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Hail Good Devs!

Hail Good Devs!

I have come to ask of a tremendous favor, one that is not short of the coin promised, but if you could possible squeeze in a Bard's tote with a special animation for spreading merry and cheer to any evil minions around, possible to entrance their thought, and sway them (if even for a minute or two) to the side of Fansy footwork?

I would love to see a flute, bagpipe or gesture that pays homage to those who rooted evil in the past. If that's not being too picky, that is.

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A proper Telekinesis set, not

A proper Telekinesis set, not gravity control, not psychic blades. Something like DCUO, they did it perfectly. Not only was it user friendly, it was powerful in feeling and just plain fun.

One button would pick up nearby physics objects and throw them, fun and easy. Knockbacks, telekinetic cages etc. We need the correct powers in this set and ease of use when lifting and throwing.

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I personally think that if a

I personally think that if a power is going to have a complicated gimmick it should only be applied to the base, while things like damage types or side effects should be put in themes. If I'm right this would mean that it would be easier to make bases or themes. If I'm wrong ignore that because apparently I'm just being stupid. At any rate here are some ideas for more unique themes.

Elemental: assuming we're using the 9 powers per set mechanic, the first and fifth powers would deal fire damage and fire DoT, the second and sixth powers would deal cold damage and slow the target. the third and seventh powers would deal electricity damage and would drain endurance, the fourth and eighth powers dealing smashing with a chance of stunning the target and the 9th power dealing fire/cold/elec/smash damage and would have all the side effects of the previous elements.

Ballistics: Any melee attacks deal smashing damage and have a chance to stun, any single target attacks deal lethal damage and any aoe attacks deal dire damage and fire DoT. For the guy that wants to be like Rambo.

as for animations I would like to see, I would like a melee option for rifles and pistols, things like hitting the target with the butt of your gun and pistol whipping him/her. Maybe add some animations that look like I'm stabbing my target with a bayonet and add in some gun models with bayonets on them.

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Just to make sure I'm looking

Just to make sure I'm looking at this right...,

Base - meaning type of attack: Single Target Melee, Ranged AOE, Damage Type In General.
Element - common soft control inherent: Electric Drains, Ice Slows, Status Effects In General.
Animation - how fast cast time occurs: A Quick Punch, A Slow Buildup, Activation Times (if any).

- I could work with this... ^_^

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notears wrote:
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as for animations I would like to see, I would like a melee option for rifles and pistols, things like hitting the target with the butt of your gun and pistol whipping him/her. Maybe add some animations that look like I'm stabbing my target with a bayonet and add in some gun models with bayonets on them.

Along those lines, I think it would be cool to have an available animation for sniper powers to have the character kneel or lie down to get into a stable base.

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Thunder-Puncher wrote:
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Just to make sure I'm looking at this right...,
Base - meaning type of attack: Single Target Melee, Ranged AOE, Damage Type In General.
Element - common soft control inherent: Electric Drains, Ice Slows, Status Effects In General.
Animation - how fast cast time occurs: A Quick Punch, A Slow Buildup, Activation Times (if any).
- I could work with this... ^_^

Animation is planed to be purely cosmetic, animation times would be standardized so whether to are shooting a beam from your eyes, your hand, or a gun it would take the same time.

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Thunder-Puncher wrote:
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Just to make sure I'm looking at this right...,
Base - meaning type of attack: Single Target Melee, Ranged AOE, Damage Type In General.
Element - common soft control inherent: Electric Drains, Ice Slows, Status Effects In General.
Animation - how fast cast time occurs: A Quick Punch, A Slow Buildup, Activation Times (if any).
- I could work with this... ^_^

I think damage type is supposed to be attached to themes, which is what elements are supposed to be called, though I could be mistaken...

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I'd like to see a power set

I'd like to see a power set based around creating temporary objects (pets). Thematically this could be extremely flexible; a sci-fi character that makes objects out of solid light or controls matter, a wizard that summons magic objects/creatures/golems/spirits/etc..., earth powers, ice powers, plant powers, force field powers, telekinesis, etc...

The base powers would have a common theme in that they create targetable, destructible objects (pets). This is somewhere in between summoning a pet and using a maintained power. Some possibilities:

1) A mobile attack power. The power has to be maintained by the summoner to keep it active and the pet is essentially tethered to the summoner. This is your power ring creating a solid light construct or your earth controller creating an animated stone golem, etc... The pet has a movement speed, it's destructible and it attracts aggro. To keep this rooted as a power, it has a single damage type, it could cost endurance while active and/or the caster could receive damage as feedback when it's damaged. I'm thinking it could have a higher "summon" cost and a lower maintain cost to keep it active.

2) A hold type power (plant vines, ice cage, force field, etc...). It's destructible and draws aggro. Optionally, it could also be a maintained power that continues to do damage and/or refreshes the strength of the hold as long as the caster maintains it.

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Just another thought for my

Just another thought for my previous post on a power set that includes creating temporary objects. The health meter or hit points for the object could be tied directly to the casters endurance bar. Any damage done to the power object reduces the caster's endurance.

