Request/pre-emptive feedback for warden bear skill styles

Danikat

I'm hoping that skill styles are slowly leading towards us being able to change the warden ultimate to summon something other than a bear.

But having seen the new winged twilight (and a number of other skill styles) I wanted to make a request: if we do get new versions of that skill please, please, please make them normal animals, or maybe make several versions with a mix of normal animals and glowing or flaming ones or whatever else.

I'd love for my breton warden to be able to summon a wolf like the wyresses can, but I want it to be an actual wolf, not some glowing "daedric" wolf spirit thing.

the1andonlyskwex

While I appreciate the desire for a completely different model, I seriously doubt it's going to happen. There are too many people in PvP who rely on being able to recognize different opponent abilities at a glance, and that quickly stops being possible when each ability has multiple completely different animation options.

SkaiFaith

Still, I'd rather a polar bear than a glowing bear...

Danikat

the1andonlyskwex wrote: »

While I appreciate the desire for a completely different model, I seriously doubt it's going to happen. There are too many people in PvP who rely on being able to recognize different opponent abilities at a glance, and that quickly stops being possible when each ability has multiple completely different animation options.

If PvP players can figure out the existing skill styles where abilities have different colours and animations I think they can work out that a wolf or senche-leopard or whatever running at them is just as dangerous as a bear.

Erickson9610

I'm looking forward to the potential Feral Guardian Skill Styles we could get! For those who don't already know, the Slate-Gray Summoned Bear item from the Morrowind Collector's Pack is now a Skill Style, and so we might expect that future Feral Guardian Skill Styles might just swap the texture of the pet.


Ideally, I'd like to get a white-furred "polar bear" Skill Style for Feral Guardian, given that Warden has the ice/frost theme with the Winter's Embrace skill line. Aside from that, there's also an existing black bear texture that would look really cool as a Feral Guardian Skill Style!


There's a lot of existing bear textures in the game which could be made into Feral Guardian Skill Styles. If we do get a unique Skill Style for Feral Guardian which is in the same vein as Summon Winged Twilight, Warrior, I hope it would have a similar orange as Sharp-as-Night's spectral kagouti from his Ultimate, Gore:

This would fall in line with the color palette of our first batch of Warden Skill Styles.

anadandy

Disable skill styles in PVP like they do for mementos and assistants. Problem solved. I would love my wild witch theme warden summon a wolf!

Nihilr

Shalk alt should be vines like Mazzatun final boss, or snakes.

Cliffracer should have been a hawk, but they made it the armor set from IA instead...

Netch could easily be Nixad, moth, dovahfly, etc.

Baby Netch would be the easiest to implement an alt because it has as much complexity in animation as a non-combat pet.

Erickson9610

Looks like we're getting a new Skill Style for Feral Guardian, which can be seen on the Update 46 PTS! It's called "Feral Guardian, Snow Bear", implying it will have white fur. We'll have to wait to see what it looks like and how it's acquired, but I'm pretty excited for it!

LunaFlora

can't wait for that Snow Bear style

NoticeMeArkay

Oh great...another bear reskin.

yay...

Erickson9610

NoticeMeArkay wrote: »

Oh great...another bear reskin.

yay...

At least with Subclassing, anyone will be able to use Feral Guardian on any of their characters. What would you have rather we got instead?

NotaDaedraWorshipper

Erickson9610 wrote: »

NoticeMeArkay wrote: »

Oh great...another bear reskin.

yay...

At least with Subclassing, anyone will be able to use Feral Guardian on any of their characters. What would you have rather we got instead?

Skins for it that are other animals than a bear? It doesn't even match the other animals in the skilltree.

SkaiFaith

Erickson9610 wrote: »

Looks like we're getting a new Skill Style for Feral Guardian, which can be seen on the Update 46 PTS! It's called "Feral Guardian, Snow Bear", implying it will have white fur. We'll have to wait to see what it looks like and how it's acquired, but I'm pretty excited for it!

I'm excited about the Polar Bear skill style (and plan to use it on every character) but based on the sorcerer matriarch I expect it to be sold for 2.000 crowns for a limited time, which is not exactly ideal IMO.
Guess will work well as a way to profit and maintain the game (?) XD

Erickson9610

SkaiFaith wrote: »

Erickson9610 wrote: »

Looks like we're getting a new Skill Style for Feral Guardian, which can be seen on the Update 46 PTS! It's called "Feral Guardian, Snow Bear", implying it will have white fur. We'll have to wait to see what it looks like and how it's acquired, but I'm pretty excited for it!

I'm excited about the Polar Bear skill style (and plan to use it on every character) but based on the sorcerer matriarch I expect it to be sold for 2.000 crowns for a limited time, which is not exactly ideal IMO.
Guess will work well as a way to profit and maintain the game (?) XD

From what I've seen, plenty of players in-game used Summon Winged Twilight, Warrior, so I expect many more people will use Feral Guardian, Snow Bear — especially once Subclassing goes live. I might even get the skill style myself if I feel like using Animal Companions for fun.

I'd really like a skill style for Werewolf Transformation, though. I'd pay a lot of money for one and I'd use it constantly. Maybe skill styles for the popular skills are expected to have expensive price tags, due to the sheer demand for them?

SkaiFaith

SkaiFaith wrote: »

Erickson9610 wrote: »

Looks like we're getting a new Skill Style for Feral Guardian, which can be seen on the Update 46 PTS! It's called "Feral Guardian, Snow Bear", implying it will have white fur. We'll have to wait to see what it looks like and how it's acquired, but I'm pretty excited for it!

I'm excited about the Polar Bear skill style (and plan to use it on every character) but based on the sorcerer matriarch I expect it to be sold for 2.000 crowns for a limited time, which is not exactly ideal IMO.
Guess will work well as a way to profit and maintain the game (?) XD

I've thought about my comment here and, well... I'd be happier spending 2.000 crowns for the Polar Bear skill style than having to obtain 6 fragments from Trials, Dungeons and something else. Just saying.

SkaiFaith

Erickson9610 wrote: »

Looks like we're getting a new Skill Style for Feral Guardian, which can be seen on the Update 46 PTS! It's called "Feral Guardian, Snow Bear", implying it will have white fur. We'll have to wait to see what it looks like and how it's acquired, but I'm pretty excited for it!

Questions: are we sure it will become available during U46 time?
I ask because from what I understand it is not previewable on PTS, right?
Or the fact it has no preview should just be taken as a fact that it will be a shop item?

I'm starting to think it will arrive for holiday season: I think I remember there's been a PTS in the past when we knew of skill styles coming but they got released the patch after that.

ADarklore

I'm happy they are adding more bear skin styles... I've wanted a polar bear... but they could also do a black bear later as well... and they could also offer 'colored' bear styles- like a greenish hued one to go with Arcanist.

NoticeMeArkay

Just anything but more bears.

SkaiFaith

My pre-emptive feedback on Polar Guardian skill style: I am "preordering" it now, I absolutely want it and must not miss it, so if anything happens to me like being in hospital for the limited time It'll be available, remember my preorder here Zos, I'll ask for it XD crowns ready.

WildRaptorX

I would love a saber tooth!