Troo Posted July 6 Posted July 6 3 1 5 "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
Troo Posted July 6 Author Posted July 6 4 minutes ago, arcane said: …where is the rifle? classic shitposting I'll take the powers with laser beam eyes, thank the devs, and be on my merry way without quibbling over minor suspension of disbelief in a super hero fantasy game. 2 "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
FupDup Posted July 6 Posted July 6 1 hour ago, arcane said: …where is the rifle? Rename the set to Beam Blast, problem solved. 1 1 1 .
General Idiot Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) One of the other servers has an option for something like this that actually ends up looking really cool. Their answer to the 'where's the rifle?' question was to just rename the set to beam blast instead. It's still visually and mechanically distinct enough from other ranged sets to work just fine. Honestly in my ideal world every set would have options for firing from a weapon or not, but as I understand it the amount of work involved in making alternate animation options is quite significant. And yes I even include stuff like dual pistols and assault rifle in that statement cause it opens up options for a character with arm mounted weapons like what War Machine has in Marvel comics and movies. Edit: Also, the eye beam alternate animation they added to Energy Torrent in the melee AT epic pools is literally just Cutting Beam fired from the eyes, too. Edited July 6 by General Idiot 1 2 2 When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all like "What?" [Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: STOP! [Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: WAIT ONE SECOND! [Admin] Emperor Marcus Cole: WHAT IS A SEAGULL DOING ON MY THRONE!?!?
Forager Posted July 6 Posted July 6 It's definitely a layup of an idea that I've seen floating around for awhile... but something's always bothered me about optic blasts... HOW DO THEY MISS?!?! 1 1 The D Squad Arc ID: 68066 Content for Ex-criminals following Blue Spectrum and Officer Daniels after Galaxy City These Ain't Your Daddy's Skulls! Arc ID: 68427 (A Playtest Arc for a Complete redesign of The Skulls)
FupDup Posted July 6 Posted July 6 5 minutes ago, Forager said: It's definitely a layup of an idea that I've seen floating around for awhile... but something's always bothered me about optic blasts... HOW DO THEY MISS?!?! 2 .
Steampunkette Posted July 7 Posted July 7 How do you miss? Easy. When the light's coming from -inside- your eyes, you can't see where it's pointed, giving people time to dodge as you warm those bad boys up between blasts. 2
FupDup Posted July 7 Posted July 7 8 hours ago, Steampunkette said: How do you miss? Easy. When the light's coming from -inside- your eyes, you can't see where it's pointed, giving people time to dodge as you warm those bad boys up between blasts. This is actually canon for Captain Marvel's eye beams, funnily enough. .
Gerswin Posted July 7 Posted July 7 I want the ability to send the beam effect from just below the toon's belt area. 1 1
TheMoneyMaker Posted July 8 Posted July 8 On 7/6/2025 at 6:10 PM, Forager said: It's definitely a layup of an idea that I've seen floating around for awhile... but something's always bothered me about optic blasts... HOW DO THEY MISS?!?! How does one miss with psychic blast? Do the targets move faster than the user can think at them? 1 1 COH Music: Origins & Archtypes, Heroes & Villains, Croatoa, Nemesis
Forager Posted July 8 Posted July 8 6 hours ago, TheMoneyMaker said: How does one miss with psychic blast? Do the targets move faster than the user can think at them? Duh. The attack isn't physical so the dodge isn't either. They think faster than you think at them. 1 1 The D Squad Arc ID: 68066 Content for Ex-criminals following Blue Spectrum and Officer Daniels after Galaxy City These Ain't Your Daddy's Skulls! Arc ID: 68427 (A Playtest Arc for a Complete redesign of The Skulls)
megaericzero Posted July 8 Posted July 8 On 7/6/2025 at 3:10 PM, Forager said: but something's always bothered me about optic blasts... HOW DO THEY MISS?!?! 11 hours ago, TheMoneyMaker said: How does one miss with psychic blast? ADHD is a helluva-- squirrel! 1 1
srmalloy Posted July 11 Posted July 11 On 7/8/2025 at 2:13 AM, TheMoneyMaker said: How does one miss with psychic blast? Do the targets move faster than the user can think at them? The target is just too dumb to notice your attack... 1
TheMoneyMaker Posted July 11 Posted July 11 Or maybe they can just see the psychic beams coming at them really slowly. psi blasts seem to have a longer range but feel slower than other attacks. COH Music: Origins & Archtypes, Heroes & Villains, Croatoa, Nemesis
Troo Posted Tuesday at 06:04 AM Author Posted Tuesday at 06:04 AM 1 "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
FupDup Posted Wednesday at 12:35 AM Posted Wednesday at 12:35 AM (edited) It just occurred to me that Rad Blast might actually be a better candidate for this than Beam Rifle. Rad already has an eye beam power, so adding eye beam alternate animations to some of the attacks would keep with the theme and not run in to the potential issues of Beam being coded as a weapon-holding set. We could try to find some "head blast" animations from Psi Blast and/or Sonic Blast and replace their FX with eye beams. Neutrino Bolt -> Shriek (exact animation time match) Electron Haze -> ??? (Several animations are shorter but I'm having a hard time finding something equally long...perhaps it's time to shorten it in general. Perhaps we could take Psionic Strike from Sentinel Psi Blast and trim it down with sequencers, or Psychic Scream from Psi Assault). Proton Volley -> Psionic Lance (exact match, maybe animate as a "pulse laser" kind of thing) Cosmic Burst -> Shout (only off by 0.07 seconds too long, can use sequencers to trim that off easily) Neutron Bomb -> Mental Blast (exact match, this would maybe be visualized similar to Refractor Beam from Sentinel BR) Edited Wednesday at 12:44 AM by FupDup 1 .
Troo Posted Wednesday at 03:19 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 03:19 PM 14 hours ago, FupDup said: Rad Blast sure, that TOO "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
Forager Posted Thursday at 08:08 PM Posted Thursday at 08:08 PM On 7/15/2025 at 8:35 PM, FupDup said: Rad Blast The PBAoEs could use whirling hands for style and Tornado for the lulz The D Squad Arc ID: 68066 Content for Ex-criminals following Blue Spectrum and Officer Daniels after Galaxy City These Ain't Your Daddy's Skulls! Arc ID: 68427 (A Playtest Arc for a Complete redesign of The Skulls)
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