Leo_G

Yeah, I've heard some of the talk about charging attacks when they were discussing the Shield Charge issue (and a couple other ideas where such a mechanic was brought up).

What I'm talking about though, is more akin to "Specific power l, m and n do not root and have custom movement animations. Power l lets you move in any direction while powers m and n only let you move in x and y direction".

The problem is, imagining powers that would work thematically and aesthetically.

Just curious, how many melee characters do you play that are trying to run *away* from the enemy? Not even my stalkers are in an effort to get away from the enemy. The closest I come in most cases is doing 'the hop' after the interruptible part of AS and even that is primarily to either put myself closer to the next target or so that the bugger only gets 1 hit off me before I placate him.

Yes, I think it could add more dynamic to combat, at least for melee combat. The difficulties and work involved, yes, has already been mentioned and acknowledged. Now I'd kinda want to see discussion on how it *could* work or how balance would affect this.

As I see it, *some* attacks could aesthetically be used while moving. Of course there are exception (you can mention them if you like...like the whirling attacks, footstomp, hurl, lightning rod, etc) but then there are those that could work (Flashing Steel and Sting of the Wasp come to mind...hell, Broadsword might actually not look like crap if you could put some movement in those dull weak-looking attacks).

I can even imagine attacks like Thunder Kick, Storm Kick and Crippling Axe Kick working with movement...but locked into 'Jump only' movement during the animations. Add in a front/back flip during the jump, a la Ninja Run and tweek the animation of the kick a bit...

My comment was directed at the line "it's impossible to make melee attacks while running look good". I'd agree that attacking and running like suggested by the OP wouldn't look good at all, but that's far and away from the generalized statement you made.

That said, it's not that melee attacks look bad while running. It's that Haymaker doesn't look right while running or crane kick or storm kick or the plethora of other melee attacks...because they are currently animated in a fashion that doesn't entail movement. In martial arts, a strong knee to the midsection is an overall stationary attack. A flying knee attack would entail movement forward or to the side but not while running (can't run on one leg, of course). But you can make a jab and still move away.

Amending movement to attacking is not how it works in real life either so that is why I suggested attacks specifically designed to be used while moving. It's taking in the thoughts and suggestions of everyone while moving a step closer to some kind of solution. And there have been players asking for added powers or branching powersets so it'd be interesting to add, IMO.

I was told by David in one of his Art threads to look out for the Mutant booster for animal and monster costume options. Until the devs comment saying 'That's it', I have faith that these parts are indeed in the booster.

Have you guys actually contemplated "What do the two new costume sets have in common?" and thought why these were the sole target of the new test? Maybe, *just maybe*, the devs wanted extensive testing on the glowy mechanics of these costume sets not only for this booster but for the GR expansion too. Similarly like the new PPD armors have glowing bits, they probably need more feedback on how they're implementing this.

But if none of this is true, yeah, I'll be vocalizing my opinion too.

Hmm, does a dual-character concept count as a pseudotype?

I have a mid-lvl Dual Pistols/Fire/Ice Blaster who is actually 2 demons. I haven't ironed out the entire concept yet (the character is only lvl 28 currently and I kinda benched it for awhile while I play my MM and PB) but basically, the demons can transform into a pair of pistols. One transforms into the guns while the other aims and shoots.

One is a male tall skeletal demon of ice while the other is a reptilian female fire demon. While the male ice demon is in normal form holding the guns, the pistols use incendiary ammo (because the female fire demon is inside them, they have orange laser sights too) and he can use Frozen Armor, Hoarfrost, Flash Freeze and Hibernate. While the female ice demon is in normal form holding the guns, the pistols use cryo rounds (with blue laser sights) and she can use the Fire manipulation powers, including blazing aura and hot feet.

When in the beta, I got the character to lvl 50 and the concept actually worked surprisingly well. Just use some binds for the costume changes and switch trays. It made for a fun character with it's own unique challenges.

