Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5747536-20130908124320/@comment-3253568-20130912212450

Hello~

This might be a little wierd since I'm pretty sure Capcom took the idea from my suggestion, but let me describe some things.

1st: The (original) element I plotted Luceva (the name of Luminous Endling Rathalos Species) was Light as opposed to Lightning as it appears in-trailer.

2nd: (related to 1 but unrelated to the question) The design was taken loosely from Hiro Mashima's work, "Monster Hunter Orage" 's Miogaruna. The difference was the source of their power: Miogaruna was born with it, yet Luce earned it after evolution (Strange right? But Capcom did revealed that even an elder dragon Ruca can have stronger version...)


 * Another fun fact: Goa Magara was based also on Monster Hunter Orage's Miogaruna's larval stage! Spoilers spoilers~

3rd: In the novel it was based on, his powers was photon manipulation, i.e. control of light particles. That power was corporated in the submitted design: ever wonder why its wings are strangely patterned, like, hexagonals? They are solar panels. And it can use it to absorb light, trapping it inside its body, and emit it afterwards as a powerful beam, much like Gravios'

This ability came as an idea when I read about scientist's attempt to use the fact that light is both wave and a particle for trapping it in a crystal medium: the research started on 1999 and suceeded in 2012, although there was more recent publication:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2380028/Scientists-stop-light-completely-record-breaking-MINUTE-trapping-inside-crystal.html

And wasn't the element best suited to be the opposite of Goa Magara's 'darkness' is Light?

So! The moves that Capcom MAY be planning for it to have (based on the ones in the novel and which I sent) was:

1: Bite-to-Glide: as usual, chicken-run into player. But should the bite missed or blocked, it will proceed to blind-side the player by taking off to the air and either 1: uses its Aerial Claw, now inflicting Thunderblight, or 2: proceeds to send fireballs.

2: DESTROYER BEEEAAAMM!!! >.<; As Amatsu would do, it will flies up high and start gathering power, in which the design on its wings flare blue. And fires a beam horizontally across the field. Bahamut anyone? Can also be fired on the ground. Notice that the blue markings will fade upon performing this.

3: Flash. Goddamit, flashbang! Much like Gyp's, it will stand upright, raising its wings and made them glow with so much power that it blinds you. Can be performed mid-air while gliding and thus followed with either Aerial Claw or Fireballs.

4: Charge! Just like a Jin, it can open its wings and start charging. During the charge its wing's property changed from resistant to cut but weak to impact (due to its crystalline structure changing) to weak to cut but impact resistant.

5: 2-tier rage mode. Oh yeah. Just because.

That's probably all. And before you can say this is a scam or I'm on drugs...well, just think whatever you might.

ZN-OUGA, signing out (temporarily. Can't wait to actually battle him!)