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Originally Posted by Kazz

If all you want is to be a Gin ripoff, well... keep dreaming I guess, I don't see it happening.

Originally Posted by Trilby

I agree with Tex to a degree. In real life, whip swords like that are kinda silly. However, they do exist in real life in a way.

http://urbantitan.com/strangest-weapons/

They may not have 80 foot of range but I think we might be able to forgive that in an MMO. They don't feel very corrupter, blaster, defender like. A type of scrapper, maybe with mid range attacks, but not full on ranged.

I am going to /unsign for them as ranged AT attacks.

Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake

you know, a while a go, i was discussing an "epic form" for khelds That would fuse the dwarf and void form together and make a kheldian "dragon" and it could use upgraded versions of the dwarf and nova powers. the general form would be bipedal but hunched, like an ember demon but with the general body shape of a dwarf, but instead of the dwarf head, it would have the nova's head, massive tentacles coming from its back like wings and the nova tail trailing behind. my only conceptual problem is wether to make it fly as a default, like the nova, or stand on ground. maybe let the human form flight power work too to cover that?

Originally Posted by Aura_Familia

I'd prefer they work on power pool customization before working on customization for a temp power.

/shrug.

Originally Posted by Texas Justice

What the heck is that? Is it a whip or is it a sword? If it's both, again, ridiculous.



Pretty much my thoughts on it.

Originally Posted by Bullet Barrage

Zombies!

Originally Posted by konshu

I would actually LIKE to have a melee sword set for defenders and corruptors, where instead of range the players get more debuffs.

I've proposed such a set, that seems doable with existing mechanics, at this link: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=284156

Call it Power Sword, and import Broadsword as it currently exists, with some changes. Move the PBAoE attack to the T9 spot, and make it function a bit like the T9 from Dual Pistols, where the player gets a knockdown effect and a brief boost to defense.

Replace Build Up with Aim.

And in place of the Taunt type power, have something similar to DP's Swap Ammo. Call it "Empower Blade," and have it allow the user to switch between 4 different damage / debuff combinations. The power combinations would be something like:

Vibration: fire damage, -resistance
Dark: negative energy damage, -to hit
Electrical: energy damage, chance to sleep target (shaking animation)
Poison: toxic DoT, damage debuff on target

These power qualities would not be amplified by enhancements, but set bonuses and Interface properties could add to them where applicable.

Additionally, the Power Sword would retain the normal properties and slotting characteristics of Broadsword, including knockback, defense debuff, and defense buff on self (Parry). Half of the damage dealt by Power Sword would be L/S, and half would come from the Empower Blade selection. (If nothing is selected from Empower Blade, the sword would have full L/S damage, as is normal for a Broadsword.)

Power effects for Power Sword would be animated along the bearing hand and blade, using the blade models already available from Broadsword. These effects would be based upon whichever option is selected from Empower Blade, with the default being no effect.

The idea here is that players could draw up their characters with one or more Blade powers in mind. For thematic reasons, a dark defender could use the Dark empowerment, and thus in addition to their customary negative energy damage and -to hit, they'd also be dealing knockback, defense debuff, and defense buff, where appropriate. In terms of synergies, Parry would add to the defense granted by Shadow Fall, Fearsome Stare could be used to freeze mobs and mitigate aggro, and Darkest Night would allow a dark/PS defender to herd around a corner, drawing mobs into a Tar Patch.

If a Dark defender decided to change things up and pick Vibration, the fire damage would provide a different damage type against foes particularly resistant to negative energy, and the -res of the Empower Blade option would add to the -res of Tar Patch.

If a Dark defender was to select the Electrical option, it could work in conjunction with Fearsome Stare to provide enhanced mob control while fighting.

The Poison option would be particularly good to use against bosses and other powerful foes, diminishing their damage output and building up a cascade of toxic DoT. This would act in conjunction with the -to hit and -regen qualities a Dark defender would be expected to apply in a boss fight.

Synergies with other defender power sets would be similar. Thematically, a Storm defender might choose an Electrical Empower Blade option. A Poison corruptor might choose a Poisoned blade. A player with Thermal Radiation might choose to go with the flaming blade option offered by Vibration. A semi-medieval themed character might take Power Sword as a complement to Trick Arrow. A tech or science styled character might combine a scifi type Power Sword with Traps, Kinetics, Radiation Emission, or Force Field.

As I said, I'd like a melee option for defenders and corruptors. I've never been one to play at range. I'm always in the thick of things anyway.