emotes

[ttobey]

<p>Pretend I got sitting working...</p><p>What 5 emotes would you want to see?</p><p>Roleplaying type emotes I mean....</p>

[Crombie]

<p>the ability to lie down would be great!!</p><p>perhaps racial dance emotes?  either bound or not bound to certain races</p><p>perhaps pulling out and reading a book/scroll</p><p>...cant think of much since eq2 has such a wide variety of emotes...  perhaps pushups / handstand / slap / or give someone the bird?!</p>

[GussJr]

<p><cite>Bink@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>the ability to lie down would be great!!</p><p>perhaps racial dance emotes?  either bound or not bound to certain races</p><p>perhaps pulling out and reading a book/scroll</p><p>...cant think of much since eq2 has such a wide variety of emotes...  perhaps pushups / handstand / slap / or give someone the bird?!</p></blockquote><p>a thumbs up would be cool...or cartwheel</p>

[Isard]

<p>I think that if a toon were sitting, the things you would most likely want to see them do / be able to do would be:</p><p>1. Eat / drink motion 2. Reading, hold a book type emote3. Wave / beckon4. Cheer5. Toast with a glass</p><p>I'm sure there are others but those top 5 seem like things people would do when sitting.</p>

[Cyliena]

<p>More dance options would be nice.</p>

[ttobey]

<p>i thinking more on the lines of /sit /sleep etc... /read is a good one.</p>

[GussJr]

<p>/faint ?</p>

[kelvmor]

<p>The fist to chest salute the NPCs get, and the whole pounding your fist into your palm all threateningly.</p>

[Anestacia]

<p><cite>Malificant@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>1. Eat / drink motion 2. Reading, hold a book type emote</p></blockquote><p>These for sure would be wonderful.</p>

[TheGeneral]

<p>Bring back the "ROFL" emote.</p>

[Aurel]

<p>Poses!</p><p>/cool...  Stand kind of askew, arms crossed, or one hand on a hip...  buff your nails...</p><p>But +5 to /read!  Huzzah!</p>

[Dethdlr]

<p>I wouldn't mind seeing a / command added to let you do the harvesting/collecting emote.  The animation is already there, but I don't think you can access it unless you are actually picking something up.</p><p>Also, isn't there a scream emote that you do for certain mobs in The Estate of Unrest?  I could be remembering it wrong but if not that would be nice to have wired up to a / command if it isn't already, along with the accompanying scream.</p><p>Also +1 to /faint</p><p>and -1 to /macarena and /chickendance</p><p>Although, if there were enough different dances put into the game that you could string together, it might be interesting to see someone put together a video of an EQ2 flash mob. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>/matador?  Take off your cloak and wave it like a bull fighter?  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Kaeliara]

<p>sit-type emotes huh?</p><p>well i'd like:</p><p>/meditate</p><p>/crosslegged chair sit</p><p>/relax - something like legs out straight leaning back on arms with ankles crossed</p>

[ttobey]

<p><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></p><blockquote><p>/relax - something like legs out straight leaning back on arms with ankles crossed</p></blockquote><p>That one probably won't work, you will be able to do it anywhere and you'd wind up leaning against nothing most of the time.</p>

[Rijacki]

<p>an emote action for hug and kiss</p><p>a replacement for smile (change the current one to /geeshucks</p><p>+1 for /read</p><p>/evillaugh complete with mimed mustache twirl</p><p>+1 for more dance type moves</p>

[Iskandar]

<p><strong>/read</strong>, <strong>/faint</strong>, <strong>/sleep</strong>, <strong>/cartwheel</strong>, <strong>/eat</strong> and <strong>/drink</strong> as already mentioned would be great!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" /></p><p><strong>/thumbsdown</strong> would be a good companion to the existing /thumbs</p><p><strong>/feral</strong> with a sort of half hunkered clawed-hands Wolverine type pose would be neat</p><p><strong>/scout</strong> to place a flat hand over the eyes, lean forward slightly (perhaps in a semi-crouch) and peer around</p><p><strong>/wolfwhistle</strong> with an appropriate sound effect</p><p>And if ya can work em in, racial dances would so rock too <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  /dance_woodelf ... /dance_barb ... /dance_darkelf....  Or some new generic dances... /dance_rock ... /dance_ballet ... /dance_club....</p><p>On a related topic, I think it would be cool to tie an emote animation to a custom dialogue... for example, "/wave greets his friends warmly" would have the toon playing the /wave animation while the emote would read "Soandso greets his friends warmly." There's a lot of great animations already available, but they're tied into canned emotes that may not fit with what we want to emote.</p>

