Super powers!!!

[shadowfreak25]

While giving your guy a differant head is fun, it would be nice to give them a power of some kind, you guys kinda droped the ball with the gargoyle wings not being able to fly. try holding a crystle and it having an effect baced on the color, like blue would be lightning, red would be a lava ball.this way you could keep your guy looking the same and change abilitys at a moments call.

PS. Seriously, the Gargoyle wings not flying. Im not one for the jet pack and once I found out the wings are a glorified cape, was kinda a big let down they were not a different mode of flight.

[Just_Brokk]

This sort of goes along with my idea with potions. Seriously, other than creating random brickbuilds, i'd like if they did something. I was thinking the red could heal you, the yellow could temporarily turn your hearts to iron, and so on.
Also, at every town there should be a forge where you can mix items and create your own. Another 'tool' could be a recipe book for bombs, items, weapons, tools, ect.

[shadowfreak25]

yea that would be better then tossing a potion and getting a brick build

[hymn]

When everyone can carry a helicopter, spaceship and magic broomstick in their backpack, turn into a vampire bat at will or even mount a dragon, flight can hardly be considered a super power.

My point being, it's not as if granting the ability to fly to the gargoyle wings would've caused any imbalance since flight is already more a cosmetic matter.

So why wasn't it done? probably the rigidity of the character customizer. The way it works is that abilities, animations, sounds are all tied to the head. So if you were to let the gargoyle fly it wouldn't be linked to its wings but to the head which wouldn't make sense and be a source of confusion.

[HisDarkestFear]

With Ninjago content starting to roll out, now is a better time than ever to think about special powers. Shape-shifting golden weapons, anyone?

[Comrade Chicken]

that would be cool i dont see the lego ninjago stuff out yet but ppl on different consoles say they do

[shadowfreak25]

hymn původně napsal:

When everyone can carry a helicopter, spaceship and magic broomstick in their backpack, turn into a vampire bat at will or even mount a dragon, flight can hardly be considered a super power.

My point being, it's not as if granting the ability to fly to the gargoyle wings would've caused any imbalance since flight is already more a cosmetic matter.

So why wasn't it done? probably the rigidity of the character customizer. The way it works is that abilities, animations, sounds are all tied to the head. So if you were to let the gargoyle fly it wouldn't be linked to its wings but to the head which wouldn't make sense and be a source of confusion.

I can understand why they would use the head for that, but the full gargoyle does not even do any thing, im just kind of let down when I find a new minifigure and it does nothing particularly with those wings.

[hymn]

shadowfreak25 původně napsal:

I can understand why they would use the head for that, but the full gargoyle does not even do any thing, im just kind of let down when I find a new minifigure and it does nothing particularly with those wings.

I would prefer the gargoyle to fly too but there is a return on investment factor to consider.

How would an ability to a non-head item be implemented?
How much additional animation time would this take?
How will two animation sets for the same character be handled, one for flight one for ground?
Are there any conflicts with other existing abilities or parts?

It's quite a task to add when the system was not setup for it. The good news, once it's done the next time something like this pops up a lot of the solutions will already be in place.

Does the Gargoyle (not core content) justify all that work? what other things have a higher priority? Can this be delayed until it's needed elsewhere and then retroactively added to the wings?

I can't answer any of these questions, but realizing a fraction of the complexity involved makes the absence of flying gargoyle wings less of an annoyance.

[shadowfreak25]

Iuess, still you could get the wings to be part of other creatures?