with volume/depth: helmet with swirling effect (Mag from Warframe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS05wxbrNts), glass arms with molten lava in it, jacob's ladder electrifying up a spine or inside the torso.

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I want blindfolds for the

I want blindfolds for the eyes slot. Blind characters are awesome and I want to make one in the game. Also masks without eyeholes like daredevil, or masks with only one eye slot like deathstroke.

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I'd like jackets that are

I'd like jackets that are more form-fitting so I don't look like I have on 5 sweaters underneath it.

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Turbans, native head dresses,

Turbans, native head dresses, African tribal wear with tiki masks and winter wear

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Chainmail and scalemail etc.,

Chainmail and scalemail etc., including longer mails.

My Prophetess prays for a wide cloak to wrap around herself.

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Tribal Warrior clothing:

Tribal Warrior clothing: Mauri, Aztec, Apache, Zulu, etc.
^Including tribal weaponry. Jade club, sharktooth club, maquital, stone-head tomahawk, short-spear and leather shield.

A gravestone shield

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Xnarl wrote:
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Chainmail and scalemail etc., including longer mails.
My Prophetess prays for a wide cloak to wrap around herself.

You mean like an all-encompassing mantle? Well hell, you're a developer! GO NUTS!

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Localization =/= art

Localization =/= art department.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking that being a part of the dev team (or MWM in general, for that matter) provides knowledge of or influence over everything that happens there.

I'll put in another word for a greater variety of all kinds of helmets, including helmet-like head options for those robots and androids who do not suffer from a Pinocchio complex.

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I want a real huge looong

I want a real huge looong hooked witch nose!

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Xnarl wrote:
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I want a real huge looong hooked witch nose!

Would it have to be a "real" nose or could a "false" one work for you? ;)

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Xnarl wrote:
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Chainmail and scalemail etc., including longer mails.
My Prophetess prays for a wide cloak to wrap around herself.

I'm going to re-propose the idea of having different "rest states" for drapey bits. Maybe you want Captain Invincible to have a cape that wafts gently in the constant breeze of Justice. Or a cloak that drapes menacingly like Batman?Or a wildly shifting symbiote ala Spawn?

This could be done as a small limited set of specific animations, or maybe a slider that determines how easily it's affected by ambient conditions. It could even be tied to a specific cape selections, I suppose.

Certainly not a must have, nor something that we need anytime early. But it'd be cool, huh?

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WarBird wrote:
WarBird wrote:

l'm going to re-propose the idea of having different "rest states" for drapey bits. Maybe you want Captain Invincible to have a cape that wafts gently in the constant breeze of Justice. Or a cloak that drapes menacingly like Batman?Or a wildly shifting symbiote ala Spawn?

This may be drifting into the powers request territory, but I like this cloak:http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=847

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I just want my Martial Arts

I just want my Martial Arts Warrior armor and helmet pieces back...

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I want a ski mask, not every

I want a ski mask, not every hero or villain out there is rich enough to buy a very well detailed costume, or know how to make one themselves.

Also, I want a hard hat and biker helmet with one of those spikes on the top

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notears wrote:
notears wrote:

I want a ski mask, not every hero or villain out there is rich enough to buy a very well detailed costume, or know how to make one themselves.

I like this kind of thinking. For quite a few of my CoX characters, their first costume was intentionally a bit homespun. The thought being that they were just starting out with limited resources. Over time, as they gained power and influence, their costumes improved commensurately.

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animal fur and bird feathers

animal fur and bird feathers skin AT BASIC LEVEL!!!!

I also want an Oni Guard half mask like the warrior pack but one that's not directly attached to half helmets.

Another thing I disliked about how DCUO did costume pieces was they made it so various costume pieces can't be anything else than what they are, like for example how players managed to make a blood dripping aura from the clunker Aura. In DCUO they made changes like making the candy cane rifle be only able to be coloured red and white so that I couldn't do something like paint it all white for a walking stick gun. Their worst decision was to make the new lantern ring faction sets with a prefixed colour design so it can't be anything other than a lantern outfit.

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I take your ski mask and

I take your ski mask and request a PAPER BAG! That right I want a Paper bag mask! examples are

The amazing paper bag man- marvel Spiderman.

They don't have the trademark on the idea because from the Fairly Odd Parents Chester's dad has one.

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Marvel claimed they owned a

Marvel claimed they owned a lot of things they didn't in that court case. Superman had super strength way before the hulk after all. The only reason they had a chance of a case like that was because the type of lawyers big businesses and celebrities have work by convincing the jury that it's illegal when it isn't. Fortunately the people who tried to do that don't own marvel and now own champions online. We really don't need to worry about them anymore.

