Discussion: Poll for Power Set Feedback!
By
2Negative,
Posted on: 2007-05-22 14:02 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
I heard that someday Pistols might be a Corruptor set. Much with the hoping that the set includes one (and only one) Melee attack. Yeah, you can smack a person with a Pistol now...with Brawling which is about as lame as they come.
Of course I'm also the guy who advocated the Pommel Strike be added to the Ninja Sword set. I mean the animation is already done how tough could it be?
Personally I voted for Growth because if they can get that one worked out it may lead to Shrinking and Stretching.
"Comics, you're not a Mastermind...you're an Overlord!"
Wouldn't it be easier to have Blade Weapons and Blunt Weapons as sets with specific weapons as sub-sets?
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if you are talking about running around with a stick whackin enemies on the head then count me outta that!
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Actually, the term is "buck and a quarter quarterstaff".
But, still. +6 on the Awesome Scale for knowing that quote.
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I thought you weren't supposed to tell him that...
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Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played girl bunny?
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Neither did I. I was just asking.
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The figure he generally had was good, and while I like a little buck tooth, here and there (C.J.'s assistant in the "West Wing" for example), the teeth, voice and facial hair was just WAY to wrong.
Are you a Wolf, a Sheep, or a Hound?
"They called me crazy�they called me insane�THEY CALLED ME LOONEY!! and boy, were they right."
- Megavolt - Darkwing Duck
My son and I (both avid Coh players) have been waiting patiently for some type of water powers. We both agree that it would make a better blaster or controller set, but we think it would be cool for a tanker as well. Implementation of some type of water shield or defense seems workable for a Tanker.
As for my vote on the suggested powers, I have to go with the shields! Sorry, but it is just too cool not to do! Please, make this one a reality!
TeenYager lvl 50 katana / Regen Scrapper
WintersWisp lvl 38 Ice / Storm Troller
NiteSnare lvl 39 Mind / Trick arrow Troller
Alts: Too numerous to list here
Out of the ones you have listed i would choose energy blade and shield defense.
But would maybe like to see a bo staff used also. If street fighting where used would it be combo hits, like punch punch knee or elbows used? The only problem i see with psi weapons is that there are currently very little resists offered at present. Putting it in a primary for an archtype who's primary function is to deliver damage would mean large amounts of psi damage to a populus that has little resists to it.
My votes.
Psionic Weaponry
Ball and Chain
What I would like to see
Gravity Tank
Whip Scrapper
Hatchet Scrapper
Bow (Quarter Staff) Scrapper
Willpower, I just wonder what it would be like. I would want it to be like defiance for blasters except they get defense bonuses as their health goes down. I don't really care much about the melee set as long as it isn't streetfighting.
I may be considered a noob by most of you. Although, I ask that you do not judge what I post based upon that. I am a 35 yr old male who has what most people would call Peter Pan syndrome. I have collected many of comic books in my time and in knowing that, I would like to offer those of you that view you this post a little food for thought.
Let us look at a very well known comic, X-Men. Many mutants and many more powers. Example, Psylocke, She was born a powerful telepath, a psycho-blaster with the ability to read minds. As well as gaining new abilities after a confrontation with Sabretooth and ingesting a magical liquid retrieved from the dimension of the Crimson Dawn. Through her experience in life and many battles, Psylocke was able to use her abilities in such a way that she could form a psy-blade. I do not wish to make this to lengthy, so I will finish off with this. Look at the powers that many of the heroes in comic books, movies, and even TV shows have and then think as to what CoH/CoV would be able to develop that is not only fun but mechanically functional .
FYI, information on Psylocke was located at:
http://www.mutanthigh.com/a.html
For a scrapper, I think that Energy Blade/Shield Defense would make a really wicked combo!
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Out of the ones you have listed i would choose energy blade and shield defense.
But would maybe like to see a bo staff used also. If street fighting where used would it be combo hits, like punch punch knee or elbows used? The only problem i see with psi weapons is that there are currently very little resists offered at present. Putting it in a primary for an archtype who's primary function is to deliver damage would mean large amounts of psi damage to a populus that has little resists to it.
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I picture a Psi-blade set having lower damage, but the lack of resists makes the damage more consistent across villain groups instead of the "I do lots of damage to this guy, but then little damage to this other guy with S/L resist". And I'm fine with that balancing.
Street Fighting
Not all superheroes have powers; this gives "Joe Average Hero" a chance to finally get some love!
Growth
The power is simply cool! To be able to grow in size is simply visually awesome.
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Street Fighting
Not all superheroes have powers; this gives "Joe Average Hero" a chance to finally get some love!
Growth
The power is simply cool! To be able to grow in size is simply visually awesome.
