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Idea!: Vanity transporter effects for c-store

matthian1701matthian1701 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited April 2013 in C-Store, ZEN, and Promotions
How about the ability to buy additional transporter effects from the c-store. This would replace the default faction transporter effect you and your away team uses with others in the Trek universe - Cardassian, TOS era, Borg, etc. It's just a vanity item but I bet a lot of people would buy them!
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  • sirokksirokk Member Posts: 990 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    matthian1701 wrote: »
    How about the ability to buy additional transporter effects from the c-store. This would replace the default faction transporter effect you and your away team uses with others in the Trek universe - Cardassian, TOS era, Borg, etc. It's just a vanity item but I bet a lot of people would buy them!

    LOVE IT! I'd buy it! TOS, or even Pilot TOS effects!

    I'd like to see them improve the effects, in general, so that it doesn't look like your character's features are being removed piece by piece...
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  • matthian1701matthian1701 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    sirokk wrote: »
    LOVE IT! I'd buy it! TOS, or even Pilot TOS effects!

    I'd like to see them improve the effects, in general, so that it doesn't look like your character's features are being removed piece by piece...

    I always wondered why my hair transported before the rest of me :)

    But yea, I bet the TOS visual and sound effects would be an especially popular seller.
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I could definitely see the TOS transporter sound/effect being a popular purchase.

    The only thing that bugs me about transporting currently is that if you have a non combat pet it doesn't beam out with you. It just stands there all alone when you leave. Someone should look into that. Horta abandonment is a serious issue.

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  • croesusxcroesusx Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Great idea! I'd love to be able to buy the TNG transporter effect.
  • temp3rustemp3rus Member Posts: 125 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I saw this idea way back, but then the F2P conversion happened and nothing since :(

    It is a great idea and would probably sell very well :)
  • morkargh117morkargh117 Member Posts: 231 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I dunno, I don't want to see Feds and Klingons using Cardassian or Borg transporter FX..this game needs to retain some kind of dignity folks.
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  • steamwrightsteamwright Member Posts: 2,820
    edited April 2013
    I'll take the TOS movie effect version, please. That way I can talk and move during transport. :P
  • jimmyjames81196jimmyjames81196 Member Posts: 33 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    + 1

    love it but this was brought up way back in S2
  • tobar26thtobar26th Member Posts: 799 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    jimmyjames81196 wrote: »
    + 1

    love it but this was brought up way back in S2

    Oh hell, this has been there since day one ;) ANd it's still something that should be done.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I would not spend money on it... nor grind for it.
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  • vesterengvestereng Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    +1

    love it, love it, love it
  • giaranagiarana Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I don't usually go for vanity items, but this I would spend zen on. Maybe as an account wide unlock with a few variants.
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  • reynoldsxdreynoldsxd Member Posts: 977 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    you realize they will overprice this heavily, right?
  • daemonhelddaemonheld Member Posts: 287 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    *IF* they were to actually work on this... I was always partial to Ardras teleport effect, from Devils Due. :D
  • sirokksirokk Member Posts: 990 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    matthian1701 wrote: »
    I always wondered why my hair transported before the rest of me :)

    But yea, I bet the TOS visual and sound effects would be an especially popular seller.

    Since it is fake, the teleporter system moves it first and then plops it back onto your head when the rest of you teleports. Pssst... don't tell the girls that my mustache is fake... :D
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,887 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    morkargh117 wrote: »
    I dunno, I don't want to see Feds and Klingons using Cardassian or Borg transporter FX..this game needs to retain some kind of dignity folks.

    I agree, but I wouldn't mind some TNG versions for Feds and KDF.

    I never understood why they gave Feds the Voyager transporter effects since it was only ever seen in Voyager and everything else was always similar to TNG.
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  • captpeacemakercaptpeacemaker Member Posts: 230 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I do like this idea.

    They do need to tweak the transporter effect in general a little bit though. Its funny watching the character beam out before their underwear does.
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Another cool idea that's definitely NOT happening. Ever.
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  • pokinatchapunxpokinatchapunx Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Good idea.
  • xandercorvusxandercorvus Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    morkargh117 wrote: »
    I dunno, I don't want to see Feds and Klingons using Cardassian or Borg transporter FX..this game needs to retain some kind of dignity folks.

    Really?!
    So . . . I can make a Borg Captain in Starfleet, and have them pilot a Cardassian Galor, but having the Cardassian Beam In/Out FX to match my Cardassian ship causes the game to lose dignity?
    That's absurd . . . especially with some of the mechanics & story already in place for LoR.

    Example: Romulan Republic Agriculturists gaining access to SF/KDF ships, those same Romulans sharing Romulan Tech with UFP/KDF, those same Romulans helping SF/KDF fleets by contributing to their projects AND buying from those same SF/KDF Fleet Stores.

    With all of that already in place, using different Beaming FX seems to me like a more LOGICAL step rather than an act which would cause the game to lose dignity.
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  • xandercorvusxandercorvus Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    lianthelia wrote: »
    I never understood why they gave Feds the Voyager transporter effects since it was only ever seen in Voyager and everything else was always similar to TNG.

    Pay attention.
    Voyager came last in the timeline.
    Therefore, the Voyager Beaming FX are the logical choice for any other work that takes place AFTER Voyager.
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  • pweistheworstpweistheworst Member Posts: 986 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Cryptic, please pay attention. I would pay a hefty sum of Zen points for this feature so I can have the "correct" transporter effect for my Cardassian Galor class ship.
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