Discussion Thread: Protector Lockbox

kaiserin · January 2018

FC.31.20180108.3 Changes

Lockbox

Added Booster Mod Box to the Debugger store.
The Booster Mod Box contains one of the following mods: Respite 3, Energetic 3, Regeneration 3, Vitality 3, Hardy 3, Tireless 3.
Added Backflip emote to the Debugger store.

FC.31.20180108.7 Changes

Lockbox

Added a second version of the backflip emote that does not loop its stance when you unlock this emote.
Added Oni Slayer Mask and Hair to the debugger store.
Added Devastating Strike ultimate power unlock to the debugger store.

FC.31.20180108.10 Changes

Lockbox

Added Stoic Flight travel power to the debugger store.
Added Stoic Flight device to the Drifter store. This requires owning the power to purchase.
Added Oni Slayer Pants and Greaves to the debugger store.
Added Power Up emote to the debugger store.

FC.31.20180108.11 Changes

Lockbox

Added the rest of the Oni Slayer costume set to the debugger store. Many are lacking tooltip images currently.

FC.31.20180108.12 Changes

Lockbox

Updated costume preview images.
Fixed a bug where the Oni Slayer scarf was missing textures on some materials.
Fixed some clipping issues with the Oni Slayer chestwear options.
Added Shoki loyal sidekick to the debugger store.

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kamokami · January 2018

Suggestion
Backflip Emote should return your character to their original stance instead of the crouch.

I have a lot of characters that would do a backflip but very few that would use that crouch stance at the end.

theultimax · January 2018

Suggestion
Please keep the Backflip Emote how it is. It's perfect.

If someone needs to go back to their normal stance they can simply tap one of the movement keys. We need more stance emotes in the game. This is great.

kaiserin · January 2018

If both are desired, the emote could just unlock 2 versions.

ealford1985 · January 2018

Choices are always best.

soulforger · January 2018

kaizerin said:
If both are desired, the emote could just unlock 2 versions.

Do it! This is the better solution.

themightyzenith · January 2018

theultimax said:
We need more stance emotes in the game. This is great.

Gotta agree, it is a nice looking stance that lots of folks will like...

kaizerin said:
If both are desired, the emote could just unlock 2 versions.

Nice one! And ty for this stance

organicmuhy · January 2018

Both versions of the emote would be nice.

shadowolf505 · January 2018

I like it the way it is.

sekhmet46 · January 2018

So pumped for Protector costumes...

kamokami · January 2018

kaizerin said:
If both are desired, the emote could just unlock 2 versions.

Sounds great!

shadowolf505 · January 2018

sekhmet46 said:
So pumped for Protector costumes...

Same here yo!

atlassarnosian · January 2018

kaizerin said:

FC.31.20180108.3 Changes

Lockbox

FC.31.20180108.7 Changes

Lockbox
Added Oni Slayer Mask and Hair to the debugger store.

I can already predict what some people may use that hair for...

themightyzenith · January 2018

Nice cossie pieces there

Suggestion
That hairstyle could also unlock the top ponytail (with the holder) as a costume piece on it's own, much like other ponytails we have.

That way it could be added to other hairstyles easily and make a great addition to helmets, etc. (like a horse-hair plume)

ealford1985 · January 2018

^ great idea

sekhmet46 · January 2018

> @themightyzenith said:
> Nice cossie pieces there

>
>
> Suggestion
> That hairstyle could also unlock the top ponytail (with the holder) as a costume piece on it's own, much like other ponytails we have.
>
> That way it could be added to other hairstyles easily and make a great addition to helmets, etc.
>
>

I second this. I'd love to use just the ponytail as a Knight's feather plume, or with the Futuristic helmet.

I also *love* the Oni mask. Though I think it'd be even better if the horns were an Attachment Eye Accessory, so you could use the make with/without them and not worry about taking up another costume category.

themightyzenith · January 2018

sekhmet46 said:

I also *love* the Oni mask. Though I think it'd be even better if the horns were an Attachment Eye Accessory, so you could use the make with/without them and not worry about taking up another costume category.

And I love this. It's good enough to be an actual suggestion (cue blue suggestion font colour)

Suggestion

Please make the horns on the Oni Slayer Mask an optional attachment to the costume AND an actual costume piece all on it's own (perhaps top accessory or head wear).

aesica · January 2018

themightyzenith wrote: »

Suggestion
That hairstyle could also unlock the top ponytail (with the holder) as a costume piece on it's own, much like other ponytails we have.

That way it could be added to other hairstyles easily and make a great addition to helmets, etc. (like a horse-hair plume)

Just chiming in to second this.

sekhmet46 wrote: »

I also *love* the Oni mask. Though I think it'd be even better if the horns were an Attachment Eye Accessory, so you could use the make with/without them and not worry about taking up another costume category.

And this.

Please do these things. It seems like something that shouldn't be too hard to do that would add a lot of value to both of these pieces.

theravenforce · January 2018

That Oni Hair is EVERYTHING. I just wish it was available in more materials!!

roughbearmattach · January 2018

Another vote for beautiful costume pieces.
Great work!

Imagine the new Oni Hair in fire . . .

lezard21 · February 2018

In the same vein as we got an alternate animation version for the Backflip emote, can we get an alternate version for Stoic Flight where wings move if you are using them?

evilvillains · February 2018

When is this lockbox going to be available?

shadowolf505 · February 2018

When Unarmed hits Live.

lezard21 · February 2018

evilvillains said:
When is this lockbox going to be available?

This information is generally not disclosed cause it can create market speculation (even more than knowing that it's coming soon will).

The lockbox is probably still missing a couple more pieces for the Oni set, which if we get by Tuesday, you can expect a release on Thursday

kaiserin · February 2018

There's a bit of a difference between making an alternate emote and making an alternate (travel) stance. An emote is a single animation not dependent on anything, a stance is a great many animations all hooked together that reacts based on your direction and such. A different set of flight animations triggering would require an entirely different power, or some other item (like a device or aura) to trigger a change, which is not something we really want to start doing as it's kinda messy.

In short, wing animations are unlikely to be changed.

sekhmet46 · February 2018

> @lezard21 said:
> When is this lockbox going to be available?
>
> This information is generally not disclosed cause it can create market speculation (even more than knowing that it's coming soon will).
>
> The lockbox is probably still missing a couple more pieces for the Oni set, which if we get by Tuesday, you can expect a release on Thursday

I would've guessed the Oni Slayer costumes were the secondary set, like the Futuristic pieces or the other bits with the Cybernetic lockbox (Mechanical Monster, Cyber Stealth, etc). If Oni does end up being the primary one, I do hope there is a secondary set or a few extra costumes.

avianos · February 2018

evilvillains wrote: »

When is this lockbox going to be available?

I bet Valentine's Day

sekhmet46 · February 2018

Okay so I can't figure out how to post images directly so y'all are gonna have to deal with links.

I've been hoping for something like the Oni Pants for years. The huge thighs with narrow lower legs makes a great aesthetic for ninja-type characters, and also translates well into CO (plenty of things that look good in the real world look like crap in CO). Ideally, this would look something like the pants Ganju from Bleach wears: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C3pFQcHn_h4/maxresdefault.jpg https://ugc.kn3.net/i/origin/http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100407073527/bleachwiki/de/images/b/b3/GanjuvsByakuya.jpg (sorry, best images I could find)

However I was sorely disappointed with the Oni pants. The shape is all wrong. It starts too thin at the waist, and balloons out too much and too fast. Set to all black, the weirdness of the silhouette is obvious. Additionally, there's a lack of detail beyond the wide stripes. I'd have liked to see something on the lower leg, maybe vertical lines akin to the Scifi Soldier boots.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/minjJVPNmu4hCFPA2

Suggestion: I know the costume's probably done and finished in the dev's eyes, but please consider widening the Oni Pants around the waist area, as the difference in width between waist and knee is way too much and looks silly.

theultimax · February 2018

Uh. Something doesn't look right here. This is the powerup emote, btw. Also, is there any way to make the energy color of powerup match our power color?

ealford1985 · February 2018

^ see...why can’t we have expressions like that’s in moods?

kaiserin · February 2018

We do not have a way for players to customize emote fx, which is why a no fx version of the emote was included.

ealford1985 · February 2018

Not customize but add them straight into the mood.