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When I think of powers I want

When I think of powers I want its based on what I want to do and what I want it to look like doing it. Sounds like you have the animation options to get the look doing it.

Things that COH did not have that I wanted. Light based energy attacks. From what I have read so far it sounds like that is SFX to you.
Also the ability to choose where my powers originate from Eyes, Hands chest etc like CO does. Changing the origin point allows me to call any power set eye blast powers.

As far as a light based power set besides the obvious Laser like energy blasts.
A Dazzle confuse effect where you overwhelm the targets senses. Or a stun/ momentary pause like after the MIB flashy thing. Champions terms a Flash attack.
Light or Laser blast that draws an AOE line instead of the typical cone more like a wider beam to simulate an AOE line attack.
Hard Light blasts that do smashing damage instead of energy/KB? Hard light could even be a defensive set.
Light glow if darkness is going to be a thing in game.

Light based powers might also have optical illusions like D&D mirror images as a defensive power (avoidance).

Absorbsion was also another area not covered in COH. Having power absorbing characters who refresh energy reserves or temp do more damage from absorbed energy.
Bishop, Dazzler to name a pair.

While it sounds like you already have the framework and I would need to select my way through it to get the correct power simulation I wanted to say few things about style and visual appearance. Maybe sneak in an idea you might like.

Because while I think your asking for power idea's I think your also asking how do you want these to play. Having the right feel is criitcal.

COH:
I loved how most of the powers worked. Loved the way the action played. CO while potential active becomes boring and DCUO becomes CTS inducing with all the clicking combo's. Cannot stand the blocking mechanic in either.
Recharge made it so you needed a lot of powers. Once you got some levels you could choose a specific attack for what it did as well as a damage chain fill.
Need that -Resistance or KB attack to keep them off balance etc.

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A book prop and the ability

A book prop and the ability to look like I'm reading it while blasting my enemies with spells.

not my video just one I lke ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-SdIN0hsM

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Alright, now that I know what

Alright, now that I know what power sets are going to be like, I'd like to suggest that lethal and smashing damage be combined into one damage the same way fire and toxic damage did with burning. Like physical damage.

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I would love to see trick

I would love to see trick arrows & some "regular arrows". It would be real cool if there was a secondary melee that could linked with it. like using the bow or an arrow as a hand weapon to strike with.The "Arrow" is a good example of the fighting style I am thinking of.

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Amerikatt wrote:
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I would like to see a utility archetype much like the Kheldian Peacebringer. I miss not being a Jill-Of-All-Trades.

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I agree! Human-form (or Kitten-form) Peacebringer was a favorite.

Thirded!

Although, I'm not familiar with the Peacebringers, beyond what Amerikatt and Fireheart described above ^_^.

Also, Jack-Of-All-Trades is appropriate for a girl as well. Just ask Joat.

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I got one. So long story short. I wrote a story about a group of people that used Music as a weapon. Literally. I would like to see a Music Power set. I'm not sure how it would work in a melee set. But as a ranged set I can see it. It's roughly a Bard but with more happening. All the moves would be the toon playing a riff or chord or something musical. And you'd see notes move around. You'd have the softer elegant musical notes do stuff like healing and buffing. Then say the more somber and dramatic does the crowd controlling and debuffing. Rapid fast paced music doing the ranged damage. And the loud explosive music causing AoEs and and such. And the toon would actually be using an instrument. It's great we can put an electric guitar on our toon in the create a toon. But now we could actually use that guitar and blow up some mobs with it.

Why stop at guitar? Bagpipes! Trombone! Key-tar! Conductor's baton! Kazoo?
Base: AoE Buff/Debuff
Theme: Music
Animations: As Ellysyn so ellyquently (yes I know) described.

Enough variation in the instruments, and you could have a Band of Adventurers!

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Cosmic melee

Cosmic melee
Base: melee dps/soft control
Theme: cosmic damage (-damage/-energy maybe?) with some knock (down) effect powers
Animations: basically, this guy http://youtu.be/2qHIpusRAgQ ;P

Energy Skating
Base: ground travel power
Theme: travel
Animation: a skater motion just barely off the ground with a buffer of energy between feet and ground, or a sort of ground dash (like a gundam launch http://youtu.be/9MgDN1u4_ro) with sparks trailing after feet that slide across the ground.

Mystic Weaponry
Base: multi-range(blast) dps
Theme: slashing damage +random (or various) secondary effects
Animation: "summoned" weapons of various types (floating blades, axes, ballistas, etc) attack enemies of their own accord (character issues commands or seems to make "magicky" hand motions)

Density Mastery
Base: Defense/Buff
Theme: Resist physical (increase physical damage buffs possible) or Resist non-physical (increase non-physical damage buffs possible) abilities (must switch between)
Animation: depending on toggle, either become semi-transparent, or semi-metalic(shiny) depending on toggles
(this one's a little complex, but I sort of see it as a defensive set that demands management of its toggle-armors depending on the situation.... with different toggles making different self buffs available or more effective.)

