Force Field Aura

[Rudra]

I've been thinking... yeah, I know... bad habit.... Anyway, I was looking through the auras already available to see what works as a force field for Tankers, Brutes, or whatever that want their defense to be force field like. The best option I saw was Victorian Decor. It has clean lines and follows the exterior of the body nicely, but the patterning doesn't work universally and it only applies to select body parts. There was also Battle Fury, but the presentation is too erratic. Glowing Aura can also be used, but it has no defined edge, just a filled area.

 

So what about something else? Maybe just a bubble taken from the Force Field set and made available as an aura? Or better in my opinion, make a new aura derived from Victorian Decor, except that encompasses the character and lacks the patterning, maybe just a moving sheen the defines the barrier instead. Thoughts?

[ThatGuyCDude]

The classic Force Field bubble around the character would be a nice aura, doubly so if it's got a Combat Only option.

If it had multiple location options, too, like a small one that's head-only or bubbles that only go around the hands, that'd be a bonus.  Probably too much work for that, though... just the single bubble would be enough.

[Laucianna]

Luminous and Umbral auras from the Prismatic Aether give you bubbles ❤️ 

[Rudra]

  On 4/23/2024 at 8:56 PM, Laucianna said:

Luminous and Umbral auras from the Prismatic Aether give you bubbles ❤️ 

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Is there a preview for them? I don't seem them on the wiki and I don't have Prismatics to check, so I only see Warshade and Peacebringer effects listed as their effect.

 

(Edit: And maybe we can have an option for starting force field defense characters that doesn't cost 250 Prismatic Aethers?)

Edited April 23, 2024 by Rudra

[Haijinx]

Scorpion shield energy glow effect

[Rudra]

  On 4/23/2024 at 10:21 PM, Haijinx said:

Scorpion shield energy glow effect

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That could work. Not a fan of the energy wisps inside the area, but it could work for a bubble force field effect. So maybe get a version of that ported into a selectable aura for character costumes?

 

(Though I would still like to see an expanded version of Victorian Decor for more form fitting fields as well.)

[FupDup]

IMO we should just add some bubble alternate FX to Energy Aura since that powerset thematically seems to fit a "forcefield" kind of feel already, minus the FX difference. 

[Rudra]

  On 4/23/2024 at 10:36 PM, FupDup said:

IMO we should just add some bubble alternate FX to Energy Aura since that powerset thematically seems to fit a "forcefield" kind of feel already, minus the FX difference. 

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That can work too. I would rather an aura so anyone that wants to have a personal force field as part of their character concept can, but if the devs prefer to add bubble alternate effects to Energy Aura instead, I would be fine with that.

[Ston]

Would be cool if they can make a force field aura that conforms more to the shape of the body. Thinking something like the sonic resonance auras but with the force field bubble FX. I love the idea though, would definitely use this for a few characters.

Edited April 24, 2024 by Ston

[twozerofoxtrot]

All for the OP, but I do feel Scorpion Shield and the alt effect for EnA's Entropic Aura kind of already do this. Maybe not exactly as Rudra has outlined but it definitely seems to me like a Force Field.

[Saiyajinzoningen]

  On 4/23/2024 at 10:41 PM, Rudra said:

That can work too. I would rather an aura so anyone that wants to have a personal force field as part of their character concept can, but if the devs prefer to add bubble alternate effects to Energy Aura instead, I would be fine with that.

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not trying to be a stickler but cant we already with incarnates?

or is there a specific effect you are looking for?

id like the Force fields to shatter once the effect ends or you take damage that would KO your character

are any of these feasible?

 

 

 

 

[Rudra]

  On 4/24/2024 at 2:01 PM, Ston said:

Would be cool if they can make a force field aura that conforms more to the shape of the body. Thinking something like the sonic resonance auras but with the force field bubble FX. I love the idea though, would definitely use this for a few characters.

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That is why my preference would be a derivative of the Victorian Decor aura. It follows the body with nice clean lines.

 

  On 4/24/2024 at 2:36 PM, twozerofoxtrot said:

All for the OP, but I do feel Scorpion Shield and the alt effect for EnA's Entropic Aura kind of already do this. Maybe not exactly as Rudra has outlined but it definitely seems to me like a Force Field.