[ttobey]

<p>-10 for dances</p>

[GussJr]

<p>/hold up sign that reads "quit killing me already" (for use in pvp, obviously, when the same toon murders you 5 times in a row)</p><p>.../ymca ?</p>

[Kaeliara]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: 11px;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></p><blockquote><p>/relax - something like legs out straight leaning back on arms with ankles crossed</p></blockquote><p>That one probably won't work, you will be able to do it anywhere and you'd wind up leaning against nothing most of the time.</p></blockquote><p>sorry, i don't think i described it very well...i meant more like leaning back but with your arms back supported by your hands...i'm thinking of like how ppl lean back and lounge on like picnics or something.</p><p>but i think i'm confused...are you even asking about sit-type emotes?  or stuff other than that...cuz yeah...one of these things is not like the others and that would be my posts lol <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p><p>edit:  oh nvm...just saw your edit in the original post...doh!  in that case cartwheels sound awesome!</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>GussJr wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>/hold up sign that reads "quit killing me already" (for use in pvp, obviously, when the same toon murders you 5 times in a row)</p></blockquote><p>I'd hold that sign up for some raid encounters *smirk*</p>

[Crombie]

Ever considered looping emotes that dont end till either the user moves or a cancel button is clicked? ie: /faint leaves you on the ground until you move or click something Could work for a /read /liedown /chat (like flaling your arms around like an npc that is "talking") and so on. ALSO, what about looping mood emotes (such as the Angry mood causes your toon to stare around differently and put their hands on thier hip occasionally)

[Iskandar]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>-10 for dances</blockquote><p>But.. but... we already have the prismatic glow wands and the disco balls!  You party pooper! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Sannavekk]

How about an emote for Immediately before sitting such as /offerchair where your toon would gesture at your target player as if offering them a chair to sit in.

[ttobey]

<p><cite>Bink@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>Ever considered looping emotes that dont end till either the user moves or a cancel button is clicked? ie: /faint leaves you on the ground until you move or click something Could work for a /read /liedown /chat (like flaling your arms around like an npc that is "talking") and so on. ALSO, what about looping mood emotes (such as the Angry mood causes your toon to stare around differently and put their hands on thier hip occasionally)</blockquote><p>Yeah that's what I was talking about with getting /sit to work.</p>

[Dethdlr]

<p><cite>GussJr wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>/hold up sign that reads "quit killing me already" (for use in pvp, obviously, when the same toon murders you 5 times in a row)</p></blockquote><p>It would have to be one of those signs like they used in the road runner cartoons.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Like this one:</p><p><img src="http://yourownimage.com/Wile-E-Coyote.jpg" width="309" height="425" /></p>

[Sydares]

<p>I heartily approve of this thread because there's a few that I feel like this game is missing that I try to use over and over again for both genuine purposes and to troll people in battlegrounds and am always shocked that they don't exist even as unanimated text emotes.</p><p><strong>/love</strong>             <em>You love everyone.                                  You love Soandso.</em></p><p><strong>/cuddle  </strong>       <em>You need to be cuddled.                           You cuddle up to Soandso.</em></p><p><strong>/sob</strong>             <em>You sob hysterically.                                 You sob on Soandso's shoulder.</em></p><p><strong>/spit   </strong>          <em>You spit in disgust.                                   You spit on Soandso.</em></p><p><strong>/highfive </strong>     <em>You raise your hand for a high five!           You give Soandso a high-five!</em></p><p><strong>/snort </strong>         <em>You snort in derision.                                You snort derisively at Soandso.</em></p>

[Kikiriki]