Reflection
Base: ranged d/buff
Theme: "reflects" the effects of attacks back on the target (AOE toggle that improves team damage when affected targets attack, for example)
Animation: "loop-like" effects... something like a solar flare(http://youtu.be/HFT7ATLQQx8) that flows out from targets a short distance and doubles back on them in oblong loops

Massive Energy Gauntlets
Base: mid-ranged melee dps
Theme: chance to knock up/down
Animation: oversized (massively so) constructs form on the fist and forearm of the character as s/he performs pummel/smash style attacks.

and just as an animation type for all sorts of "blade" sets..... i really hope we can have fiery, icy, darky, rady, energy-y, electricy, lighty,cosmicy versions of an ethereal blade like the Soul reaver (https://lickthestranger.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/ws_soul_reaver_2_1600x1200.jpg)

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hopefully i got the power

hopefully i got the power breakdown thing... Still not sure if ive got base/theme/animation right.

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GhostHack wrote:
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Mystic Weaponry
Base: multi-range(blast) dps
Theme: slashing damage +random (or various) secondary effects
Animation: "summoned" weapons of various types (floating blades, axes, ballistas, etc) attack enemies of their own accord (character issues commands or seems to make "magicky" hand motions)

Otherwise known as the "Bag of Knives" powerset. The final power will be called "I Owe You...Pain". Now we just need a set for "Thicken" :)

Oops, sorry. My geekyness took over for a second there :)

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there's always a few DnDers

there's always a few DnDers in the bunch ;)

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there's always a few DnDers in the bunch ;)

Actually, that is my 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' geekyness. My DnD geekyness will be the Dwarven paladin, or Drow Assassin I will be making as some point.

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sigh....I hate drow. :P

sigh....I hate drow.

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If we're going with the

If we're going with the 'Fixed AT/power list' model, I'd love to see a sort of 'ninja' set, based on a combination of martial arts (either blades of weaponless) and short-range weaponry: whips (yoinks/KD), stars/throwing knives...basically a melee+utility Catwoman sort of set.

Also: Staves, Heavy weapons, maybe an Operator pet set based around Psi powers? Dream Manipulation, something like that. Shorter-lived, single-target pets, or something.

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GhostHack wrote:
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sigh....I hate drow.
:P

Drow aint so bad... its just that everyone knows when you have been intimate with one (talking from LRP experience here)

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I always thought tanks and

I always thought tanks and scrappers had the advantage due to mezz protection in the defenses. If all characters had access to better defenses then they would have a better chance of soloing. I really liked the combat effects and animation looks of Assault rifle, Traps defense set, Street Justice and Shield—perhaps a discipline called ultimate fighting where one could build a martial artist, streetfighter, weapon master etc. If defenses remain limited to certain arch types perhaps down the road future issues/spirals/expansions might include some form of IO tweaking.

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What I would like to see as

What I would like to see as far as masterminds go:
Setting a base: Pets of course.
Theme: This is where things get sticky. Say I want melee pets with a focus on control over damage. Where would this logically limit the appearance of the pets? Pets are complicated on the whole to begin with, never mind with the possibility for two completely different looking pet players having the same effect. One player has a team of psychics that wrap enemies in telekinetic cages, the other has a team of wolves that tackle enemies and hold them down through weight and jaw strength. Functionally, the only difference is that one set of pets has range (telekinesis) and the other is melee (wolves). The problem arises from the VAST difference in pet model as well as animations used, without even going into the potential for various skins on the pet models. (Wolves made of fire/ice/stone/shadow/electricity/water)

The basic concept simply doesn't encompass the vast amount of potential variation inherent in a pet class that isn't inhibited by shackling effect to appearance. While I LOVE the idea, the end result is going to be murderous on the developers.

The irony, of course, is that a 'controlling pets' concept under the open ideas this new team offers would be rather simple to do via alternative animations on a control base.
Base: Control
Theme: Restraint and interference.
Animations: Various animals are summoned to interfere with your enemies by attacking them and holding them in place until they are thrown off or otherwise distracting the target. A hold could be a wolf or dog pinning the target down, an AoE hold from a massive ball of constrictors spreading out from the player. A fear effect as a swarm of rats or other verminous small animal all climb over a single target. Single target knock back via a charging rhinoceros. If all of these were viable animations...

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Psionic force fields to the

Psionic force fields to the max! The power of the mind to protect the innocent and enlighten the corrupted!

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If you are interested in

If you are interested in a Teleportation power set that is not just a travel pool set, check this thread. http://cityoftitans.com/forum/all-things-teleport

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I would love to see mind

I would love to see mind control get a revised look it was a decent power set but always felt in COH that total domination and mass confusion were weak in crowd control and would always either miss or not hold the group for very long

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Mind-Freeze wrote:
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I would love to see mind control get a revised look it was a decent power set but always felt in COH that total domination and mass confusion were weak in crowd control and would always either miss or not hold the group for very long

That's substantially due to the fact that somewhere along the way (I forget which Issue exactly, was it 9 or 10?) pretty much EVERY AoE Mez in the game got "double whammied" with the Nerf Bat (I always believed the Devs inserted an IRON CORE into that Nerf Bat, just because) so as to make AoE Mez dramatically less functional when it came to achieving TOTAL Lockdown.

