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Pandabaron

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I'm almost positive this has probably been mentioned before, but imma say it anyway; I think a system should be in place, and a money making one at that, to create your own colour schemes and in game avatars. So, say I paid a certain amount of MC's to change my usual in game logo, to the one I use on the forum, because let's face it, the forum one properly reflects me on the field of battle in a large mechanized Panda suit. I would pay say 300 MC's for my own design. quick censor check, Voila. Money for the game!

And the custom paint idea. For many Moons now, I have been looking for the perfect ways to make my Mech's adopt the same colouration as the graceful, feared, and ultimately deadly Chinese war-bear we simply name (in hushed voices) the Giant Panda. But honestly, There is no white (I use the rubbish grey that comes with every mech) Black if equipped to any Brusier parts for example has a brown Tinge.. etc etc. Why can't I colour my own mech more effectively? Why can't I buy and use colour schemes in the same way we all do now, but decide 'where' i'd want it to be white or black, instead of just boxing it as 'this is how it looks with this particular chassis part'. you could definitely charge extra to add certain unique touches to a mech; say more sections of trim like the Vanguard's awesome 'exhaust feet'.. or splashes of colour, boosters modules and flames, and repair drones. add the chance to add shapes of certain colours to the chassis. As an example Let's go with me being able to put circles of any colour I own onto my mechs (limited within reason for graphical capabilities); circles that I can resize In any colour I already have, let's say black, on a white (you need this colour, i'm talking elite Raider/infiltrator white) upper body to make two eyes on my mech, making my odd obsession with Panda looking mechs a reality. These 'decals' would liven the game to no end IMO.

 

By in large I'm sure people would love extra customisation choices if you keep them within a reasonable price range. you could even do a colouring event if you had enough options, think of the people sending you screenshots and thinking, oh, this looks great on my assault class, I'm gonna send some Cash to the devs so I can make my Mech look this awesome.

well that's enough brainstorming for one day!


Edited by (KDR) Pandabaron, 16 September 2015 - 06:05 PM.

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I like this idea if the way to make money for the game holds then its a win win, regardless it should be explored further



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As long as censor checking doesn't take too long +1

Edited by Rainbow Sheep, 16 September 2015 - 09:42 PM.

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Sincerely, I've been on this matter since Alpha. I talked about a "modkit" for a great price that you could upload a pattern or actually have a pattern creator "engine" as you can find in Need for speed games or modnation (the game that you can almost customize anything) but again, I think, unless it's a very high price, selling pattern per pattern brings more money than a huge pack of liberty. (that's actually a good name if they come up with such a modkit)

Heck we can't even change the color palette of the patterns! How cheap is that? Why can't I get a olive tiger stripe? Red or blue? LUCKY ME there's the SATURATION tab which gives me the liberty of putting it "black and white" ish... No they could actually sell us the same pattern in different colors. That's pretty much what they did with the "Solid" colors blue green red yellow purple black instead of buying a blank/solid PATTERN that we could play with the color palette. While wh're at it, add a coating finish, metal or matte...

I think hawken need's a whole revamp of their paint "customization" (more like choose from [insert number] of total patterns available that your wallet can afford)

In the end, I feel it's just the whole customization system, weapons, body parts, paint, holos, classic HUD vs Visor, everything should be changed

(not deleted just added liberty).

I thought mech tuning was actually something interesting even though people used "some perfect builds"... if there's a real dev team there they can manage a to find a way to let players tweak their mechs without breaking the balance. Goddammit each time I try to talk about something I can't hold to connect all the problems together.

Just give us a patterntoolkit. give us geometric shapes, brushes and that kind of stuff that Reloaded once worked with in APB RELOADED. Quite the right game I gave as an example right?


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Edited by Luaq, 16 September 2015 - 10:34 PM.


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Im pretty sure things that are related to money making will get some sort of rework no need to worry about that :) but not sure if there will be a way to make panda  mechs.



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Inb4 bunny ears, feathered wings, fluffy tails and other typical mmo monetized stuff.

 

But ok, more colors could be nice.



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Penises.

 

Censor check and there you go.


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I'm afraid I wouldn't get too far...



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Censor check and there you go.

 

I'm sure reloaded has tons of time to censor check hundreds of custom paint jobs.


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I'm sure reloaded has tons of time to censor check hundreds of custom paint jobs.

If Reloaded gets tasked to censor check hundreds of custom paint jobs I'd say that's a game well saved.



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As for censor checking, that's easy - do the same thing as games like Forza; put in a "report paintjob" option.  If a player is using a paintjob that is inappropriate, somebody will report it... then Reloaded can take a look, delete the mech(s) from the players garage and issue a warning.


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Sort of off-topic... Sort of not...
BTW, My G2 looks like a panda, (Complete with bamboo):

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But yeah, MORE CUSTOMIZATION! People will pay all the MCs for this. I'm sure clans would especially like to be able to use custom paint jobs.

Been mentioned before, but I'd love to see a "Wear" slider, so we can decide how clean or dirty our mechs are, regardless of color or pattern used.

ANd add a clean WHITE. And a SHINY CHROME.

AND while we're at it, let us change the color of our drones too. Cos why not?


Edited by (TDM) DeeRax, 17 September 2015 - 03:02 PM.

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Im pretty sure things that are related to money making will get some sort of rework no need to worry about that :) but not sure if there will be a way to make panda  mechs.

well onimusha is an accomplished pandasuit samurai and he lives not far from solid snakes house


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yes plese. more options and include drones and thrusters too.

 

TL;DR

 

-custom paint jobs would be really nice to have

-Old report system can easily be used for sensory

-wider range of colors, maybe colorpick instead of premade one color skins?

-skins should be shapes that player can change to desired colors

-include this for drones and thrusters too

-add wear and brightness sliders. saturation and scale are not enough.


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