<p>Could <strong>/blowkiss</strong> actually be a little less silly and more like a traditional one? Where the bottom of your hand is up to your chin, hand out like a little runway? If you search Bing for "blow kiss" you'll get a bunch of pictures showing you what I mean.I'd love to see the <strong>/salute</strong> some of the NPCs do, bringing their fist to their chest and nodding a little. Along with the storytelling one that most of the Erudites do in Paineel, waving their arms about as they speak. <strong>/orate</strong>?</p><p>Maybe make it so bards can use their instruments at will?  <strong>/lute /drum /flute</strong></p><p>These are already implemented in game, so hopefully not a lot of work would need to be done!</p><p>For <em>new</em> ones? I'd love <strong>/sing</strong>. And it would cancel if you typed it again. One hand over the heart, the other arm outstretched as they sing a big note.</p><p>Any dance other than the hand wavey one would be great! Racial dances would be very cute but I understand if you can't do them. That Michigan J Frog dance was epic from that one video I've seen! I know, I know -10!!!A <strong>/facepalm</strong> would be used. A lot. Maybe shaking your head sadly at how pathetic something is.</p><p>I like <strong>/faint</strong>! That's a VERY good idea. Anything that makes you fall over.</p><p><strong>/eat</strong> and <strong>/drink</strong>! Sit a person at a table with a food item on it and just have them use a fork. That'd be the only part you'd have to animate for that. Drink, well, we have the mug emote, but maybe something a little more refined.</p><p>and not even a chair, just more <strong>/sit </strong>emotes. On the ground versions. /sit1 /sit2 /sit3, etc.</p><p>Any kung fu moves for Brawlers would be nice. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I could think of a lot more but I'm kinda fuzzy! I'll post again if I think of more.</p>

[quiarrah]

<p>Bring new dances back up to PLUS 10!</p><p>Every other game I play has really COOL dances. . . .except this one. When we have those community server parties. . .it would be great to have a dance party! Either racial dances or dances for each profession. . .</p><p>DANCES. . . DANCES. . . DANCES. . . . /DANCE. . .. Flash DAnce! (dancing out of here. . .. .)</p>

[Khiah]

<p> /burp (raises a mug then burps) would go great with brell day!</p><p> /lay (lays down takes a nap)</p><p> all I can think of.</p>

[kelesia]

<p>As a roleplayer, I very much want  /sit and  /lay.</p><p>I'd appreciate /read <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>But yes, please make it so that I can sit in a chair instead of kneeling in it?  An if I'm wishing for an appearance thing, I'd love it when riding my horse if my swords didn't stab through their sides <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[ttobey]

<p><cite>Lillya@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>As a roleplayer, I very much want  /sit and  /lay.</p><p>I'd appreciate /read <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>But yes, please make it so that I can sit in a chair instead of kneeling in it?  An if I'm wishing for an appearance thing, I'd love it when riding my horse if my swords didn't stab through their sides <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>these are 3 of the 5 so far I think.</p>

[Telis]

<p>/sitchair (Obvious)</p><p>/liedown (Sleeping, unconcious, resting)/read (Maybe combined with /sitchair too?)/explain (for those lengthy conversations where you need to be a little showy)/walllean (Lean up against any flat vertical surface, or against your buddies <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />)</p>

[Soresha]

<p>Not sure whether roleplayers would use them but: /kneel or /pray?</p>

[Telis]

<p>OH! And...</p><p>/FoldArms   I've seen other MMOs do it, but the idea of a character folding their arms casually tends to add more than it seems.</p>

[Kikiriki]

<p><cite>Soresha wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Not sure whether roleplayers would use them but: /kneel or /pray?</p></blockquote><p>My templar! Totally! She's the closest thing you can get to a nun of Rodcet!</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Actually, its not exactly what you're asking for, but what I'd love is the ability we had in EQ1 to add custom text to an emote.  If you did /sit you got the default flavour text, but you could also do "/sit slowly sits down, sighing in relief" to get the /sit emote animation along with your chosen text, "Eveningsong slowly sits down, sighing in relief".  Basically combining the /emote command with the other specific commands...</p><p>As for regular emotes, /smack playerx is something I often finding myself trying to do and it just doesn't exist!  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I like the idea of a true /sit (not just the existing kneeling).</p><p>I'd also like to see /sleep and /playdead (aka feign death) -- both have their potential uses <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I definitely like the /evillaugh idea too!  I spent ages trying all the various emotes trying to get an appropriately evil screenshot of my mad scientist ratonga for a NotD screenshot contest a while back, and there just aren't that many truly evil emotes <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.</p>

[Barq Bandit]

<p>I think the thing that most annoys me about using emotes while sitting is that the voice overs are muted for almost every emote that has voice while sitting.  Can't say hello, can't say goodbye, etc.  Enabling those alone would be a nice change, even if their associated upper-body animations don't work well with sitting.</p>

