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Spell Skins, Yay or Nay?
mann9753b16_ESO
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With the arrival of the necromancer, many people complained about the spells, why was blastbone not a zombie, why is the ult not a bonedragon… stuff like that…
That got me thinking, what would you think about Spell Skins? What I mean is a collectable Style that can be activated to change how a Skill looks (For example: BlastBones are now bloated Zombies, Warden bear is now a Sabercat, the Deadric summons are now Atronarchs… stuff like that, The Necromancer Skull throwing spell now throws a burning Pumpkin (Halloween Special))
They could be rewards for Achievements, Crown store Items, quest rewards etc.
That got me thinking, what would you think about Spell Skins? What I mean is a collectable Style that can be activated to change how a Skill looks (For example: BlastBones are now bloated Zombies, Warden bear is now a Sabercat, the Deadric summons are now Atronarchs… stuff like that, The Necromancer Skull throwing spell now throws a burning Pumpkin (Halloween Special))
They could be rewards for Achievements, Crown store Items, quest rewards etc.
Spell Skins, Yay or Nay? 119 votes
Yay
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102 votes
Nay
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FoolishOptimist✭✭✭YayTwilight Matriarch can possibly be re-skinned as an owl? Please and thank you.7 -
Thevampirenight✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭YayI'd want this for sure.
More stuff like warden bear skins. Maybe old in game animatioins instead of the newer ones. As options old mages light look old daedric armor look. Things like that.PC NA
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kathandira✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yaymann9753b16_ESO wrote: »With the arrival of the necromancer, many people complained about the spells, why was blastbone not a zombie, why is the ult not a bonedragon… stuff like that…
That got me thinking, what would you think about Spell Skins? What I mean is a collectable Style that can be activated to change how a Skill looks (For example: BlastBones are now bloated Zombies, Warden bear is now a Sabercat, the Deadric summons are now Atronarchs… stuff like that, The Necromancer Skull throwing spell now throws a burning Pumpkin (Halloween Special))
They could be rewards for Achievements, Crown store Items, quest rewards etc.
If City of Heroes could do it well over a decade ago, ESO could do it now.
Sadly though, it would be sold 1 by 1 in the crown store. : (PS4-NA. Breton Templar Healer, Bosmer Stamplar, Breton Magplar, Orsimer StamDK, Dunmer MagDK, Khajiit StamNB, Dunmer MagNB, Argonian Warden Tank, Altmer Magsorc0 -
DeadlyRecluse✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭YayThis idea has been kicked around forever, and I still like it (as long as it doesn't add confusion--make spells still recognizable).Thrice Empress, Forever Scrub3 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Not in PVP. Its hard enough to learn what skills that look like well enough to do counters or quickly identify your opponent's class without adding a bunch of variant appearances.
PVE? Sure.2 -
mann9753b16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Yaykathandira wrote: »mann9753b16_ESO wrote: »With the arrival of the necromancer, many people complained about the spells, why was blastbone not a zombie, why is the ult not a bonedragon… stuff like that…
That got me thinking, what would you think about Spell Skins? What I mean is a collectable Style that can be activated to change how a Skill looks (For example: BlastBones are now bloated Zombies, Warden bear is now a Sabercat, the Deadric summons are now Atronarchs… stuff like that, The Necromancer Skull throwing spell now throws a burning Pumpkin (Halloween Special))
They could be rewards for Achievements, Crown store Items, quest rewards etc.
Sadly though, it would be sold 1 by 1 in the crown store. : (
Ah, give them some credit, even after the Crown store came out, they still included Costumes, Tattoos, Mementos and Personalities to Quests and Achievements.
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mann9753b16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭YayBomblePants wrote: »Yeah good idea but wouldn’t work in PvP.....
How about for one time, after so much was ruined in PvE for the glory of the PvP players, PvE players get a little goodie...5 -
ArchangelIsraphel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭YaySounds like a great idea. I know I'd love to be able to skin my warden's bear. I'd probably have more than one warden if I could do this, especially if I could make it look like an elk or deer fighting with it's antlers. Though I imagine different animal options for wardens would require them to make a few new animations.
