Improve Ninja running

[captainstar]

I think ninja running could have some pose variations, like... when we stop we could do this pose:

or this one...

and so on...

[Rudra]

The first 2 don't make sense. The first one is a purely cinematic landing stance. The second one you aren't even in a position to run, jump, or strike. If that is what you want though? As long as they are options? Go for it. Doesn't affect me.

Edited January 27, 2023 by Rudra
Edited to add "purely cinematic".

[A.I.D.A.]

I think it's more important that they fix the bow-legged posture on Parkour Stance before looking at variant ninja stances.

[biostem]

19 hours ago, captainstar said:

I think ninja running could have some pose variations, like... when we stop we could do this pose:

Or just add a few superhero/ninja emotes, like the 3-point landing, positing with a sword, etc...

[Rudra]

23 minutes ago, biostem said:

Or just add a few superhero/ninja emotes, like the 3-point landing, positing with a sword, etc...

This would be a better suggestion. Also, simpler to implement.

[BrandX]

I'd say just add them in as stances, like /em stancevillain2 or such

[Clave Dark 5]

On 1/26/2023 at 11:14 PM, Rudra said:

The first one is a purely cinematic landing stance.

This IS a comic book influenced game, being cool-looking is its own "make sense."  😃

[Rudra]

Show me any comic that has their characters do that simply after running. (Edit: I've seen that stance or similar at the end of a jump or when hiding on rooftops to scan an area, but not just because the character stopped walking or running.) Regardless, as I said earlier, it's fine as long as it is an option. And the best option for that is an emote. Whether it be a stance emote or a new category of emotes.

Edited January 29, 2023 by Rudra

[srmalloy]

8 hours ago, Rudra said:

Show me any comic that has their characters do that simply after running.

It's just anecdotal, but I remember watching an episode of an anime many years ago where the mooks employed by the Big Bad were some kind of ninja, and would sweep after the hero in masses when he wasn't looking, freezing in place when he looked back -- in whatever odd pose they were in at the time -- with some supposed ninja ability to be unseen if they were immobile preventing them from being noticed. They suffered from Conservation of Ninjutsu, though, so they weren't much of a threat.