Kirsten

I've been going about the fora for a while, and I've noticed that many posters hold no love for the idea of adding anime-inspired, well, anything to the game. I never understood why this was. I mean, there's no rule that says superheroes need to fit Western standards...Son Goku and Ichigo Kurosaki are just as much superheroes as Batman or Spidey.

So I have finally come to this particular forum to pose the following question:

Why all the Manga hate?

(And for Pete's sake, please try not to flame.)

Like the thing, AV, but I think the contest closed...

Personally, I don't willingly recognize the so-called "tank-mages" in this game. A REAL tankmage can do EVERYTHING!!!

CoH Tankmages can buff/debuff, do damage, maybe have survivability and control. a true tankmage has:

*DPS, both ranged and melee.
*Control, preferably AoE.
*Pets. Not just one pet, but a bazillion.
*Survivability.
*Buff and debuff. None of that "or" crap.
*Access to any and all forms of locomotion, at their maximum speed.
*Synergy between ALL of these powers.

Now. How to fit all this into an AT? Let's call it the Incarnate, in reference to the (Rumored!) original plans to have Incarnate as an archetype.

Primary: Let's assume we want the damage and control as the primary, for extra muirder potential. You'd probably be best off combining Assault from Doms with a Control set. We'll call it a "destruction set".
Example: Darkness Destruction:

*Dark Blast
*Smite
*Living Shadows
*Night Fall
*Gather Shadows
*Heart of Darkness
*Haunt
*Shadow Field
*Midnight Grasp

Kinda...All over the place, huh? I guess you could get some good damage out of the set, but it's a little gimpy.

Secondary: This is gonna be even HARDER. Okay, we need to mix defensive ability with buff with debuff with possibly more pets. How about I try...Robotics?

*Battle Drones
*Caltrops
*Focused Fighting
*Triage Beacon
*Equip Henchman (In order to have full synergy, it has to work on the Control pets, too.)
*Dull Pain
*Cloaking Device
*Force Field Generator
*Assault Bot

Okay...Also seems a little off. They probably have max values in everything, though, so it prolly won't hurt them as much.

Now, the movement is easy enough. Just give them all the movement as inherents, and let them slot as they wish.

You see, a true tankmage in this game would pretty much end up all over the place, and honestly, rather difficult to actually play. It's like the bad guy who absorbs everybody's powers and explodes. I'll give that min/maxers in this game can get pretty far. They will never be true tankmages in my opinion.

Also, in case nobody mentioned, if you have modded icons or maps, (Vidiotmaps, Corva's Excellent Icons, etc.), those are kept on the HD.

Some of these are really neat...Especially Combat Teleportation and Sidekick. Sidekick would probably be absolutely perfect for MMs, increasing their pet army to even greater power. Have you given any thought to a Combat Leaping/Acrobatics pool?

For example:

Combat Reflexes: Auto, Self +Jumping, +Jump Speed, +Def(Ranged, AoE)
Pounce: Repeated Self TP (x2), PBAoA DMG (Smash)
Tuned Reflexes: Self +Jump, +Jump Speed, +Def(All), gives access to Super Jump clone with Added Mez Protection
Jumping Strikes: Weak Chain AoE Smashing DMG
Elusion: Click Self +Def(All), +Mez Resist

Steelclaw, I have one way to describe your particular brand of mad brilliance.

Crazy Awesome

Bad Idea: joining global channels for the wrong server and constantly trying to team through it anyways.

Good Idea: Respecting Blue Steel.

Jokingly: Proper verb conjugation.

Seriously: I enjoy content that challenges me, but doesn't maul me. Team-ups with other characters hold a certain fondness in my heart ever since Twinshot.

Meh. Jack helped make a great thing, and then proceeded to try and run it into the ground. He had a few good ideas, but also a lot of terrible ones. I think he'd be remembered more fondly if not for his obstinacy.

I feel bad for pointing it out: