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Hi i was thinking that it is odd that we can't use the costume options of all the species for our custom aliens. i would like cryptic to mke it possible fr me to use all species options and if you have a comment on the subject please leave it below.:cool:
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I'm all for more customization. But could you expand a little and give some examples of what's missing that you'd want? Odds are I'm going to agree with you, I just want to know more details. Thanks.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    superchum wrote: »
    I'm all for more customization. But could you expand a little and give some examples of what's missing that you'd want? Odds are I'm going to agree with you, I just want to know more details. Thanks.

    well i'd like to see the tail as an option and i would like to see the eyes of different species, i want all of the species parts
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Thanks! Definitely I agree with those suggestions.

    :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I agree with the OP on this one. Borg attachments for Aliens! Benzite breathing apparatus for all!

    I think the "Alien" option should be the all in one stop for every customization option in the game, giving us a total control over everything.

    *the only restriction I would have is that you would not have the Alien option for caitian tails or fur until you purchase playable caitians. You would not have ferengi ears until you purchase playable ferengi. Otherwise people could easily get around buying those races by making Alien facsimiles.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I would like to see never before seen parts and pieces. Right now most aliens simply look like retreads from the various series. Although there is always the guy that will make some Alien that looks like Homer Simpson, I feel most people are creative enough to add to the cool flavor of the ST universe.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I would like to see never before seen parts and pieces. Right now most aliens simply look like retreads from the various series. Although there is always the guy that will make some Alien that looks like Homer Simpson, I feel most people are creative enough to add to the cool flavor of the ST universe.

    i agree with the above statement
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    All pieces available for any race available to you should in in the alien creator.

    Maybe some unique pieces too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I agree that we need more options...

    Also, I think it would be great if we could complete some of the "sets" (Think Hirogen and/or Jem'Hadar, which are currently missing some features) in the creator. I want to make a Hirogen, and, in a way, I can, but I'd like to do be able to do so with the proper base complexion. instead of having to use the Lissepian textures or whatever.

    Speaking of Hirogen, is a "Dual Lobes /w Smooth Nose" option too much to ask for?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    MGoblin256 wrote: »
    I agree that we need more options...


    Speaking of Hirogen, is a "Dual Lobes /w Smooth Nose" option too much to ask for?

    yeah i think that should be available too
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I also believe that it would be cool to be able to get the features of aliens we encounter if they do not already offer them so the more aliens a person encounters the more features he has
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    MGoblin256 wrote: »
    I agree that we need more options...

    Also, I think it would be great if we could complete some of the "sets" (Think Hirogen and/or Jem'Hadar, which are currently missing some features) in the creator. I want to make a Hirogen, and, in a way, I can, but I'd like to do be able to do so with the proper base complexion. instead of having to use the Lissepian textures or whatever.

    Speaking of Hirogen, is a "Dual Lobes /w Smooth Nose" option too much to ask for?

    Id like that, I tried to make a Hirogen but it just didnt work out very well...

    though id rather see more new haircuts than anything else, I would be a human but all the current human haircuts bug me somehow..they just dont appeal to me.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I agree with the OP on this one. Borg attachments for Aliens! Benzite breathing apparatus for all!

    *the only restriction I would have is that you would not have the Alien option for caitian tails or fur until you purchase playable caitians. You would not have ferengi ears until you purchase playable ferengi.

    IIf it unlocked additional alien parts from those purchasable races, I might consider buying some of the races I would have previously passed on.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    You're kidding, right? The generic "alien" already allows far more customization than is possible in the vast majority of MMORPGs out there. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I think the "Alien" option should be the all in one stop for every customization option in the game, giving us a total control over everything.

    some race templates would make things easier in the alien options too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    I also believe that it would be cool to be able to get the features of aliens we encounter if they do not already offer them so the more aliens a person encounters the more features he has

    I made me a Strekkelan, and I think I can recreate both Starlians and Crimto pretty easily. BUT, I am a huge fan of this suggestion you've made. Some sort of pattern or template they make available so you can recreate the Starlians or Scoodians or whoever your favorite "random" NPC designed by Cryptic is.

    It'd be cool.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    there is always the guy that will make some Alien that looks like Homer Simpson


    ahem

    http://picasaweb.google.es/Z3R0B4NG/StarTrekOnline#5470083194801638546

    :D


    PS: i want Hirogen options, i know they are ingame as enemy but we dont have the right parts to recreate one.

    And i can /sign on buying Catians / Ferengi / Whatever and get those parts unlocked after the purchase in the Alien creator.

    How else could you make a Ferengi/Klingon Hybrid ?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Here's the catch:
    Not all species parts are compatible (i.e. clipping issues).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Benfea wrote: »
    You're kidding, right? The generic "alien" already allows far more customization than is possible in the vast majority of MMORPGs out there. :p

    hey if you dont have something good to say about it then say nothing man
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Z3R0B4NG wrote: »

    Woo Hoo!

    "The only danger is if they send us to [ominous] that terrible Planet of the Apes. Wait a minute... Statue of Liberty...that was _our_ planet! You maniacs! You blew it up! Darn you! Darn you all to heck!"!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Here's the catch:
    Not all species parts are compatible (i.e. clipping issues).

    They could exclude ones that don't mesh, like the heads that don't clip with the hair types.

    :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    hey if you dont have something good to say about it then say nothing man
    irony, ladies and gents. ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Here's the catch:
    Not all species parts are compatible (i.e. clipping issues).

    Yeah... that would take some work.... and likely some combination exclusions...

    Still the principle of having the alien bits n pieces available is a good one.

    I'm also eager to see more custom alien parts that can't be found elsewhere. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I'm also eager to see more custom alien parts that can't be found elsewhere. :)

    I completely agree:cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Wow noone really cares anymore do they?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Am i the only one who would like to see something like the zaranite's gas mask ingame?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    schipani wrote:
    Am i the only one who would like to see something like the zaranite's gas mask ingame?

    i'd like to see that
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I'm pretty happy with any character creator that lets me create this

    My issue with it is that in many cases they only seem to give us half the options. I can kinda make a denobulan but it's missing the chin piece. It really sucks to see some denobulan parts there but not be able to actually make one.

    Actually i'd kinda prefer to see some completely new stuff never before seen in trek rather than a denobulan forehead here and a cardassian neck ridge there.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Cormoran wrote: »
    My issue with it is that in many cases they only seem to give us half the options. I can kinda make a denobulan but it's missing the chin piece. It really sucks to see some denobulan parts there but not be able to actually make one.

    Actually i'd kinda prefer to see some completely new stuff never before seen in trek rather than a denobulan forehead here and a cardassian neck ridge there.

    I like those thoughts and also i think that the cardassian neck ridge thing would be a good addition
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I like those thoughts and also i think that the cardassian neck ridge thing would be a good addition

    Actually it's already in there, (though i don't think it's attached to the word 'cardassian' which is probably why you may not have found it) you can do all the makeup for a cardie but none of the hair really fits, particularly for teh womenz.

    Speaking of the cardie neck ridges, it includes a chin piece that would be near perfect for denobulans, but ofcourse there's the cardie neck ridges along with it.
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