What do I mean when I say "double whammied" you ask?

I mean that every AoE Mez had its duration cut in HALF and its recharge time DOUBLED ... meaning that ultimately the Uptime on all those powers (including Total Domination, as you cite) got reduced to ONE QUARTER of what they had originally been ... with NO COMPENSATION given anywhere else for pretty much nerfing these powers into the ground (relative to where they had been, power level wise).

So yeah ... Nerf Bat With Iron Core ... just to make sure that the hits delivered would be crippling.


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Redlynne wrote:
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Mind-Freeze wrote:
I would love to see mind control get a revised look it was a decent power set but always felt in COH that total domination and mass confusion were weak in crowd control and would always either miss or not hold the group for very long
That's substantially due to the fact that somewhere along the way (I forget which Issue exactly, was it 9 or 10?) pretty much EVERY AoE Mez in the game got "double whammied" with the Nerf Bat (I always believed the Devs inserted an IRON CORE into that Nerf Bat, just because) so as to make AoE Mez dramatically less functional when it came to achieving TOTAL Lockdown.
What do I mean when I say "double whammied" you ask?
I mean that every AoE Mez had its duration cut in HALF and its recharge time DOUBLED ... meaning that ultimately the Uptime on all those powers (including Total Domination, as you cite) got reduced to ONE QUARTER of what they had originally been ... with NO COMPENSATION given anywhere else for pretty much nerfing these powers into the ground (relative to where they had been, power level wise).
So yeah ... Nerf Bat With Iron Core ... just to make sure that the hits delivered would be crippling.

Here's hoping CoT does better.

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I'd really like to see a good

I'd really like to see a good magic control... you know, glowing binds, magic circles on the ground, harrassing of imps

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If were going to be different

If were going to be different from coh then i suggest the basics of 4 littles 2 mediums and 1 big.
Two smaller for each of the upper tiers. if there is a gang war version then make it 8 tinys.
As for a powerset I want Amazons with gleaming shiny armor and weapons.

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what about finally getting a

what about finally getting a shrink/grow set?
we've seen in champions that the basic concept (a toggle-able size adjustment power) is viable, mechanically...

i'd see it as a defense set, with two toggles, one that increases your ability to dodge attacks, and one that increases your ability to resist attacks

the way I'd set it up, is that if you run both toggles, you stay the same size, but only 50% of the possible bonus (whatever that is determined to be) of each..... using one or the other gives you a significant defensive weapon but at a cost.
with shrink active alone, your resistance to holds (by which i mean 'hold powers') and knocks is lowered significantly
with grow activated alone, the endurance cost of your powers increases while your resistance to secondary mez effects (confuse, stun, etc) is lowered significantly.
(or something along these lines... im not great at disadvantages)

the question is.... why bother using one toggle or the other, then?
and therein lies the rest of the set.... different clickable powers that have greater/lesser or different strenths or features depending on whether you're small or large.

so, i see a shrink/grow character running around with both toggles on until they get into a decient fight, then they drop one toggle, and fire off buffing defense powers while working through their attack chains.

thematically, i envision the grow-themed abilities would relate to protection of self and others (self heals, absorbing damage for allies, mez protection) while shrink-themed powers would be about speed (like reflexes 'quickness') and secondary effect enhancement

now, while i see all powers providing a benefit when at neutal size, the idea is that they are significantly improved by changing to the appropriate size.......

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With regards to the grow

With regards to the grow/shrink set...you could also look at it like the Kheld form...the Shrink is the DPS/Blast Nova form...the Grow is the Tank Dwarf form...the concept would remain similiar, though it would be a common power set across all three. The Shrink may increase DPS and Evades (becoming a bit more glass cannon); while the Grow increases HP, Heals and Resists (becoming more tanky). Running both, normalizes all those factors.

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Yes, possibly.... but being a

Yes, possibly.... but being a defense set, i'd be worried about making it too damage/v/attack (such things will already be greatly effected by the class you choose... and I dont want it to end up that "no respectable tank ever shrinks!" or see a thousand "shrink-scrappers" running around.....) things the character needs/wants should be in both halves, so you are destined to bounce back and forth, regardless of your "team role"

but otherwise, yes... the basic idea of the keldians works, but definitely within a single power set

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I really enjoy Storm

I really enjoy Storm Summoning!

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we need "throw a vial or

we need "throw a vial or beaker of chemicals at that guy" kind of animations for those mad scientist types out there. Also "I inject myself with chemicals from a hypodermic needle" type animations for self buffs/heals and self damage mitigation powers.

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Err, yuck, no crazy injection

Err, yuck, no crazy injection fantasies, please. I'm phobic.

Can just barely handle the 'stim pens' in SWTOR, because they're just jammed against a leg and I'm usually in the middle of 'killing them before they kill me', so I'm not looking.

