Change the Republic Blaster's SFX color from white to green.

Change the Republic Blaster's SFX color from white to green.
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CrescentQuill

Proposal
To change the Republic Blaster's bolt and muzzle flash SFX to green.
Justification
This change is to improve the consistency of the game's depiction of the Q2 Hold-Out Blaster (I.E. the Republic Blaster) with how it and similar models like the ELG-3A and the S-5 are depicted in other Star Wars Media.
Motivation
If I'm being 100% honest: the difference in the SFX's color in SWG compared to Episode 1 just bugs the heck out of me as someone who uses the Republic Blaster as their primary weapon.
More or less the title. This is a QoL/graphical change to address a small pet peeve that has bugged me for a while, and I fully acknowledge that this is the most first world of first world problems. I figured I would make a post about it and see what people thought, though, since it is an odd inconsistency that the game has had with other SW media since forever. I also am hoping that it wouldn't be a difficult change to make, and so wouldn't take much development attention away from other issues.

Thank you
 
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I'm extremely conflicted on this one. It would make more lore sense, and it fits. But at the same time, I'm so much more a fan of having a variety of blaster colors, so it's hard for me to vote in favor of changing things towards the traditional colors.
 
Sure. I'm all for it, also assuming it's comparatively simple. I mean, no one wants someone to spend 40 hours digging around in code, to find it. unless there's overriding, higher tier issues with it.
 
Shines said:
I'm extremely conflicted on this one. It would make more lore sense, and it fits. But at the same time, I'm so much more a fan of having a variety of blaster colors, so it's hard for me to vote in favor of changing things towards the traditional colors.
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I don't mind voting for a blaster color changer, since lore-wise the color was just the gas used in the weapon. All you're doing really is changing the gas you load the weapon with.
 
Shines said:
I'm extremely conflicted on this one. It would make more lore sense, and it fits. But at the same time, I'm so much more a fan of having a variety of blaster colors, so it's hard for me to vote in favor of changing things towards the traditional colors.
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That's fair. This one just always struck me as very odd.
 
Make more gas cartridges, in which each gas cartridge is a different type of gas, changing the color, corresponding to lore, which locks it to crafting.

Or create a color changing item with limited uses, giving it to everyone which is a little more lore accurate, but then you'll see rainbows everywhere...
 
MageBlade said:
Make more gas cartridges, in which each gas cartridge is a different type of gas, changing the color, corresponding to lore, which locks it to crafting.

Or create a color changing item with limited uses, giving it to everyone which is a little more lore accurate, but then you'll see rainbows everywhere...
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That's a nice idea, but I'm concerned about taking too much development time on this. The main reason I brought it up at all is because I figured I'd would be a relatively quick and easy change.

That said, if a system like this wouldn't be a headache to implement, I certainly would like it.
 
MageBlade said:
Make more gas cartridges, in which each gas cartridge is a different type of gas, changing the color, corresponding to lore, which locks it to crafting.

Or create a color changing item with limited uses, giving it to everyone which is a little more lore accurate, but then you'll see rainbows everywhere...
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I feel like this would be a similar process to the armor paint kits. I know no knowledge of SWG code though, so I could be very wrong.

Would be a cool addition though.
 
Actairr said:
I feel like this would be a similar process to the armor paint kits. I know no knowledge of SWG code though, so I could be very wrong.

Would be a cool addition though.
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I do agree wholeheartedly. If the devs could make this work without it being a problem to develop, I'd be all for it.
 
Thank you for the Player Voice - I will keep watching this one for sponsorship. I like the change and it seems reasonable, would just like to see some more player engagement before I push for sponsorship!

Also curious to see if anyone makes a PV about what Aco was discussing....crystals for blasters would be awesome!!!
 
CrescentQuill said:
I'm tempted to make that PV. I'm kinda surprised Arc didn't make it himself tbh.
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While this is a slightly different topic than the original, the idea of implimenting a color change mechanic for blasters in general is something I am whole-heartedly in favor of, as it would allow people a great deal of customization. If you go ahead with that, I'll upvote that in a heartbeat.
 
CrescentQuill said:
It's just a comparison because the other main weapon color change mechanic uses crystals. I imagine that the devs could "flavor" the method of color change however they wish.
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Gas or gas cartridges is more lore accurate without having to create a new item category for the crafting process.
 
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