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It's because you've got only 3 single target attacks, one of them being minor damage. Looking at the rest of the set which has a Soul Drain-esque power, a cone and 2 AoE attacks along with an AoE debuff, you're going to be hard-pressed defeating a single tough foe with just 2 good chainable attacks. That or you'll run yourself dry spamming AoEs on 1-2 targets.

You're not selling me the armor either, as it seems very similar to Willpower (it's a mix of resist, defense and regen, even with the same mez shield) not to mention you're putting a PBAoE -ToHit power in both sets which seems quite redundant.

For Psi Armor, we really already have a means to make it: Willpower is an easy sell for psi defense, SR can be precongnition and Energy Aura can be telekinetic repulsion.

That isn't to say a new armor with psionics in mind would never work, but you gotta make it pretty unique in how it plays to make it a worthwhile project, IMO.

I still dream of a set with mostly passive powers like my old psychic armor suggestion. Among other differences, it'd provide some interesting build options.

They would have to make an arm cannon costume piece first...

Get on it devs! I want it

...the costume piece, that is.

Probably the point many are spending their 'busy-work' time on(the other stuff is primarily just playing the game). Seriously, they need to fix that respec system >_>

Ha! Even the ocho agrees

Except he worded it all polite-like...I guess cause he gets paid to be here...

What *ARE* these things!? >_>

I watched it because of the rangers when I was a kid. It's what got me interested in martial arts although my family was too poor to afford any type of lessons back then.

All those questions/plot-hole issues you point out seem to involve the zords which was the part of the show I didn't like much (and was mostly stock footage used over).

For whatever reason, even though I didn't like the robots, when the show went Turbo (car theme), is when I lost all interest in the show.

But it really picks up in Space (plot-holes like flying in space aside). The plot actually pulls together, not falls apart, in that season. I'd dare say it was the best season, plot-wise.

I'd really suggest looking into Linkara's vids. They are very informative, like what japanese show the zords are pulled from, plots and characters and all that jazz. Even though I was only a big fan of Mighty Morphin, Space, Wildforce and SPD, it's interesting to see how all the plots of the seasons I skipped tie in and seeing season one is pretty nostalgic

But it is something that would be interesting if monitored. I was busy playing a character of mine, Mercury Mage (one of the living robots created from the schematics of Tin Mage) and picked up a tip mission involving Tin Mage out of the blue. I'd definitely offer Mercury Mage (Vigilante) and Iron Mage (Rogue) as bosses in any tip missions involving that lore. And if the devs like the characters and players liked them, it'd be cool if they made it in a TF and, technically, become signature characters in-game.

Just start it out with something a bit minor like a tip mission...at least this way, we won't get randomish, dumb looking player made bosses in missions they don't make sense for.

Hell, even if some of the recipes were 5mil like he said, that's a BARGAIN! Compared to spending 50merits each = 1200merits for 4 sets of Thunderstrike vs paying 5mil for *every* recipe = 120mil inf for 4 sets of Thunderstrike.

You could easily make all the inf you need with just one high cost recipe like LotG +rech.

But I'll reiterate, I think the better path is to do AE. If the market is scarce of IOs in your level range, rolling for them yourself is a good plan. Bronze roll for 70 tickets each is a shot at any of the 6 and if they are going for 5 mil, just sell any repeats you get...

HEY! Power Rangers is awesome

It's not perfect, but few shows are. For an in depth analysis of the story, I suggest watching Linkara's word on the matter.

I have ideas for characters not currently possible in the game yet. As the devs continue to release new sets like Polearm melee, Earth domination, etc. continue proliferation and add more customization options, I'll still be spending the majority of my time fashioning characters with regards to how I envision them in the game world.

Incarnate just gives the few characters that reach 50 something to do. IMO, it's not something built to consume you, just extend the progression of those that have reached their limit.

If all the devs have to do to breath life into old characters is to release 1 costume piece (please give me an arm cannon for my Sonic/Ice blaster!!), it's hard to say I'll be bogged down getting the other characters to 50. Like you said, it's the journey not the destination.

I haven't even logged into my main to get the Alpha Slot yet...I've been toying with some of the alternate animations on my mid-lvl Sonic blaster (if only I could make the blast come from 1 hand combined with the 1-hand atomic aura + an arm cannon and I'll have my Megaman homage character image complete!)