[Cocytus]

<p>3 of the 5 that ttobey likes I like as well.</p><p>For two more:</p><p>I like the /kneel idea. Preferably until canceled.</p><p>Also would like to see /lean, even if it means people can look weird leaning against nothing in the middle of of a field. It's worth it. Loved it in AOC.</p>

[Chiyoiche]

<p><cite>Iskandar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><strong>/read</strong>, <strong>/faint</strong>, <strong>/sleep</strong>, <strong>/cartwheel</strong>, <strong>/eat</strong> and <strong>/drink</strong> as already mentioned would be great!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" /></p><p><strong>/thumbsdown</strong> would be a good companion to the existing /thumbs</p><p><strong>/feral</strong> with a sort of half hunkered clawed-hands Wolverine type pose would be neat</p><p><strong>/scout</strong> to place a flat hand over the eyes, lean forward slightly (perhaps in a semi-crouch) and peer around</p><p><strong>/wolfwhistle</strong> with an appropriate sound effect</p><p>And if ya can work em in, racial dances would so rock too <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />  /dance_woodelf ... /dance_barb ... /dance_darkelf....  Or some new generic dances... /dance_rock ... /dance_ballet ... /dance_club....</p><p>On a related topic, I think it would be cool to tie an emote animation to a custom dialogue... for example, "/wave greets his friends warmly" would have the toon playing the /wave animation while the emote would read "Soandso greets his friends warmly." There's a lot of great animations already available, but they're tied into canned emotes that may not fit with what we want to emote.</p></blockquote><p>ooohhh ooohh</p><p>/read /eat /drink are GREAT!</p><p>i suggest a /cuddle (for characters with tails, would be great if the tails could curl around each other) one too! if my character is sitting with her mate, i want them to be able to cuddle. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (or even /lapsit for sitting in a groupmates lap! (this would be good for rpers with mates, or child character sitting in a parents lap)</p><p>also i think a /convo or /chat one would be nice too. this would like they are avidly or casualy talking with a player next to them. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Zenubi]

Just a thought, if these emotes could also be tied to actions in game then they could be really useful in group or even social scenarios. For example thinks like; /readbook - could be used when someone is reading a player made book, or examining journal etc /readmap - when someone is examining map info /afk - paper bag over head.. or zzz's The idea being so you can see what toons are doing while they are stationery standing there "appearing" afk... you could see them pull out a big map, or flick to a book (journal), or fall asleep! =)

[Drumstix]

<p>+1 to fold arms</p>

[Trepan]

<p>Ogres need /scratchbutt</p>

[Katz]

<p>/read, /sleep, /sit, /facepalm, /rofl</p>

[Duvessa]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Pretend I got sitting working...</p><p>What 5 emotes would you want to see?</p><p>Roleplaying type emotes I mean....</p></blockquote><p>You seem like someone up for a challenge, so...</p><p>/lotus - The ability to sit in the meditative "lotus position". For monks and priests and anyone else wishing to adopt a zen-like pose.</p><p>/hug - Make hug actually work. Construct a non-combat system where by two people move to face each other, and actually hug, engaging in full on contact, rather than simply hugging the air.</p><p>/highfive - As above, have two people give each other the "high five" where the palms of their hands actually connect</p><p>/acrobatic - A series of various randomly chosen acrobatic emotes, or maybe just a whole slew of selected ones. Cartwheels, handstands, backflips, and so on.</p><p>/barrelroll - Our flying mounts should be able to do a barrel roll. Seriously. And then make a race of playable foxes. Let them loose in the Barren Sky. The fanvid community will thank you.</p>

[ttobey]

<p>They did a barrel roll pre beta. If you moved or turned while in the barrel roll it tweened really terribly and just looked really bad so it never even made it to beta testing.</p>

[Cyliena]

<p>+10 to /facepalm!</p>

[Duvessa]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>They did a barrel roll pre beta. If you moved or turned while in the barrel roll it tweened really terribly and just looked really bad so it never even made it to beta testing.</p></blockquote><p>/sigh</p><p>How about a turbo boost? I'd love the Norrathian equlivant of a Mach-1 plus attack helicopter. Sought by governments friendly and foreign, AIRWOLF has been hidden by test pilot Stringfellow Hawke - to be returned to the government only if his brother, St. John, an MIA in Vietnam, can be found.... wait, I got derailed there.It's nice to know you at least TRIED to make that work. Kudos!</p>