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Scorpion Shield isn't available until level 35. As for Entropic Aura, I haven't played an Energy Aura character, but I am trying to provide a means for a Willpower or Invulnerability character to have their powers derived from a protective field and for characters that use an energy field as a life support system for the hostile environment (to them) of Earth.

 

  On 4/24/2024 at 3:10 PM, Saiyajinzoningen said:

not trying to be a stickler but cant we already with incarnates?

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You can't start as an incarnate.

 

  On 4/24/2024 at 3:10 PM, Saiyajinzoningen said:

are any of these feasible?

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Something like the 2nd one is what I would prefer but the 4th one is acceptable too. If you go into the character creator and look at the Victorian Decor aura, and then expand that to cover the rest of the body too, or at least remove the patterning so it just looks like an energy field, you will have a better idea of what I am trying for.

[megaericzero]

@Saiyajinzoningen: Hisako Ichiki? Nice. Heart react for that alone.

 

@Rudra: +1 on both the bubble-style and form-fitting auras. Minor tangent - IIRC, lower graphic settings display the Victorian Decor aura as a full, solid model without the traveling fade effect, like floating tattoos; it would be nice if that was also added as an option for higher graphics settings.

[Rudra]

  On 4/24/2024 at 5:31 PM, megaericzero said:

IIRC, lower graphic settings display the Victorian Decor aura as a full, solid model without the traveling fade effect, like floating tattoos; it would be nice if that was also added as an option for higher graphics settings.

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That could work. One without the tattoos would be better, but that could still work.

[Player2]

  On 4/23/2024 at 8:39 PM, Rudra said:

I've been thinking... yeah, I know... bad habit.... Anyway, I was looking through the auras already available to see what works as a force field for Tankers, Brutes, or whatever that want their defense to be force field like. The best option I saw was Victorian Decor. It has clean lines and follows the exterior of the body nicely, but the patterning doesn't work universally and it only applies to select body parts. There was also Battle Fury, but the presentation is too erratic. Glowing Aura can also be used, but it has no defined edge, just a filled area.

 

So what about something else? Maybe just a bubble taken from the Force Field set and made available as an aura? Or better in my opinion, make a new aura derived from Victorian Decor, except that encompasses the character and lacks the patterning, maybe just a moving sheen the defines the barrier instead. Thoughts?

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The auras available are just fine.  The available armor powersets have plenty of auras to work with already, some even with additional options available, and then there are the various costume auras and stuff available with Prismatic Aethers.  This hardly seems like it belongs in the Suggestions & Feedback section, so take it to General.

[Rudra]

  On 4/24/2024 at 6:04 PM, Player2 said:

This hardly seems like it belongs in the Suggestions & Feedback section, so take it to General.

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Why would a request for something to be added to the game belong in General instead of Suggestions and Feedback?

[Saiyajinzoningen]

I really dig the hexagonal shield aesthetic personally

probably too many years of final fantasy

[Player2]

  On 4/23/2024 at 8:39 PM, Rudra said:

I was looking through the auras already available to see what works as a force field for Tankers, Brutes, or whatever that want their defense to be force field like. The best option I saw was Victorian Decor. It has clean lines and follows the exterior of the body nicely, but the patterning doesn't work universally and it only applies to select body parts. There was also Battle Fury, but the presentation is too erratic. Glowing Aura can also be used, but it has no defined edge, just a filled area.

 

So what about something else? Maybe just a bubble taken from the Force Field set and made available as an aura? Or better in my opinion, make a new aura derived from Victorian Decor, except that encompasses the character and lacks the patterning, maybe just a moving sheen the defines the barrier instead. Thoughts?

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  On 4/24/2024 at 6:06 PM, Rudra said:

Why would a request for something to be added to the game belong in General instead of Suggestions and Feedback?

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There's no request here.  You're discussing ideas that might work as force field auras without even indicating what powerset you want it for.  It's not a specific request for "Hey, please make [specific request] available as alternate effects option for [specific powerset]," and more of a "I want a Force Field effect for a [melee ATs] defense powers option."   Where's the suggestion or feedback?  Until you come up with the suggestion or feedback regarding a specific powerset, I think this really belongs as more of a General topic of discussion.