That sounds...sticky to me >_>

And this is exactly what I was saying at the end of my post. You've got a guy running like 5 toggles for little bits of defense when, ultimately, you're ignoring what mitigation FF and Energy Blasts provides. Against a group of foes, you've got Repulsion Bomb and Force Bubble to either put them on their butt or keep them away from you, yet vs a single target, they practically won't touch you.

Between the KD from your blasts and Force Bolt alone, you could probably go without *any* extra toggles and be just fine. But I'd keep Dispersion bubble up for the mez protection and assault up for the damage.

You don't even need Air Superiority. It's damage is ignorable and its mitigation is redundant with the powers you got.

Big mistake.

Thunderstrike is plentiful and cheap. Don't waste your merits on such an easy to find set, use those for hero/villain merits, buying specific hard to get recipies or just random roll for profit (selling what you get, keep anything good that you need for 0 cost).

I suggest you do some AE arcs and use the tickets for random rolls. I always get extra Thunderstrikes that way that I usually throw away because I have so many of them. The idea is to do random rolls, check what sells and what doesn't then act accordingly. If you do this, you'll realize just how abundant Thunderstrike is.

It's not a tree system. If anything it's a faux tree system that only looks like it from the outside when, in reality, you're just picking an already made power from a list and choosing an animation for it. You're not really branching anything, just picking a power with the effects you want. That'd probably add around 200 powers to the mix, but all those powers are numbers spat out and balanced by a single program.

AFAIK, there isn't a means to 'add' enhancements to a power that doesn't inherently have said effect. It's not black and white to think it's easier or harder to create a system using blank powers with 0 stats that materialize by means of some non-existent system of enhancement.

Cut off tough, weave and maneuvers and use force bolt more.

You'd definitely need to take a step back and look to see if that's what is needed in the game or even viable.

Personally, if I want my characters to look and feel unique, then it's not *a* power that we need, but customization for all our powers. I'd sooner expect a slew of alternate animations that go so deep as to give weapon options to non-weapon sets than the proposed suggestion. And this isn't a shot at your idea, but your idea doesn't seem any less complicated than the other signature powers suggestions.

But you want a really simplified system for signature powers? Give a set of predefined powers for multiple categories:
Range-
--Minor Damage
--Moderate Damage
--Superior Damage
--Extreme Damage

Targeted AoE-
--Minor Damage
--Moderate
--etc.

In each of those predefined powers, you get more options that you unlock later. The minor damage ranged power might have more options for adding debuffs or controlls, increasing the range, decreasing the recharge or even adding a self buff to yourself while the extreme damage version would be more limited (can't have a huge debuff and huge damage).

Besides that, just give lots of options for animations, particle fx, sounds and colors. But all the combinations of powers are already defined with endurance costs, recharge and so on already baked in.

I dunno, -recharge can really neuter mobs to a ridiculous point. It's why I think the mob run AI isn't totally out of line in some situations.

That said, I'd probably consider making Ice (and Gravity's) -runspeed partially not resistable as a bigger impact on those fights as a damage buff. Just my opinion tho...

And who goes arguing with complete strangers? Who knows what type of person those strangers are? They could be completely reasonable people willing to see others' perspectives, they could be hotheads possibly even resorting to violence or just people that hold huge grudges. It's not treating friends and family like strangers but having an intimate discussion about a subject in a manner that you can't with someone you don't know. Would you make crude sex jokes with some old lady you met on the subway? Probably not, but my boss is an older lady and that's someone who I *can* make crude sex jokes with because we're friends outside of work too.

And? I've still got an Axe/WP Brute who I made a while back. With Quick Recovery, he could still run out of endurance (my slotting aimed toward accuracy and damage while relying on QR for endurance). At 20, he picked up stamina and at 21 I slotted everything up like I had planned (2xEND Mod in QR and stamina and accuracy/dmg in the attacks). My test? Sharkhead Isle vs the endless hoard of Scrapyarders. Yeah, he *still* runs out of endurance. He can fight more than before, yes, but he was often hold up in a mass of minions, relying on them to feed his regen while he recovered enough endurance for a couple of attacks.

What's all that mean? That anecdotes really only matter depending how much weight you put in them. What weighs your story over mine? Besides, it contradicts part of your argument against the OP's statement that 'Endurance Management becomes meaningless'. Either it is the panacea you describe by your character or it's not. Just because your Axe/SD Brute *seems* to have all his problems solved, doesn't mean they are. Go fight a hoard of lethal resistant mobs just to be sure, eh?

