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You mean as a permanent costume part? I haven't seen anything.

But you can BUY a jet pack for less than the cost of crafting almost anything. Only 10,000 inf lets you buy a jetpack from the Shadow Shard or Grandville, even at level 1.

I suppose it would be cool to be able to craft (or buy) a super jump pack, or super speed shoes, or a teleportation device for temporary use, but I haven't heard of anything along those lines.

I have the same version as on the cohplanner site (1.601, database version 1.69204 11/09/09) and it still has the Phalanx Fighting bug.

The Effect that needs to be changed is actually "3.75% Defense(Ranged)" and I set it to "None" rather than "Self". The three variable effects were set to "Self", but the other two base effects were set to "None". There was a note that said "Power also affects Self" so I think "None" works fine. At least the numbers are right in Mids' now.

There's a sonic secondary for Blasters? Did you mean Corruptors?

THIS, with a City of Heroes logo

To me, the distinction between Natural and Technology origins is the availablility of the technology.

If the technology is common, available to anyone (within reason), or generally accepted, then it fits in just fine with Natural. Even a high-tech gun like the Assault Rifle would be Natural if you consider it to be standard issue for military of the time. This is how a Natural hero can have teleportation abilities. While not in the hands of everyone, teleporters are routinely used by hospitals, police drones, and various other agencies.

If the tech is one-of-a-kind, customized, or otherwise unusual then it would be Technology origin. A guy who builds a freeze ray device and straps it to his arms is a Tech origin. A Crey scientist who is issued a freeze ray is Natural.

Roly-poly fish heads.

To me, a robot would only be science if it were imbued with super powers after its construction. For example, my Animatronic Wench was built to entertain visitors at Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean ride, but was retired when people complained that the display was sexist. When a freak electrical storm destroyed the warehouse where she was stored, she came to life determined to defend the rights of innocents everywhere. If the robot was created for different purposes and was changed somehow into a super, then it would be Science (or Magic, if that was the cause of the change).

A robot designed by an engineer specifically as a super (a battle robot or a hospital robot, or whatever) would seem either Natural or Tech to me. The difference would depend on two things: the uniqueness of the design and whether the focus of the "story" is the robot or the creator. A one-of-a-kind robot built by a skilled engineer realiging a dream would seem more techie than one of a series of robots built by the Crey Corporation.

A Mutant robot would seem to be one of a race of robots, but who was built differently through some non-replicable process. A bug in the manufacturing plant or a glitch in the operating system that was implanted in the robot at creation, maybe.

Magic would be either a) a robot built using magical means -- which would supplant the Natural or Tech origin -- or b) one who was given powers or sentience through magic -- replacing the Science origin. In either case, the name "golem" would probably be better than "robot", although robot does suggest metal or synthetic construction whereas golem would tend to be more natural materials.

And of course this is all my opinion and how I see robots in the COX origin system.

Yeah, I didn't look at the actual power data, just the simple summary that Mids puts on the "Info" box for the power. But if you select the power and click the "Effects" tab you can see the -KB for EF and not for WG. I just didn't look.

I also wish to be able to turn off customization, but not because of the poor color choices. It's because I use the colors to know what powers people are using and what is happening around me. Used to be if I had an orange bubble around me, and there was a green glow on that boss over there, I could tell immediately that I had a sonic resistance buff and the boss was being targeted by the rad defender.

Nowadays I can't tell the difference between buffs and debuffs unless I see who cast them or try to memorize the colors each teammate has chosen. And if they all have taken red and black (not uncommon nowadays) I can't quickly tell the difference between Tar Patch, Ice Slick, and Liquify.

1) Radioactive fire; Thermal colored to match Rad Blast
4) Differently colored sonic buffs that blend the musical scales smoothly
5) Dark purple Plant Control to be deadly nightshade plants

Why do you say that Electrifying Fences is the best immob? Compare to Web Envelope:

Electrifying Fences
range 40
radius 10
end 12.7
recharge 20s
duration 17.9s
cast 1.17s
accuracy 75%

Web Envelope
range 80
radius 15
end 12.7
recharge 20s
duration 17.9s
cast 2s
accuracy 78.8%

It looks to me like Web Envelope is better on range and (critically) radius. The accuracy bonus is not that big of a deal. It loses out on cast time, but that's a fair trade. The larger radius of Web Envelope translates to more than twice the area covered (707 vs 314).

Plus you can get Web Envelope earlier and without any prerequisites, which is nice if you don't want Static Discharge or Charged Armor.

I have
Satin's Minion
Fallen Angle
Rouge Demon Hunter

I've been on this campus off and on for 24 years, so I *think* I am high enough level. However lots of students probably think I have a vicious taunt aura. So better safe than sorry.

I think Santorican mentioned it.

Thanks for the feedback all. I might go ahead and try it. If the endurance issues bother me I'll just say "screw it" and reroll as Willpower... again. It really is the perfect scrapper secondary for me. (Or maybe go FOTM and do Shield, on another server where no one knows me...)