Lazarillo

Yeah, we have a new alien threat on the horizon. I can't imagine they'll live up to the hype, but they'll be legit alien invaders, at least.

An Echo of Faultline would pretty much make my day.

Definite improvements, but I'm not getting my hopes up until the costume problem is fixed and we see the costs. 80 points remains way too much for a bunch of crap inspirations.

Dang, I didn't realize they were selling them as anything other than a complete set. Coulda saved myself some money if I'd know that, but since only the set part was listed under the sale category, I didn't think to check individually. Wish I had known, since I really didn't need/want those Basilisk's Gaze procs.

Yes, they stack.

The only thing to keep in mind with -Damage is that, it's sorta tricksy, and is resisted by a target's own Damage Resistance. So if you hit a character who has 50% Smashing Resistance and 0% Fire Resistance with a -70% Damage debuff, the target's Smashing Damage will be reduced -35%, and Fire Damage reduced -70%.

The problem with all the consumables on the market as they stand is that they cost too much, have too short a duration, and do too little. Dual and Team Inspirations, need to have "large inspiration" values at all times, and last for several minutes, if not a good hour or so. XP boosters would work better if they worked like Experienced. Windfall and Prestige boosters and such have the same problem. If I'm not essentially blocking out an hour of straight farming, I feel like I'm "not getting my money's worth". These are things that I'm not entirely opposed to in concept, but don't manage to be worth the price, as they currently exist.

Basically, if I by a "consumable", I want to be able to see a "permanent" effect gained from consuming it. Things like XP boosters work because I'll never lose the XP I gained from them. Inspirations and temp powers, not so much. The attuned Recipes in the market are a great example of this as well: they will serve a purpose in my characters' builds forever, but once they're placed, I can't use them for anyone else, so as long as I keep building characters, I keep having a reason to consume new ones.

The other part of the problem is the fact that, in the case of these consumables, I'm not buying an actual product. I buying a piece of data, that has been copied from one server to another. There is essentially zero overhead, and no cost to Paragon Studios to replace what I buy. They don't have to send a migrant worker out to the Touch of Death fields to harvest another vine once I've made my purchase. Hence, the prices tend to feel excessive, especially since with things like IOs, it's stacking them that makes them worthwhile. I might not buy one set of a given recipe at 500 points, but at 200, I'd buy three.

That said, in regards to temp powers, the "summon one of my other characters" option that people mentioned is pretty danged cool, and, yeah, I'd pay a few hundred points to get a few charges of that, possibly against my better judgement, just because I'd love to have a few of my characters get to team up.