New animations

Woodwizzle · Post by **Woodwizzle** » January 14th, 2006, 4:17 am

I REALLY like that mage melee attack!!! thats just how I imagine a mage resorting to beating things with his staff to attack. The death animation is an definet improvement as well.

ozymandias · Post by **ozymandias** » January 14th, 2006, 4:24 am

If that gif isn't animated for you (like it isn't for me), maybe this one is...

scott · Post by **scott** » January 14th, 2006, 5:08 am

I wonder if it can be made to look fiercer. It looks like he's pressing the elevator button. I know white mages aren't brutes, but it should look like he's trying to do some damage.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » January 14th, 2006, 8:07 am

If I imagined a white mage attacking he would whack his enemy with the other end of his staff, starting from above his head.

That could actually be used for the mage of light to make him 'mightyer' than the white mage, It's your call (and Jetryl's)

toms · Post by **toms** » January 14th, 2006, 2:00 pm

I hope that this shouldnÃ‚Â´t show an impact attack.

slightcrazed · Post by **slightcrazed** » January 14th, 2006, 2:05 pm

Redid the second frame so that the mage appears to wind up a bit more, makes the attack seem a little more damaging.

slight

Post by **freim** » January 14th, 2006, 2:23 pm

Hmm, thats really nothing like how I imagine someone would attack with a staff...

slightcrazed · Post by **slightcrazed** » January 14th, 2006, 2:28 pm

Remember though, he's a mage. Untrained (for the most part) in melee combat. I am working on an alternate one where he takes a big swing with the staff, but it's a bit more difficult, and I haven't finished it yet.

Will post when I have more.

slight

Tomsik · Post by **Tomsik** » January 14th, 2006, 2:55 pm

I don't like it, i think everyone, even untrained mage would not attack with staff like this.

mystic x the unknown · January 14th, 2006, 3:20 pm

I think that white mage would usually want to knock his target unconscious.
add.-Thus I think this attack is more fitting a red mage.

Post by **wayfarer** » January 14th, 2006, 3:23 pm

You know even if you never have had a stuff in your hand you would know how to use it.

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » January 14th, 2006, 3:34 pm

wayfarer wrote:You know even if you never have had a stuff in your hand you would know how to use it.

Well, yeah, but still any decent staff-warrior could beat you with a stick.

slightcrazed · Post by **slightcrazed** » January 14th, 2006, 4:42 pm

I'd like to do 3 total attack animations for the mage. One is a downward chop, the second is a cross-body swipe, and this (poking with the tip of the staff) would be the third. Is it good enought to be one of 3 or should I scratch it altogether and try to come up with a 3rd style?

slight

Post by **Zebulon** » January 15th, 2006, 12:50 am

slightcrazed wrote:One is a downward chop, the second is a cross-body swipe, and this (poking with the tip of the staff) would be the third. Is it good enought to be one of 3 or should I scratch it altogether and try to come up with a 3rd style?

It's probably better to just leave out the "poking with the tip of the staff" one. I don't know about trying a 3rd, though. Whatever you want?

Post by **Zhukov** » January 15th, 2006, 6:30 am

I think the idea behind that attack animation is actually quite good. After all, hitting someone with the end of a staff would give greater concentration of force, so it would hurt more.
But that guy doesn't look like he is putting any real grunt behind the blow. I can't really imagine it would cause any damage, not to (say) a great big bellowing Orc.
I think it's because his body isn't going with the thrust at all. Maybe if he had the other hand on the staff, closer to the end, and thrust the way you would with a rifle butt...I dunno. But at the moment it just looks impotent.