[Enever]

<p>I'd liek to see a fake death animation, as if someoen got knocked out.</p><p>I'd also love to see a crossing arms stance-like animation. Where they stand there folding thier arms over, lookign around casually. My sarnak boucner would apreciate that XD</p>

[TorrynWoodsrunner]

<p>I can't believe no one has suggested this yet...but to go along with sitting...</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">/headdesk</span></strong></p><p>I'd be using it in my guild hall office constantly.</p>

[adolf102]

<p><strong>Drawn weapon and walk with weapon in hand </strong>without being in combat mode<strong> - </strong>check whole thread supporting this idea here: <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=363791" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=363791</a></p><p><strong>Sit on chairs</strong> and sofas - you can do it the way City of Heroes did. Character gets into permanent "sitting" position and you can still move it around to make it look like it's sitting on chair or other objects</p><p><strong>Lay down</strong>  - on beds, floors and other furniture</p>

[Shassia]

<p><cite>Torryn@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I can't believe no one has suggested this yet...but to go along with sitting...</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">/headdesk</span></strong></p><p>I'd be using it in my guild hall office constantly.</p></blockquote><p>Ahhhh, haha! You beat me to it. I was actually going through the thread to see if someone mentioned it already.</p><p>I still want /psych, "Soandso gets psyched up!", where you pull your fist down (elbowing down).</p>

[Krystara]

Do we have a /doh or /headslap for those moments of true stupidity? I'd love a /read. /kneel would be great for my Templar also. Maybe something a little less dramatic when crying? I don't always need to be pounding my fist on the floor - sometimes I just need to /weep

[Calthine]

<p>/rofl.  It was in launch beta, and the Frostfell elves can do it!</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><strong>/facepalm</strong>. Star Trek Online has it, and this game needs it too. Just put your palm to your face and shake your head in disapointment.</p><p>----</p><p>A different type of <strong>/sit</strong> animation. I don't know who decided to go with the Sitting on your knees and toes so you can spring to your feet in an emergency if you get attacked" style of sitting when the game was made, but anyone in real life can tell you that it's just about the most uncomfortable styles of sitting in the world, and it's also physically hard to pull off.</p><p>... Not to mention that when you do stand up, you do it casually, so why even sit on your toes like that?</p><p>Someone suggested a relaxed sitting animation, but you turned them down. How about legs stretched out (Not crossed), torso leaning back with your arms supporting you? Heck, even the Indian and Princess Leia styles from EQlive would work.</p><p>----</p><p>A <strong>/Fistpump</strong> type animation to show that you're psyched up for something would be cool. Kinda like what Tiger Woods does, only not so... Tiger Woods-y.</p><p>----</p><p>A <strong>/PalmTap</strong> animation would be cool to show that you just came up with an idea. This is sort of a Japanese thing that I see often in anime, but it's not completley uncommon in the rest of the world. You extend your left palm flat open and tap your right fist into it. Its a "Hey, I have an idea!" type moment." The sound effect of a tsuzumi drum being hit is optional. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p><p>----</p><p><strong>/Monkbow</strong>, which features Monk's Hand-in-fist bowing animation. Bonus points for splitting them up into two emotes:</p><p>1. Right fist into left open palm = sign of respect.</p><p>2. Left fist into right open palm = Don't mess with me or I will bust your head open.</p>

[Teufell]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>/rofl.  It was in launch beta, and the Frostfell elves can do it!</p></blockquote><p>But we can do that allready? at least my toons on naggy can</p><p>I like /facepalm</p><p>/shoo to tell someone from that other faction to go away allready would work for me too</p>

[Katsi]

<p> A more gentle/less agressive /smile - Currently I use /grin because I feel so Gosh Golly Gee whenever I use /smile.  A /smile softly would work, even if it were just a text emote.</p><p>/twiddle thumbs</p><p>I also agree with /facepalm</p><p>~ Cerilynn</p>

[DukeOccam]