Like beast stance mouth open, make that a mood. Or the talk rage face, make that a mood.

bringmeaslab · February 2018

Drifter doesn't seem to be offering the Stoic Flight device.

themightyzenith · February 2018

I really like the shape of the Oni Slayer pants, however they clip with the vast majority of boots we have... thus limiting their use greatly.

Suggestion
Please reduce the thickness of the lower half of the Oni Slayer Pants so that we can use more boots with them

These pants could also use a better striped pattern.

Suggestion
Please add an additional pattern choice to the top half of the Oni Slayer Pants similar to the Fantasy pattern for tights

sekhmet46 · February 2018

Still seriously hoping to hear back on the ponytail suggestion... Really hoping it goes through...

roughbearmattach · February 2018

What is the pose for Stoic Flight?
(I'm away from my usual computer for the next few days)

themightyzenith · February 2018

roughbearmattach said:
What is the pose for Stoic Flight?

It's basically this......

....but with a glowing effect around the character. It's a vertical pose flight.

It would have been nice to just be able to add effects with auras instead of it being built in. I've got toons who would love that pose, but the aura doesn't go with their themes.

Suggestion
Please make a second version of Stoic Flight without the aura effects

shadowolf505 · February 2018

Arcane Flight has an aura built in as well but no one said anything about that.

themightyzenith · February 2018

shadowolf505 said:
Arcane Flight has an aura built in as well but no one said anything about that.

So? This thread is to review the Protector lockbox, make suggestions report bugs.

shadowolf505 · February 2018

That wasnt the point I was making. When Arcane lockbox came around, no one said anything about the aura. So why say about this one?

themightyzenith · February 2018

shadowolf505 said:
That wasnt the point I was making. When Arcane lockbox came around, no one said anything about the aura. So why say about this one?

This thread is about the protector lockbox, your stawman point that "no-one said anything about this concerning Arcane Flight" is irelevant to my actual suggestion of offering a second version of Stoic Flight.

shadowolf505 · February 2018

Okay... let me make a suggestion then.

Suggestion
Make Stoic Flight not have the aura at base rank 1, when ranking it, it will build up an aura.

Better?

themightyzenith · February 2018

shadowolf505 said:
Better?

Is this question for me?

shadowolf505 · February 2018

Since I did not make anything regarding the lockbox on the thread, I'm asking if that is a suitable suggestion.

themightyzenith · February 2018

shadowolf505 said:
Since I did not make anything regarding the lockbox on the thread, I'm asking if that is a suitable suggestion.

That's really not for me to decide, It's the devs that do that.

I suppose I could give the impression of refuting your suggestion while actually refuting a situation that was not presented by you, but that would be silly, so I shan't.

Instead I shall just give you an encouraging

and wish you well with your suggestion.

shadowolf505 · February 2018

themightyzenith wrote: »

Instead I shall just give you an encouraging and wish you well with your suggestion.

Fair enough. I mean, the glow is really bright at even rank 1. I could imagine it at rank 3. Just once we don't get another "Millennial Flight" bright power, I'm glad.

stellariodragon · February 2018

Love the power-up ermote!

thesoulstar · February 2018

These new flight animations and costumes makes me feel there was some certain FighterZ in mind while in production of this. Still though I do like the direction for them. Not sure I would ever use all of them but they seem legit. Especially liking the power up emote. Will we be able to control the color of said power or is it just stuck in a default?