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Shields!

Shields!

Under Arm Wings ala Silver-Hawks, Falcon etc.

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decent hats(!), crowns, and

decent hats(!), crowns, and amulets


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I think faction specific

I think faction specific costume pieces should be gained by joining said faction rather than just beating a certain number of them. I mean I just murdered a bunch of them, why are they letting me wear there things?

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You could loot them.

You could loot them.

And, idk if it's "murder" per say ;)


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Costume pieces are not going

Costume pieces are not going to be loot. The biggest thing about CoH that a lot of people liked was that costume had nothing to do with your stats in any way shape or form and the devs will keep it as such if they want to keep in the spirit of CoX and advertise to people who played the original game and liked it. Maybe someone could get the costume pieces after getting a badge AND still have an option to get them by joining that faction, but if I have to track down a jester hat that I can only get as a random mission drop for a mission that I can only do when I'm level 12 for my shakespeare themed villain or I become weaker just because all my things are getting destroyed by level 30 gankers before I can reach a vendor to fix my stuff I will demand my $25 back on the spot. I put that money in the game because I wanted to play CoX again, and if costume pieces are loot hen they have failed on that promise.

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Noooo, you misunderstood. I

Noooo, you misunderstood. I don't mean for the peices to be "loot" per say. I'm saying that RP-wise, the character could take that piece off an incapacitated enemy. I'm staunchly against loot and stat-granting costume pieces.

E.g. (CoH in mind). If you kill, say, 250 Skulls, you could wear a Skulls mask. RP-wise, you beat up Skulls until a mask fits your face, then you simply "take" the mask of a fallen Skull ("earning" the badge and piece attached).

However, if joining factions is an option, i'd say two things:
1: There should always be a badge with a costume piece (if one exists for any said faction). I shouldn't be required to join a faction for it. BUT, if I do, I expect MORE than any other why thumps 250 skulls to get. Maybe I could get a Skulls leather jacket if i join.

2: Other factions should attack you, esp. if you're wearing the advanced, faction-specific costume peice.

Maybe this deserves its own thread.

But, keep in mind, City of Titans will not be CoH; it is a spiritual successor, not a clone, not a sequel.


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Right sorry. Anyway I think I

Right sorry. Anyway I think I saw somewhere that you can join a faction. I mainly brought it up because there was a person in the general discussion who said he would really like something like the VEATS were you could make a costume exactly like a member of a faction, have their powers and work for them, so I just brought it up here that costume pieces should be something you could get when you join one of these factions. I fully support the idea that there should be an alternative, after all a punisher type character or tribal warrior shouldn't have to join the skulls in order to get a skull mask. I know that this isn't going to be a sequel or an exact copy. With the mention of looting the costume pieces off an enemy I assumed more than I probably should have, and I assumed you where talking about what they did in DCUO. Again sorry for the confusion

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S'ok, anywho.

S'ok, anywho.

I'd support the ability to join a faction. Heroes* could join the TCPD, or other hero groups that will come to be known :p, Villains* could join any enemy group and either could don the associated gear.

Two points:
1: You should keep the gear if you leave the faction. It's not like they're ripping your clothing off you :p

2: As much as i like the idea of joining an existing faction, I think it should be the goal of a hero or villain to start their own group to fight crime or get rich (or whatever motivates whomever), rather than sticking with a faction the whole way. Not that that shouldn't be an option, I'd love to stay with [Vanguard] the rest of the game, but freelancing should always be an option.

Yeah, maybe this does deserve it's own thread, maybe you could find the mention of faction joining, quote it, and start it in the appropriate catagory. Not to put it on you, notears, but I'd never heard of the idea :p

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1 I agree with, more

1 I agree with, more creativity the better

2 not so much. A hero or villain's goal should be whatever he wants his goals to be. Whether that goal is to be a high ranking member of a group, make his own or go it alone should be up to the player not a single path.

As for making new thread for getting costumes from joining a faction or beating that faction to a pulp? No. One of the devs on page one stated how they where going to do unlockable costumes. We're gong to have a lot of basic sets and a lot more unlockables through out the game that follow two rules. The first rule? Every unlockable piece is either a fancier version of a theme you can make at level one without any money or something so generic that it can be anything. the second rule being that the only thing you can't buy where costumes come into play are the badges you get from unlocking them through gameplay.

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So, using the same example; I

So, using the same example; I could buy the Skulls mask and leather jacket, or I could earn them through badges?