No, Headsplitter and all the other crappy animations in Broadsword use a similar swatting, doesn't-make-sense-for-a-cutting-motion attack animation as War Mace and Battle Axe (both sets which don't look horrible with the said animations but don't look particularly stylish either).

This.

Using a shield with a katana (or any other set that is locked out of Shield Defense) really doesn't make sense...this is why I suggested an alternate look for Shields in the form of Strike Gauntlets. Basically, you can choose a glove option that would be rather larger than a normal glove (or consisting of different material like ice, energy or darkness) that would obscure the hand(s, arms and/or shoulders depending on how extensive the customization would offer). It's basically a gauntlet/forearm/pauldrone set as an alternate option rather than strapping a shield to your arm.

IMO, it would require less effort to do this rather than go in and switch the hand on Katana, flub with the hand nodes for Claws, Dual Blades and Spines *PLUS* give them sensible animations to work with a shield. The extra custom options (also available for other sets and not just the affected) would look great.

Take a lesson from me and learn not to reply (particularly, repeat) to every point. It's a time and stress saver.


And I find it particularly hypocritical for posters to have no qualms laying into some random troll that says something dumb that they don't agree with yet, when it's someone they know or like, they put on kid-gloves and act all nice-nice.

Not me. In fact, if a good friend of mine says something dumb, I'll make sure they know it and depending on how vehemently they argue that point will make me lay into them harder. Consider it a complement from me. I didn't bother putting up much of a fight when it came to B_I and Nethergoat only got a couple of one-liners...

But it's good that you finally agreed to one point I was trying to make (that Stamina never was some cure-all that completely solves the issues of bottoming out on END and either dying or running, etc.) and that SO play as big, if not bigger, role in a character's ability to overcome these. But the main point I was trying to make was, if it's so much of a problem for a player, then it's sort of their responsibility to overcome it. There are many options to exploit to do this too beyond just endurance redux slotting, stamina and inspirations.

At least you admit your reading comprehension isn't infallible even if it is in a sarcastic roundabout way.

I'd like more 'problems' like a dilemma between inherent stamina and inherent leadership or something >_>

Does anyone else build limitations into characters that they eventually overcome that could be explained as the new Incarnate power? Well, I guess there's Rushmore...

I mean, I do this for, like, every character. If you can kinda turn off the incarnate slots (I hear the alpha slot in particular has interchangeable components to it), that's even better. For some characters, like my plant dom who was already unable to be killed (he *can* be killed but he'll just grow back out of his spirit tree) will probably follow the incarnate story more closely, tap into more power of nature itself and just get more upfront resilient.

But characters like Jase (I don't even have him to 50 tho) already uses powers that tap into his life energy that slowly kills him when he uses it and is why it's so draining to use. I haven't decided if he'll seek a means of extending his life or discover a means of mastery over his dark powers so it doesn't suck his life but instead the life of someone else because he currently seeks either.

Tigersquall, on the other hand, will end up learning to use his curse instead of running/hiding from it as well as master the art of the bokken. In one form, he's too ferocious to use the tranquil forms of the wooden sword properly so uses live swords while in his human state, he abstains from using a real sword for personal reasons. He won't be following the arcs at all so most likely it will be the result of lifting much of these restrictions.

Who knows, tho? The possible judgement powers leaves me too curious to jump to any conclusions yet.

Why would we want to integrate our troubles? I'd rather just pull the characters into the same general threads. That we can't dive in all deep with in-game RP is kind of a boon to me as I rarely ever do that except by myself anyway. Thread RP is just easier and I can do it from school/work if I want

But the way you want it listed won't tell you everything. For the LR-esque power you put up, it doesn't give all the info like the accuracy, the summon range, that it teleports the character, etc. Basically, by the time you've listed everything, it will be a pretty clustered bunch of info that may be hard for newer players to comprehend. The options for seasoned players to see it would be nice though.

As for the radius of SC/LR, yeah, the pseudopet has a cast radius of 20ft, I believe. The pseudopet has the ranges built into it's powers (looking at redtomax, it just says the attack does 3 tics of damage. probably not over the entire range of its cast radius). But SC shows 2 pets at work, one with a sphere and the other with a cone...I honestly don't know if that's true or if it was from the old SC that was changed early in its life. AFAIK, both powers work the exact same way.