RichardsonMX Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 for bounty hunters, sith warrior, jedi knight imagine that species in jedi guardian... gona be fun with the rancor mount... please add in the list this concept... salutes:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplashNOR Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Maybe as a companion, like Treek. Or gaining through a chain of missions. But I doubt they'll be added a a Player Character. Btw, this reminded me of something I heard on Nar Shaddaa.... "Are you deaf? I asked for Iridonian hearts! Not Rodian, not Ithorian! Iridonian!" "What do you want me to do, put 'em back?" "Try stealing a brain. You could use one." ―Two organ harvesters on Nar Shaddaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiamaraSimi Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Seeing as i dont see them putting in man hours to make existing helmets & armor fit the odd shaped heads/bodies... yeah not going to happen. and before the "But they can just make -new- armor...." pops out... again, do you honestly think they would spend time doing that? We wont even go into the whole "must speak basic, must be standard height for cut scenes, must fit with existing romances" issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 In order for something to be a playable species, it must meet several qualifications. Among them: - Speak basic - Be essentially human shaped Ithorian? Not gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiguelGx Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 It's incredible that people continues demanding races after all this years LOL learn that Bioware never will listen you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardsonMX Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 well is my first post , dont take this personal, but thx for the factors , maybe if i show the notion in graphics and concept mayyyyybe , They can just "SEE " but thanks for the opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiamaraSimi Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 all the graphs and pie charts in the world wont convince them to do all the work it would take to -attempt- to make ithorians work. Any character would have to fit with -all- the existing assets in the game. Ithorians are so out of bounds for 99% of them its not even funny. They dont want to expend effort to build on individual class stories, asking them to add a species where they woukd have to build pretty much everything from the ground up graphically, nevermind the issues already stated, is an exercise in futility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 well is my first post , dont take this personal, but thx for the factors , maybe if i show the notion in graphics and concept mayyyyybe , They can just "SEE " but thanks for the opinion. Don't waste your time. It's not going to happen. I mean, do it if YOU want to see what it'd look like, but don't ever expect to see it in the game. Ever. Star Wars Galaxies had Ithorian player characters. Almost nobody played them and there were no voiceover or companion issues to be worked through in that game, either. The devs even went through the trouble to make new clothing and armor just for them. Some of it was even really cool. Even then, hardly anyone played them. So, all other issues aside, I doubt they're even popular enough to worry about anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevallian Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) To be fair to the OP, there are several Ithorian NPC's, and they're able to communicate just fine, so it can't be that much of a stretch. Edited April 6, 2015 by Trevallian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplashNOR Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 For companions, no problem. As for NPC decorations in our SH's, should have been added yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel_the_saint Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Why not Ithorian as an armour? Helmets already modulate your voice, the Ithorian helmet could turn it into gibberish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delvianseek Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Would love an Ithorian character too but I suspect its highly unlikely which is a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mubrak Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) I wouldn't play one as a character, but an Ithorian force-user Tank/Healer companion would be nice. Edited April 11, 2015 by Mubrak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxPotaotoxX Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 In order for something to be a playable species, it must meet several qualifications. Among them: - Speak basic - Be essentially human shaped If that wasn't the case though i would ask to be a Wookie how badman would that be being a jedi wookie but yeah i highly doubt they would do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Why not Ithorian as an armour? Helmets already modulate your voice, the Ithorian helmet could turn it into gibberish.Extensive testing prior to launch showed them that listening to gibberish from your character led to an overall negative gameplay experience and that's why they took the "basic-only" stance. It's not that it can't be done, it's that they have chosen not to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplashNOR Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Extensive testing prior to launch showed them that listening to gibberish from your character led to an overall negative gameplay experience and that's why they took the "basic-only" stance. It's not that it can't be done, it's that they have chosen not to do it. But that didn't stop them from releasing Treek...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zharik Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 But that didn't stop them from releasing Treek...... The teddy bear isn't a player character... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluerodian Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 They're going to have to move beyond the whole lazy human - only mentality or they're going to run out of species to be able to add as player characters. Assuming they want to remain even slightly with canon that is. If not they can come up with whatever ridiculous nonsense that they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) They're going to have to move beyond the whole lazy human - only mentality or they're going to run out of species to be able to add as player characters. Assuming they want to remain even slightly with canon that is. If not they can come up with whatever ridiculous nonsense that they want.You assume that they have any plans to run amok adding new player races. Even a massive game like WoW has only added 5 over the course of its lifespan. It's funny that you think the human-only thing is lazy. It shows that you have no idea what's involved in adding a player race to a game like this. There's so much more to it than just pulling an existing NPC model and doing a copy/paste into the character creator. Edited April 16, 2015 by Rankyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluerodian Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) You assume that they have any plans to run amok adding new player races. Even a massive game like WoW has only added 5 over the course of its lifespan. It's funny that you think the human-only thing is lazy. It shows that you have no idea what's involved in adding a player race to a game like this. There's so much more to it than just pulling an existing NPC model and doing a copy/paste into the character creator. With the current crop that is pretty well exactly what's involved. Same armature (fine since the need animations) but also same faces, same body shapes, same armor. The only difference in the crop of characters is little bits added on such as head tails, little spikes, or such. Little of significance in the mesh work. Togruta aren't going to be any different. Most of the differences are in the texture mapping. As it is there is very little variance between the existing playable species. So yeah I'm going to stand by what I said. I'll try a different tactic. Money talks so I would pay bioware $1,000 USD for a playable Rodian legacy unlock. No jokes no BS. Edited April 16, 2015 by Bluerodian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 So yeah I'm going to stand by what I said.You just go right on believing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluerodian Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) You just go right on believing that. I will and I'm also putting my money where my mouth is. I'm waiting to see if Bioware is willing to do the same. The offer is there and it's dead serious. All Bioware has to do is take it. Edited April 16, 2015 by Bluerodian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branmakmuffin Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) I will and I'm also putting my money where my mouth is. I'm waiting to see if Bioware is willing to do the same. The offer is there and it's dead serious. All Bioware has to do is take it. I'm sure all it takes is $1000. Your "offer" is kind of like The Amazing Randi's reward for proof of paranormal powers. There is absolutely no risk of either of you ever having to pay out. Edited April 16, 2015 by branmakmuffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluerodian Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I'm sure all it takes is $1000. Your "offer" is kind of like The Amazing Randi's reward for proof of paranormal powers. There is absolutely no risk of either of you ever having to pay out. Well I'm not going to hijack this thread any further. I'll go open a new one in General. Just so you know I am quite serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branmakmuffin Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Well I'm not going to hijack this thread any further. I'll go open a new one in General. Just so you know I am quite serious. You can claim to be serious all you want. You can claim to have 3 arms and 2 heads, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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