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Visual Character Growth?
Crestguard
Member Posts: 112
I haven't really been able to find recent updates. I looked into this game a while ago but haven't spent much time hunting recently. I saw it was released and could definitlely use something to give me a break from WoW, or keep me from playing WotLK (since the changes being made are none-to-pleasing).
One of the things I heard that I really liked in an early build was that low level characters look different from high level characters. As you levels your character would literally grow. Orcs would grow taller and darker, dwarves would grow stockier and their beard would become larger. Is any of this still in effect or have they scrapped it to keep RvR a fluid action?
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I think it got "pushed" out of release a while ago. Which is sad because I thought it was a great idea.
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Originally posted by javac
well i'm 35 and have a PhD in science, and then 10 years experience in bioinformatics... you?
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/218865/page/8
Pretty sure it's scrapped. Your characters will appear to grow and advance in that armor gets more and more details and makes you look like a seasoned fighter as you level, but as for model changing I am pretty sure it got cut.
I dont know if its scrapped. But certainly its not in the forseeable future. Visual changes are often something that takes a low priority expecially when gameplay issues are in the forefront.
A few expansions away perhaps. Never say never
Torrential: DAOC (Pendragon)
Awned: World of Warcraft (Lothar)
Torren: Warhammer Online (Praag)
too bad, character growth would have been awesome. something no other mmo has done. AoC has fatalities, which are awesome and sets AoC apart, WaR should have had growth. too bad
A shame.
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I dunno about actual growth but you can add different trophies to your armor making it look different...
I apologize because I literally know very, very little about the current game. But I was looking at an 'armory' styled site that listed gear. I'll admit the stats made no sense to me BUT, I did see on the bottom, room for 5 trophies. I saw none of them had stats. You say these improve on visuals? Could you perhaps go into more detail about that? Thanks in advance.
there's suppose be character grow since it was orignally planed just like other races careers. Just wait
Check this video out. At about 3 mins in you can get a visual of what trophies are. Please remember as you watch that this is very old beta footage and looks a little crappy, but you get teh idea.
There are probably better video's, this was the first I found that had an in game shot of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIMIwh8BTlg
I think OP is talking about character growth , not trophies . For example what growth is in WAR are strenght indicatosr like a way of showing how high ranking the player is . Here's how character grows ; a chaos mutates , dark elves get gothier, orks become darker, dwarves get longer beard, high elves become poshier, and humans i'm not sure about
I believe the planned growth leveling went along the lines of:
dwarf's beards whould grow with level
orcs size would grow with level
bright wizards writing and smake/flames would grow with level
hmm cant remember what the plans where for some of the other classes
either way they decided to put this idea on indefinite hold, probably once they realized that a few cities and classes werent going to be completed/perfected in time for release.
would be a really cool gimmick though, hopefully they can patch it all in later on.
they're based on classes , thought they were based on races but yours make more sense .
I think OP is talking about character growth , not trophies . For example what growth is in WAR are strenght indicatosr like a way of showing how high ranking the player is . Here's how character grows ; a chaos mutates , dark elves get gothier, orks become darker, dwarves get longer beard, high elves become poshier, and humans i'm not sure about
Yes the original question was about character growth, but a couple posts above mine someone mentions trophies and then the OP asks about them as well.
While the growth may have been cut Marauders do get more mutated as they level. By this i mean when they use their gifts at low level it mutates up to their elbow and by 25ish its going to the left side of their chest... i cant wait to see it at 40.
there's one thing i don't want to see, a lvl 40 female chaos running naked
Please refrain from making claims that are unsubstansiated. Unless you were a closed beta tester or worked for Mythic you do not have a accurate claim of the content removed from release.
The character growth is still in the game but its much more scaled back then what was orginally intended. Marauders mutations grow in detail and size. The Magus disk takes a more sinister appearance. The White Lion's pet grows. Different classes have different aspects. Most are very subtle now and will be enhanced over time.
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