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Global - @Proton Sentinel
Jack Devon Crab Spider VEAT; Virtue
Mordigen Earth/Storm on Liberty and Virtue
Technological Terror Bots/FF; Liberty.
50s: Zul Vakirol Thugs/Poison; Virtue. Kiyujin Katana/SR
I say we need a new Travle power to, and I vote for a grapeling hook!!! Come on that would be cool,just swinging across the city,come on we could use that for the Nat AT's to.
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how about whip as a power set for a scrapper
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umm.....yes i can see an orgy coming
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Willpower, I just wonder what it would be like. I would want it to be like defiance for blasters except they get defense bonuses as their health goes down. I don't really care much about the melee set as long as it isn't streetfighting.
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I picture Willpower being used to give resists to all sorts of damage via "Mind over Matter", but especially to Psi, where it would give massive resists... If they DID release Psi weaponry, it would quickly become the FoTW in PvP... Imagine all the Scrappers and Stalkers running around Siren's dealing out Psi damage...
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I say we need a new Travle power to, and I vote for a grapeling hook!!! Come on that would be cool,just swinging across the city,come on we could use that for the Nat AT's to.
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Global - @Proton Sentinel
Jack Devon Crab Spider VEAT; Virtue
Mordigen Earth/Storm on Liberty and Virtue
Technological Terror Bots/FF; Liberty.
50s: Zul Vakirol Thugs/Poison; Virtue. Kiyujin Katana/SR
I still want whips.
When are we going to find out about these?
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1) I'm disappointed that this poll showed up in the Tanker and Scrapper forums but not in the Brute forum.
2) That's especially important to me because it's a point of long-standing annoyance to me that there are no weapon-based Brute powersets.
I can't see either Tankers or Scrappers getting Ball and Chain, it's too villainous. But it'd make a great Brute set, now, wouldn't it? Dual Swords would, too. But then, I'm still jonesing for an Axe or Broadsword brute.
[/ QUOTE ] Brutes can get some more new sets once scrappers and tanks get get new sets for the first time since the game came out. I've been waiting for new tank sets since I1 so I think the brutes can wait a bit longer seeing as how they actually got a new set in I7 and they're relatively new when compared to tanks and scrappers.
Primaries:
O Street Fighting - I would be all for this if it means a scrapper who knows how to use his/her hands AND feet. Always seemed a little odd that there was this like divide between using hands (Super Strength Tanker) and using feet (Martial Arts Scrapper).
O Electric Hammer - I vote this one down. Electric Melee already exists, and I'm not a big Thor fan.
O Energy Blade - If this is an energy blade that like extends from the arm/arms, ala Psylocke or the Protoss Zealots from Starcraft, sign me up.
O Psionic Weaponry - As long as the weapons are diverse and cool looking, I'm in. Of course, there are already a few other psi sets in the game, so would rather have something we havent seen before.
O Dual Blades - Bah. This would be better realized as just a graphic option for claws when (?) you guys implement custom powers.
O Ball and Chain * - I envision this as something more like what Gogo used in Kill Bill Vol. 1, not a medieval morning star. There are already three medieval-ish weapons in the game. No need for more yet.
O Shield Fighting * - This has "possibility" written all over it. Whether it's just wacking people with shield, a scrapper/tanker set with lots of defensive moves or counters, being able to deflect an attackers own attacks back at him, etc.
Secondaries:
O Density Control - Definitely need more info.
O Force Field - We already have a plethora of FF. Unless you are gonna do some different things with it.
O Willpower - Again, need more inf.
O Vibration - Still being too.....i dunno.....Cryptic.... Need more info.
O Growth * - As stated by others, the growing/shrinking possibilities sound cool.
O Shield Defense * - The thing about this is that it seems like if you implement Shield Fighting, Shield Defense almost becomes a no-brainer. But then you need to make it good enough on its own to where people who decouple one from the other are still going to enjoy it and be able to exploit its potential.
You should probably conduct the polls again, with at least some rough ideas of what powers we could expect, unless you are trying to solicit specific power descriptions from us. Otherwise, things like Vibration and ForceField just sound to me like it's going to be Energy Armor or Dark Armor or something like that but with different graphics and flipped abilities (ie. Where DA offers resistance, Vibration offers defense, etc). I think that's why things like Growth and Shield sound so much more appealing.
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However, i have to say...What? No water melee/defense sets?
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ice? 
Keid of Freedom
Psionic ( or eneregy blade) and will power ( or force feild) please.
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if you are talking about running around with a stick whackin enemies on the head then count me outta that!
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...actually its a buck and a quarter Quarterstaff....
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Actually, the term is "buck and a quarter quarterstaff".
But, still. +6 on the Awesome Scale for knowing that quote.
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I thought you weren't supposed to tell him that...
And now, for something completely random.
times two .
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Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played girl bunny?
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Neither did I. I was just asking.