[Suggestion: Wrist/Palm/Hand-based Animations for Beam Rifle]

2 hours ago, EmperorSteele said:

I mean, the Praetorian Police have wrist beams.

 

I think the issue might be scapping together 9 unique animations (one for each power), but overall, I'd be in favor of this 😃

Really, I'd much rather see the attacks come from our existing animations.  You can't tell me the 'eye beam' animation (shoulders back, head forward, fists clenched) wouldn't make a great Cutting Beam anim.

[Suggestion: Wrist/Palm/Hand-based Animations for Beam Rifle]

1 hour ago, UltraAlt said:

Players have already asked for things like wands and staffs to be used for power sets to add more mystic flavour to powers.

 

The point is that people do want all kinds of customization.

Possibly there needs to be a power customization thread the same way that there is one for costume parts.

 

My point is one customization .... there is never only one.

 

Nothing with it being cool. This among many things are cool.

I'm not arguing with bringing it up.

 

I do think changing a set a called "beam rifle" into something that doesn't have a rifle necessarily involved - at the very least  - would need to be renamed.

I'm aware of that.  But that doesn't change that the OP isn't asking for a proliferation of these animations across more sets than just Beam Rifle.  Many sets in the game with beam-like qualities have alternate, hand-based animations.  Beam's thematic look could easily be explained away into gadget gloves, or hand-based powers.  Other weapon sets wouldn't make as much sense.

 

Like, not to sound blunt or anything, but if you want Dual Pistols to have a new set of animations, you can always make a separate thread.  This thread is about Beam Rifle and its visual versatility lending itself to a potential different animation set.  Would I like more animations for powers across the board?  Yeah, that'd be great.  But we can focus on just the one here, I think.

 

Even if "there's never only one," this is just an idea for one.

[Suggestion: Wrist/Palm/Hand-based Animations for Beam Rifle]

14 hours ago, UltraAlt said:

So, I have to ask if you would want all the other blaster sets to have dual pistol, rifle, and beam rifle power animation options?

 

If beam rifle can be a hand blast, why can't fire or electricity use the dual pistol animation?

 

I understand what you are going for, but maybe you can see what I'm saying as well.

 

I think it's a can full of worms.

It's only a can full of worms if you're asking for specifically that: to port animations universally.  This is simply one request for Beam Rifle and no other powerset, so I don't really see how this question is applicable.  It's like a weird pseudo-whataboutism.

 

Personally I'd love to have hand-based animations for beam rifle, since the visual effects would translate rather nicely.