Deadlands Firewalker and New Paintings on the PTS

Elara_Northwind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBFNixIygBA

Dalsinthus

Nice video. Other than the doom emote, the personality is really underwhelming.

Lyserus

yeah the personality is really disappointing

Lady_Galadhiel

I love some of the paintings,thanks for sharing!

Sylvermynx

Love the paintings, thanks Elara!

Ringing_Nirnroot

Guess it makes sense for personality to be underwhelming since it’s free, glad we get something either way

Sju

Well, at least we get a somewhat different idle animation.

Alurria

I like the personality, there is something to be said for subtle actions. Different idle poses are actually more natural. Which is fine with me. The paintings are fun new stuff for my houses.

NotaDaedraWorshipper

Dalsinthus wrote: »

Nice video. Other than the doom emote, the personality is really underwhelming.

You mean more subtle and not exaggerated?

tomofhyrule

I'm disappointed in the personality. There's 'subtle' and then there's 'nonexistent,' and this one kinda crossed the line.

True, I get annoyed by the assassin dagger flip every three seconds, but there has to be a happy medium between 'acts like a clown' and 'does less than even the Furious personality.' We do technically already have that one if we just wanted to look grumpy. Just adding a different walk style and giving it a few more emotes would have been cool - again even the Furious personality has a few idles that are more than just 'look down,' 'look down, but to the left a bit,' 'look down again,' etc...

...it's the Firewalker personality after all - and it doesn't even have a walk style? And since it's a thing for the Oblivion chapter, I'd have really liked to have seen something more along the Daedric lines - over the top may have been better...

I think that personalities should be a little on the bigger side - I don't need them all to be the Jester personality over-the-top, but when there's almost no difference between the personality and just using a different /idle emote when standing, it makes it underwhelming. There's a reason that acting on stage needs people to emote a little bigger than you would in real life, and that's because something that's too subtle is too easily lost. It's a balancing act, and this one went a little too far the other way. If all you want to change is the idle stance, then you've not really got a personality - you're just doing /idleX when standing still (and there are addons that do that). Most of the personalities we have are fine as is (except the obviously overdone ones like Jester, Beast, and Drunk) since they do make the characters look like more than just 'normal but frowning,' so this seems lacking.

Remember when they released the Swashbuckler? Pretty neutral idle, different walk style, and didn't shove flamboyant animations in your face. 'Subtle to the point of not being there' doesn't necessarily mean 'good,' and 'different from the neutral' doesn't mean 'over the top ridiculous.'

SammyKhajit

Nice personality and the paintings will be welcome additions. Sure, personality is subtle but this one has a few characters that would be suitable.

Thank you Elara for sharing!

LadySinflower

I don't really like any of the personalities. The knife-flipping assassin is really annoying. The jester, or whatever it's called where they run with their knees high in the air like idiots, annoys me more. The drunk is kind of amusing but who wants to go around fighting and saving the world stumbling and slurring? (just a few examples) The firewalker just looks like you're walking around very angry. Thank you for making the video. I'll probably never find most of those paintings but they are super cool.

driosketch

tomofhyrule wrote: »

...it's the Firewalker personality after all - and it doesn't even have a walk style?

It does have a real subtle one. It's more stiff then the default walk. It's somewhat more badass in tone, but doesn't work for my fire witch who I'd prefer kept the sway in her hips when she walks.

Combined with another character with the Covenant War Locks hair style, the way they stand is giving me a real "edgy teen" vibe.

Araneae6537

I like the personality! There are already plenty of exaggerated personalities to choose from so I’m glad this one was made more subtle!

Destai

Araneae6537 wrote: »

I like the personality! There are already plenty of exaggerated personalities to choose from so I’m glad this one was made more subtle!

Me too! Now am I putting it on my Dunmer or Imperial DK, hmm. Decisions, decisions.

tomofhyrule

Ok, I'm getting used to it. I did want something more Daedric for the 'event personality,' but I'm starting to like it.

Also I'm noticing - this is Basti's personality based on his idles...