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Fireheart wrote:
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Err, yuck, no crazy injection fantasies, please. I'm phobic.
Can just barely handle the 'stim pens' in SWTOR, because they're just jammed against a leg and I'm usually in the middle of 'killing them before they kill me', so I'm not looking.
Be Well
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Well I have a fear of insects and dogs, yet I'm not saying that Rottweiler shouldn't exist because of that. listen I know how it feels to have a phobia, I feel scared when I have to go outside in the summer or spring, but you have to understand that the world isn't going to change simply because your afraid of it or even should change. There are other people in this world who like things that other people are afraid of, and they shouldn't have to change that because of you.

That being said I want a "I drink this beaker full of chemicals" animation for self buffs/heals and self damage mitigation powers as well.

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I have a fear of scarring

I have a fear of scarring around the eyes... but i guess that is because I almost lost my eye when I was about 8.

Since then, I cannot even wear face paint around the eyes, because seeing the paintbrush go near my eye starts it streaming, and I start to panic.

Doesn't mean that I want all facial art to be removed from the game...

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In the final days my 3

In the final days my 3 favorite set were Titan Weapon (I never dreamed I'd like it, and I *loved* it), Electric Control, and Dark Control (Dark finally done right artistically).

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Fireheart wrote:
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I really enjoy Storm Summoning!
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Yeah, I loved the hell out of this too

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I want a rapier as a weapon,

I want a rapier as a weapon, also I want to use a shield as weapon.

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I think a metal based power

I think a metal based power would be great. For a melee character it could be used for defense and for very precise attacks. For ranged it could be used any variety of snares, holds, crowd control, and straight up damage.

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davidnel23@aol.com wrote:

I think a metal based power would be great. For a melee character it could be used for defense and for very precise attacks. For ranged it could be used any variety of snares, holds, crowd control, and straight up damage.

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Gonna throw my support behind

Gonna throw my support behind "Remote Control".. which is LIKE mind control but with particle damage. The ideal "look" of this set is like any antennae senging out a signal and enemies being on the receiving end.

Controlling a Brain (or any central processing unit) and controlling a mind are very different things to me. One being metaphysical (which my character does not have as a human and has no faith in as a scientist) and the other being quite physical.

For those of you who don't love neuroscience like I do check out "Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation" .. MAGNETS CAN CONTROL YOUR BRAIN!!! I know the game lore will include a plethora of metaphysics and magic and I look forward to engaging them FOR SCIENCE!

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we need "I throw an explosive

we need "I throw an explosive at that guy" type animations along with our other options for throwing things. Also I want to be able to throw my melee weapon at the bad and then get out another one like the enemies in the roman themed zone did with their spears. (sorry forgot the name of that particular zone) would go great for people with axes and spears.

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Cimiora?

Cimiora?

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Von Krieger wrote:
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Cimiora?

yeah, thanks

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It was Cimerora, I believe

It was Cimerora, I believe

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I'll give it a shot since I

I'll give it a shot since I would really like throwing knives as an animation.

Base: Ranged single target damage
Theme: Fast successive mobile attacks with high accuracy/crit but low(er) base damage
Animation: Throwing knives, bows, crossbows, guns, dual pistols, revolvers, sniper rifles. Using weapons with a flair (think of Hail of Bullets from Dual Pistols or things that Hawkeye/Green Arrow would do acrobatically while firing arrows, i.e. shooting arrows mid-somersault)

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Autofire bagpipe blowguns

Autofire bagpipe blowguns with choice of Irish (melodic) or Scottish (harsh) sound effects!!

I just remembered building this metal, clay and paint miniature (using a dwarf) in the early 80s... overdue for a feature role.

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Bagpipes for Sonic Blast

Bagpipes for Sonic Blast powerset? I could see that working ...


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I would like to see an

I would like to see an elastigirl/luffy power set

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I'll just be boring and

I'll just be boring and conventional and say that I really want to see Dual Pistols again so that I can remake Sidhe Bang ...


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Chained Kunai, Chain and a Yo

Chained Kunai, Chain and a Yo-Yo powerset. I would love at least on of those.

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i want to second that 'remote

i want to second that 'remote control' idea... my namesake was always ment to be a physical organic controller.. but neither cox nor cox supported the concept...

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I really liked the Absorb

I really liked the Absorb mechanic they were just introducing in CoH. It'd be a good Base. Some themes would be: biological (Swamp Thing!), wormholes transporting attacks somewhere else, really heavy metal armor that gets busted up as you get injured, and something that I always really wanted, energy armor that is solid and adheres closely to the player model. Difficult to pull off, I know, but it would look so cool. It's why I loved Crash Dummies as a kid... they come apart. The animations would likely be part and parcel of some of those. Palette swap or something, I dunno.

Also, I miss Dual Pistols and would love that to be an option for the Blast base.

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Dual Pistols, Archery, Trick

Dual Pistols, Archery, Trick Archery, Kinetic Melee (also known as NASCAR Ninja), Martial Arts, Street Justice (butcher meat slapping and bone cracking), Staff Fighting, Super Reflexes, Energy Aura, Ninjitsu, Mind Control, Gravity Control, Illusion Control, Storm Summoning, Dark, Dark and Dark plus Dark ...