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Doctor Tyche wrote:
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Our plan has been for basic costumes to be available in the costume creator by default, with fancier material either behind mission/accolade/badge gates or available for purchase in the cash shop. So, let's use Radiac's example of wings. In the base costume editor you have two forms of wings, basic feathered or bat-like. We have available fancier, like wings which are on fire, glowing, robotic, etc. Let's say there are 20 different kinds of wings available beyond the basic 2.
Say you want bone wings, you run the "Graveyard Fiasco" mission, which grants them to you. Your character now has that available for their costume.
You don't have time to run the mission but you still want the wings, you go to the cash shop and pay 200 Rae's (about $2), they're now unlocked account-wide.
You have ideas for 6 heroes all with different wings. You pay for the "Wing Pack" at 1000 Rae's and unlock every wing at once, account-wide.

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Sound good to me. Just attach

Sound good to me. Just attach a badge to joining a faction and BOOM!


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https://www.kickstarter.com

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/missingworldsmedia/the-phoenix-project-city-of-titans/posts

I'd actually suggest going through the kickstarter's updates. A lot of people seem to be missing out on a lot of information, and I don't always remember which update mentions what, and I am honestly tired of posting the same links over and over again so it would help the devs out a lot if everyone just read the updates rather than relying on someone else to find them for you.

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Animated blades, staffs, even

Animated blades, staffs, even guns metal from of a selection of energy forms. To give players choices other than basic metal guns and blades, as well staffs made of metal or wood. They can light up around the arms, from the palms, or from the forearms.

The same can be done for rear tendrils. Backpacks with more tentacle options, including energy forms of your color of choice. The Spider backpack from COH was cool, but more selection was needed. You may not want someone else's logo on your character, plus you might want more of an organic skin for your tendrils.

Some people may want tendrils that pierce, some may want them to shoot lasers, bullets, fire, acid etc. What other ways would you incorporate or improve rear tendrils?

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I am not sure if this has

I am not sure if this has been said yet, for head detail... Unicorn horns would be great. A few to choose from, so creators of different styles can use them

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Silent Sillo wrote:
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Some people may want tendrils that pierce, some may want them to shoot lasers, bullets, fire, acid etc. What other ways would you incorporate or improve rear tendrils?

More of a power set note, and tentacles have been mentioned at least once [ ;-) ], but keep the Base/Theme/Customization in mind, on the theme level, how different are bullet, fire, acid, and laser shooting tentacles? I'd argue that they differ largely in customization.

That being said, i'm with ya there!


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Will we be able to change

Will we be able to change body size with a costume change... Keybinds and all that stuff go from Bruce to the hulk when ya activate a toggle?

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I vote for fully articulated

I vote for fully articulated cat models with various choices of breeds and fur patterns and which can wear any costume in the game. Not those thrice-accursed catgirls, but actual cats, available in both female and male models.

I would also like to see plenty of aubergine and pink on the color choices, and five-pointed stars available in various clusters to be put on costumes as well as five-pointed pink cloak pins. Let's not forgot kitty kowls as well.

I would also appreciate if the chest sliders allowed for fully flat-chested female models, and the size sliders allowed for very small, very petite, slender and slinky cat-sized models (about 1 foot long, 9 inches tall).

Pretty please.

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http://search.v9.com/image/?q

http://search.v9.com/image/?q=botswanametalheads&hl=us&yahoo=1&ab=default

As far as unlockable costumes these need to be a thing. Without the cowboy hats They look like they can be filed under generic enough to be anything

EDIT: fixed the link

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Amerikatt wrote:
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I would also appreciate if the chest sliders allowed for fully flat-chested female models

It was mentioned in other threads a few months ago that the Devs were planning for the main female body model in CoT to allow for flatter chests than CoH allowed. They said they probably would not be able to let us make them "fully" flat due to limitations on how the polygons/animations/costumes would work, but that it would be much closer to "fully" flat than CoH provided for.

Amerikatt wrote:

and the size sliders allowed for very small, very petite, slender and slinky cat-sized models (about 1 foot long, 9 inches tall).

They might allow our characters some option to shape change into a standard predefined cat body (the way the Coyote Travel Power in CoH did) but I would frankly be very surprised if they gave us the ability to custom morph our main body models into something truly cat-shaped using the sliders in the character creator.

Perhaps in some future post-launch update they'll let us have new non-human body models to play with. But I just don't think that'll happen anytime soon or especially in time for the game's launch.

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Thanks, Lothic!

