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I guess I'll trot out my usual proposal of just set up the Outcasts as another group akin to any other group that goes from 5-50.

Just straight up crime. No need to strike out against a world that hates them, other than for a smash and grab.

Okay, now that's not a big deal. We've seen that plenty of times before. Only now, why not make them spandex clad and cape wearing villains?

Yeah, it's just crime, but it's Spandex-clad supercrime.

Y'know why? Because spandex is cool!

There's a pile of powersets that the Outcasts don't cover yet. So, roll in the psychics, earth assault, spines, debuff and control sets and whatever else I'm missing here. Maybe hold off the psychic enemies for post 30 content. But, the scheme is simple.

Toss them into a few tips, to give them a sorta bigger arc. Put them on street corners. Make them go to war with the Malta on Peregrine. Put them into the radios and newspaper madlibs. It's an all out Mutant resurgence.

From 20-30, drop the t-shirts for spandex tops, with bosses going full-on themed(electric, flame and arctic patterns are already available) spandex from the neck down. Make all the bosses dual themed a la Frostfire.

Post 30 all the way up, everybody wears spandex and masks,Lts get shoulderpads. bosses get capes, as well as crowns or whatever else. Just go all out spandex. Maybe post 35 toss auras on bosses to tip us off as to who's the big cheese in a mob. But mostly? Auras are cool.

Toss in a handful of Supatrolls to round out the ranks of Lts. Call it a mutant-troll truce post 20, whatever. I just want more giant green dudes with horns smashing about the city in singlets with no shoes or sleeveless tops and tights. Call it a Supatroll menace, just toss them in. Then, for good measure, make a few of the huge guys Stone armor guys like the odd Ogre or Caliban(I can never remember which) as well as a couple of big green granite guys.

C'mon, let's put some comic book back in the game.

I'm all for more craftable costume pieces. Assuming that they aren't limited to something ridiculous like a extra rare drop in an Incarnate Trial.

Doesn't group size do odd things to drops?

I think Nolan's (*cough*over*cough*)done about all he can do with Batman since the previous film.

So, Make Mine Marvel.

I'm all for it. More temp power recipes.

The one hairstyle that made me think of this working for right away is Crew Cut.

A crew cut should not look like slicked back hair.

My thought on any Tier 9 set is, "Yay! I get to use it as soon-ish as it comes out!"

Anything after that, I don't really care.

I've said before in other threads of a similar nature that I'd sooner have more pieces in more hands as soon as possible, as the "special"-ness, for me, is more about how you use the pieces rather than the fact that they're limited to any subset of people, other than buying a set that they like enough to purchase.

My biggest thought of costume sets is that I'd rather that they'd just sell everything directly over the Paragon Market, because I want to see what people are capable of making.

I still say I'd take these as power pools, and all that that entails as in reduced damage output, redraw etc., over an "epic" power pool.

As somebody that plays a really really gimped /devices melee fighter, as in all his attacks come from assorted power pools and vet powers, I've managed to get to level 24 almost entirely solo and have fun.

So, I'm fairly certain that, even with reduced damage/redraw etc taken into account, I'd love to do the same with a load of ranged attacks onto what is supposed to be a melee character and have as much, if not more fun, due to having the good toggles to cover my can built into the character.

Just judging by where haste and a number of the other odd buffs show up on dogs, I wonder if the weapons would attach to dog/cat hind quarters.

I don't want Hero 1 to have a new costume. I really like his simple straightforward, already non-riktified awesome look.