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Thanks for info guys, very informative.

What is the difference between the speed and jumping of Ninja Run Power and Coyote Travel Power?

I already have the Ninja Run power, but was wondering if Coyote Travel power would be worth getting.

Coyote Travel Power is currently on reduced Sale price.

Why would the developers or anyone else want Heroes and Villians to have the same powers?

The uniqueness of Heroes powers vs the uniqueness of Villians powers makes things much more interesting and helps define the essence of what it means to be a Hero or Villian.

The powers shouldn't have to be the same for Heroes and Villians to have(on paper) an equal chance to win one on one fights.

IMO, it is much better to have new power sets for Heroes and Villians, than it is to just move one over to the other side. Of course that would be way more time consuming and work to get said power balanced with other primary/secondary sets of AT.

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as a note, most AVs and bosses don't resist Immobs so one shot will pin them.

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Web Grenade is mag 3, it will not Immobilize any boss or AV with a single application. Bosses and AVs require mag 4.

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As I understand Mag resistance

minion is -1, Lt is -2, Boss is -3, Elite Boss is -6,
AV is -51 to -101, Giant Monster is -76, Hamidon is -501

To Mag a target the mag resistance must be a positive number. Example:

LT mag resistance is -2, Web Grenade Immobilize is mage 3 (3-2=1)LT is Immobilized

Boss mag resistance is -3, Web Grenade Immobilize is mage 3 (3-3=0)Boss is NOT Immobilized
it would require a 2nd Web Grenade to stack with the first 3+3=6 (6-3=3)Boss is Immobilized

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Emotes on vet pets and controller pets is a design decision. There's nothing in the that would prevent them from doing them as far as I know, assuming their using skeletons that can/do share animations from player models.

As for the costumization of henchmen...the biggest thing right now is that the power system calls a critter into creation. That critter references an NPC, which references a costume definition. That's all soft coded right now, so there's not any way to allow for a selection between a set of pre-built henchmen. It's very similiar to the soft coding of power animations and FX, but a couple of more layers removed. So a lot of code work, power work, and database work to retcon that system into place.

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Where does the costumization of shape shifting for Kheldian's PeaceBringer and Warshade fit into all this?

I don't see any problem, 1% can solo with a shivan, 99% can't or don't. Just because someone is so good in CoV that he has figured out how to solo with a Shivan, does not mean the average Joe or anybody, more than a hand full could do the same.

Just found this thread today. All I can say is Great! As in Arcanaville the Great!! Deeply appreciate the time and effort that you have dedicated to this subject. Thanks for the education.

Today is my first reply on the forum. Today was also my first posts on forum of the same reply below. I made a mistake and posted in multiple areas and thus all posts were pulled within 10 mins. I tried again about 1/2 a hour later and posted in the Player Guide area only. That too was pulled in just a few mins. I guess that's the way the system works. anyway, thought I would try a reply here. Hope you find this informative.

PPP is April fool joke HaHaHa not so funny

If the Patron Powers Pool is not a joke then CoV is a joke.

Here's why:

Quoted from the uk.cityofvillians.com web site. "...gain a respec and access to one of 20 new Patron Power Pools.

Each Patron Power Pool contains four powers."

Also stated in the post is that: "You must have one of either the 1 or 2 power in order to get the 3rd power and that you must have at least 2 otherpowers to get the top 4th power. This is all same as the current regular power pool procedure.

As everyone knows the regular Power Pools are made up of 10 Pools with 4 powers each. That's 4 completely DIFFERENT powers in each Power Set as well as each power being different from Any other power in Any other set.

This means that in the regular Power Set there are 40(10*4=40) completely different individual powers to choose from, although common to one thyeme. Example: Leadership (1)Manuvers (2)Assult (3)Tactics (4)Vengeance


In the so called Patron Powers Pool the quote states there are 20 new Patron Power Pools with as posted 4 each, that should be a total of 80(20*4=80) completely different individual powers although common to one thyme.

However after analizing the April fool joke I found that there are actually only 45(not 80) different powers. Of these 45 powers some are used as many as 3 times. 3 different Archetypes in one Patron. Examples are many but here is one: Soul Storm(Black Scorpion-Mace Master) is listed in the Archetypes for Stalker, Corruptor as well as Mastermind. Additionally is the fact that Soul Storm is show as the #3 power for Stalker and Corruptor, but the #4 power for Mastermind!! If that's not a joke what is?! This not an exception but all Patrons have at least one Power which is a different level(1,2,3 or 4) for a different Archetype!! Some or only 1 or 2 which are available at same time, but some(like example above) are not available at same time and require an additional power selection to aquire(like example above).