I also really like the idea of being able to skin skills- as long as I can do it per skill. I like the overall look of the necromancer skills but would prefer the flesh atro ult to be a bone dragon or some other creature.PC l NA
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david_m_18b16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭NayAs long as it is not crown store again. Spell skin for $ are fine for real F2P like path of Exile. ESO is more of a Free to Try with a subing fee if you like it game.
15$ a month + full price expensions should be enough.1 -
DocFrost72✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭As long as the changes were displayed local side. PvP could get interesting if there were dozens of skins to learn for one skill.0 -
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✭Yaymann9753b16_ESO wrote: »BomblePants wrote: »Yeah good idea but wouldn’t work in PvP.....
How about for one time, after so much was ruined in PvE for the glory of the PvP players, PvE players get a little goodie...
You are joking right. Do people still not realize it’s a 2 way street!? Do you think pet sorc is the way it is for PvP? That minor berserk was removed from nightblade because of PvP? That sorc shield duration was reduced greatly for PvP, and not because they could easily tank/heal/DPS to great effect all at the same time in PvE?
As for the OP. Yea, why not!? It could be pretty cool. In Dota you can acquire what are called “immortal” items for certain heroes, these will also change the visual effects of particular spells belonging to that hero.
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essi2✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭YayESO already pisses all over PvP silhouette and the ability to see what gear people are running. So only reason this should be disabled in PvP is because the Cyro instances really don't need more workload.
As for the rest of the 95% of content, go hogwild.
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Elwendryll✭✭✭✭✭
✭YayIt should be disabled in pvp like mementos for readability.PC - EU - France - AD
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yooqi✭✭✭YayYES!! Just disable it in PVP for sake of clarity, but at least let us customize in PVE areas.Gwen Benele - Breton Templar
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Turelus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭YayI'm all for it.
Although I wonder how much extra work it would be for the animation/effects people, can they spare them for something like this with their fast paced content releases.@Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
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Savos_Saren✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭YayYes. I hear my wife complain everyday that the twilight matriarch is ugly and how she'd rather have it as an animal.Want to enjoy the game more? Try both PvP (crybabies) and PvE (carebears). You'll get a better perspective on everyone's opinion.
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BomblePants✭✭✭✭✭
✭Nay@mann9753b16_ESO
Yeah I hear you... but it isn’t a separate thing is it... so... we gotta deal with it how it is... and at the moment it wouldn’t workEdited by BomblePants on May 23, 2019 2:37PM0 -
Wolfpaw✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭YayMagden says yes please! Displayed local side, or not, could care less...We're talking mmorpg pvp after all & not to be taken seriously.2 -
mikemacon✭✭✭✭✭YayPfffft. LULZ. That's...
...er, that's...
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...hmmm.
That's actually a really good suggestion.1 -
Glaiceana✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭YayYes please. Let me make my dragonknight firey skills have blue fire instead. I agree though, probably best only in pve, things will get messy in pvp with that kind of customisation.Priests of Hircine
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tuxon✭✭✭✭NayONLY IF IT WON'T BE FROM CROWN STORE
but it will be only there definitely if the idea will be implementedResdayniil kan tarcel0 -
Imryll✭✭✭✭✭I'm OK with a limited number of pet skins, but not so sure about other types of spells. My concern is that counterplay requires opponents' skills to be instantly recognizable.0 -
Darkstorne✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭YayI'm surprised it hasn't happened already. Grey Warden bear skin shows the system is already in place and fully functional. Talos knows how many people would drop 1-2k Crowns on a Senche-Raht Warden ult right now. And Sorc players have been complaining about their pet models since day one
New werewolf models and colour options would also go down well.
So long as it doesn't affect the design of a skill (like changing Overload to flame effects since it's a lightning damage skill. etc) then it would still be fine for PVP purposes.1 -
CMDR_Un1k0rn✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭YayYes please.
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TelvanniWizard✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭YayGive me maormer water magic skin for sorc skills and I'll buy immediately (if not in scam crates, o' course).0
