Memphis_Bill

Any Peacebringer that merges with a human gets those powers. It is natural for that combination. Therefore, yes, it's natural. He has the same powers as Moonfire, as all of the PPD Ascended division (well, they have fewer, generally, but can learn to that point,) and the player run peacebringers. It is 100% natural for a Peacebringer to have those powers. They do not need technology for it. It is not part of a science experiment. It is not a mutation (as the combined being can, yes, be seen as a new race - that is actually the official stance on it) and it's certainly not magic.

There is absolutely no reason for an "alien" origin to be added.

If any Kryptonian came to Earth, they'd have powers similar to Superman. It would be, again, Natural for them.

If there's a robot sent from Mars tearing up Paragon, that could be Tech - or, from the robot's POV, natural. Not alien.

Psionics are not necessarily mutant. I have characters that use technology to enhance and direct "psi" energy. That makes them tech. Or if they undergo some process, science. Or if everyone of their race has it, natural.

Nobody who has brought up an "alien" origin has ever managed to give a good reason why it fits and one of the other five do not. Alien is a description, not an origin.

Edit: And that's not even getting into the work involved in adding an origin - *if one can be added* - to the game.

.... though with that statement I have to point out they (a) add PVP maps and (b) add badges specifically to count higher number of badges - and (c) have even made UI changes for those badges, multiple times.

You may not think these "weird" pursuits are worthwhile, but fortunately the devs do, knowing the people doing them are just as much a part of the community as everyone else... including the RPers and those who just like making (and having available) even more costumes, both of which are groups that would benefit from and enjoy the extra costume slots.

Frankly, EG, it's not up to you to label how someone else enjoys the game "weird" or "not worthwhile." It's not something you would do? Great. I don't go chasing soft caps on my characters. But I'm not going to tell the people that DO want to do that it's not worthwhile or that it's "weird." Their $15/mo.

... until they hit a *single* hard target. Their buffs, unless they're already running, drop badly as does their support firepower. That's the Warshade's Achilles heel.

Peacebringers, meanwhile, will *always* have X amount of +HP, of healing, of buffs from build up and so forth. This (pre-I13, since post-I13 PVP is comparatively dead) is why you almost never saw Warshades in PVP - and yet Peacebringers did hold their own rather well. No need to run around trying to buff from other things, hope you can get a few moments to kill a mob, etc. Yes, a few tried - Warshades would tend to try to hunt Masterminds - but in general, a Peacebringer was more suitable. (And yes, I PVPed with both, and the Peacebringer worked better from COV release to I13. And after, if you can deal with the PVP changes.)

A Warshade is going to buff the number of enemies in the mission when they run it - likely without buffing level. A Peacebringer is going to do the opposite, taking fewer but tougher opponents. (And the "fewer" is not necessarily a given.)

"Before level 14" = nothing. Nobody performs particularly well at that point. Barely into DOs, nowhere near enough slots on any AT. Tanks can't really tank, Scrappers can't really scrap and so forth. And that goes for "kinda low damage" too.

Mez protection is granted by who you team with, as well as Dwarf form - at level 20. Not sure what you mean by "Cant' use power tools." I wouldn't suggest trying to build a house in either Nova or Dwarf form.

Control = Pulsar, Incandescent Strike (it IS a hold) and knockback/down. You are not a Dominator or Controller. You are a Peacebringer.

And some people see only wanting to PVP in this game as weird, or wanting to chase after 10000 badges as weird. *shrug* If it's something else to keep people in the game and money going to PS, without disrupting everyone else, great.

The way triform Kheldians have been doing it for years now. Pick what's important, pick what you really want to enhance, keep an eye out for good single-slot powers, take advantage of IOs to frankenslot, get more mileage out of each slot.

If it's universal across all characters? Yeah, I'd buy them.

If it's not? IN-game arc would be preferred.

Only if you're trying to maintain expensive IOs.

And multiple others who can actually play with the KB being disgusted with the nerf... because, yes, that is what it would be.

And in response to your prior post? Yes, you *can* control how much scatter there is. As mentioned, work from the close edge to the far so they stay bunched up, or if you've got vertical room, straight up so they're knocked flat down. It's not a difficult skill to master, despite so few seeming to bother to learn to do so.

That makes absolutely no sense to me. >.<

Same power, same PC, two different characters, one has sound, one doesn't.
Same power, same character, two PCs, no sound.
Second build, done "fresh," no sound.
We can't customize sounds.

Is the character male, female or huge?
Are the others male, female or huge?

Edit: What's getting me is that other people cant' hear it on *their* PCs. Short of rolling a new character (and, yeah, quick PL to 20,) I can't think of anything else to try. If you DO roll a new character to test this and it works there - which it should - I'd send a ticket in to support with all this info, as it sounds like... well, something would be wrong server-side where it's not sending the info.

If we still had free transfers, I'd say transfer them out and back. See if it works on another server or not. Since it works on test.