Thanks, Lothic!

That's encouraging, at least.

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Shorts for men. I don't know

Shorts for men. I don't know why only women got them. Also there needs to be tentacles available at level 1. There can be things like laser tentacles or bioluminescence that need to be unlocked, but too many people want tentacles for it to be unlockable or purchasable.

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Lots of rad stylin' oh what

Lots of rad stylin' oh what adjectives do the kids use nowadays sunglasses like my avatar.

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More cape options. Not just

More cape options. Not just the bottom edge pattern, either. I'd like to see some actual variation to the cut and how they're worn.

Full on drapey cloaks like Batman that completely surround the character when at rest (I'm betting UE4 can handle this)
The "lifted shoulder" mantle like Thor
Shoulder capes that can be worn like Capt. Marvel
Half capes that go OVER a regular cloak like there was in the Baron set in CoH (loved that look)
Asymmetric capes like Magneto in the X-men movies

Also, more integrated cowl and collar options:

Standing collar (again like the Baron set)
Small folding collar like old school Robin
A variety of tall "behind the head" collars like Ming the Merciless

Plenty of varaitions on how the cape is "attached" to the costume

Single and dual shoulder brooches (like CoH or better)
"sewn in" at shoulder seam
wrapping around chest and shoulders
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I want the ability to choose

I want the ability to choose an aura for my skin type so I can make a man mad out of fire or wind

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I'd like to see stacking

I'd like to see stacking auras. E.g. Fire and electric auras (super saiyan anyone!)


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I would suggest more ethnic

I would suggest more ethnic hair styles. Longer dreadlocks, cornrows, with more designs of dreads and cornrows (braids) than the plain look. Short wavey haircut, curly hair.
Making the hair length adjustable would be great.

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A stomach filled with moving

A stomach filled with moving souls

A gaping hole in the stomach

Ability to put a selection of details on the abdomen

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Silent Sillo wrote:
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A stomach filled with moving souls
A gaping hole in the stomach
Ability to put a selection of details on the abdomen

Don't you just hate it when you accidentally doublepost like that?

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I am so sorry, I didn't

I am so sorry, I didn't notice

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Cool, glad you could relate,

Cool, glad you could relate, as well as others.
You have a better way of wording it for me, though. Wanna be my consultant? A little humor, but all jokes aside, thanks Desviper.

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Any possibility of costumes

Any possibility of costumes similar to these?

Pardon the old graphics, there are no updated Brimstone pictures online.

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I demand the Mesopotamian

I demand the Mesopotamian beard!


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I'm not sure whether or not

I'm not sure whether or not this has been mentioned before (and if it has, I'm sorry), but I'd like to see options for legs. In CoX, we have robot legs, bird legs, and mammalian legs of many kind. Perhaps this might be a difficult request, but I hope we can get a snake lower torso ala the Talons of Vengeance's Spiritualist. I've been dreaming of being able to create a half-snake character ever since I saw it, but I understand that animating a snake torso would require a lot of extra work compared to redesigning bipedal character models. It would be nice to have it, but it's not a problem otherwise.

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there needs to be a rob

there needs to be a rob liedfield style

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Xnarl wrote:
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I demand the Mesopotamian beard!
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I was thinking chain mail

I was thinking chain mail beard, m'self.

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jester and clown costume

jester and clown costume pieces, for the normal variety and the gothic variety.

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I would like some metallic

I would like some metallic type armor that looks rough and unrefined, like it might be the carapace of a metallic bug thing, only humanoid!

....Oh, and skulls, lots of skulls and bone armor. ::Nod:: Somebody's gonna be collecting a loooot of skeletons.

... One more thing! We need 'energy forms' like, a body that's transluscent and made of fire, or water, or air, or ice, as a costume option completely apart from our powers :D

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I was thinking of rough metal

I was thinking of rough metal armor. Like someone made a suit of armor in his garage. That and a Home made robot look. Things that aren't polished where you see spot welding and bolted on parts.

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Ohhh Yes! That too, would

Ohhh Yes! That too, would definitely suit Technosis' first costume, among other robotic forms. I also want some nice steampunk stuff that doesn't look like gears glued onto robotics or victorian outfits...

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I agree with Lead Wanderer

I agree with Lead Wanderer about the "elemental body" costumes/auras, and would point out that there needs to be detail payed to the difference between a power and a costume option. Things like granite, the poo cage, the fiery aura, and jetpack back pieces, etc all spent some amount of time as powers and as pure costume parts. I was particularly peeved about how long it took to get a jetpack as a costume option separate from the temp powers. I mean, the skyraiders had jetpacks from DAY ONE and we never really got a pure-costume version until the Mecha Armor set got the "super robtic ramjets" and "Buzz Lightyear" ones, which were totally cool, but long overdue.

