145076-top-men-are-on-it-downtown-has-spoken

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Top men are on it as spoken by Downtown on the Wildstar casual Friday Twitch video for talks/plans of perhaps a Mario Kart style Hoverboard racing. Or doing an Adventure with Hoverboards. Or something else along those lines.
 
I personally would love to see Instanced Hoverboard racing where the devs can create their own tracks and have Mario Kart style power ups and slows + attacks to use on other players you are racing against.
 
I'd also love to see 5 man instanced racing or even a 20 man Grand Prix style racing map where if you go off the track you get slowed till you come back on it & you race to see who is the winner and then there are some prizes at the end.. maybe some dyes or Omnibits or something.
 
I guess we will have to wait and see if this becomes a reality... I hope so :)
 
keep up the good work Carbine :D	
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Too bad it's going to cost $20 per character to unlock it from the cash shop!
 
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Too bad it's going to cost $20 per character to unlock it from the cash shop!
 
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The more fun events they do the better this game will be.
 
Edit: Y'know, i secretly hope they throw in a reference to Undertale one day xD
			
				
	Edited October 23, 2015 by xRaymanx	
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I'm more disappointed about the evasion about the Mechari feet issue.  GIVE US SOME COMPLETE BOOTS ALREADY.  You know, that actually cover the feet.
 
Yes, I know the Highway Man's Boots do this.  As well as both Engineer token gear set boots.  But I would like some more options.  Or at least an honest preview in the Holowardrobe unlock preview (it uses a dirty human to model everything so it hides the boot problem).	
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I'm more disappointed about the evasion about the Mechari feet issue.  GIVE US SOME COMPLETE BOOTS ALREADY.  You know, that actually cover the feet.
 
Yes, I know the Highway Man's Boots do this.  As well as both Engineer token gear set boots.  But I would like some more options.  Or at least an honest preview in the Holowardrobe unlock preview (it uses a dirty human to model everything so it hides the boot problem).
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I'm more disappointed about the evasion about the Mechari feet issue.  GIVE US SOME COMPLETE BOOTS ALREADY.  You know, that actually cover the feet.
 
Yes, I know the Highway Man's Boots do this.  As well as both Engineer token gear set boots.  But I would like some more options.  Or at least an honest preview in the Holowardrobe unlock preview (it uses a dirty human to model everything so it hides the boot problem).
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These are super sentient beings perhaps they enjoy a sense of fashion ? lol
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Also mechari have robot bodies so what do they even need foot coverings for?
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Too bad it's going to cost $20 per character to unlock it from the cash shop!
 
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not to mention i imagine an extra layer of protection against augmented eldan experiments are always welcome, i mean the Eldan even made them.
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I'm more disappointed about the evasion about the Mechari feet issue.  GIVE US SOME COMPLETE BOOTS ALREADY.  You know, that actually cover the feet.
 
Yes, I know the Highway Man's Boots do this.  As well as both Engineer token gear set boots.  But I would like some more options.  Or at least an honest preview in the Holowardrobe unlock preview (it uses a dirty human to model everything so it hides the boot problem).
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Is that true though?  The items that seem to work on Mechari's feet seem to be completely random.  Hell, the boots for the Esper PvP set work on Mechari and Mechari can't even be Espers.
 
And it's not a matter of needing foot coverings, it's a matter of costumes being one of the features of the game and playing a Mechari feels like you can't fully utilize it.  Mechari have a very limited selection of boots that show completely, which means it's hard to make a costume that doesn't clash with their barefeet.  There is a lot of evidence that boots can work with Mechari feet, but they continue to add costumes they don't for some reason, but like I said, apparently that reason is because they're unaware of the problem...
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			Also I would like to apologize for hijacking this thread and turning into robot feet talk.	
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Also I would like to apologize for hijacking this thread and turning into robot feet talk.
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Also I would like to apologize for hijacking this thread and turning into robot feet talk.
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WoW?  WoW has shoes that only cover the foot.  You play a troll and you can't see those items ever.  They will never make it so that your feet are covered because it doesn't work like that.  SWTOR has twi'lek who have long tails on their head that, in lore, holds part of their brains.  Used to be you couldn't display your helmets at all ever, but they changed it (back and forth at least twice I think) so that instead of no hats you get hats with horrible clipping issues.  They added Togruta (if you are not the star wars nerd, just do a google search or understand that in this circumstance Togruta = More weird head stuff) and just flat out said "No hats" because, again, it's like squishing your brain into something that wasn't designed for that much head of that shape.  Utilizing the standard models results in clipping issues and changing the models means re-designing every hat in the game so that it somehow conforms to a head that was never meant to wear it.
 