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i would love to see a power

i would love to see a power set that changes the 'rules' of the field.
the changes effect both allies and enemies, making placement and recasting important.

cast speed +/- zones
damage +/- zones
crit +/- zones
movement speed +/- zones
resistance +/- zones

nothing cast on players... everything is placed as an aoe beacon (think triage beacon)
this makes placement in combat important. knocking an enemy back into a debuff zone is awesome... knocking them into a recently cast resistance zone not so awesome.

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sort of like the sigils

sort of like the sigils concepts in other games (sigils in Champs, shaman totems in WoW)????

Personally I LOVE those mechanics... would be great as a defender/corruptor set, or this game's version of "traps" (which never felt like traps, in COX, imo)

That said, they should have a different mechanic, then the "destroyable object" mechanic they usually have.
Perhaps something along the lines of a trade off? get a benefit target aoe, but take a hit somewhere else, personally?

I guess I just always feel a bit cheated by a whole game mechanic that relies on nothing bad happening (all too often, these destructable objects have like 1 hit point... so they only have a value when they're barely necessary or you're acting like a chump.)

But it would be awesome to establish a "killing field" of layered buffs or debuffs, then draw enemies into it, and decimate them. (either as a melee(or ranged) / (d)buffer or as a support/ranged character)

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-Martial Arts that can be

-Martial Arts that can be customized to be very fast looking and/or very strong looking through visual effects
*I'd love to see animation within the partial arts set that worked much like a Webster/Gainer http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_770400547&feature=iv&src_vid=BeKr6_koMgI&v=0zB1iNEPbWw but with greater leg extension as if into a split or better yet a half split

*I'd love to be able to have a hand to hand set like martial arts and/or street brawling AND have the option to use sword,knife,base ball bat animations for flavor like Wonderwoman, Blade, Casey Jones or Future Trunks

-I'd like a Resistance debuff blast set out the gate
-A buff/debuff set that works a lot like Time Manipulation
-A buff/debuff set that works AND looks a lot like the Traps set from COH
-I want my own Robotic death machine "Henchmen/Pets" but I know that won't be doable at launch :(

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Darth Fez wrote:
That's an interesting possibility. It'd certainly have to have more bite than brawl or the origin powers and scale better (or at all) with level. While there is no need to make it compare with ranged power sets such an attack should do more than tickle the target.

I would say take whatever the weakest "primary damage power" on the weakest base damage archetype and make it slightly weaker than that. Have it do the same damage across all archetypes, but allow it to be effected by global buffs and inherent powers (or whatever they end up being called). I would not give it any additional effects as a base, but allow players to modify it through the boost system if they want.

What if instead it was the "player customized" power we always wanted with conditions, and restrictions we could impose on it ala Hunter x Hunter's Nen system, that would allow us the player to make it powerful in certain scenarios where range damage is needed

Take the strongest allowable single target range attack in terms of dmg/mez/debuff effect on enemy a Dev could make assuming as many drawbacks as possible, as extreme as possible (ex. drops you to one health point, eats all your end, stops recovery, unresitably mezes the player, invalidates your resistance, defense and regen etc) put that on a "points" system and give players half that powers effectiveness with the same drawback options(and the ability to scale those drawbacks)

As an aside I would also like to add a vote for trick YO YOs not sure if this should be done as increased range melee or decreased range blast

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Swtor has bounty hunters.

Swtor has bounty hunters.
CO has power armor.

Could we get a pop up weapons ranged set? Iron manish: pop-up missiles, minigun, rockets, sticky bombs, laser beams, etc.
These would be individual powers and could work with any armor looking build for power suits or skin cyber ware looks for "Involunteered" Cyborgs and the like.

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CoX definitely had so many

CoX definitely had so many great ideas not all the power sets were created equal but it's hard to say that any specific from CoX should not be considered/remastered.

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Bartitsu melee set.

Bartitsu melee set. Victorian era cane fighting for use against hoodlums and muggers in the back streets of London (1899-1902). Apparently, there's something of a revival going on for this fighting style, and even if it isn't possible to do all the holds and locks used by the art of Bartitsu, there still ought to be plenty of reference material for cane fighting, boxing and kicks to go with the art. Should make for a rather authentic Steampunk Martial Arts character build at least.


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Martial Defense:

Martial Defense:
A set of low graphics powers that act as stance toggles that change the behavior of default stances, click powers that temporarily increase hit, defense or dodge, Psychic and other defenses later based on martial arts openning chakras, therefore empowering your Chi or Ki.(Passive increases endurance by a small ammount as well.)

Energy Absorbing defense:

A defensive set that gains effects based on damage taken from energy sources, inherently gives resistance with passives and toggles grant endurance boost based on damage absorbing rate(Functionally damage reduction), degausing power that functions like a nuke, releasing effects based on absorbed energies. Click power that temporarily allows psychic absorbtion, top tier that put character into hyper active state, boosting damage and effectively making endurance negligible with a huge crash.

Variable Traps and gadgets:
Something like how dual pistols had toggles for different rounds this set changes the effects of mines, control techniques and other gadgets based on toggles, however I don't want it to function like a level up, I love the idea of actually crafting your gadgets like tony stark or Gear from Static shock, I enjoy the possibility of prototype gadgets failing or backfiring... I'm weird.

