Stance Options for the Walk Power

[VinceBlood]

Howdy, forums.

 

I'd like to humbly suggest the implementation of animation changes for Walk.  Currently, we have this option for Stances in Inherent Powers, which is fantastic, hats off to the HC devs for making that work.  I'd like to see that function ported over to Walk, with the option to choose one of the three Walk animations (masculine, feminine, huge) for use.

 

For a shameless self anecdote, I have a character who is meant to be strongly built for the CoH feminine model.  I don't feel that the current feminine walk really suits her as a character, and I'd LOVE to use the standard masculine walk for her animation. 

 

I think this'd allow just a little bit extra personalization for character design, though I will freely admit that I don't know the scope of this work given that Walk types are currently gender-locked.

 

Thoughts?

Edited March 20, 2021 by VinceBlood

[SkyeSharpe]

Honestly I'm all for it. I have a couple of female characters who're way too masculine to be sashaying her hips like a runway model. I'd love to be able to Walk and not feel out of character.

[RunoKnows]

I'd love this! If it is at all possible to implement this without it being too big of a hassle, I think it would be a great addition. More options to customize and personalize our characters is never a bad thing, IMO.

[Braal]

I heavily support this idea! Would be very cool to have Walk options, if possible.

[Alchemystic]

I'd love this! there's so many walking styles in game that would be perfect.

 

I'd also like to see the addition of 'walk emotes' if such a thing is possible, like when you see NPCs carrying objects or walking in curious animation cycles.

[TemporalVileTerror]

This isn't the first time this has come up, and for good reason!

Thanks for mentioning it @VinceBlood.  100% support to this happening, as ever!

[VinceBlood]

2 hours ago, TemporalVileTerror said:

This isn't the first time this has come up, and for good reason!

Thanks for mentioning it @VinceBlood.  100% support to this happening, as ever!

 

Apologies if this was mentioned before, I did a bunch of searches and didn't see anything related.

[TemporalVileTerror]

No need to apologize.   I'm not sure it ever got a dedicated thread of its own before now.   I think it's just come up in general wishlists, customization threads, and beta testing feedback from Issue 27, Page 1.

[Captain Citadel]

Adding onto this suggestion, a "hover" stance for the Walk power would be cool too. Not capable of actual flight, just an option to show your character moving at Walk speed using a pose that floats off the ground. Would be ideal for all sorts of character concepts.

[RunoKnows]

On 3/21/2021 at 5:10 PM, Captain Citadel said:

Adding onto this suggestion, a "hover" stance for the Walk power would be cool too. Not capable of actual flight, just an option to show your character moving at Walk speed using a pose that floats off the ground. Would be ideal for all sorts of character concepts.

Yes please -- that sounds absolutely badass!