RubberHose 2 - Style panel
Since v1, the most resounding request has been for Tapered Hoses. Since After Effects does not yet support this in the way Illustrator does, tapering required a lot of nerdy workarounds. Making this work required the building of a whole new hose styling system. The cool part about it is that with a single click you can apply one of the included styles or one that you build and save yourself. Styles can still be copied and pasted but can also be saved with others on a team or on the interweb.
Create a style, save it, downgrade to a Basic Hose to work faster while animating, then re-apply the saved style. Nothing changes with the hose. You're basically painting the style on when you need it.
Also a look at the flashy new RubberHose panel. A lot of new functionality in 3 discrete panels to keep you focused.
Available now from http://battleaxe.co.
$45 / $30 upgrade from v1 / free if purchased after Dec 1, 2016