NEW Stances: Weapons AND Movements (Read Devs)

Besides DCUO, I've played:
-Phantasy Star Online
-Diablo 2
-Final Fantasy 11
-Final Fantasy 14 (v1.0)

I tried a few others, but didn't get into them. I wasn't a big fan of MMO's, but if I get drawn in...I'll play.

My appeal to this game sparked from the character customization. I thought it was going to be real basic and limited; pretty much a glorified superman 64. But I was actually surprised at the level of customization that DCU had.

A big factor that gives this game an edge, is the ability to "lock" your customized settings. Games like FF14 do not have a feature like this, so you are forced to wear things you don't want to wear just to be high on the ladder. Being able to wear just boxer-shorts while having the top gear equipped is a dream for a video creator.

don't know what to tell you. i want new hairstyles (that i'm willing to buy), new theme based costume styles (that i can buy) and new iconic inspired personalities (as above). we don't have any of it. the devs are more focused on PVP/combat in this game than character customization. and in the past when i've made my own requests/topics players respond that they don't care about playing dressup etc. so, i'm not sure the devs feel they can make money on this stuff. we're subbed already, so they've got our money. they need to make extra money from this stuff to justify it's creation.

Trust me, the problems in this game are not stopping them from bringing out new content, and adding things to the game. I'm more then sure that they are capable of simultaneously fixing problems and adding new content.

I'm guessing you play on the PS3 like I do. The PS3 has a lot of issues. The port is seriously painful for people like myself to play. I don't know why, maybe because the PS3 is really that hard to code and work with?

But anyway, it's not going to put game development on hold. They will still be adding things to make this game more appealing to keep players playing, and they NEED to.

You have:
-Final Fantasy XIV 2.0
-The Elder Scrolls Online
-Diablo 3
-Tom Clancy's The Division
-Game of Thrones
-Black Desert


and other MMO's that will take players away, so adding things like new stances/animations to help make the player feel more at home here then anywhere else is going to help your business compete.

Ive never seen a community defend the devs so much

BRO your giving them money? Why would you not want the best product.

No more reskins no more rehash, it needs to end

Let's keep this idea from being swept under the rug like all the others.

It wouldn't make sense to tell the devs what I want and NOT explain my idea. The more specific I am, the more they will be inclined to go with my idea.

If I give examples on how they can bring what others and I want to DCU, then the picture will become clearer for them. They may not want to add tabs to change stances, and that's fine, it's an "idea" to help stir the pot. If they can figure out a way to bring in the stances, then I would have done my part to help make this game better.

I really like my idea. (sucks that I can't edit my post, you listening mods?) I'll try to illustrate my idea better:


I originally said to create 2 extra options in the "Style" menu.


Instead, create a "Stances" menu with 2 categories, along with sub-categories:

Weapon Stances (The weapons you put skill points into will be the only ones showing.)

>> Dual Wield (Example) (Depending on what weapon it is, they can change the name of the stance in the sub-menu.)

• Default Stance
• Ninja Stance
• Comical Stance
• Hitman Stance
• Aggressive Stance (Example) <---You select this style.

What Changes:
-The way you hold your weapon while you are standing still.
-The way you hold your weapon while you move slowly.
-Your weapon combo is altered to fit that aggressive style. (More aggressive looking attacks.)


Movement Stance (The movement you choose will be listed. There will be 2 categories for your movement type with different personality types to choose from.)

Flight

>> Hover Stance (For Speedster and Acrobatics it will be "Idle Stance")

• Default Stance (The normal hover.)
• Flirty Stance (TBD)
• Primal Stance (TBD)
• Comical Stance (TBD)
• Powerful Stance (TBD)
• Serious Stance (Arms crossed. ie. Vegeta)

>> In-Motion Stance

• Default Stance (1 arm forward.)
• Flirty Stance (TBD)
• Primal Stance (2 arms forward, slightly outward, with your hands going into a claw grip shape.)
• Comical Stance (Flying backwards with your hands behind your head.)
• Powerful Stance (2 arms forward while making fists.)
• Serious Stance (Arms out and by the sides. ie. Neo)

Your idea is good too, and I like your picture to back it up...(Too bad I can't illustrate it like that)

But let's say I want to pick "Two-Face" as my personality type, and I am a flight user, who uses a one handed weapon, what changes exactly?

If you can, make a list of what changes when you select that personality type so I can understand what you mean better.

So I guess having a more personalized character is real uncommon in people's minds...

I guess I'll just spend my last DCU days just doing this:

I fully spport this thread. You've got great ideas that a lot of people would benefit from. DCU is already so advanced with the different movements, but why not take it up a notch? I would gladly pay to revamp the way my acro toon looks, considering I have wanted to switch to Pve dual-wield for some time, but hate the animations. They need to up the ante and make characters more customizable-If they knew they'd make money off of players just to bring our imagined characters to life and make them even more realistic, I'll bet they would.

Yes, it seems like a complicated process, but face it-people are leaving. They're tired of spending money for a game that continuously has problems, but because of the 'Lock style' feature, the game is much more enjoyable, and the new character customization tabs would certainly heighten a player's experience whilst playing. The better the experience, the longer they stay. I'm relatively happy with what they have offered, but new content storylines aren't enough to keep the players happy. If this thread is continued and they see how the players feel, they might actually consider it. Neverbe happy with what you have; always push for better. We have the ability, so why not use it?

We need this upgrade!
Why do we need it?
Because we're greedy!
We need it!
We need it!

Hi... I'm new here & this is my first post

I like this thread... I like it so much that I want to contribute. I found a way to use a different weapon while using another weapon stance. Could I get in trouble for posting something like that here? Would I be breaking the forum agreement somehow by posting a trick to use in-game? It doesn't affect gameplay in anyway & is simply for a visual effect but I'm unsure how the rules here work.

i like how black adam moves in injustice hes just peacefully float walking i want that

Can you be more specific with an example?

you ever play injustice and played as black adam? well he dosent walk he just floats in the air with his arms crossed

Read the new SOE announcement. Even though I don't care for these ideas, and there are things I feel are waa-aaa-aaa-y higher up on the food chain, I do believe everyone should have a chance for their idea to be considered for implentation. With the new announcement, I doubt yours will be. No doubt they'll be laying off developers of this game more soon too, since they've started money-grubbing again.

One of the 3 reasons to play this game was for the character customization. It's listed right on the bottom of their front page, so I would still push this because it wouldn't be difficult to implement and it would add to the "REPLAY" value of the game.

But since SOE wants to close down 2 of their offices and not find other ways to retain their personnel I have to sadly lay off soe's dcuo game until further notice.

Another thought that could be simply implemented...

EMOTES for stances... It wouldn't work while flying but...

/PrimalStance

/PowerfulDance

/FlirtyStance

so we can use other stances as the mood suits us...

This thing should be put into the game, i hate the rockets and wings i wear seem to be skewed