Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by -LiamB
He's ugly in a cute sense of way.
 Too bad I'm only 11 and can't subscribe to PC Gamer  |
Meat Axe
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Originally Posted by Bryant Again
Oh, you can just buy the magazine.
...wait, unless you have to subscribe? To my knowledge, you just had to buy the mag off the stands and get the code within. |
Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by Meat Axe
No, you can buy it off the shelves. You'll have to wait longer though.
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Zeander
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raven214
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Originally Posted by The Ernada
And also I find it weird that you can call something like a minipet as trivial and then demand something like a hairstylist. Hey I want a hairstylist NPC as well, but at least I can admit that's also something trivial.
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Skawtt
DeBron
-LiamB
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Originally Posted by Bryant Again
Sweet! So there you have it, Liam - no need for subscription fees.
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Originally Posted by Skawtt
I like him. If you dont like him fine quit whining no one is forcing you to own one.
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Sai of Winter
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Originally Posted by lyra_song
i think it fits FINE in the GW universe.
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lucifer_uk
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Originally Posted by Ares Moonlight
Where did I put that rat poison
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Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by Sai of Winter
I agree. The character model/design of the Asura isn't any different from the species we currently have in the game now. To name a few such as hekets, dredge, forgottens, skales, trolls and etc. Hmm, if you think about it there are a few creatures currently in GW that look "cartoony" as some people have been describing the Asura.
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Sai of Winter
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Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by Sai of Winter
I agree that it's looks like some "cartoonish" characters (Stitch most definitely), but you have to admit the Asura has some similar features to a couple creatures in this game already. Most likely the dredge http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image
redgeScout.jpgSorry about the happy face on the link, there's a colon and a capital D together @_@ |
Lonesamurai
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Originally Posted by Skawtt
I like him. If you dont like him fine quit whining no one is forcing you to own one.
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creelie
Tempy
Bryant Again
Sir Seifus Halbred
Sai of Winter
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Originally Posted by Bryant Again
I can only see a relation between the two in terms of skintone.
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Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by Sai of Winter
Heh, I didn't notice the skin tone. The similarities I see between the two is the Asura's legs and arms (yes arms, weird I know) is close to the Dredge's legs. The Asura's forearms are too big for it's body, same goes for the Dredge the arms are too long for it's body. Well, that's all I can examine right now maybe someone else can find something similar. I wish we had a better ingame screenshot of the Asura >_>
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lyra_song
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Originally Posted by Tempy
Sad that ANet continues to think outside the box, while most of you are damned and determined to stay in it!!!
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Alderin
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Originally Posted by Meat Axe
Adding simple battle stances to the minipets probably wouldn't take much time. All the design aspects are there, since they've already been added to all the full size versions of the minipets. So all that would be needed would be for a couple of the programmers to come along and add in a bit of code that makes them do the stances every so often. Not that hard, nor time consuming.
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Originally Posted by Gordon Ecker
I don't think it takes much work to implement new miniatures. They're just scaled down versions of existing creatures.
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Originally Posted by The Ernada
Programmers do not make the art and models for the game. The artists do. And the stances are also done by the artists. I know this because I've worked on 3D models and animation. Programmers do a MINIMAL amount of work on stuff like minipets.
So anyone saying that ANET is wasting time on stuff like minipets doesnt have a clue. Unless you have an issue with the artists actually doing what they're hired to do. |
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
let's focus not on minutiae like this, but on the bigger picture. How much time would someone ask we invest to make the sounds adjustible, optional, or toggleable? And what cool new feature are you willing to postpone while we make what many would consider a minor adjustment? If it takes a programmer hours to make these options, I believe there are better uses for his/her time.
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bart
BlackSephir
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Originally Posted by bart
Obviously Anet did their "research" and found that most of us do like cutesy stuff.
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The Ernada
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Originally Posted by Alderin
Actually, when I said that I did so in direct response to Gaile Gray's post stating that it was a very difficult and time consuming process to make any small change to the Mini-Pets, and that working on the Mini-Pets meant that they would have to postpone every other "cool new feature".
Here's the quote, but the full thing can be found in my post back on page 8, post #153. So the only reason I said that it wasn't a productive use of time to sink so many hours of work into a silly Mini-Pet, was because Gaile basically said the same thing first, and I happen to agree. Especially since this Mini-Pet is so ugly. lol |
bart
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Originally Posted by BlackSephir
wow, I wonder when and how did that happen... Any idea? Or you're just posting whatever comes to your mind?
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Alderin
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Originally Posted by The Ernada
Read that quote again. She was talking about toggleable sound options of the minipets being time consuming NOT the minipets themselves.
Learn to read please. |
The Ernada
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Originally Posted by Alderin
I find it very hard to believe that it takes several hours to turn on and off sounds, but no time at all to make Mini-Pets or to go above and beyond by giving them extra actions, expressions, and whatnot.
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Griff Mon
Rhedd
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Originally Posted by Alderin
I find it very hard to believe that it takes several hours to turn on and off sounds, but no time at all to make Mini-Pets or to go above and beyond by giving them extra actions, expressions, and whatnot.
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Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by Griff Mon
As it is a incredibly subjective thing whether he is ugly or cute (and he is cute by the way, and this is what offends those of you running around in spikey black warrior armour with swords bigger than you are) -- is that you can't stand cute. It doesn't work for you, which is fine. Don't activate the key code, just go find yourself a bone dragon or mini-jade armour to compliment your self-image better.
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Redfeather1975
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Originally Posted by Rhedd
Well, believe it.
Not a good enough comeback? Fine. Toggling sounds require you to create a system whereby specific sounds (not ALL sounds, but only pet sounds) can be turned on or off. Let's think about that for a moment. How do you TELL which sounds are which? That could be a lot of work right there, depending on how the game is built. Luckily that doesn't seem to have been too bad, since Anet did do just that. Now comes changing the interface, somewhere, to support that toggle. This, of course, has created an entirely new system. Better test it to make sure it works. Now let's compare minipets: Take an existing creature, scale it, apply standard minipet AI routine, make a quick inventory icon, and you're done. Given the number of minipets in the game, and their willingness to add new ones, I'd suspect they have this process down to a science. Giving them new expressions? A no doubt simple change to the AI routine, allowing for a random chance of doing animation "X" or "Y", instead of just "X". And, Ernada, don't belittle the job of a character/creature artist (me) TOO much. It's not exactly quick, unskilled labor. ^_^ Nevertheless, the Asura minipet isn't actually an "exception", as you suggest. He was, of course, created as a full-fledged creature for a future expansion, and put into the game as a minipet using the same process as any other creature. Development time for the creature itself has nothing to do with it. What features do we trade for new minipets? None, I'd suspect. None at all. And Griff Mon, you hit the nail on the head. ^_^ |
Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by Redfeather1975
OMG?!
You're Rhedd, as in Rhedd's Heads?! This is cool. |
Redfeather1975
The Ernada
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Originally Posted by Rhedd
And, Ernada, don't belittle the job of a character/creature artist (me) TOO much. It's not exactly quick, unskilled labor. ^_^
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Alana Fier
Rhedd
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Originally Posted by Redfeather1975
I know. I named my first GW character Hadrian Rhedd, and my guild Rhedd Asylum after him.
I hope I don't get in trouble, but I love Rhedd's Heads, especially the orcs. My Morrowind character was an orc simply to use his cool head. I hope it's him. It's like meeting a celebrity! |
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Originally Posted by The Ernada
Haha. Sorry, I wasnt trying to make it sound like that. I was just trying to say that you guys make it seem easy. What takes me weeks to make takes you guys only a couple of days.
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Redfeather1975