Image Designer Archive
Thread: We need some changes, and tie ins with GCW.
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Odimodus
Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:42 am
#1
I've noticed there are a lot of excellent ideas floating around out there. Perhaps these ideas could be tied in with the Galactic Civil War. I think the following may be possible. Please add your own so the dev's can ignore them, lol.
* Name changes - I love this one, but realized changing a first name is neigh impossible to do in game. Too much room for abuse. But, surnames could be a better option, with the name filter applying to these names.
* Player Salons - Another good idea. I would prefer to see this implemented as a crafting station idea, so we could make a house the salon, or even a merchants tent (without needing the merchant skill to place ONE.)
* Screenshot paintings - This one would require alot of work to implement, I bet. But letting an ID take a screenshot on their computer and making it into a painting people can place in their home is a neat idea. Heck, make it so only the owner of the painting really see's it. Anyone who wants to also see it would have to click on it and select an option to download it. Course, this would allow people to put up posters of things besides screenshots.... more room for abuse. But its an idea.
* Music in the salon - It would be nice to be able to select music in the ID tents, or even ones house.
* ID on vendors - Wonderfull idea, let it work like a regular ID session, but the vendors owner has to be beside you and hit accept in place of the vendor. Ie, the merchant sees the client screen as if he/she were the vendor being made over.
* Disquise kits - This could be tied into the GCW i bet. One shot, limited duration kits that give you a new look, premade by the ID or made with the client to be used at another time. Kits would give you a whole new look, and the kit would reduce faction visibility to NPC's. Rebels with the kit on would have less chance of being 'Outed' by a stormtrooper squad.
* Helmets - Might be nice to have an option of being able to not see equiped helmets on characters in the ID windows.
* Reset - Reseting the looks of a client should have two options. First, reset all the looks to pre-ID session. Second, Reset the looks in the current selection (reseting hair, but not all the rest).
* Individual abilities - Hitting master ID is a time consuming process. We currently craft nothing, and heal no wounds. This is alright, as we are still sought after for what we can do. I suggest there be a selection of things a master ID can choose to be able to do. This is what I am thinking of:
When someone hits master, they should get to choose one of a special ability. Such as the following.
* - Tattoos. Not zabrak tattoos, but real tattoos people could have on their chest, arm, or back. Ie, Imp and rebel tattoos.
* - Maybe name changes could go here instead... Or let ID's change surname, this would be an option to change first names.
* - Reducing Jedi visibility. Imagine the glee of a hunted Jedi when an ID can erase his visibility with a makeover.
* - 'Outing' a Jedi. Imagine a Jedi's chagrin when an imperial (or a rebel) ID can do area scans for Jedi presence.
Yeah, i know this is a wish list. But maybe, just maybe we can get more changes along the way. I would like to see ID have at least a small role in the coming changes. There should be more reward to hitting master ID than making boobs bigger and changing skin colors...
* Name changes - I love this one, but realized changing a first name is neigh impossible to do in game. Too much room for abuse. But, surnames could be a better option, with the name filter applying to these names.
* Player Salons - Another good idea. I would prefer to see this implemented as a crafting station idea, so we could make a house the salon, or even a merchants tent (without needing the merchant skill to place ONE.)
* Screenshot paintings - This one would require alot of work to implement, I bet. But letting an ID take a screenshot on their computer and making it into a painting people can place in their home is a neat idea. Heck, make it so only the owner of the painting really see's it. Anyone who wants to also see it would have to click on it and select an option to download it. Course, this would allow people to put up posters of things besides screenshots.... more room for abuse. But its an idea.
* Music in the salon - It would be nice to be able to select music in the ID tents, or even ones house.
* ID on vendors - Wonderfull idea, let it work like a regular ID session, but the vendors owner has to be beside you and hit accept in place of the vendor. Ie, the merchant sees the client screen as if he/she were the vendor being made over.
* Disquise kits - This could be tied into the GCW i bet. One shot, limited duration kits that give you a new look, premade by the ID or made with the client to be used at another time. Kits would give you a whole new look, and the kit would reduce faction visibility to NPC's. Rebels with the kit on would have less chance of being 'Outed' by a stormtrooper squad.
* Helmets - Might be nice to have an option of being able to not see equiped helmets on characters in the ID windows.
* Reset - Reseting the looks of a client should have two options. First, reset all the looks to pre-ID session. Second, Reset the looks in the current selection (reseting hair, but not all the rest).
* Individual abilities - Hitting master ID is a time consuming process. We currently craft nothing, and heal no wounds. This is alright, as we are still sought after for what we can do. I suggest there be a selection of things a master ID can choose to be able to do. This is what I am thinking of:
When someone hits master, they should get to choose one of a special ability. Such as the following.
* - Tattoos. Not zabrak tattoos, but real tattoos people could have on their chest, arm, or back. Ie, Imp and rebel tattoos.
* - Maybe name changes could go here instead... Or let ID's change surname, this would be an option to change first names.
* - Reducing Jedi visibility. Imagine the glee of a hunted Jedi when an ID can erase his visibility with a makeover.
* - 'Outing' a Jedi. Imagine a Jedi's chagrin when an imperial (or a rebel) ID can do area scans for Jedi presence.
Yeah, i know this is a wish list. But maybe, just maybe we can get more changes along the way. I would like to see ID have at least a small role in the coming changes. There should be more reward to hitting master ID than making boobs bigger and changing skin colors...
Ahnlida
Sat Feb 19, 2005 6:10 am
#2
Name Changes = Alright, maybe. But probably better left for the Politicians, as they could get through the red-tape legality issues of changing a name. Just fits better with them.
