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Post by SotU on Jun 19, 2009 18:24:50 GMT -5
Ever wanted to walk around on a galleon and take part in sea battles? Ever wanted to whip out a black powder gun and laugh at the guy with the bow? Feel like the CEP is too restrictive with regards to head and clothing models? Want to play around with new & unheard of classes, skills, and spells? Want to do all of this and still enjoy NWN at the same time? You can do all of this and much much more with a VoC2 hak.
But what about the discouragement of new players? Take a close look at some of the most successful servers out there; Myth Drannor, Ravenloft, Arelith. What do you see? I see two important things here... 1) They all have custom haks that are specific to their servers and 2) They contain most of NWN's population. Do you really think new people will fret to downloading custom haks to join a server? The remnants of the NWN population is dwindling, that's a fact... but there's still some fun to be had, and it's because NWN is so full of so many possibilities for new ideas.
And this is my post pushing for a VoC2 hak. I've got more to say but not until you guys start talking.
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Post by Andor Drakon on Jun 19, 2009 20:00:07 GMT -5
This plan has the Andor seal of approval  |
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Post by dremos on Jun 19, 2009 22:10:29 GMT -5
Ever wanted to walk around on a galleon and take part in sea battles? Ever wanted to whip out a black powder gun and laugh at the guy with the bow? Feel like the CEP is too restrictive with regards to head and clothing models? Want to play around with new & unheard of classes, skills, and spells? Want to do all of this and still enjoy NWN at the same time? You can do all of this and much much more with a VoC2 hak. But what about the discouragement of new players? Take a close look at some of the most successful servers out there; Myth Drannor, Ravenloft, Arelith. What do you see? I see two important things here... 1) They all have custom haks that are specific to their servers and 2) They contain most of NWN's population. Do you really think new people will fret to downloading custom haks to join a server? The remnants of the NWN population is dwindling, that's a fact... but there's still some fun to be had, and it's because NWN is so full of so many possibilities for new ideas. And this is my post pushing for a VoC2 hak. I've got more to say but not until you guys start talking. Marry me.  Could be very very fun. |
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Post by SotU on Jun 20, 2009 3:55:20 GMT -5
No I'm seeing a few "This is interesting"s but not a lot of anything else. |
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Post by hawksangel on Jun 20, 2009 12:35:16 GMT -5
Ok, at the risk of being b1tchy and an Interwebs troll, you guys need to get over your single sentence selves. >_>
Cristy's hinting that she wants some of you guys to step up and help, this isn't "I'm doing this, who approves?!" it's "I'm doing this, who's going to help me?!" >_>
I'll help as best I can, since I'm back. rofl.
Whatever, I mean, give it a shot. I build like crap and slow as hell, but hey if it churns out something useable give it a go. Classes interest me, skills interest me, if this evolves into a whole new game, all the better.
Maybe we can just wing it, blow up the world, and make it post-apocalyptic while we're at it. XD I'm sure Kybshe wouldn't mind coming up with some doomsday scenario to level the world into a wasteland fit for survival. Then we can all be level 1 again and build our way back up from the ruins.
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I mean at this point I'm willing to bet if we just throw it all in and see what forms of the chaos, we might brew up something new and interesting. XD Wouldn't have to start from scratch, but it'd definitely be the breeding ground for some steampunk, Matrix rebels kind of society. hahaha...
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Post by Andor Drakon on Jun 20, 2009 13:17:40 GMT -5
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Post by hawksangel on Jun 20, 2009 14:41:27 GMT -5
Is this specifically an interest in the pirate theme or was that just an example? XD
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Post by SotU on Jun 20, 2009 18:07:48 GMT -5
Galleons and gun powder weapons were both examples and ideas for something to throw in since they fit the setting.
Basically what I'm looking for in comments are things that people would like to see in a VoC2 hak. Several ideas are already popping in my head like alchemy skills but surely I'm not the only one with ideas. I'm also looking for approval from the admins, though at this point, I'm guessing they'll agree with whatever the majority of the player base agrees on.
I'm fairly adept at working on custom content and full willing to do all of it myself if need be but if anyone knows anything about 2da editing, that'd be cool too (No more than two people working on it is really needed).
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Post by grumple on Jun 22, 2009 9:35:00 GMT -5
Maybe some of these Prestige classes?
Tatoo'd Monk
Death Devler
Spellsword
other spellcaster/melee classes?
And these are suggestions.
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Post by hawksangel on Jun 22, 2009 23:43:42 GMT -5
While we're on the subject, could I actually make custom loading screens? >_> Because I really really think some areas deserve to have better ones then the generic, because people took so much time decorating them it would just be more interesting to have a custom one as opposed to some ugly generic thing.
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Post by SotU on Jun 23, 2009 1:00:45 GMT -5
Doo eet
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Post by Graveman on Jun 23, 2009 8:51:04 GMT -5
Hmm...what about custom classes that replace unwanted ones like Harper Scout and such. I'd love to be a Techsmith.  |
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Post by SotU on Jun 24, 2009 3:40:33 GMT -5
What is a techsmith?
Also, can someone try and find hats on the vault? I know they're out there somewhere. >.>
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Post by tenthdead on Jun 24, 2009 16:05:12 GMT -5
What is a techsmith? Also, can someone try and find hats on the vault? I know they're out there somewhere. >.> I tried to find the hats but Im retarded. ]: |
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Post by SotU on Jun 29, 2009 15:47:48 GMT -5
Just so you guys know what I've been doing for the past week, I've been gathering content and merging it all together so they're compatible with both each other and the CEP. So far I've got... Some new clothing options including 28 robes, a TON of new greek styled clothing & armor pieces, and 5 new helmets. I'm still adding in more.  77 new female heads, 65 new male heads, and reskins for most of preexisting ones so nearly all of them can do eye & lip coloring. This is only for humans & half elves though since I haven't gotten to the other races yet.     11 new combat style animations instead of 1. These will be available as feats and have various bonuses and penalties depending on which one is used.   And of course there's also the seasonal tileset which you can find pictures of here. And 2 other tilesets too... possibly 1 more. Black powder weapons haven't been put in yet but they will be. They'll overwrite the slings & heavy crossbows. I haven't gotten to mechanical stuff yet either like classes but I'll get back to you guys on that once the above mentioned stuff is finished. |
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Could be very very fun.