It'd be cool if mechari had their feet covered, but it's a negligibly small issue.  I can't imagine there are people that build their entire outfits around the part of their gear that covers only the foot.  If anything I take issue with the male mechari sprint animation.  It just feels...bad, to me.  It's hard to put into words.
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How other MMOs do things really isn't relevant, in my opinion.  Because they made mistakes in their character design doesn't excuse Carbine from the same.  If anything, it shows it's a mistake Carbine could've learned from.
 
And, like I said, it's been shown that some footwear does work with Mechari feet.  So if it is possible to get footwear to work with them in some instances, why not design footwear from here on out with that same consideration in mind?  Why neglect one of the races if there's a way not to?
 
I don't know.  Maybe there are technical limitations that cause them to work in some cases and not others.  Maybe there is something that is preventing the designers from having new footwear work with them.  It's all just assumptions at this point because in the nearly two years of people asking about  this issue, Carbine has never even addressed it or given any sort explanation.  It may be "negligibly small" to you, but I'm far from the only person to express frustration over it, and today's confusion is the closest they've ever come to even acknowledging it.
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It's not "mistakes" how other games do it.  There are limitations that come from character designs.
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Since you seem to have insight into this that the rest of us are lacking, what exactly about a Mechari male's foot is so out of proportion that a boot wouldn't work with it, despite it working for both Granok males and Chua?
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If the spiked heel matters so much, why are there exceptions?
 
Alternatively, what about the exceptions (i.e. the boot models that cover Mechari feet) allow them to be exceptions?	
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If the spiked heel matters so much, why are there exceptions?
 
Alternatively, what about the exceptions (i.e. the boot models that cover Mechari feet) allow them to be exceptions?
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It's not "mistakes" how other games do it.  There are limitations that come from character designs.  If all of your characters have a relatively human build then it's easy to plan armor design around it.  You can even plan around things such as horns and tails with relatively little impact.  The more inhuman your characters become the more difficult the design process is.
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			I think maybe this foot discussion needs its own thread.  It feels bad to turn this into feet talk.	
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			Hey guys the DEVS might be making something like Mario Kart!!!    Mate calm down ok the real issue is attire mainly the lack of it for Mechari's feet.. But... no buts this issue must be fixed! lol :P :P	
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I'm sorry but are you operating under the assumption that I'm part of the design team?
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You are so confident in your assertions, without providing any support, that I assumed you were speaking from a position of authority.  The facts are that there exist boots for Mechari that cover the feet, despite the spikiness of the female heels, so it is possible if they wanted to do it.  Proportions are different for males and females of other races, so there isn't an issue with treating women differently.  Boots work for both Granok males and Chua, so size or different/strange proportions isn't an issue.  All of this tells me that the current state of Mechari feet is a choice by the art designers, and I would just like to know why.  The zKicks are modeled after pretty iconic shoes, and they are completely ruined on Mechari.
 
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Hijacking it back to racing. YAAAAY would be great if they made it forever!
 
Just one thing: add the music. The music makes the race somehow very relaxed at the same time as it is a rush. It kind of takes me back to the 90's of gaming were sonic set the speed and everything suddenly got very fast accompanied by the simple music that this racing music is, although the wildstar music is top quality and not le 8-bit sound you had back then. 
 
That being said, the 8-bit version of the gravity falls theme is awesome. Somehow it makes it even more sinister.	
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