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Jay Doherty is a Character artist who is currently working on Cryptic Studios' City of Heroes / City of Villains. Today, he writes this developer journal about designing the costume piece wings that are available in the game.
Read the whole article here. Cheers, |
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cool, fairy and butterfly wings.... oh i kinda like the way that the broken angel wings look too, maybe i can make baxter from the ninja turtles or something... they sorta look like they could be fly wings
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Awesome work!! Its really cool seeing a little glimpse of what goes into making the characters and their differents aspects. Honestly I would like to see more! Looking forward to playing again! |
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geldonyetich
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Joined: 1/15/07
Who is more the troll? The troll or those who feed them? |
I'm looking forward to Tech wings, myself. I'm not holdig my breath on easily obtaining them as they're likely going to be hot items on the auction house.
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I just have a question about the new wings. I know you can invent them but can you invent them even if you don't have the 15 month badge? I don't have the 15 month badge yet and I just wanted to know if you have to be playing for 15 months before you can make the wings or you can make them right when Issue 9 comes out?
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Inventable wings do not require the veteran reward. The Veteran Reward Wings were intended as a preview of the larger range of wings thats coming in Issue Nine. Of course, the drop rate for the recipe needed to make the wings is very, very, low, so don't get too excited about these. |
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But with the cross-server auction houses, i don't think it'll be that hard to get some of the new wings. Nice preview of the new wings, i cant wait to get some tech-wings for some of my bots :D Now we just need the fame-system! ------------------------------ |
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Unfortunatley I have never played this game but kind of admired this from afar. |
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This article is a perfert example of how the devs of CoX listen to their community. For once I would like to commend the development community on such an excellent addition to the game. Great work guys, please keep it up on behalf of your fans!
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Originally posted by Arson1cThey Listen? HA  HA! If they Listen, Rather then bull craping around with costume stuff, they would install lvl 50 unlockable epic toons for cov by now and IOP's "Items of power" already.... these 2 things alone people have been crying for months now!! at least a year or so.. i just stop playing cox about 2 months ago because i was tired of waiting for them, thats after playing for 2 years off and on...
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SkullZero1
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Joined: 4/18/07
City of Heroes/Villains |
So, anyone else notice that the undead guy with the bone wings has what appears to be a Statesman Helmet?
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This is an interesting article on 'dev' development. I actually enjoy reading little snips from artists, programmers, producers, and developers on their internal processes. It's sick I know, but it really gives the playerbase a feeling that they don't sit around all day drinking coffee until the bell whistles.
I liked the art concept photos as well. Overall a high rating on this article. BTW, we made wings by the dozens in SL 3 years ago! Played (more than a month): SWG, Second Life, Tabula Rasa, Lineage 2, Everquest 2, EvE, MxO, Ryzom. Tried: WoW, Shadowbane, Anarchy Online, Everquest, WWII Online, Planetside Beta: Lotro, Tabula Rasa, WAR. |
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Have CoX got an auction house and items now? or what? what did i miss? if this is true maybe i'll give it a try again. |
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But in the upcoming issue 9, there will be salvage and recipes for crafting new costume parts, temp-powers and Invention orgin enhancements. There will also be an cross-server Auction house , where you can sell your enhancements and recipes. ------------------------------ |
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TheKraken
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Joined: 12/09/05
Playing-CoH/CoV |
Only problem with wings is that they are so awesome, that all my characters without them now look drab by comparison. I have only two characters that wings worked for thematically, and they are lots of fun to see move around. I keep trying to think of story reasons to give all my other characters a pair, just because they are so well-done.
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Although i must admit the wings are well done when moving, i find it too stiff when your just standing there... even when your just walking or running, the wings are too stagnant, it needs to animate, during idle poses and walk cycles as secondary animation to truly complete the wings
The only time wings animate is when your off the ground, by either jumping or flying ... otherwise your stuck with this cardboard thing on your back that cant even pose itself along with the rest of the appendages. Consider and observe the toon when hes just standing there. Random animations of stance shifting and arm folding happens... you could at least allow the wings to stretch themselves on their own or let it flutter a bit... Also perhaps you could fold the wings more compact if your going to make it so stiff.. a smaller folded state of the wings that doesnt take up too much , i mean really fold it and tuck it in ... otherwise please give the wings some animation during the toons idle and walk times. 
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