One of the weapons the community (myself included) has been clamoring for has been a whip/chain type weapon. But the reason the devs have said it would be hard to impossible to implement in the game is because, unlike other weapons that retain their chosen style when performing attacks, a whip weapon wouldn't be able to graphically display the attack and keep the look of whatever style of whip the player chooses. But one way the devs could work around this is, instead of using the traditional style of a whip or chain, the weapon could be presented in the form of gauntlets, the same way hand blasters are implemented in game. There's already a number of different examples in comics of characters who use whip, cable, and tendril like weapons that can be retracted from gauntlets or braces attached to their arms, for instance: Whiplash: Conduit: Backlash: Constrictor: Omega Red: The players could still have a unique weapon style for our characters and retain that style while combat moves are being performed. Or, if the devs wanted, they could allow us to forgo having a unique weapon style and add a "Bare Hands" option just like HB, MA, or Brawling.
This actually sounds like it would be really cool combat wise...Some really cool weapon styles could come out of it too
The problem is, "How to make this visually distinct." Will the whips coil around the guys feet as he stands? Will they retract to his wrist bracers when not in use?
That'd be quite awesome. Just saying. But for a block break, that's where I'd look at it. What could look visually appealing for that? While I believe this would be a cool freaking weapon, would people find it too similar to Hand Blasters?
Good question. I thought for the battle stance the whip/coils would just dangle to the floor from the gauntlet or gauntlets, but these are good ideas. When in "out of combat mode" it'd be cool if the coils retracted into the braces but that may be asking too much of DCUO's processing power. There's nothing to say that the weapon could be just a single gauntlet worn on the right arm. Perhaps for a block break, the player could crack the whip and send out a giant air burst. In appearance it might be similar to the Hand Blasters, but that might just depend on how creative the devs would be in designing the look.
Actually an idea for the block break as a piggy back off of Urizen mentioning his docile standing position - what about a the whips wiping them at their feet? Like if someone is blocking, either one whip from one side, two whips from one side or both whips from both sides (this being led into a secondary aoe BB like with MA), doing a sweeping motion at their feet knocking them over. If its choice 3 of the ones I listed, it was come in from both sides for the one then go back out for the AoE. EDIT: Sorry missed the post. That might be cool but I think we'd need to keep it further away from HB since it already seems sort of similar
Love this idea but what about the Ps3's memory/ texture problems. Devs said no whips would work on Ps3.
Perhaps this could simply be an idea on board for now then? Until they can make ti accessible to all on ps3?
While the concept and look 'might' be similar to HBs, that would be up to the devs in terms of how they design it. Yes, because, as I stated in the OP, a whip weapon if introduced using the current tech the devs have to work with, would not be able to retain it's look while performing it's attack animations. With every weapon in the game, you're able to retain whatever weapon style you choose, even when performing attacks, which would not be the case with a whip/chain type weapon (according to Spytle). So one work around I came up with was this, just like with HBs, make the weapon apart of the costume, so it could retain it's style while being used in combat.
Yes it would be up to them. They need to be a bit more creative with things and a new weapon/movement mode would be just a kick in the rear to truly use a great idea and turn it into something amazing. But a lot of the things they do now-a-days are stale and kind of repetitive. So if they truly want a new weapon to be enjoyed and tried out, they should go for keeping it away from HB and making it into something of its own. That's where the creativity is key. I do believe they can do it. Just like when an artist goes through a dry spell in terms of creativity, they can break through by changing it up a little <3 And I would thoroughly enjoy this as a weapon.
Hmm, sounds good it would not dissapear when combat is not active while alllowing it to hid your hand equips like HB , nice they can put it in the market place like they did the shield, believe me or not I sure would buy it.
totally not possible. the devs have told us this. technical limitations and resource restrictions of the ps3 platform. they can't do 1 whip and you're asking for 2
You forgot one problem. The Devs said they can't make a whip bc the game doesn't possess the required technology to make it move realistically, without bugging. *This* is the problem.
