Dodgey

The scrapper's ninjitsu, is exactly why I made my Dark melee ninjitsu stalker. It was my closest approximation to a Batman-like archetype. I hate to just compare to Batman, but its definitely the first thing that comes to people's minds. With dark melee i got the snappy looking punches, and a couple dirty tricks with even the final skill Midnight Grasp possibly even being some kind of 'fear gas' type attack, if you want to look at it that way. Throw in caltrops, smoke grenades, etc and you have yourself a pretty fun combo. I'm just saying it would be nice to get some dirty tricks set.

I'm still adamant about wanting Spines. It just feels right. Besides, its not as though you can't taunt really hard other ways as well to excellent effect. Burn for instance. I also know my Fire/Spine Scrapper could do way more damage than a Tank version could every dream of (I wouldn't go with fire armor anyway for the concept I want). Ideally, a Toxic Aura / Spines tank would be fantastic.

By the by, I'd love the Mace Mastery effects to fire from the Crab Spider Legs instead of a mace... the mace just feels wrong on those guys.

As an avid tanker I'll say this. If they make Blasters hit harder, I want tanks to tank more tankily to match, otherwise it doesn't seem very fair. Especially in pvp.

I saw what the new proliferation sets are going to be, and some of them look fantastic and I'm glad they're releasing them.

Now for the point of my topic. What powers would we the player of CoH/CoV/CoP like to see be proliferated or released? For me I'll list the ones I'd really like to see come out.

SPINES: (For Tankers) Please for goodness sake. As long as I've played this game, I've thought to myself this set never belonged for Scrappers and really should have been a tanker set. It has driven me nuts for years guys. Please, for goodness sake I'm begging you to give us Spines!!! I've literally got the slot and named saved for this. This will be one of my most rapid and dedicated 50's.

COLD DOMINATION: (For masterminds) We have thermal, why not cold? This would be really fantastic. Even cooler if we could have it tie into the animations of Device or Guns.(See below).

KINETICS: (For Masterminds) I've heard the arguments against it, but I'm sure any problems could be fixed.

Now for the ones I'd personally like to see:

TOXIC AURA: (For Tankers/Brutes/Scrappers) This one has bandied about a long time, and I can recall even discussing in chat with some Devs about the possibility a long time ago. I can think of so many classic Superheroes with this archetype, and frankly it just feels right within the City of Universe. Take those Contaminated fellas for instance.

Giant Form: (Tanker) I remember talking about this idea with Devs around the same time as the Toxic Aura discussion way back. I recall them even suggesting it would be possible though they had to look through concerns. I realize that Caves might mess with things, but man oh man, would this one be fantastic. It also really fits the lore of the game. With heroes such as Talos, the Serpent, and other such figures it would be nice to be able to be a giant.

Warshade/Peacebringer: (All Classes) If we could get a Pool power set to represent a kheldian melding with a superhero, that'd be fantastic. I recall in a comic exactly this happened, and you do run across some villains and superheroes who have this sort of blended list of powers. Would be great if we the player could do this as well.

Dirty Tricks: (Scrappers/Blasters/Stalkers) I've always thought there should be a set that represented the Technical/Natural side further. We need a set for the blaster secondary and scrapper/stalker primary that involves a mix of gadgetry and martial arts. I can name off a bunch of heroes that are very popular which follow this path. Would be great if we could do this too. Without being exactly like him, I think a lot of us would like the option to play something along the lines of Batman, Green Hornet, etc. (Though not the new Green Hornet, that movie was terrible).

Space Aliens: (Mastermind)
You know those aliens we all envision like from the 1950's sci fi? I would love to see them, with their ray gun and little green men look. It would be fantastic. Alternately, we could just go with Rikti. Throw in a couple bots, some basic alien shock troops, and one big bad alien in either some nasty armor or perhaps simply biologically modified or bulked out. This would be fantastic. Who doesn't like a good alien invasion?

Puppets: (Mastermind)
A somewhat Psionic styled set. I suggested this one a long time ago and I recall people really took to the idea. The essential idea is that you control deadly puppets, with or without strings raising to a controller or not. I could see some really creepy and cool concepts out of this one.


Animation Diversification:
I'd really like to see animations be diversified for the more Tech oriented player. For instance, power gauntlets or a big rifle to throw off fire blasts, fire controls, ice blasts, etc. The same could be done for magic, but the appearance of the powers now could always be conveyed as magical. To give them that true 'Tech' feel, it would be awesome if we could tie in Gun+Backpack type appearances, or 'Power Gauntlets' or the like.

For masterminds I'd like to see either the ability to adjust the look of my 'pets' or alternately to get different appearances for them. For instance: Ninjas could be given an Assassin look with the Oni given a more Genie-like appearance. For the Robots, there are all kinds of robotic styles one could go with. From clockwork (Praetorian and Primal), to the Mechs to the Malta. Thugs could get alternate Yakuza, Triad or Cosa Nostra look, or even more. Mercenaries could pick up a few new uniforms, Council-style, Malta-style, etc. Necros could get Skeletal (like the old Clash of the Titans), Pantheon or a Zombie Invasion look. Demons could get an alternate 'Elemental' look, for those of us that don't want to look at skinless meatbutts in our face. I see a lot of possibilities with this sort of change made to mastermind pets, though I'm sure its been held back for technical reasons.

I'd rather see something that feels more like a Gadgety/Martial arts mix that might involve hogtying or handcuffing opponents, or some other similar lockdown. Something like this could be doable for controllers, as it stands there isn't something that feels really Gadgety like that yet.

The Best 'Gadget' Sets I can think of really come in the form of the Veats and Trick Arrow/Archery. Would be nice though to see a way where a little kung fu and some dirty tricks could mix in well for these types of heroes (like Batman).

I realize there's Robot & Traps & Devices. Boy I wish devices had given us a couple of Jump Kicks or a Cool punch or two. I think this would probably work a little better than something that worked solely on hogtying opponents with a rope.