One other quirk that I found is that: The Summon Guardian(Scirocco-Mu Master) #4 power of Archetype Dominator, is also shown as the #4 power in a completely different Patron(Captain Mako-Leviathan Mastery)as the #4 power for Archetypes Brute and Stalker, although the descriptions are different!!! Not only 3 different Archetypes but 2 different Patrons! What a Joke HaHa?!?!

Here is the complete list of powers being duplicated:

Ghost Widow - Soul Mastery
Soul Tentacles #2 of Brute and #3 of Mastermind
Dark Obliteration #3 of Brute and Dominator
Sumon Widow #4 of Brute and Stalker
Soul Storm #4 of Mastermind and #3 of Stalker and Corruptor
Dark Embrace #2 of Corruptor, Dominator and Mastermind

Unique only to Archetype of Ghost Widow are:

Gloom #1 of Brute
Dark Blast #1 of Stalker
Moonbeam #2 of Stalker
Soul Drain #1 of Corruptor
Summon Misteress #4 of Corruptor
Dark Consumpton #1 of Dominator
Summon Seer #4 of Dominator
Night Fall #1 of Mastermind



Black Scorpion - Mace Mastery

Mace Blast #1 of Brute and Stalker
Web Envelope #2 of Brute and #1 of Corruptor and Mastermind
Disruptor Blaster #3 of Brute and Dominator
Web Cocoon #4 of Mastermind and #3 of Stalker and Corruptor
Scorpion Shield #2 of Corruptor, Dominator and Mastermind

Unique power only to Archetype of Black Scorpion are:

#4 Summon Blaster(Brute)
#2 Mace Beam(Stalker)
#4 Summon Spiderlings(Stalker)
#4 Summon Disruptor(Corruptor)
#1 Poison Ray(Dominator)
#4 Summon Tarantula(Dominator)
#3 Mace Beam Volley(Mastermind)



Captain Mako -Leviathan Mastery

Spirit Shark #1 of Brute and Stalker
School of Sharks #2 of Brute and #1 of Corruptor and Mastermind
Chum Spray #3 of Brute and #2 of Dominator and Mastermind
Summond Guardian #4 of Brute and Stalker(also #4 dominator in Scirocco set)
Water Spout #2 of Stalker and #1 of Dominator
Spirite Shark Jaws #4 of Mastermind and #3 of Corruptor and Dominator
Shark Skin #2 of Corruptor and #3 of Dominator and Mastermind
Summon Coralax #4 of Corruptor and Dominator

Unique power only Archetype of Captain Mako

NONE! and Oh! Yea! NONE!



Scirocco - Mu Mastery

Electifying Fences #2 of Brute and #3 of Mastermind
Ball Lightnng #3 of Brute and Dominator
Electric shackles #4 of Mastermind and #3 of Stalker and Corruptor
Summon adept #4 of Stalker and Corruptor
Power Sink #1 of Corruptor and Dominator
Charged Armor #2 of Corruptor, Dominator and Mastemind
Summon Guardian #4 of Dominator(also #4 Brute and Stalker in Captain Mako set)

Unique power only to Archetype of Scirocco

Mu Lightning #1 of Brute
Summon Striker #4 of Brute
Mu Bolts #1 of Stalker
Zapp #2 of Stalker
Static Charge #1 of Mastermind



Here is list of Powers Unigue to Each Archetype

Brute---Total of only 4, 25.0%(4 0f 16) unique powers

Gloom #1 power from Ghost Widow
Summon Blaster #4 power from Black Scorpion
Mu Lightnng #1 power from Scirocco
Summon Striker #4 power from Scirocco

Stalker---Total of only 6, 35.5%(6 of 16) unique powers

Dark Blast #1 power from Ghost Widow
Moonbeam #2 power from Ghost Widow
Mace Beam #2 power from Black Scorpion
Summon Spiderlings #4 power from Black Scorpion
Mu Blots #1 power from Scirocco
Zapp #2 power from Scirocco

Corruptor---Total of only 3, 18.8%(3 of 16), unique powers

Soul Drain #1 power from Ghost Widow
Summon Misteress #4 power from Ghost Widow
Summon Disruptor #4 power from Black Scorpion

Dominator---Total of only 4, 25.0%(4 of 16) unique powers

Dark Consumption #1 power from Ghost Widow
Summon Seer #4 power from Ghost Widow
Poison Ray #1 power from Black Scorpion
Summon Tarantula #4 power from Black Scorpion

Mastermind---Total of only 3, 18.8%(3 of 16) unique powers

Night Fall #1 power from Ghost Widow
Mace Beam Valley #3 power from Black Scorpion
Static Charge #1 power from Scirocco

Grand total of 20, 25.0%(20 of 80), unique powers for all 5 Archetypes

Patron total of Unique powers

Ghost Widow 7
Black Scorpion 7
Captian Mako 0
Sciroco 6





One thing for sure, this better be an April Fool Joke or there will be a lot less people to play it on next year!