<p>I definitely want to see a /facepalm command.</p><p>I also like the idea of changing up the /sit animations (the non-chair kind). Kneeling like that really does look uncomfortable. If I were to sit on the floor it'd be "criss-cross applesauce" or something like this (wish I could find a better picture):</p><p><img src="http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/531055/531055,1269686502,33/stock-photo-casual-young-satisfied-man-sitting-relaxed-isolated-on-white-49807384.jpg" width="450" height="319" /></p><p>Maybe even with that back arm folded and resting on the elbow instead of the palm.</p><p>Edit: that probably wouldn't be suitable for (most) women, though, but the ladies' style in EQ1 would be fine I think:</p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff161/Jehrel/TeamAlpha.jpg" width="640" height="512" /></p>

[Barq Bandit]

<p><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>A <strong>/Fistpump</strong> type animation to show that you're psyched up for something would be cool. Kinda like what Tiger Woods does, only not so... Tiger Woods-y.</p></blockquote><p>Oddly enough, this animation is already in the game, performed via the /yeah command.  Sadly, the text produced is mismatched and awkward.  It treats the word "yeah" not as an exclamation like "Yeah!" but as a sign of agreement.</p><p>/boggle</p>

[Barq Bandit]

<p><cite>Cerilynn@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p> A more gentle/less agressive /smile - Currently I use /grin because I feel so Gosh Golly Gee whenever I use /smile.  A /smile softly would work, even if it were just a text emote.</p><p>~ Cerilynn</p></blockquote><p>This comment reminds me that I've often found a great many of the emotes to look completely unnatural, as if performed by a mime, with over-exaggerated movements.  /smile is a great example of this.  /clap is another.</p><p>I'd caution on removing such animations, though, as I'm sure there are some players who quite enjoy them, as they may be a good fit for happy go-lucky characters.  For serious, reserved characters, however, they're just avoided altogether, and there don't seem to be any alternatives.</p>

[Gilli]

<p>I'm curious how you'll position the character's hands while they are sitting with the default /sit.  Will they be on the arms of the chair, on your lap, on your knees, under your chin, etc.?  </p><p>If you go to a stock photo site and type in sitting, you see some pretty great poses, including the relax pose I read about earlier.  They could also be tied to the /sit emote, too.  Some examples:</p><p>/listen while sitting</p><p><img src="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/omkar/omkar0905/omkar090500570/4881473-modern-indian-girl-sitting-with-both-the-hands-under-her-chin.jpg" width="400" height="301" /></p><p>/bored while sitting</p><p><img src="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/_ella_/_ella_1007/_ella_100700003/7338300-nice-little-girl.jpg" width="400" height="332" /></p><p>/stretch while sitting (or /relax as someone suggested)</p><p><img src="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/IndigoFish/IndigoFish1008/IndigoFish100800019/7556790-smiling-redhead-teen-sitting-on-the-couch-before-the-laptop.jpg" width="267" height="400" /></p><p>/ponder while sitting</p><p><img src="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/Freezingpic/freezingpic0805/freezingpic080500021/2998015-girl-thinking.jpg" width="267" height="400" /></p>

[Soresha]

<p>Thought about this some more. For myself, I would really just like to have a proper "sit on the ground" option. The kneeling position I get from /sit isn't really sitting down.</p><p>At first I thought cross-legged would be nicest, that's how I'd sit in RL. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>But I wear a robe and I'm not sure where you'd put all the draping bits of a robe then. The other option would be sitting on ground with legs together, bent to one side. Keeping the legs together should then look better with robes?</p><p><img src="http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/77601/77601,1218509782,5/stock-photo-pretty-party-girl-sitting-on-ground-with-belt-around-her-arm-16031515.jpg" width="299" height="470" /></p><p>Or like the sitting slouched sideways pic that Duke Occam posted above me.</p><p>Then for a really fun emote, can we have /tantrum please? Just map the command to the animation used on Quo in the new Return of the Gathering Obsession. I wasn't the only one who laughed big time when first seeing that emote he does!</p><p>But I'm not going to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, just go do the quest... <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Cusashorn]

The tantrum emote is found all over the game.

