Herotu Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) I'd love to see a Spell Book added to the game. The idea of casting spells from a book seems cool, BUT... Should it be a costume piece (perhaps part of a gloves set or smth), OR Should it be powerset?! OR Should it be one of several different power customisation options for casting spells? Others being some voodoo/witch animations, dancing, drawing runes, burning/manipulating effigies or spell components (e.g. tossing bones, feathers, eyeballs, spiders - you know, #TheUsual), sprinkling fairy dust, waving a wand. I guess the latter could be shared across some of the existing powersets too, to give our magic origin guys something cool and unique! Edited March 27, 2020 by Herotu 1 ..It only takes one Beanbag fan saying that they JRANGER it for the devs to revert it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkneblade Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Costume piece probably belts when not casting anything and power customization options when you tried to cast spells ? probably lot of work needs to be done but costume piece should be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTeague Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 there's already an idle to read from a book when you're not fighting. having the book open to cast spells during combat... eh... I'm not a fan. I can see it as a power customization option, perhaps. Or maybe kinda like "Aura - Hands - Combat Only" kinda thing where if you choose it as part of costume customization you'd see it in combat. But even my magic-origin'd character, my headcanon from them is they know their spells back and forth and back again. They don't need to have the book open for crib notes. But if you were going with kind of a learning-apprentice type of angle on your character, I can see it. 2 Roster: MTeague's characters: The Good, The Bad, and The Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraka Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 10 hours ago, MTeague said: Or maybe kinda like "Aura - Hands - Combat Only" kinda thing where if you choose it as part of costume customization you'd see it in combat. I like this option, just a combat aura where a tome or scroll opens and floats in front of you. Kind of like the grimoires in Black Clover. Another thought might be like a stance toggle where you play whatever animations for your attacks but goes back to a "holding book" stance when not executing an attack. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lines Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 It would be great to see props within power customisation, such as choosing to use magic wands, staves or guns for most ranged powersets. Huge job, though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyotedancer Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) My Sorcerer character over in Aion would grin. Books are one of the sorcerer's two weapon choices in that game. (Orbs are the other, but it's not nearly as silly to ping an orb off of something's head as it is to fling book pages at it. XD) Having a book with a swirly rune effect or something as a hand-anchored combat aura would be fun, I think. Most of my own magi wouldn't use it, just because it would mean giving up their glowing eyes (Oranbegans gotta Oranbegan, yo.) but it would be a neat option for other people to have. Edited March 28, 2020 by Coyotedancer 2 Taker of screenshots. Player of creepy Oranbegans and Rularuu bird-things. Kai's Diary: The Scrapbook of a Sorcerer's Apprentice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greycat Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 ... God, I haven't been in Aion in years. I think I'm in the "I probably wouldn't use it, but I'd be for it" camp. (Especially with how some of my ranged characters are - seeing them reading while casually firing off a blast with one hand would be amusing.) Done with the Kheld "community" here. Since they obviously don't care about anything lore wise and crap on people who do. Kheld backstory guide might be uploaded in a non-Homecoming location when I finish the revision. No, it may not be put on the HC wiki, and what was there of my first one has been removed. Please do not reupload. I'm not giving the people here the benefit of the work just to be crapped on and told "lol, lore for a lore based AT, doesn't matter, f you." (Note, this refers to the playerbase, not the devs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchVileTerror Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I'm all for it, and it would be nice to see some NPCs utilizing it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menelruin Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/28/2020 at 5:50 AM, Lines said: It would be great to see props within power customisation, such as choosing to use magic wands, staves or guns for most ranged powersets. Huge job, though. I want to see a weapon option for Beam Rifle where it's actually a staff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowsleuth Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 3/28/2020 at 11:42 AM, Coyotedancer said: Most of my own magi wouldn't use it, just because it would mean giving up their glowing eyes (Oranbegans gotta Oranbegan, yo.) but it would be a neat option for other people to have. Some of the auras have in addition whatever the effect is (mist, glow, etc...) an option to also include the eye glow. Maybe the spellbook aura could also include an option for an eye glow as well (for anyone who wants to choose that option). New Costume Pieces Request Thread New Weapon & Shield Models Request Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchVileTerror Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Also, I'm pretty sure that we should be seeing the option for multiple Auras being added in a relatively short time. Unless that particular bit of hackery had unintended consequences which got it pushed back, one of the Homecoming Devs had some proof-of-concept posted in this forum for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herotu Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 On 3/29/2020 at 4:58 PM, Menelruin said: I want to see a weapon option for Beam Rifle where it's actually a staff. Neat idea! That would be a costume option, I suppose. ..It only takes one Beanbag fan saying that they JRANGER it for the devs to revert it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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