I've never gotten statements like this. Spending some time over in Aion (not to mention stints in Tabula Rasa, etc.) only make me wonder about it even more - there, a 1v1 fight can be an event, 1v2 you'd better have a good build, and you need the "holy trinity" for far too many things... hope you have your "healer."

Here, I can get a good size mob around me and wipe them out in moments - and no, not grey. Or wipe them out from a pretty good distance, turn them all into statues, turn them into harmless kittens, etc. Not one, but large mobs.

If anything, I end up feeling *more* powerful here than I do elsewhere.

This, though Croatoa should have some decent size mobs, as well as the upper end of Dark Astoria/entrance to Crey's Folly. More level variation though.

Yeah, my "I don't know if it can be" is mostly that we don't have costumes that get unlocked and applied globally, as opposed to ATs. (I don't like using the store as an example, because that's not really unlocked through in-game actions. The Khelds and VEATs are probably closer, so I am hopeful it could be done.)
... I'm not sure why this is being brought up then. You're not dealing with a "Lady Jane's Suicidal Tendancies" here - you've got a sub going from point A to point B, which you're either sending the critters you control against or you're using them to fend off attacks. There's also not a lot to hide behind - remember, we're talking about a sub in reasonably open water - and I do imagine this either being an "ambush wave" of attackers/defenders or just hitting points. It would be hard to aggro more.

(I don't know if we *have* a mission like this in game. I don't think so. I've also got some bias toward wanting this as a proof-of-concept type mission, as I'd suggested something similar as a zone event while rebuilding Boomtown where you can protect the workers convoys going out to repair things - though that, of course, would be using your own powers.)

IF it's possible to get a couple of powers (an ink as a sort of stealth/placate, some weapon or two) they'd likely be similar to shelly percy's nictus arc (temp powers,) but again I'm not sure if it's something that can be done with a sort of "enforced walk" type suppression. I'm not against including them, I'm just not sure of the tech to do so.

People don't seem to mind mine (other than the "ZOMG KB IZ EBIL KILLITKILLITKILLIT!" folks who will never be happy with it.)

Then again, I direct mine as opposed to "Jump into the middle of the mob, next to the tank, and scatter stuff everywhere."

Which is why (in the second set) you're given a guard and mastermind controls - yes, some powers (rare that they are) that ARE logical are cut off, but it's easier to explain that you're given a generic pressure suit than "Well, this powerset works, that doesn't, selectively ignore concept" - this ignores everyone's concepts.

Graphically unique, yes. It's hard to come up with anything actually *new* that someone's not going to point to and say "That's this one's power, that's that one's power" and so forth. For instance, the Hybrid's melee attacks do Lethal and Toxic damage. Why? Because (a) I don't want to just go with the (later heavily resisted) lethal on its own, and (b) it makes sense - there are enough underwater creatures that have a toxic sting if you come into contact with them that an underwater, bioengineering-capable society would probably choose to incorporate that. Am I "borrowing" powers from Spine/Thorn/VEAT (think it's widows that do that?) Intentionally, no, but someone's going to say that's what it reminds them of.

I didn't go through a whole-AT design, but did make references to other powersets to give an idea of what they'd be capable of and give a 'flavor' for play.

I'm not sure if it *can* be globally unlocked. If so, then yes, it would be - though if it's tied to a badge, you're not going to have it at character creation. That's also why I suggested a possibility of having it show up as recipes. Not a perfect solution, but a workaround.

Coral is going to be smoother, rounder, and "finer-grained" than Stone armor, and would show up as an alternate for them (and if we can get customizaton for it, for any APP/PPP with stone armor.)

Forced costume... I want more costume slots, and I want them showing in the UI. Storywise, yes, you should be starting with a coralax look for story reasons. If we can get more slots showing in the UI (SoA can have five *additional* slots, but only four of them show along with the forced costume, and I want more to begin with) I'd say "and you're stuck with it, but given a second slot and free tailor token at level 1 to help infiltrate human society." If we can't for whatever reason - you're not stuck with it. (And free tailor token at the end of their first EAT-specific storyarc, when you're sent to the surface to infiltrate, etc, etc, etc.) I don't just want this to be "a powerset," after all - there's a reason for the E in EAT.

And this I disagree with. Masterminds work with binds because those *are* their powers, 24/7, and they also have to keep bodyguard mode in mind. I've run heavies and the like - and for single, one-off missions, "Defend me" and "Attack that" do work fine. No complicated binds are needed (and for non-masterminds, don't work anyway, even with MM-control pets.) They're meant to be short missions, and a way to get people out and "underwater" with a story purpose to them.

Edit: Also, there are no escort missions outside. You're doing one of three things - trying to destroy something, trying to protect something, or going for glowies. The "escort" you do of the sub in one of the arcs? The sub is going to go from point A to point B even if you don't move.