Far-off wishlist item: Change visual effect of "Chance to Hold" procs

[EmperorSteele]

So, when one of these goes off (Either Devastation or Lockdown), the enemy is surrounded by an electrical field. Which, if you're playing Illusion, or Mind, or Fire, or Ice, or Earth or Plant control... eh. It doesn't look all that thematic. Heck, I don't think Electrical control was a THING yet when they first came out!

 

And, on one hand, I get it: It's a clear indicator that the proc has gone off and it works (I'll admit I get a bit gleeful when I use Total Domination and nearly the entire spawn of 12 dudes gets surrounded by those electric fields!). On the OTHER hand, I'd kind of like a way to choose what visual effect goes off (Like engulfed in flames or encased in ice), even though I don't know if that's even technically possible.

 

Or maybe make new versions of the procs that are mutually exclusive within a power so you can't proc-gun with them, but still get the effect you want: Chance for hold (Earth), chance for hold (Psionic), etc, which each play a different animation when they go off, but are otherwise the same proc. The team ahs already added new enhancements, so maybe this wouldn't be as hard to do?

 

[Emma Usher]

I like the idea. Best way would be to make procs customable like other powers. Maybe chose among electric field, floating, "lost in his mind" and vomit etc.

[Generator]

Electric Control as a whole set was a ways off, but that animation belongs to Tesla Cage, and goes all the way back to day one.

 

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