Mr_Frost

As far as I know the Goon has always been a print comic.

That hat......Seriously? Is First Class a comedy?

I'd like to see them tweak Ammo Swap for Duel Pistols, I like DP but Ammo Swap is supposed to the crown jewel of the set and right now it isn't really shining. I'd like to see them expand that seconard effects to more damage types and no longer have ammo swap remove some of the secondary effects from standard ammo like -def on Pistols or -Res on Armor Piercing or buff the ammo swap secondaries to make up for this fact.

As a long time fan and current writer for web comics I was wonder, what are some of the best Superhero web comics out there?

I was kind of surprised when I looked over my favorites and realized the only super hero web comic I'm reading right now is the highly enjoyable Union of Heroes.

What, if any, superhero web comics do you read?

I wonder how the author would feel about the rather american influenced comics in india. Personally given how much larged the manag industry is and how many more people read manga in japan alone vs how many people comics I would certainly hope manga is turning out higher quality based on the money and numbers alone.

Until editors learn to let writers write good quality stories and not try rely on the corssover/new costume gimick of the year we're going to continue to see comic quality decline, the good news is though you can read a lot of good stuff online for free these days like Girl Genius, Dr. McNinja, etc. etc.

I personally recomend the German Superhero Photo Comic Union of Heroes which so far has been really enjoyable if you can get into photo comics.

Well I disagree since I find the non-humans with gun sets such as Zombies, Ninjas and Demons to be pretty meh and I like Thugs and Robots so from my POV I'd much rather see a coll Police/Agents with unique powers rather than say Aboninations, Animals or Plants which I'm just not going to play.

I strongly disagree with the idea that cops would have to be a thugs/merc hybrid. Yes all three would feature long ranged attacks as opposed to being a melee based set like Ninjas but there the similarity ends.

Each set has their own unique powers just like any othe AT's primaries even if they follow formula.

Thugs have leadership, a large around of AoE attacks, The Pyro for fire damage instead of all lethal, and a very strong tank Tier 3 who can absorb a lot of damage pet but in exchange they lack Control, Healing, Defuff and the lack of range with the Bruser.

Mercs have the Medic, AoE Control/debuff attacks, a ranged Teir 3 three pet but in exchange lack the same level of AoE damage, lack durability, have almost all lethal damage, and don't have any buff abilities.

Robots have energy damage, strong healing and buff, AoE attacks and have range but lack debuff, a special 1st tier pet, and control.

For the sake of arguments a simple in the box sort of Police set up could have more durability, some energy attacks instead of lethal, strong single target damage, single target debuff and single target control but lack AoE, Buffs, Healing and a lower damage cap. And if they go out of the box even a little bit like they did with Demons it could be anything. Demons, after all really are not that different from another shooter pet class except that they have access to a ton of different damage types and secondary effects as their unique advantage something previously just wasn't done with the other pets.

Playstyle wise where as Thugs are great for taking out large groups sending the tank in to round up foes, then letting the other thugs lead unleash massive AoE to take them all out but run into trouble against strong foes since one the tank drops the ther pets are quickly dispatched, while Mercs would open up with snipes to pick off opponents, drop some stun grenades and mow down a group with gun fire so by the time the enemy comes around (in theory if Mercs didn't suck) the mercs would have managed to cut the group down to a small handful that can be mopped up by the stronger commando. Police for their nitch would have a harder time with those large mobs with their lack of AoE and would have to rely on their better defense due to armor to keep them alive while the try to bring an enemy mob down but would do much better against bosses due to their higher durability and single target focus.

And that is just one in the box example off the top of my head. Cops could really have any set of unique advantages or disadvantages to want and if, in the unlikely event they actually ended up happening, were just a Thugs/Mercs hybrid rather then their own thing it is only because of a lack of imagination and I don't think the Devs here lack for imagination.

What if you limited the normal cops to buff/debuff and mostly lethal damage powers starving them for any sort of control. Then make the unique ability power armor which armors up all your pets for a bit and switched their attacks to energy/smashing instead of lethal as well as gave each tier of minions 1 new control and defense power, armor, for the durration?

All: Knock back attacks become knock-up attacks
Tier 1: AoE Immobalize
Tier 2: Disorenting AoE gas grenades
Tier 3: Hold Ice Ray

Or possibly make the police normally very single target orients and have power armor give them all AoE attacks

DCUO actually is supposed to have some limited evironmental destruction. At the very least I know you can pick up all sorts of objects like cars and light posts and break them by bashing enemies with them and that said objects can be destroyed in the midst of a fight. I don't know about more generic objects like windows, walls and buildings though; I think those are probably undamageable. However from the game play trailer it looks like if you smack into the ground hard enough the ground will crack under you even if it is purely cosmetic.

I too thought this was a great fight and would like to see more like it.

Well thanks, glad to see the idea has some support.

I'm surprised someone hasn't come in here just to suggest the highest tier cop should be a Tank with a Fireman's Axe so I'm glad to see someone else like the suggestion.

I like that particularly the names. "State of Emergency" hehe.

Thematically though I was thinking they would probably end up being a cross between the pretorian police and the agents from Crackdown myself so they probably would have a little bit more advanced weapons they pistols at least as I saw it. I figure if they are calling in a hero for a situations it was probably to big for beat cops to begin with.

Well they are still probably better of then stalkers but that isn't saying much.

Really I think a lack of indentity is half the problem. All the CoH ATs were made to be basic appealing to the normal RPG mold with little more to them, they've tried to fix that but they what they are and probably always will be. The CoV classes on the other hand were all designed around a mechanic to give them a different play style for their counter parts. It isn't so noticable in the corruptor's case as they play pretty much like a blaster/defender hybrid but Brutes, Dominators, Stalker and Masterminds all force you to play them very differently. Brutes need rage and must be build around that, Dom play different in domination mode, stalker must hide and use assassin's strike, masterminds are well masterminds. Brutes, Scrappers, Controlers all still do exactly the same thing they did before (just a little better thanks ot their inherents now) but since their counterparts play differently they will always have some appeal just for a different experience.

Blasters on the other hand (along with defends to some extend but defenders are so good at what they do it doesn't matter as much) play pretty much like a gimped version of any class with a ranged power set. I really think the blaster's need an inherent which changes how you play them like the CoV classes in order to give them identity. Right now defiance is pretty much designed to ensure you don't need to do anything differently just blast away under all conditions which is what people always did with blasters.

Dark is MUCH better for soloing due to is many control elements such as a fear cone power, is -tohit debuff, stealth and its powerful debuff spamming pet. It just brings a lot of control/suvivablity/buff options.

Kin is better for groups but is not as well suited to solo play. Kin is more focused on buffing/debuffing so you won't have the same utility and you'll die more with it but it will help you kill you a lot faster. Another benefit is with Kin you can in do without a movement power, particularly if you have Ninja run.