Player Salons = Yeah, great idea for allowing ID's to place. Not to make/craft/build... that's for Architects.
Screenshot Paintings = Again, cool idea, but the paintings in the game already (that can be player-made) fall again, under Architect. And, agreed, it'd be hard to program I'd think, without allowing for tons of abuse. I'd really be quite disappointed to walk into a player city cantina to see a "painting" of Sarah Michelle Gellar on the wall. Kinda kills the whole immersion thing we got goin' on.
[I will note that I love S.M. Gellar as an actress.... just not a SW one!]
Music = As you can't change it in any other area, the idea of changing the music in the Salon isn't really a big deal to me. As for your own house, it's in the works and they're making it possible.
Vendor ID = Brilliant. Can't wait to see it happen.
Disguises = The more I've been thinking about this, the more I'm starting to think it should just be a Smuggler thing. Let them deal with the bugs. Slightly more in-line with their modus operandi anyway.
Now if we could give, oh, say a 2 minute "makeover buff" to Dancers and Musicians that would extend their abilities... there I think you might be on to something!
Helmets (...and Robes (Hood Up), etc) = Yeah, I'm sure they'll get to this after the GCW and Combat revamp.
Reset = Oh yeah... that'd be nice.
Tatoos = Mmm-hmm... everyone wants this, and I do mean EVERYone. But, I would really hate to see the Zabrak's get slightly zilched on their "racial individuality" by allowing this for everyone. (No, I don't play a Zabrak) What I'd suggest is black-only designs (or monochrome), about baseball-size only, and limited in number of how many a single character could have. I'd also suggest that these normal tatoos not be allowed on the face... probably bicep/shoulder, hip, chest, and lower back.
Special Abilities = Hmmm... dunno. I think if we got them everyone and their Wookiee would want them for their profession as well. Not the same things, but the same options. To which I would of course reply, "I want to be able to kill a razor cat with hairspray! It's not fair!" And then all kinds of bacta-covered mayhem would ensue.
Lol... making boobs bigger... I couldn't wait till I could do this. After X-mas I was having a Master ID (I was only at 4-0-3-3 at the time) return me to my lovely tan/white colorings from the (actually quite hideous) red/green scheme.... anyway, without my noticing he made my boobs as big as they could get, and I didn't notice till about 2 days later. Prolly the first time an ID wanted Master so she could get her boobs reduced!
Player Salons = Yeah, great idea for allowing ID's to place. Not to make/craft/build... that's for Architects.
Screenshot Paintings = Again, cool idea, but the paintings in the game already (that can be player-made) fall again, under Architect. And, agreed, it'd be hard to program I'd think, without allowing for tons of abuse. I'd really be quite disappointed to walk into a player city cantina to see a "painting" of Sarah Michelle Gellar on the wall. Kinda kills the whole immersion thing we got goin' on.
[I will note that I love S.M. Gellar as an actress.... just not a SW one!]
Music = As you can't change it in any other area, the idea of changing the music in the Salon isn't really a big deal to me. As for your own house, it's in the works and they're making it possible.
Vendor ID = Brilliant. Can't wait to see it happen.
Disguises = The more I've been thinking about this, the more I'm starting to think it should just be a Smuggler thing. Let them deal with the bugs. Slightly more in-line with their modus operandi anyway.
Now if we could give, oh, say a 2 minute "makeover buff" to Dancers and Musicians that would extend their abilities... there I think you might be on to something!
Helmets (...and Robes (Hood Up), etc) = Yeah, I'm sure they'll get to this after the GCW and Combat revamp.
Reset = Oh yeah... that'd be nice.
Tatoos = Mmm-hmm... everyone wants this, and I do mean EVERYone. But, I would really hate to see the Zabrak's get slightly zilched on their "racial individuality" by allowing this for everyone. (No, I don't play a Zabrak) What I'd suggest is black-only designs (or monochrome), about baseball-size only, and limited in number of how many a single character could have. I'd also suggest that these normal tatoos not be allowed on the face... probably bicep/shoulder, hip, chest, and lower back.
Special Abilities = Hmmm... dunno. I think if we got them everyone and their Wookiee would want them for their profession as well. Not the same things, but the same options. To which I would of course reply, "I want to be able to kill a razor cat with hairspray! It's not fair!" And then all kinds of bacta-covered mayhem would ensue.
Lol... making boobs bigger... I couldn't wait till I could do this. After X-mas I was having a Master ID (I was only at 4-0-3-3 at the time) return me to my lovely tan/white colorings from the (actually quite hideous) red/green scheme.... anyway, without my noticing he made my boobs as big as they could get, and I didn't notice till about 2 days later. Prolly the first time an ID wanted Master so she could get her boobs reduced!
Rrowann
Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:30 am
#3
Since all professions are supposedly getting new stuff with the CU, I'm just waiting to see what the CU has in store for ID's.
CM_Ronin
Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:20 am
#4
Maybe Master IDs having no timer for self-ID outside of the tent. They supposedly added that a long time ago, but this is false.
SuperchargedDai
Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:08 pm
#5
I think the last name change would be very helpful. It also seems like a lot of players jump into the game and make their first name and surname the same because they dont know what surname is. That wasnt exactly my problem, I was just in a hurry to create my character and didnt really go with a last name i planned to hold onto.
There are many reasons why last names should be able to be changed, if wanted. Wedding and so forth should also be able to permit versions of a name change.
There are many reasons why last names should be able to be changed, if wanted. Wedding and so forth should also be able to permit versions of a name change.
Good idea I think
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