> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Johnston [mailto:GARYJ@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 6:28 AM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Surfing gone
>
>
> From: Gary Johnston <GARYJ@...>
>
> <snip>
> -- imagine, wasting time on "fixing" this, while
> there are things like ~deadly~ pathing bugs to worry about.--
> <end snip>
>
> I would think that an animation is an art bug whereas a
> pathing bug is quite
> likely to fall to a programmer, which given the fact that the
> expansion is
> due out in a while they probably doesn't have a lot of
> time(like we ever do)
>
> Although why an artist would be told to fix this instead of
> creating some
> new graphics for some of the armour we'll never know,
> probably a trainee
> artist given the why the animation looks :)
> Hopefully they get it right next time ^,^
Well I know that there was a big complaint sounded to "fix the drum"
animation when EQ first started. Looks like they finally are getting around
to it, but we still don't have a drum picture. Doesn't really matter to me
as long as I'm still running as fast as I was. It'll just take a little
getting used to.
As for new graphics for armor, I doubt they'll provide different looking
armor types except in the expansion. Verant's put in a lot of effort to
minimize the different "looks" of armor out there and basically take the
armor that is already in the game, and "colorize" it to represent different
types. The banded armor for Half Elf is also used for "blackened" armor. The
"bronze" armor is used for Mithril/Lambent/Plate (probably barnacle) and I
believe Imbrued.
---Windleaf