[CF List] Crossfire Polls

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      Oh yes, I am personally against having say gnome players choose a huge
     
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      barbarian animation type of thing, and would prefer to use race specific
     
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      animations (a gnome is a gnome is a gnome!), but it seems I am in the
     
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      minority here.  I am currently working on animating the player faces so once
     
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      I get the basics done (still lots of 'classic' animations to do here) it is
     
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      likely I will start adding a few filler animations like halflings in heavy
     
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      armor or gnome wizards.  It shouldn't be too hard to make face changing
     
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      booths or whatever.  I am esthetically against using just any old animation
     
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      for a player face - they should all be four direction at least...  I would
     
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      like to add an option in the hall of selection however where you can pick no
     
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      class but get a wack of money and entrance to a little shop to buy a few
     
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      skills or other useful items.  This might be a backdoor way to encourage
     
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      people to use the racial player animations...
     
     
  The animation stuff is a more a matter of opinion.

  As long as it is a valid image, I wouldn't have a problem if a player chose a 
non animated or other than fully animated figure.  It is up to the players to 
figure out what looks best.

  The animation stuff is also tricky.  My wizard may not really look like that 
image - I may very well equip some real armor, and thus should look more like a 
fighter.

  To some extent, race would play a major role - halfling, dwarf, dragon, etc. 
However, there are several large human races - northman, half orc, viking, etc, 
which as far as a race would look would be pretty similar.  For these races, 
class (or more precisly, equipment) is what would really determine what someone 
looks like.  The tricky part is knowing what animations a particular race could 
choose from.

  As far as skill selection - not positive on that.  A player that buys melee 
weapon and other combat type skills may still consider themselves a fighter, 
even if they don't have the name proper.

  I'm also concerned about the balance of any such system.  If you don't give 
enough, no one takes that option.  If you give too much, everyone takes it (why 
shoudl I take wizard class when I can buy it for cheaper if I don't choose a class).

  Many classes are balanced by giving stat bonus, equipment bonuses, or minor 
skills.  OTOH, allowing players to buy everything does allow for more 
customization then you get now.


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