[Shazzie]

<p><cite>Eveningsong wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Actually, its not exactly what you're asking for, but what I'd love is the ability we had in EQ1 to add custom text to an emote.  If you did /sit you got the default flavour text, but you could also do "/sit slowly sits down, sighing in relief" to get the /sit emote animation along with your chosen text, "Eveningsong slowly sits down, sighing in relief".  Basically combining the /emote command with the other specific commands...</p></blockquote><p>YES! I keep finding myself trying to do this, and being saddened every time when it doesn't work.</p><p>And I know you said no to dances, but I would love something simple instead of the flailing about 'thing' we have as a dance now. I don't need racial dances, or complex dances, heck just some kind of 'moves and nods to the beat' would be awesome.</p><p>The /facepalm would be nice. It tends to be overused on the internet, but it's still a very appropriate animation for many situations.</p><p>A /discuss, /chat, /orate, /speech, /lecture or somesuch kind of animated talk/conversation... I can see all the ones I listed having slightly different feels to them.</p>

[kelvmor]

<p>Also, give us the Coldain sleeping things.</p>

[Barq Bandit]

<p><cite>Shazzie wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Eveningsong wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Actually, its not exactly what you're asking for, but what I'd love is the ability we had in EQ1 to add custom text to an emote.  If you did /sit you got the default flavour text, but you could also do "/sit slowly sits down, sighing in relief" to get the /sit emote animation along with your chosen text, "Eveningsong slowly sits down, sighing in relief".  Basically combining the /emote command with the other specific commands...</p></blockquote><p>YES! I keep finding myself trying to do this, and being saddened every time when it doesn't work.</p><p>And I know you said no to dances, but I would love something simple instead of the flailing about 'thing' we have as a dance now. I don't need racial dances, or complex dances, heck just some kind of 'moves and nods to the beat' would be awesome.</p><p>The /facepalm would be nice. It tends to be overused on the internet, but it's still a very appropriate animation for many situations.</p><p>A /discuss, /chat, /orate, /speech, /lecture or somesuch kind of animated talk/conversation... I can see all the ones I listed having slightly different feels to them.</p></blockquote><p>This is a fantastic notion!  I would LOVE to be able to do this!  It would resolve any and all mismatched text emote issues, and allow us to use any animated emote that doesn't have voice (and probably some that do) for any purpose.  I've often felt that several of the action emotes could serve as several different emotes, but it's awkward when the original text is displayed.  Roleplay gets confusing.  Being able to set our own text by combining /emote with every other emote command would be golden.</p><p>And, as an aside, I can't help but mention...  "/mood angry" used to be *awesome* on my evil Ratonga Necromancer.  It made him doubly evil, looking like he'd just as soon spit on you as talk to you.  I felt a special kind of joy at discovering that command on him.  I kept it turned on always.</p><p>But then...  body motion was added to it.  Now he shifts around like maybe he's a mime pretending to be someone who's angry...  -_-  It's overeggagerated and comical.  That or his feet hurt and he just wants to sit down?  I dunno.  Whatever it is, it looks like something that'd be better off as a non-looping emote, not a mood that stays up.  And it saddens me that I can no longer use /mood angry and feel happy about it unless my necro's on a mount.</p><p>I'm sure there are some people who love it though, and I do quite like the "/mood afraid" motions, looks pretty neat, but not something I can imagine I'd have up all the time.  ( Hrm, a halfling adventurer that's scared out of his mind all the time?  Heh heh...  Okay, now I have to do that... )  What I'd really like, in lue of just changing it back is two new /mood options that return to us the option of displaying merely the facial expressions assosiated with "angry" and "afraid".  Perhaps "irrate" and "worried".  Heck, maybe you could add body animates to "tired" and "happy" and give us facial-only commands for them as well.  Perhaps make "/mood tired" yawn and stretch every so often.  The "/mood happy" could have the /bounce animation added to it, looped, and give us "/mood friendly" for the facial expression alone.  </p><p>Whatever seems like it might be be fun and relatively simple to do.  : )</p><p>Thanks for reading!</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Ok after dying to Lord Bob a few times, I'm putting in a vote for /airguitar lol.</p>

[Brienae]

<p>1. I personally would like to see a /sleep.  I think that would be a great animation for /camp.  As it is currently the only character who gets any sleep is my monk via feign death.</p><p>2. Being able to sit in a chair would be reallly nice.</p><p>3. Reading a scroll or book would be great.  I can see my Trouby pulling out a book and reading while waitng for people to gather</p><p>4.  /write?  This could be fun imagine if you want to take notes on your surroundings?  I think it would be pretty cool to pull out a quill and paper and actually write</p><p>5. /hug  would be really nice.  Right now all that happens is you see text: Brienae hugs Soandso.  Really I'm just standing there.</p>

[Cusashorn]

What about a /fetal position for those traumatizing moments?

