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You have one. It's called Base Teleporter, Oro Portal, VIP Pass...ect.

Learn to be quicker in using it.

I see this less of a mistake on Wolfman's part and more a part on all the other writers.

I mean really, "We're killing off our characters, we have to kill yours"? I would have asked how that made any sense.

On captain America's part, he hasn't really had THAT many years spent in the modern age. Yes, it has been that long for the reader, but for the character it's been less than 10 years. And that's going more in line with the idea that Peter Parker has aged ten years.

Remember, aging in comics worked differently. Even for characters like Cap who likely has a slower aging process.

And the problem with all that, is sexist is sexist.

Also with that line of thought, where is the proof of it all? I'm more inclined to think it's socety itself that keeps females from reading comics, the same way it is for grown men to look at comics and go "that's for kids".

It's the same with cartoons. At one point, society didn't think cartoons were just for kids, it has sense become that way.

I meant more in line with always being 16 versus, immortal. She's that too, but geez run a teen themed supergroup, you don't want them to out live it

So it would be in line with what the OP was trying to get at but to a much smaller degree.

Why would they need anything?

It's my favorite manga

Dark Zero!

That depends does it not? If you have the +RCH before the alpha for the best chain, wouldn't the added damage of Masculation be the better choice?

If all it took to make a tank Mage was defenses and long range attacks, WS, Crab, Fort would all be tank mages.

Hmmm? What? Every comic book universe needs it's Superman type hero. Marvel has one (obviously not as popular), Wildstorm had one. It's needed! And for CoH that's Statesman.

Which is all the more reason to have him be an incarnate level AV in the last arc if it's players who kill him. *nod*

Putting Positron up to that position doesnt shake anything up.

And much like Statesman, the character has nothing going for him other than the recent Posi/Numi pairing (which may not be a pairing to some) and that a lead dev uses the name.

And Positron still isn't the Superman archetype of hero.

Really, I think it comes down to being Posi or Manticore. These two in the basic premise can be interchangelable. Techie heroes.

Go Spiritual if it will help you obtain a better DPS chain. If not. My suggestion, go Masculation.

None of the sets really help WP's survival to any noticable amount. But the damage...that's a difference.

Interface, pick one with a damage proc and go!

Destiny, personally, I like Rebirth. Though you may get more out of the +Resist/+Defense Barrier, as that's keeping you at least with 5% extra of both at all times if not more.

Lore, go for taste. Vicki's are always awesome looking.

Judgement. Another one to go for taste. Void, Ion and Pyro are likely the best bets for being in melee and surrounded.

A better thought would be...

If a child goes bad, does that mean it's evil?

If so, lots and lots of evilness out there!

And then they change alignments for a while, then revert right back! Once evil! ALWAYS EVIL!

Just look at the original Star Trek! Most of those red shirts where males!

And Kirks son died! That motivated him as well!

Yes it has glows. Just not as predominate as Bioluminous. On the Organic Armor face it was the eyes.

Because she USED to be a hero means she should have some glorious death? They could of easily went the route of, ex hero dies after a painful fight with cancer.

She's a nameless character that happened to have had a name.

She wasn't a signature character. She was a background character.

Done it. Still plays way different. Getting massive defense helps ALOT. But still plays differently.

They already have freeform in CoH in the case of the VEATS, so obviously you can make freeform in CoH not suck (and that's a matter of opinion on the other game, inwhich it's freeform builds were not the problems it just had many other problems).

And could someone make a bad build with what I suggesed? Hell yes they could! And obviously choosing to make an attack string that has you redrawing with every weapon attack is going to be an aweful build (number wise. I'm sure there's people who would find it fun).

And my suggested freeform kept it limited and can be kept in line with all the other ATs.

Okay then, what about all those other escort missions that people can do, and can fail.

Or does it not count as failing when you can just die and die and die untill you can save them? Even if that means resetting the mission at a lower difficulty?

Because, I don't think there's any real sympathy for those other no named get to safety hostages.

And if your hero has been this successful so far and never having failed anything because they could just hit the reset button, why not look at it as "character growth" in that the finally failed.

I really don't recall a superhero in comics who hadnt failed at one point.

Me?

Not every concept I want to play requires ranged attacks. Not to mention Titan Weapons wouldn't be an option for this AT.

However, this still leads me to want what I call the Combat Specialist AT.

Primary: All Weapon Sets (Melee and Ranged) excluding Crab Backpack, Martial Arts and Street Justice and maaaybe Super Strength as it has some moves people can consider boxing style, though I'd likely lose some of it's abilities.

You can choose from the various branches what attacks you want, but picking one could easily remove other options.

Any specific set mechanics would be removed (no combo system, no momentum...unsure on Swap Ammo, as that's a power more than set mechanic).

For instance, only one Melee Tier 9 and one Ranged Teir 9 power could be had on a character.

Only one ranged targeted AOE could be selected. Only one ranged cone ability could be selected.

All unarmed melee attacks would be setup to work with weapon in hand, so you can throw a storm kick without putting the pistols away, or a Jab without putting the sword away.

Basically a massive Power Listing Tree.

Secondary: Less mix than the primary, but still a branching tree of various defense style powers. Picking some powers may again stop you from choosing others. Or, just go for a bigger selection of powers ala the Kheldians, while giviing various styles of defense sets a possibility. Resists + Healing. Defense + Healing. Resists + Defense. All of just one. A mixture of all three. Many possibilities on how to play it out. VEAT style basically.

Now, you keep the Origin open to all! This allows for those who want a "natural" hero/villain, while also allowing players to use it for concepts that would have different origins.


This combo could still deal decent damage up there with Scrappers/Blasters, while having an array of abilities. And while they would have the option to use a variety of different weapons on one character (and suffer redraw for using them, outside of having a weapon drawn animation for the Hand to Hand moves).

I'd likely say either ignore APPs all together, or lets those be standard powers along the lines of Scrappers...

Immobilize
Hold
Elemental Blast
Elemental Debuff
Elemental AOE

So they could say the character developed some sort of ability. I'd have those APP abilities likely cause redraw tho

Now, what shouldn't happen is for someone to pick this AT and go "Oh! I can pick this new AT for a pure AR/Defense character and do just as much damage as a Blaster."

I would think Damage Mod of 1, without an inherent of Defiance would keep the Blasters ahead on damage. Other melees should still beable to out damage this AT except for MAYBE Stalkers (but then I still think they need a higher damage mod ) but Stalkers would have criticals.

As for the inherent to this AT...Increased ACC! They basically start out more accurate! That's it. They (the player) can either slot for the same ACC as they tended to before or they can slot for it less.

This is an inherent that may play a nice part in the beginning, but other ATs can generally catch up to them on. Basically no increased damage to help them surpass the specialized ATs with generally equal slotting.

Defenses. No reason they couldn't have Scrapper/Stalker/Brute levels in the defense numbers. Balance could easily come from the number of hit points.

No idea on the resist caps. EATs are all at 85% aren't they? But maybe this can break that and go at 75% cap.

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So, here's an AT idea that opens up lots of ideas, allows for a more "super powered" progression if the player decides with the APPs/Patrons, outside of the beginning Defense set being super human or not.