I feel like the way they should have handled Granite in the stone set was to just turn your skin color into a greyish, marbled looking pattern that you only got when Granite is toggled on, then allow people other costume options from there. Basically, the Granite power set would open up a costume option for different "stoney looking" costumes, perhaps with the option of "hulking up " the body in the process.

Actually, that's another good question, will we be able to have different body sizes/types for different costumes? I don't know how difficult something like that would be or if it would wreak havoc in any way, but it would be nice. That way you could do a "Bruce Banner" costume with the lab coat, etc and a "Hulk" one with a much larger body frame.

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HAHA, I like that analogy!

HAHA, I like that analogy! Buzzlight year packs are okay, but they were kind of the only option, the steampunk backpack sort of looked... Awful? So did most of the steampunk weaponry!

I also totally agree with the overlay or color wash idea for cranite and stone powers, though only as an option. Not everyone turns to stone when they activate their earth usage powers.

I love the prospect of changing body sizes early on, it gets me to a different point that might have already been made, asymmetry, in size and in costume pieces. It always irked me to have such limited degrees of asymmetry in CoW(I use Whatever instead of X, typing CoX makes me feel dirty...ANYWAY), for the most part your only option for an asymmetric design was to lose an arm(Robotic arms), I loved the ability to do it, since I later used it for a steampunk character, but having to use the same shoulder piece on both sides detracted from the steampunk prosthetic notion entirely. The pauldron wasn't part of the robot it was part of the costume.

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textures for chainmail,

textures for chainmail, scalemail, human skin, bloated mutant skin with large veins, reptile scales, fish scales, feathers, metal, Kevlar, bio armour, insect chitin, feathers, animal, treated animal fur (fur coats ect), plastic paper and wood.

No matter what the costume piece is let the player choose the texture, I don't care if it's a model for a football helmet, a shoulder piece made from a tire that was cut in half or a sewer grate, if your going to let players choose their textures don't bake any in.

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.....furs. lion head helmets.

.....furs. lion head helmets. and from the store, i want a version of them that can do this on command:

http://youtu.be/3yTT50gzHec

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masterghostartist wrote:
masterghostartist wrote:

.....furs. lion head helmets. and from the store, i want a version of them that can do this on command:
http://youtu.be/3yTT50gzHec

+1'd. Utterly priceless.

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Wiiiiiings.

Wiiiiiings.

'cause.

Another wing option that could be cool is a fixed wing / glider setup combined with some form of propulsion, most likely jet boots or jetpack.

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Folly wrote:
Folly wrote:

Cinnder wrote:
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Also capes and auras should be things you can get at level one without doing a mission.

Am I the only player who liked having to earn capes and auras? It gave me a feeling of progression and the sense that my character had reached a plateau that was more than just levelling.

I like earning unique costume pieces in game. Seasonal Events, Raided, Quested etc. Adds a greater variety to the Reward pools.

I learned to like earning the level 20 cape, but when I started playing CoX in '06 I thought that restriction was ridiculous. When CO came out with capes available at creation, NCSoft made costume packs available that granted level 1 capes to all characters on the account. They were different capes, but capes all the same. At the time I felt that it cheapened the accomplishment of having earned capes for all my characters, but let's be real: comic book characters don't have to wait until mid-career to earn the right to wear a cape. Can you even picture Batman or Superman running about without capes in their "Year One" adventures? Cryptic built the restriction into CoX out of fear that every character wearing a cape would somehow degrade server performance, as a method of weeding out players who quit at low levels (or at least that was the prevailing theory at one time).

That fear is baseless today, but the desire for that feeling of accomplishment at mid-level is palpable. I suggest reducing or eliminating the cape restriction and replacing the level 20 accomplishment with this: you are entitled to undertake a mission that will unlock acceptance by major NPCs as an established superhero/villain. They then become "special" contacts: you wouldn't go to them for missions like other contacts, but periodically they will contact you to toss you a mission that they haven't the time to undertake. Something substantial, maybe like a TF/SF that can't be accessed any other way.

Just my tuppence. The same needn't be true for auras, which represent the great power available to the character (which lowbie heroes wouldn't have) or other unlockable costume pieces. I'm just saying that there is a legitimate argument for capes at creation or at least early in the game, but still room for a special accomplishment mission at level 20.

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