Instead of tying animations to race/gender, what about allowing people to choose an animation "set" and dialogue response options based on a "personality" option in the character creation menu.
This would be similar to how you choose retainer personalities, except with it, it would come with animations as well.
Example:
If you choose a "fair" (as in beautiful, not just) as a personality type, that would apply the current Hyur, female Midlander animation set. If you choose "gruff" then maybe a the male Roe set or Au'ra set. Etc.
This would also help one of the most lore-confusing issues, in that it would tailor your "response selections" in-game with a consistent personality. If the dev's wanted to get even fancier, the personality could apply to default facial expressions both in game and in cutscene.
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08-13-2017, 07:16 AMSavingPrincess[Suggestion] Character "Personality" options (animations/etc)
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08-13-2017, 07:29 AMs3ystic
That would be cool! Im always down for more options.
However as always, obligatory SE response: "Servers might explode." -
08-13-2017, 07:30 AMJybril"PS3 LIM..WAIT, PS4...BANDWIDTH...G-GA...B-BUDGET...Quote:
Originally Posted by s3ystic
OKAY! We just don't want to alright!?" -
08-13-2017, 07:32 AMSnow_Princess
Liked posts all the above, Be nice to have but the server limitations blahblah we hate investing money in the game
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08-13-2017, 11:37 AMAntonio_Xul
Yes please. I've mentioned this before. I think we need a personality based animations as opposed to race based animations. I believe most Elezens dislike their animations, this would fix that.
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08-13-2017, 11:40 AMKaoru_Nagisa
Please give me this. I'd still ideally prefer us able to toggle different animations based on category (Hyur/"fair", etc.), but this'd still be really great to have. Just give us more customization options, SE!
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08-13-2017, 12:08 PMlaurtias
@OP - This is a great idea! Thanks for posting this!
This would be awesome! Kind of like /changepose, but for "personality" too. Default could be the racial emotes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaoru_Nagisa
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08-13-2017, 12:14 PMTitaniaZero
This would be delightful to have. I've always felt my chara's default state is too... bland, and the minor emotes don't do much show off a chara's personality.
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08-13-2017, 12:21 PMFredco191Here's a few ideas.
Normal: Current Race animations
Rough: Roegadyn/Highlander animations
Childish: Lalafell animations
Effeminate(Males only): Female animations from your current race.
Masculine(Females only): Male animations from your current race.
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08-13-2017, 12:39 PMValkyrie_Lenneth
They would have to do animations for each race model/gender. I dont expect this to happen, though it would be neat.
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08-13-2017, 02:21 PMLukha
I've been wanting something like this forever. Lukh'a's kind of shy and quiet, and a lot of the male Miqo'te emotes are much more confident and cocky than really suits him. Being able to pick between all the race and gender specific sets would be amazing, but even just a few 'generic' emote sets would be great to have.
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08-13-2017, 03:13 PMClawbriar
The Elder Scrolls Online does this; it's a really neat addition, honestly.
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08-13-2017, 05:16 PMLyndis
I would absolutely love personalities that affect all animations. But that sounds like a lot of work. But if it's possible they should consider it since they aren't giving us more facial options or bigger butts.
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08-13-2017, 06:22 PMHestzhyen
If you aren't going to give more facial/body size options, at least let us choose the animations we use. Probably too much work for them to consider doing it but I would love to see it happen. I won't give up being a cat boy but I wish I could have the Elezen bow, the female cat "frustration" emote, and a few other things.
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08-13-2017, 06:37 PMFelisSo players want animation of other races without playing the other races?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredco191
I prefer animations that don't already exist on other races. Give every race and gender their own unique personality animation (example: female Miqo'te knowing that she is sexy, male Lalafell who fear his own shadow and so on) -
08-13-2017, 06:41 PMAlleo
I love that idea. I am a female Xaela and even though we are a race that loves to fight, my character still uses way too much cute emotions. Its fine if some see it that way but my character is more of a silent, touch lady thus more "manly" emotions would fit her well.
If they cant give us a choice between all races then at least give us a choice if we want to use the male or female emotions of our race. -
08-13-2017, 06:52 PMFelisMaybe your character is a Mol? ^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Alleo
If SE should do it right then Xaela need around 51 personality options, for every tribe one. For you it can be the Dotharl personality -
08-13-2017, 07:13 PMKageTokage
I do think it would be nice to give your character some customizable personality outside of their idle/sitting pose.
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08-14-2017, 12:43 AMJatoi
I agree with this, the motions for the Xaela females are too dainty considering they are supposed to be more rough than their Raen counterparts.
I would love to have some female Elezen emotes on my character! -
08-14-2017, 12:51 AMDracotheDragon
The only thing I can think that might not work for that is the animations are key framed for the skeleton of the model, with the exception of anything done by mocap but even then it is key frame touched after to fix a few things. The pure keyframed animations might just brake the wrong models if used on the wrong skeletons
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08-14-2017, 02:47 AMSigmaOZ
I prefer unlocked animations and poses instead of a "set" which is already limiting!...
How to do that!?... Allow us to use all animations and poses from all available races in the game, this way we can have full control on our characters personalities!...
For example, I want my Miqo'te character to have the female Midlander's walking and running animations and their standing, sitting and dozing poses as well, without giving up the standard Miqo'te ones, I can freely decide which ones I want to use and change them at any time from an in-game menu and even through commands in the chat box!...
Any excuses from SE and blind detractors are nothing if most players demand the above mentioned changes!...
I really hate any kind of excuses when anyone knows all of this has to be implemented as additional options, if you don't like them then don't use them, but let the ones who want this changes have more fun, including myself!... -
08-14-2017, 02:49 AMNaunet
This is a great idea. I second the poster who requested it be a toggle like /cpose. Would love this! I always feel so disconnected from my character when doing the MSQ, and something like this could help.
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08-14-2017, 03:08 AMCerbolt
I would love some kind of personality to make my character feel a little more unique. At the moment I just don't feel like the default one suits him much.
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08-14-2017, 03:16 AMMixae
I vote for this, they have it in ESO and I love it
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08-14-2017, 11:41 PMAlleoIf I remember it correctly none of the tribes have different emotes so a woman from the Dotharl will still have quite the cute emotes. Just give me more "manlier" options or at least neutral ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Felis
Also +1 for unlocking all the animations and stuff like that. I mean in a realistic world someone that grows up in a different environment will probably learn to articulate like those. For example if a Au Ra grows up with Lalafells they would surely learn their dance, their emotions and things like that. Also why should the WoL be restricted to certain kind of dance? -
08-15-2017, 12:10 AMMysticalesThe new excuse after moving to "better" servers that were supposed to be able to handle everything.. and the reason why we cant have new stuff now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jybril
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