Flight Poses Delayed - City of Heroes Forums

razoras · 10-27-2006, 03:35 PM

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...v=#Post6831120

I'm sure this'll upset a lot of people, but if anyone's been on test, you'd know how much of a fiasco these flight poses have turned into. I'm totally for delaying them until they get it working like it should, the problems they've been causing trying to implement them so far would clearly set back the issue several more weeks or a month while they tried to shoehorn another "fix" in.

Malibu Sally · 10-27-2006, 03:43 PM

Didn't read past the first 50 replies, but I'm shocked.. SHOCKED, I tell you! They are taking it remarkably well over there.

Jade_Dragon · 10-27-2006, 04:09 PM

Yeah, it sounds like everyone came to the conclusion that they didn't like them, so now they're "happy to see it delayed so it can be done right."

It sounds to me from Positron's post that the real problem were a bunch of bugs that they weren't expecting. And I'd kind of like to see Hover fixed so you stay in the "upright" pose, instead of using the same animation as Fly. (Whatever that turns out to be) Jade Dragon should actually fly in a more upright posture, since he doesn't actually fly under his own power, his mists sort of "hold him up". So except for streamlining purposes, he can pretty much fly in any pose.

Then again, I suppose that's true of Blue Diamond as well. Although he flies in a more traditional sense, presumably through some sort of thrust generated by his body, he can hover. So there may be an anti-gravity field of some kind involved.

razoras · 10-27-2006, 04:42 PM

Yeah, the upright pose would be swell. I hate flopping forward just to hover slowly toward my enemy.

Grae Knight · 10-27-2006, 04:57 PM

To people really still choose Flight as a viable travel power? Don't they ever PvP? [/end sarcasm]

Remianen · 10-27-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Grae Knight

To people really still choose Flight as a viable travel power? Don't they ever PvP? [/end sarcasm]

LOL that is funny.

Nice to see they're actively working on refining these. I didn't have much of a problem with how they worked (and care even less about hover's animation) but as long as they add the ability to select a preferred flight pose, I'll be happy.

[cynic mode on]

And look at the bright side. At least now we know one feature that'll be in I9: flight poses!

[cynic mode off]

Jade_Dragon · 10-27-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Remianen

And look at the bright side. At least now we know one feature that'll be in I9: flight poses!

Ah, but now the lack of complaining on the official boards has come to an end. Now there's a whole thread complaining that this means we won't see it until *I10*...

Emerald Sky · 10-28-2006, 12:03 AM

Another example of the devs listening to the players' feedback

8 Ball · 10-28-2006, 12:59 AM

I'm actually impressed, this was a risky move on their part. Also it looks as though CoX has more than one animator now (or they replaced the old one).

Nerfed · 10-28-2006, 01:20 PM

Its not that people didn't like the flight poses... alot of people, however, didn't like them all. They have a favorite (or two maybe) and could do without the rest. So, they're gonna hold off on them until they can make the flight poses selectable.

Plus, there was some issue with strafing poses and the whole Hover pose.

I'm glad I already went on the Test server to get my screenies of certain heroes using the new flight poses.