Skeleton Curse (including ways to prevent confusion)

  • Ewoobee
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    A skeleton curse would be really cool to see in the game soon, first of all this would satisfy much of the community, but to prevent some confusion of players and skeletons, perhaps there could be a limitation to the curse, here are a few I have put together:

    1. the skeleton curse may only be equipped along with another curse (of course, this would require the ability to merge the skeleton curse with other curses) this would prevent over-use of the curse too.

    2. the skeleton curse causes the player to look like the dark warsmith but since it is not a costume it would allow the player to make there character more unique, by equipping there favorite hat, gloves, etc.

    3. the curse acts similar to the gold curse, where the gold is replaced with skeleton (preferably have the whole face be skeleton)

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  • Sir Sniffils
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    These are some of the best ideas for a skeleton curse!
    I really hope Rare adds this in! :)

  • BurnBacon
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    Skeleton curse. Just change half the face, part of the torso and one whole arm.

    Emote: you lift up your skeleton arm, check it out and quickly hide it. (Wanda)

  • Sir Sniffils
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    @burnbacon yes that would be amazing!!! :D

  • AxecaliburTV
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    idea to implement: Grab an aztec coin from Dark Brethren. Make a short animation if you grab it and from then on you will be a skeleton at nighttime. To unequip, put that Aztec coin back to where it belongs. Would be a nice addition to an already existing place within that places' lore.

  • Ewoobee
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    @burnbacon yeah that would be cool!

  • TimedSatyr79799
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    I do not think they will add it. I want the skeleton curse applied to the face and hands.

  • Dewehr
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    @burnbacon a dit dans Skeleton Curse (including ways to prevent confusion) :

    Skeleton curse. Just change half the face, part of the torso and one whole arm.

    Emote: you lift up your skeleton arm, check it out and quickly hide it. (Wanda)

    I'll just add half a leg. Perfect!

  • Sir Sniffils
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    @timedsatyr79799 Yeah, they probably won't add it :(
    But maybe if enough people want it, and this suggestion gets enough upvotes- Rare might consider it...
    btw I totally agree with having the curse on the face and hands, that would be great! :)

  • Frogfish12
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    There's a lot of issues with the concept of a skeleton curse. For one, what happens to your clothing while you're using it? Clothing is modelled to wrap around your skin, if you are a skeleton then effectively clothing would be hovering around your skeleton. It'd have to drape over your bones, which would require complete remodels for every current and future cosmetic to allow for the compatibility with the curse. The same issue applies to things like barnacle curse, where your clothes go over the barnacles and would have to change the model. There are work arounds to that, such as effectively segmenting off part of peoples body, and if you put a bit of clothing on it then it removes the curse for that part. Ie if you have barnacle's on your hand, but then wear gloves, it just turns off all barnacle curse affect from your hand area. This however is not a fix for skeleton curse because that'd mean part of your body has flesh and part doesn't.

    Best way to do Skeleton curse imo would either to do a Captain and Crew costume that is not as extra as the Dark Warsmith and Krampus Outfits, for the most part you're just a naked skeleton but with some unique hats/gloves/boots/belt/etc to differentiate from regular skeletons.

    You could also have a Skeleton Curse that only lets you equip Gloves, Hat, Boots. This would make the drawbacks of Skeleton curse easier to work around although still not perfect. Certain things like fingerless gloves, gloves with holes in them, etc would not work, same with certain hats and boots. This is why the best way is probably a Captain and Crew Costume set.

  • Sir Sniffils
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    @frogfish12 you make a very good point, I really like the idea of a captain and crew costume set! :) after re-reading what you have written, I got an idea of something that could go along with it :) What do you think of a hat/"mask" that allows the player to have a skeleton head? this would allow player to have a skeleton head, but then also personalize their character's boots, hands, pants, etc. (they would not be a complete skeleton, but they could fully cover the rest in clothing if they want to- this would give an appearance of full skeleton, also, after thinking about it for a bit, I haven't come up with any issues with implementing this). If you figure out any possible issues with this idea, I would be very glad to know so that I can try to make it better. thank you for reading this! :)

    It would be very cool to see this set with the two skeleton costumes and a skeleton mask/hat in the game :)

  • TimedSatyr79799
    Ship Mate

    @Sir-Sniffils what is ur pfp?

  • Sir Sniffils
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    @timedsatyr79799 It's been a while since I picked it (so I'm not sure if this is correct) but I'm pretty sure it's a raptor dino.

  • Ken Static
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    I'd love to see a skeletal curse but I don't think it would be anything extensive given the character modeling process. If anything, maybe something like the initial stages of the curse like part of the limbs (like forearms, shin bones etc but not fingers because that would be tough with fingerless gloves existing). Or around random parts of the body like somewhere on the chest, shoulder, rib-cage, part of the face (or half) all sound a bit practical and easier to justify (both gameplay and lore wise).

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