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i hope ther will be blades

i hope ther will be blades and i can combine it with ice. thats like my go to combo for my primary characters

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Any and all powersets, across

Any and all powersets, across all kinds of roles and classes. I loved all the ones in City of Heroes because they were so numerous and varied. First I would like to see the basics in place: Super strength, Invulnerability, Super Reflexes, Empathy, Force Fields, Martial Arts, and all four classical elements of earth fire water wind. There you go. Then the stranger ones can come in such as gravity and sonic, Energy(Light) and Negative Energy (Darkness), knives and swords, underling robots or gunmen, stuff like that.

Really there are hundreds to choose and just as many that would fit snugly into a superhero mmo. The devs will never be bored or out of ideas, they will have a giant bulletin board of power sets to work on. Even if they start out with only a few they could work on pumping out a new one every few months and most everyone would be happy.

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Hi, this is my first time

Hi, this is my first time posting, and I know I'm extra late. That being said I loved City of Heroes, and I think I have an idea for a new power set.

Vampiric.

Some powers could be:

Bite
base:melee/debuff(draining of blood)/stalker
theme:pierce/drain
animations: The super hero/villian(appearing out of nowhere from invisbility stalker style or turning from a bat) and sinking teeth into neck

Blood well
base:AoE/stun/melee?/untanigable
theme:drain/stun/debuff/Hp gain/ can't be targeted
animation:sinking into the ground and leeching hp from enemy via feet(vladmir from League of Legends), lasts over a period of time

for poops and chuckles
the vampire turning into a bat?
Transfusion
base:movement/flight/transformation
theme:buff/avoidance/evasion
animation: smoke and vampires clothes dropping, bat flys away
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Movement:
Hover boards like silver sufer

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Artillery;

Artillery;
Base: Ranged
Theme: Heavy hitting physical damage with some burning attacks, knockback or stunning
Animation: Hand cannons, grenade launchers, very big guns
Summary: Ranged equivalent of Titan Weapon.

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My favourite powerset wound

My favourite powerset wound up being Street Justice. That, combined with Invunerable, made for a helluva Bruiser. Animations were great, too! I'd also like to see a more fully developed Force Field control set.

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Hopefully if possible I would

Hopefully if possible I would love it if you guys could make your version of the spikes powerset. I would love to bring over Xerine although she was my second 50 I will always consider her my main one.

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Well one idea I always though

Well one idea I always thought would have been cool for the original City to add but as far as i know was not present (unless if it was available at higher levels and I am just unaware of it) was to have customizable minions for the Master Mind class. Now i don't know to what extent minions would be present in the game or if there would be a sort of possible Master Mind replacement but think of it, having a more limited character creator pacifically designed for your minions of the power set you choose. For example maybe you want to summon Zombies so you choose that power set but lets say the idea behind your character is that he resurrects fallen superheroes to fight for him, then maybe in the minion editor you can give the Zombies some torn up super hero costumes and the like.

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Firstly, can I say that I

Firstly, can I say that I would love to see different choices for power animation – some like flashy anime, others with KIRBY DOTS (please, please have Kirby dots) and then some that are classic mmo-energy beam styles up to this point. Something like that.

Powersets that would be great components of the game:

Energy based powersets, both light and dark, and for more than one archtype:
-Ranged is an obvious choice. Beams. Lots of beams. Blasts. Explosions for aoe’s etc.
-Tanks and dps characters could use this power as well – they could be redirecting the enegy through their bodies for energy based melee sets… there could also be crowd control, buff/debuff and summoning.
- All this could be done with dark energy as well (dark matter, etc…).

Telekinesis – a new and innovative approach would be great to see:
-Being able to pick enemies up and toss them around, both individually and with multiple enemies simultaneously.
-Being able to interact with environment items in order to lift them and toss them at enemies – or maybe in some cases pull stone and steel straight out of the floor/ground to hurl at enemies.
It would just be nice to see this powerset really get a cool revamp, the choices with graphics and animations included.

It would be cool to see teleporting as a powerset, not just a travel power:
-The attacks could be teleporting based, each ending with an attack – some behind the enemy, others to hit him with momentum like a wrecking ball, another to drop him from slightly higher in the sky, etc…

Again however, being able to choose between different graphics/animations for the powers would be amazing to see. And it would really help differentiate between the different players in the game so even if they are teaming with a person of the same powerset, they still seem different and individualized.

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I am also a major supporter

I am also a major supporter of being able to mix and match the powers you choose in a free form fashion - not being stuck with one themed powerset. Being able to build an individual power pool for your toon using an assortment of all available powers, corresponding to their appropriate levels of course.

Reason: sometimes we get an idea for a unique powerset for a character, and with this feature we can scramble together a mesh of different types of powers in order to simulate the desired powerset. This would be especially useful in RP types of situations.

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A powerset that I would love

A powerset that I would love to see and loved when playing on COH in the Virtue Server was Broadsword/Shield Defense.

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I want a chainsaw!!!!

I want a chainsaw!!!!

