Update 3. - Since there will be trench coats (Dual pistols, if some people get their way.). should be called.
"The Good, The Bad, The Trendy".
Good - New Epic AT's etc.
Bad - New Villian groups, (maybe a teaser for CoV)
Trendy - Trench coats and longer skirts etc.
What I would like to see for Update 3 would be a complete lack of posts saying "When are you going to put it in live", "What are you waiting for install it in live". And a few more posts in the Test Server section so we don't have rollout problems.
Everyone who complained about Issue 2, did you do any testing or post for them to hurry up? 
As to content I believe they already revealed it would include non-human builds (cat faces etc I would assume), they also admitted to already be working on bows.
Personal preference would be an ability to copy/steal powers from others. Works as either a power pool or as a full power set for what would be a very fexible AT. As long as you are prevented from taking powers that are higher level than you and there is a limit to how long they last/how often you can do it, it should be reasonably balanced. Using augs would be interesting however.
Imagine it they add a new power pool with great stuff in it! Everyone with 4 pools would be respecing like crazy and the bitchin about not getting a 5th pool would go on non-stop. LOL
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You can't please everyone, so lets concentrate on me.
that depends on whether the 2 new power stuff are going to be a powerset (having sonic or archery as a primary or secondary power) or a power pool and I bet that it'll be a power set.
One thing that is possible in issue 3... winter weather 
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that depends on whether the 2 new power stuff are going to be a powerset (having sonic or archery as a primary or secondary power) or a power pool and I bet that it'll be a power set.
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I'm pretty sure that one of the Devs said Archery was going to be a Blaster/Defender powerset. I can't remember where, it might have been in an interview.
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that depends on whether the 2 new power stuff are going to be a powerset (having sonic or archery as a primary or secondary power) or a power pool and I bet that it'll be a power set.
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I'm pretty sure that one of the Devs said Archery was going to be a Blaster/Defender powerset. I can't remember where, it might have been in an interview.
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you don't need a dev comment to know that archery is GOING to be a blaster/dev powerset, if anybody has watched or read anything about archery will know that archery is ranged. Geez, read the history books :P, especially ones on warfare or hunting.
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I know what's in Update 3....
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I bet you dont!
(You never know it might work!)
This is a song about a super hero named Tony. Its called Tony's theme.
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To be consistent with the spirit of Update 2, Update 3 will upgrade the Contaminated in the Outbreak Tutorial so that they will now be able to one-shot all new players. And the Rikti practice drones will now shoot back.
Why? For the challenge, of course!
LONG SKIRTS FOR GUYS!
I'm serious. The tsoo get them, why don't we?
Hakuma pants and pantskirts too!
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you don't need a dev comment to know that archery is GOING to be a blaster/dev powerset, if anybody has watched or read anything about archery will know that archery is ranged. Geez, read the history books :P, especially ones on warfare or hunting.
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Huh?
He was asking whether or not they were going to be pool powers.
Heh, I like seeing a sense of humor from a lead Dev like that, makes the game all the more enjoyable to me. Ignoring the more immature troll attempts, for my two influ worth I'd second the extra toon appearance options mentioned above. In fact, I'd really like it if upon creating your costume at the Icon shope, you could set the colors of your powers. Like for example, my hasten doesn't burn orange, its that off blue color, etc.
More billowy capes that go around your shoulders and are more like Batman's cloak. More faces hairstyles would be good too. Power pools? Yes, that'd be very nice, but more than any of that, I'd like to see the interiors and locations of missions get a greater variety. I'd like to see the niside of a mall as a mission zone, top of a skyscrapper, and night clubs, I *really* would like to see night clubs
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A new map window that doesn't suck?
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ROFL! I love it when I get a see poor witticism like this fairly early in the day. Just makes the day a little shorter and better. Thanks!
Oh, and YEAH...what he said. Please just let me resize it and add some transparency to it. That would be enough.
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Yeah making it somewhat transparent might be useful, but as for resizing, well, that feature exists in game already.
Check under Menu>Options and you should be able to find a feature that will allow you the change the UI window scale in percentages (ei instead of the default 100% window scaling I prefer 80% whereas my friend prefers the 50%--this allows him to keep the map window open 24/7).
To move your map window anywhere on the screen, click the blue button in its window. This will 'detatch' it from the Navigator/Compass and allow you to place it in a corner or at least out of play view.
As I asked my friend when he complained about CoH's UI:
Did you click/try each feature in the options menu?
If not, you are uninformed. RTM 
With regards to the delaying of things such as trenchcoats and weapon graphics, I have to say this:
Hire more staff.
I have no personal interest in either of these things (other than to reduce the number of capes that we are seeing right now, but thats a minor). If you know what your customer wants, and admit to being unable to address it right now, the for crying out loud, HIRE MORE PEOPLE. And while this may not wash with many other smaller companies, you have no reason to dispute it due to your public (yet informal) way of announcing how well this game is doing.
Delaying things like this (which to joe public seems trivial yet heavily desirable), screams carrot baiting. Making the punter hang on in there for the next bite of the action. Of course, every business does this, but what it says to me personally is that you're running out of ideas fast, and you need these small but hot topics to remain in the forefront of people's attention so you can maintain interest.
