Awww man! I was hoping some sort of mad scientist or such. Where we could craft temp powers. I wanted to walk around with 4 new fire powers for a short while like I did when I had all 4 pieces of the wheel of destruction. Then if I knew I was going to battle flaming hellions, I'd go and get some ice powers crafted. Still, the skill system does look like it might be a nice add on. Skills go hand in hand with superheroes! Just look at the dark knight and our skin-stretching marvel counterpart.
Also, any idea of what the Archetype is going to be that is skilled based? Statesman did say that with the new out of combat system would come a new Archetype. Teacher? Mad Scientist? Super Detective?