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Id like undead of any sort

Id like undead of any sort for a minion build.

In a perfect world i'd have the character creator available to minion users and all or most costume sets in there and let me make my minions myself. This way it fills the undead role, ally user role, robot user role, and mind controller with no extra work on the art department.

Then allow the use of most NPC foes as choices in there as far as non humanoid pets( for instance plants, animals, big or non humanoid robots ect), also some color/texture or aura options here as well as a catchall for other minion users.

Done this way the art team does little other work since all choices here are recycled from elsewhere (either the character creator or NPC pool) the only extra would be color opacity and aura options for the NPC models.

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On the subject of power sets.

On the subject of power sets... What about a Rune based set with several branches to the power tree. The user/character would draw the rune in the air and send it to its targeted location. could be a great buff/debuff support branch of the power set with heals and endurance stats and endurance drains and holds. Another branch to the tree could be runes of war with knock backs, fire, heavy Damage Over Time. Runes could be drawn then sent to location on the ground to use as slows/holds/blinds etc. A rune "tank" could draw runes of power, "taunt", double HP or what have you. Rune power sets could be very appealing to watch visually and could span several hero/villain archetypes.

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Chain based powers set with

Chain based powers set with pulls or slides would be amazing.

Storm/hurricane was a favorite in CoX, dynamic movement and skill usage of hurricane and force field was fun.

Lightening that comes DOWN to fork between enemies.

Melee powers that trample or pass through enemies like whirlwind (d2/path) would be a very nice addition.

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If I'm understanding you

If I'm understanding you correctly, and we'd go with this format...in character creation, after we chose archetypes and such to get to powers...we'd choose a base first, say I wanted super strength, but my character is a fishman with shocking eel powers, I,d choose melee (I never really played SS so I can't be more accurate there), and then as a theme I'd go for electrical junk, and then for animation I'd go for some head bashing and curb stomping?

That'd make for a ridiculous amount of choices in creating and customizing powers. :P

EDIT:Apologies, I was addressing Shadow

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Oh, and I'd like to have some

Oh, and I'd like to have some delicious dual blades for a power set please.

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Alpha0177 wrote:
Alpha0177 wrote:

If I'm understanding you correctly, and we'd go with this format...in character creation, after we chose archetypes and such to get to powers...we'd choose a base first, say I wanted super strength, but my character is a fishman with shocking eel powers, I,d choose melee (I never really played SS so I can't be more accurate there), and then as a theme I'd go for electrical junk, and then for animation I'd go for some head bashing and curb stomping?
That'd make for a ridiculous amount of choices in creating and customizing powers. :P
EDIT:Apologies, I was addressing Shadow

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/missingworldsmedia/the-phoenix-project-city-of-titans/posts/645893

It'll probably be closer to this. Base means how the power is built such as being single attack focused or AoE focused. Theme is what kind of damage as well as a side effect each has like dealing damage over time or each power leaving a defense debuff on the target and animation is simply something cosmetic and everything from making making your burning attacks look electrical to making the fighting be based around curb stomping and head butts would fall under that. The kickstarter update I gave you also says that they probably won't let you pick a base apart from a theme, but that we should probably still suggest it in the base/theme/animation format to make it easier on the people designing the powers. the plan however is still to keep animation separate from powers.

not my video just one I lke ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-SdIN0hsM

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I would like an assault

I would like an assault powerset where the ranged attacks deal burning damage and the melee attacks deal physical damage. Same thing with a manipulation set only with the control powers dealing burning damage and the melee doing physical damage. Also assault and manipulation powersets that are the same thing but with the ranged and control attacks doing cold damage. that would be neat.

not my video just one I lke ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-SdIN0hsM

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I was a little bored at work

I was a little bored at work and thought about what I would like to see as support sets, especially with the Bodyguard in mind. And then it got out of hand...:

Inspiration
Tier 1: Enduring Spirit, PB-AoE resistance buff
Tier 2: Mark, makes a single target more vulnerable to damage
Tier 3: Inspiring, a passive skill that heals close allies for a small amount when using a defensive inspiration skill
Tier 3 (Bodyguard): Intimidating, a passive skill that adds a chance to lower enemy accuracy to your attacks
Tier 4: Rally, a minor AoE heal and regeneration buff
Tier 5: Invoke Fokus, a PB-AoE accuracy buff (possibly with a chance to crit bonus?)
Tier 6: Inspire Will, a PB-AoE mez/ psi resistance buff
Tier 7: Intimidate, a PB-AoE damage and speed debuff
Tier 8: Victory Spirit a PB-AoE damage and speed buff, may provide a small heal for every defeated foe.

I imagine animations like warcrys, chants, blowing a horn or using an other instrument (trumpet, military drum or even an electric guitar), blessing (just with a gesture or by reading from a book, using a holy/ unholy icon), beast howls, waving a banner, auras, using a tactical display or even summoning holy/ unholy light or spirits that inspire the team.

What do you think?

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I think I'm going to take

I think I'm going to take that for an outline of what Goldenrod can do if I RP any combats with her.^_^

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not my video just one I lke ===> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-SdIN0hsM

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