Fluff Idea

[Soleob]

<DIV>I know most of us HATE our fluff spell.... I do at least and have been triing to think of what to replace it. Not that I think SOE will but here is hope'n. My idea is for all us Swashbucklers to get a boat. It was an idea for all to get owned boats but was scrapped for some reason, why not use that idea. Of course it would only be fluff so the speed would go by your swimming skill. This would be an awsome addition IMO. To be a Swashy without a boat... what a shame.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Neaux</DIV>

[Keyh]

<DIV>That's playing too much into the Swashbucklers = Pirates stereotype. I'd like the skill more if it were AoE and we could use it outside of the group :p.</DIV>

[Kaff]

<blockquote><hr>Keyh wrote:<DIV>That's playing too much into the Swashbucklers = Pirates stereotype. I'd like the skill more if it were AoE and we could use it outside of the group :p.</DIV><hr></blockquote>Hehe. Nice. My biggest annoyance is the level restriction and the group restriction. Well, that and the fact that the text for it isn't very noticeable. The target gets no "soandso is overcome by the swashbuckler's charms" or anything, and "Swashbuckler turns on the charm" is pretty bland without it.

[Naggyba]

I thought of a replacement last night.You know how Rangers get a bird companion? Why not give Swashbucklers a Parrot that follows them around, or sits on their shoulder?

[Erasm]

<DIV>I think a good one would be</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Summon: Unimaginably large hat" </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Summons a big hat with a feather ( NO-TRADE, TEMPORARY) , with no stats. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Works for those who think they are pirates, and ones that dont think they are ( bi ghats are universal). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Naggyba]

Either that or turns you into a Musketeer looking toon for a bit.

[Kitasi13]

<DIV>They should at least make the skill work on NPC's.  Not like they can get upset when we make them flirt with us!</DIV>

[Lonw]

Illusion : Hat with oversized plume...

[Xai]

Already in discussion: http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=33&message.id=236<img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[CastleFre]

I've not got the swash charm yet, does it have any animation for your character or does it really just make a female group member do an emote?The female members I group with do a variety of emotes anyway, some of them quite saucy <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. So for me it's even more of a waste of time than I could possibly have imagined.If someone had asked me to design something similar I could never have come up with a suggestion this bad.So what kind of games designer would do this?(if we poke sticks at them maybe they'll listen)So just off the top of my head here is a design.A zorro style stance and sword swish animation, which could be accompanied by and aoe emote (if they really insist on that kind of thing).ORTo continue a pirate theme, I whip out my Jolly Rogerer and really make the girls flustered!ORThe swash gets out bottles of rum for the group, to replenish them and to get the ladies ready for my jolly...Enough, bad elf!

[Teh]

i want a parrot, an eyepatch, a pegleg and a fancy hat. I couldnt care less about the pirate cliche.

[Airco]

<DIV>Personally, I'd go for the Zorro swish type thing...except when used on another (N)PC, it would cut their bracers (or belt) and make their trousers drop:smileyvery-happy:</DIV>

[knightdant]

<DIV>I like DGoths idea that the mob is vulnerable when it is laughing out of control when we drop out of stealth with pink armor.</DIV>

[beaker1]

Keeping it along the same lines of what we already have, I would like "Swashbucklers Charm" to be an AOE that lasts 5 minutes and follows us around. Everyone who comes within 15m of us (all PC's and nonattackable mobs like city folk) during this time have the chance of being "charmed" like every 15 seconds that they are in range.And if two (or more) swashies are using their fluff charm next to each other, they face off and start randomly doing emotes and the animation from their combat arts to try and outdo the other, with any nearby charmed PC's cheering the victor.Now that would be fluff =)

[DautThunderbritch]

<DIV>Hat = great idea!</DIV>