Interesting idea. Especially the 'Draw Power' power. I'm a big fan of non-vanilla BU/Aim powers and think this would fit thematically.

BUT!...I think it needs more limitations. This power has the potential of giving the user 150% endurance if you can slot it for END Mod. That's 1 1/2 blue bars. Also, you can slot it for rech so it's up around every 5 sec? I understand the charges are not affected by rech buffs but that's still a full bar of endurance in a bit over 5 sec.

I propose, rather than +END it gives the user a +recovery buff for however long would be balanced. Secondly, make this power non-stackable so you couldn't get too high of a +dmg/recover buff.

Thirdly, we'd need to look into the whole 'charges' deal. How would that work? Off the top of my head, I was thinking it could simply placed a temp power on the user or simply a variable buff like Rise to the Challenge/Invincibility. What would this do? Well, when you click 'Draw Power', it would place a power on you with a duration. That duration is the time it takes one 'charge' to recharge. Of course, the +dmg/recovery/whatever will only last for the 10sec but the power itself will linger longer. The rub is, you can only stack the power 3 times. If you have 3 on you and use Draw Power again, you'll get a 'Fizzled' pop up.

Another possibility with this type of set-up is, you can have variable buffs with each charge. The 1st charge might give you +dmg/recover and grant some endurance back (25%). The 2nd charge would only grant +dmg/recovery as well as perhaps a bonus to the debuff in a power like Hex. The 3rd charge would be just +dmg/recovery.

Moving on, it's an interesting powerset. Can't say I'm a fan of using wands (my imagination is always thinking of ways to screw around with concepts. I'd start thinking of characters that use magic rings/mystic gloves or something...) but the powers within the set have merit. The only other big issue is Vortex. There isn't currently a way to make a 'reverse repel' effect, AFAIK. Unless it teleports nearby foes into a targeted location maybe?

Sure. Keep an eye out for the upcoming super mutant booster pack.

And let's hope some idiot doesn't walk in and call you a furry just for asking...

Not sure what you're asking for. Do you not want to read such posts because of the difficulty to read? Or do not want to see posts like that at all?

You can easily quote a post, highlight the text and click the "Remove Text Formatting" button right next to the font dropdown select. Bam, now you can read it/quote it.

If you don't want to see them, you can just skip over the posts after you initially read them.

What would I like to see in this mutant booster? How about the release date.

Would a new type of travel power be out of the question? Make it a really cool but specific animation though, like ninja run...but maybe for flight?

Off topic: Why do you change the color of your text? It's hard to read.

That said, I don't think we really need a pissing contest here. If the devs came out and said it, they would tell you the 'Martial Arts' set is a generalized concept because being an Eastern Chinese kung fu master wouldn't be the concept for every character players would create.

As for your proposed idea, I'm not sure what AT this would work for. It isn't an armor type set or a melee attack set so you couldn't make a Melee character with this. It'd be possible to tweek the design for a support AT like Defender but it is counter to the range secondary of that AT. Care to tell us more about your idea?

Some posts are saying EA's lack of a taunt aura is a liability. What about if you don't want to taunt stuff constantly? It's kinda not an option for sets like Inv, WP and SR where their taunt aura is linked to their mitigation. At least for sets like Elec Armor, if you don't want to taunt, you just lose the damage aura.

That said, in a team environment, I like to taunt things on my Elec brute...he can sap things faster that way but he'll be the 1st melee to fall when things go south. The guys that aren't aggroing extra stuff like the DA scrapper, the Stalkers and my EA brute will still be fighting on.

I'd consider the direction you plan to take the character too. In the argument of tech vs natural for this character's origin, will she ultimately rise to power and become a skilled kunoichi herself? Will she take over the clan and convert it into a band of ninja that use high-tech stuff like flash grenades and teleport tech?

Both are branches of development that have their strengths and weaknesses and would really fall on the personality of the character. Is she all about the modernization and looks down on the old ways and try to change them? Does she have a respect for old traditions and sees the importance to uphold them?