Optional Avatar Idle Animation Sets

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    I posted this idea on the Facebook group and @matpsch reminded my silly self to post it on the forums here! So here's the idea:

    Probably a long shot since it requires lots of idle animations but it would be REALLY cool if there were Idle Animation SETS that we could choose for our avatars. :3 *pokepokes Matt* <3

    Examples:
    1. "Slob Set" - includes Nose Pick, Balls Itch, Earwax Digging, and 'Digging Butt' as Kevin N. suggested, etc...
    2. "Princess Set" - includes Princess Wave, Hair Flick, Dusting Off, Temper Tantrum, etc..
    3. "Macho Man Set" - Random muscle flexing, Crossed-arms wide stance, Wanna Start a Fight, etc..

    *bats her eyes and daydreams* Maybe someday... :D
     
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    And just to clarify, I'm not suggesting these as emotes that one would have to enter the /command to start. These animations would happen randomly while your avatar is just standing there, like the Nose Pick idle animation that was (thankfully) removed from default idling. :p

    I don't know how many of you play/have played Second Life, but Avatar Idle Animations are a huge part of customizing one's avatar. And Second Life is the only game I know of that even has this level of customization. It would be a really unique and attractive feature for Shroud. Having the option to express your avatar's character through the way he or she stands around would be a fun addition to roleplay.
     
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    Definitely like that idea... It'd make Avatars more unique...

    Of course there should be either more sets to chose from, or (IMHO preferable) simply a list of idle animations (some could be shortened versions of some of the emotes) to pick for your avatar, just a list of suggestions that would work for something like that:

    Tap foot
    Look around
    Pick nose
    Itchy crotch (works for women and men, one doesn't need have balls to itch there! <G>)
    Dig earwax
    Prince(ss) wave
    Flick hair
    Dust off
    Tanrtum
    Random flexing
    Cross arms (bored)
    Cross arms (wide stance, imposing)
    Taunt
    Stretch back
    Scratch head
    Small yawn (behind hand)
    Bored yawn (no hand)
    Wipe eyes
    Wipe whole face
    Cough
    Stroke chin/beard (pensive)
    Pluck at moustache
    Scratch armpit (left and/or right)
    Scratch shoulderblade (left and/or right)
    Burp (behind hand)
    Burp (loud/obnixious)
    Sniffle
    Blow nose
    Sneeze (small)
    Sneeze (theatrical)
    Fan cool air to face (with hand)
    Shrug/roll shoulders
    Crack neck
    Crack fingers (individual)
    Crack fingers (interlocked hands)
    Stretch shoulders (pulling arm across chest L/R)
    Shiver
    Rock on toes
    Shift weight from one leg to another and back
    Bite nails
    Suck thumb
    Pull earlobe (L/R/B)
    Prince John (Pull earlobe *and* suck thumb while moaning "Mommy")
    Twiddle thumbs with interlocked hands (bored)


    Most of these would work both seated and standing!

    You could even make some of these (re)teachable and others add-on items/packs, or (for the shorter versions of existing emotes) have them learned together with the full emote...
     
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    4. "Sociopath Set" - includes Sigh, Angry, Wait, Facepalm, Shrug, and Eyeroll.
     
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    There was an idle emote mod I used to use in ESO that would allow you to set what emotes your character uses when idle. They had premade sets of emotes like "heroic" etc. or you could set each one it will use yourself
     
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    But wouldn't it be great if it was done by the team, so *everybody* gets to set these, and everyone else actually gets to see those too? :D
     
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    I think this would be a feature right up @Lord British alley...
     
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    Actually in ESO everyone could see it cause it was just using actual game emotes, for which ESO has a crap ton.
     
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    Also, some of the idle animation might be made optional depending on what is equipped/in inventory... (similar to the gear sets tied to decks)
     
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    +1 very fun idea, especially if many varieties of sets were available.
     
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    Love it.

    How about this as a compromise solution which wouldn't take much dev work:
    What if we could add Emotes from our available list, into our own Custom Idle list?

    Just a small Drag-n-Drop window, where we can drag the Emotes from the O list and drop them into our Idle list. And set a slider on "100% 50% 25% and 0%" picked from 'our' list vs the 'games' list.

    So lets say I'm just having some fun, I could add /toast /dance etc to 'my idle list' and set it to 50%, then every time it is time for an idle animation it rolls if it is 50% game animation or 50% my fun list animation.
    While lets say I have an entertainer, I set my list to includ /juggling and /singing etc and 100% - then it always pick idle emotes from my list.

    While if I set it to 0% then it goes back to the games' idle emotes, but my list remains until next time I want to set that %.

    Relatively small work for a dev for some great emergent possibilities - for instance using an alt as an entertainer at parties or somesuch.



    Oh, and add the list to the /afk command and add an /idle command which does the same...
     
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    Ooh! I love the possibilities this could add to the game! Not only being able to choose which animations play but how often/how animated your avatar could be sounds like lots of fun!
     
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