 

Unless you're suggesting that they add a Force Field like option to all melee defense powersets.  In which case, I think that's a big thumbs down because just use the existing options and pretend it's a force field.  You don't need a bubble aura to call an aura a force field.

 

 

Edited April 24, 2024 by Player2

[Rudra]

  On 4/24/2024 at 7:51 PM, Player2 said:

 

There's no request here.  You're discussing ideas that might work as force field auras without even indicating what powerset you want it for.  It's not a specific request for "Hey, please make [specific request] available as alternate effects option for [specific powerset]," and more of a "I want a Force Field effect for a [melee ATs] defense powers option."   Where's the suggestion or feedback?  Until you come up with the suggestion or feedback regarding a specific powerset, I think this really belongs as more of a General topic of discussion.

 

Unless you're suggesting that they add a Force Field like option to all melee defense powersets.  In which case, I think that's a big thumbs down because just use the existing options and pretend it's a force field.  You don't need a bubble aura to call an aura a force field.

 

 

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Then you are misunderstanding what I am asking for. I am not asking for a new power set. I am asking for auras that can work for characters with force fields for any reason. Be they life support fields, keep the muck of my costume fields, defensive fields, or whatever. It isn't an armor set I am asking for. It isn't an AT option I am asking for. It is a costume option that any AT regardless of powers can choose to take for their character concept.

[megaericzero]

  On 4/24/2024 at 7:51 PM, Player2 said:

Where's the suggestion or feedback?

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The thread has been a suggestion for additional costume auras (not power customization) since the start:

  On 4/23/2024 at 8:39 PM, Rudra said:

make a new aura derived from Victorian Decor,

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[PeregrineFalcon]

  On 4/24/2024 at 6:04 PM, Player2 said:

This hardly seems like it belongs in the Suggestions & Feedback section, so take it to General.

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Well then... why don't you just log in to your moderator account and move the thread then?

 

What's that you say? You can't do that because you're not a moderator? Oh yeah, you're not a moderator. So why are you telling people what and where they're allowed to post?

 

I like your suggestion @Rudra. A cosmetic aura that looks like a force field is a great idea.

[Player2]

  On 4/24/2024 at 8:02 PM, Rudra said:

Then you are misunderstanding what I am asking for. I am not asking for a new power set. I am asking for auras that can work for characters with force fields for any reason. Be they life support fields, keep the muck of my costume fields, defensive fields, or whatever. It isn't an armor set I am asking for. It isn't an AT option I am asking for. It is a costume option that any AT regardless of powers can choose to take for their character concept.

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So are you asking for alternate animation/effects for all the existing powersets because you want something else?  I think the most effort this deserves might be to add the force field bubble as a costume option under the tier 3 Prismatic Aether effects.  No need to tie it into any of the power sets.  But still, I think that would cause confusion for people who actually play force field and because it could be confuse them as to whether or not its time to reapply buffs... so still, I think it's a poor idea and give it a continued thumbs down.

 

Just play the effects you have available and pretend they are a force field... anything can be a force field; it doesn't have to look a specific way.

[Player2]

  On 4/24/2024 at 8:26 PM, PeregrineFalcon said:

Well then... why don't you just log in to your moderator account and move the thread then?

 

What's that you say? You can't do that because you're not a moderator? Oh yeah, you're not a moderator. So why are you telling people what and where they're allowed to post?

 

I like your suggestion @Rudra. A cosmetic aura that looks like a force field is a great idea.

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I didn't say what people are allowed to post.  I suggested that it sounds more like a General topic of discussion.  So what is so difficult about that that you feel the need to misinterpret what I said?  Nothing, you just like the idea and clearly making an issue of what I said to back a half-formed idea.

[Player2]

  On 4/24/2024 at 8:11 PM, megaericzero said:

The thread has been a suggestion for additional costume auras (not power customization) since the start:

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This thread has been a discussion about what would look good as force field looking auras on brutes and tankers.  If there was any suggestion going on, it was asking what would look best but not actually proposing any kind of suggestion for adding to the costume auras or as alternate power effects, hence my initial confusion over the topic.  It's entirely to vague to be a suggestion... it's more like a musing and invitation of opinions.

[Saiyajinzoningen]

ok

so.............

which force field do you like best?