[Rainmare]

<p>I would like to see /Fealty the down on one knee with your weapon drawn point/hammerhead to the ground or for the duel wielders, both weapons out and  making an X on the ground in front of them kneel.</p><p>/read woudl be nice</p><p>/Write would be great.</p><p>/sleep is just needed...we're all insomniacs right now.</p><p>Three new versions of 'taunt'. these woudl use the 'movie' taunt of being in a fighting/ready position and beckoning to your opponent: 2hander/1h weapon woudl be the weapon in one hand off the the side the other beckoning. Dual wield would be both weapons in an atack pose and using thier head to beck on thier opponent, and the third would be for brusier/monk...put them in a kata pose and use the forward hand to beckon with.</p><p>/Toast - 2 versions. toast one raises a goblet, and toast 2 raises a mug/stein</p><p>love /facepalm</p><p>oh here one that coudl work on mounts too... /charge....the old drawing your weapon and lowering it so it points forward..so that one on mount or foot <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Oh yeah and pray! a kneeling pray both hands clasped and head lowered!</p>

[texmurphy]

<p>+1 for</p><p>/faint/toast or /raiseglass/highfive</p><p>and</p><p>/dote(the Qho Augren animation; rolling on the floor behaving very childish - funny if you want something)</p><p>/grumble(folding your arms, being peeved - if you don't like something)</p>

[Ironcleaver]

<p>Id like to see the following -</p><ul><li>/sleep (character lays down)</li><li>/flipforward /flipbackward (character dose a standing forward or backwards flip)</li><li>/facepalm (character places their palm over their face for a few seconds)</li></ul><p>I'd really like to see some emotes added as constent effects to items; as long as the item is equiped, the emote is repeated. Triggers when the character is in "idle" for 30 or 60 seconds. Examples:</p><ul><li>Add the "reading a book" and "drinking" emote to a secondary book, cup, item</li><li>Add a "levetate" emote to a sage stone.</li><li>Add a "meditate" emote to a thought stone or the cleric summoned holy symbol</li></ul><p>stuff like that... <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Eugam]

<p>/sit_afk   <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p><img src="http://www.homesleeptesting.com/images/about_sleep_disorders/keyboard_sleep.jpg" width="208" height="210" /></p>

[Emerix]

<p>I'd love to see a proper</p><p>/sit emote. Kneeling is still uncomfy.</p><p>Also :</p><p>/sleep would rock</p><p>/hug (wrapping arms around someone)</p><p>A less exagerated /blowkiss (since a proper kiss emote is close to impossible due to different sizes)</p><p>and finally:</p><p>Proper COMFY looking standing animations. Most of us still aren't in the army. Noone stands with their legs spread exactly 40 cm ...naturally.</p>

[Primalooze]

<p>Dont we already have like 60 of these basic emotes?</p><p>i would prefer to see some fun stuff....</p><p>/YMCA   -   yes the dance :p</p><p>/TIMEWARP   - Yes the rocky horror dance....</p><p>might be harder to do this sort of thing.... but at least they wont get forgotten 2 weeks after they are released.... dance emotes always been EQ2 week spot.... everyone dancing like a 5 year old girl just doesnt work.... </p><p>i mean /read......   yawn.....  /sleep   omg yawn.....  when do people honestly imagine using these?</p><p>i did like the /scatchbutt one though..... and the /airguitar one...</p>

[CoLD MeTaL]

<p>/read</p><p>/laydown</p><p>/matrix (where we do a bullet dodge)</p><p>/upthrust  (where the avatar draws weapon and thrusts it straight up in the classic 'conan' stance )</p><p>/engarde (where avatar draws weapon and goes into a 'fencing' stance with a little weapon twirl )</p><p>/eat</p><p>/drink (a 'jug' would be awesome)</p>

[dropdoff]

<p>/facepalm</p><p>/bang head against wall</p><p>/shhh or /zip it - for chatty characters.</p>

[Verrie77]

<p>Bring back these please.Why are they not still in game?</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9pev8bKao" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O9pev8bKao</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwnroJPZRwg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwnroJPZRwg</a></p><p><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj222/Nelfia/sit.jpg" /></p>

[Sable77]

<p>A new dance! One that keeps dancing instead of stopping.</p>

[Verrie77]

<p>An option to "learn" race-dances. Perhaps give the books " History of ***" a new meaning. When you have finished for example "History of dwarvs" you learn their dance.</p>