Honestly, is the creativity drying up so fast within Cryptic that you have to postpone stuff like this til another issue (i.e. at least 6 months)? I can understand the recruitment of a different LD for CoV to keep things original, but I wouldn't have expected the original team to burn out so fast.
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I'm still waiting for wings and/or fluffier tails(foxes and skunks and such...mostly because that will get more of my friends online...you wouldn't imagine the number of times this has become a sticking point). (and cat ears for guys)
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Dude, you really need new friends.
We got capes, and skirts may be coming - but what about animated hair? Must every superhero use tons of grease to keep their hair in shape?
And there was a thread requesting "girly" things - less butch clothes, more feminime attacks (Venus Love Chain, anyone), accessories, bows, ribbons, blouses. I second this.
Face it, thisgame is at least 50% style - upgrades should keep this trend. The last one certainly did!
Gold Digger fans, mild furries come with the territory...
one of them wants to recreate a spoof of Asrial from Ninja High School,the other wants to do a male kitsune just from general Japanese myth, both have said the character wouldn't work without the proper tail...my personal belief is that they'd get online and see the wide possibilities and make something else, but the mere ability to have the fluffier tails will get them to try it out...
also, I have fox and raccoon girls I rarely play that could do with more appropriate tails...
personally, I'd like a shapechanger...get a character with a normal form and several animalistic ones
tentacle hair a la species would be cool too, something Lovecraftian at least....though the tendrils aura will fill that at 30...I can just keep my lovecraftian seeming mutant hooded until then
my friends like furries...I just like anything that can be considered weird
like a carnivorous plant/human hybrid psuedo-vampire on a vengeance/grief kick
a geneticist kaiju fan mutated into a dragon girl with fire powers
a high school aged medusa that speaks in valley girl slang
a half-wererat/half-werecheetah mage
OOOOOOOOOO, I just REALIZED
I can make VERDANT BRIMSTONE IN THIS GAME!!!!
of course, that would mean giving up on her copyright......
Verdant Brimstone...can take any shape, but because she likes green, everything about her from skin to clothes is in shades of green...despite this she wonders why people always knows who she is...in a story that was making fun of stereotypes, Verdant Brimstone was the requisite "cute, semi-naive non-human girl" I made her a shape changer so she could be ANY kind of "cute, semi-naive non-human girl" at any given moment depending on which particular "non-human cutie" best fits the curent joke...I made her like green just to be a silly quirk...her elder sister, Hecate, says she'll get over that phase eventually (elder sister is black AND red...two colors!)
hee hee
I could have the elf form, the cat girl form, the demon-girl form, when wings come in I could have the angel form....bwuhahahahahaha....
assuming I want to forfeit all chance to publish the story idea she is a central part of
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"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
As long as the suggestion train is going on this thread, I have another.
I think it woud be very useful to have the info screen available in the Find team menu. It would be beneficial to know if you are asking the right kind of powerset character to join your group. I do understnd that that would be more information cross-zone than just the info tags that carry Name/lvl/AT/Zone, but it would be helpful.
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Face it, thisgame is at least 50% style - upgrades should keep this trend. The last one certainly did!
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Take away the graphics, the geegaws, the bells and whistles, the fancy new toys, etc...and every game is basically the same game. Style is everything, and it is better to allow for more styles than less.
I've had ideas for very tough women that were very feminine despite being tanker-tough, the current clothes didn't fit the concept I had in mind so she was axed.
On the same regard, I'm somewhat tired of getting the "perverted outfit" comments about my school girl medusa...the skirt would be longer if it were possible
also, Blood Rose would probably have the bio-organic texture to her top if I could put something else over it...
really, I wish there were skin textures, ones that went over the whole body and that the costume went over save where there was skin showing. I've seen some near-credible classic style lycanthropes...save the lack of a fur texture...
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"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
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You cheeky monkey you!
Ahh, i remembered one of the things I really wanted different in the game. With Super Speed, it sure would be nice to run 'on' the water like traditional Super Speeders, not to mention being able to run up things, but that is less important (lol, like it really is important).
DD
(Welch Warrior -24Defender -EMP/RAD)
what'dya think ppl? Who wants to walk on water? (aside from that American Jesus character i saw the other day)
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Funky fruit hats!?!
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Furry Fruit Bats? Why would you want that?
The Elastic Controller powerset
hand slap - left hand stretches out and does a 3 stooges series of slaps to the villains face.
The hold would be the right arm stretching out and tying the villain in a bow knot.
An AT specific Stealth power where your neck stretches and your head goes around to check out the layout. Increased defense for the smaller target.
A trampoline attack where you'd be able to bounce back one smashing/lethal attack against the attacker.
The Bounce AT specific travel power. Your character becomes a ball. Each bounce goes higher. Like Super Leap but you could jump onto skyscrapers if you were willing to bounce long enough to get enough height.
How about costume options that open up when you take certain powers?
For instance, once you take stealth or any of the invisibilities, you could then get a Wonder Woman/Sue Richards outline look for parts of your costume
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Oh yeah? prove it PM me the details
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Lets recap.
Whos on first, Whats on second, and I dont knows on third base. 
And now we know, I know what is going to be in issue number three.
My apologies to Abbott & Costello fans.
I heard about Prestiege archtypes....I know the first one you get if you have a char at lvl 50.