Consolidated Power and Weapon Customization Thread
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2007-09-08 16:38 in Suggestions and Ideas
Cool theres still some hope
Is great that u can customize weaopns nowand all the new things I've seen since I just got back after 2 years, but what about my tank, I got no weaopn customize nothing, itmeans I have a stone mallet, a stone hammer which I have been using since 2004 since the game cameout, how about all the other tanks which have weaopns made from magik powers, like the stone mallet, THERE IS NO CUSTOMIZE WEAPONS FOR IT AT ALL INSTEAD YOU GAVE EVERY OTHER TANK THAT USES MACE HAMMERS, OK HOW ABOUT THEMAGIK TANKS DO WE GET TO USE " STONE HAMMERS, BLOOD HAMMER,S FIRE HAMMERS, ICE HAMMERS, DARKNESS HAMMERS, HOW ABOUT U GIVE CUSTOMIZATION TO EVERY OTHER MAGIK WEAPONS THAT AREIN THE GAME WHICH U COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT. I WOULD'NT WANT ANY OF THE HAMNMERS THAT U HAVE NOW ANYWAYS CAUSE THEY ARE SMALL AND THEY LOOK BAD, BIG PEOPLE THAT USE HAMMERS, SHOULD CARRY A HAMMER ALMOST THE SIZE OF THEIR HIGH SO THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL WARRIOR WITH A HUGE REAL HAMMER, NOT A CONSTRUCTION HAMER, SUPER UGLY ALL EVERY OTHER HAMMER THAT IS SO SMALL IT FITS IN ONE HAND, NO I'M TALKING ABOUT HUGE MAGIK HAMMERS FOR THE TANKS THAT ONLY HAVE STONE MALLETS OR ENERGY TANKS GIVE THEM AN ENERGY HAMMER, DUDE YOU GUYS COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE HEROE TANKS AND THE WHOLE NEW WEAPONS CUSTOMIZATION THING, AND PLEASE NO MORE LITTLE HAMMERSJ THAT FIT IN ONE HAND, MAKE GIANT MAGIK HAMMERS FOR THE TANKS HEROES WHOM DID NOT GET UPGRADED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!!!!!!!!...
YEAH U PUT LOTS OF WEAPONS WHILE I GOT SCREWED ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEMY SAME POWERS, I'M A FIRETANK WITH THE STONE MALLET,
HOW ABOUT A FIRE HAMMER!!!! OR PERHAPS, HOW ABOUT U BRING OUT MAGIK WEAPONS FROM MAGIK POOL POWERS, I HAVE HAD THE SAME STONE HAMMER SINCE THE BEGINING OF THE GAME, AND U UPGRADED EVERY WEAPON EXPECT US, IS NOT KOOL OR FAIR, OR EVEN BALANCED. I DON'T CAREWHAT EVERYONE SAYS ABOUT IT, THE TRUTH IS THAT WE GOT SCREWED UNLIKE EVERYBODY ELSE., AND THERE I WAS GOING CRAZY THI8NKING I COULD CHANGE MY UGLY STONE MALLET WHICH IS THE ONLY WEAPON I HAVE HAD AND WILL HAVE APPARENTLY TILL THE END OF TIME!!!
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Is great that u can customize weaopns nowand all the new things I've seen since I just got back after 2 years, but what about my tank, I got no weaopn customize nothing, itmeans I have a stone mallet, a stone hammer which I have been using since 2004 since the game cameout, how about all the other tanks which have weaopns made from magik powers, like the stone mallet, THERE IS NO CUSTOMIZE WEAPONS FOR IT AT ALL INSTEAD YOU GAVE EVERY OTHER TANK THAT USES MACE HAMMERS, OK HOW ABOUT THEMAGIK TANKS DO WE GET TO USE " STONE HAMMERS, BLOOD HAMMER,S FIRE HAMMERS, ICE HAMMERS, DARKNESS HAMMERS, HOW ABOUT U GIVE CUSTOMIZATION TO EVERY OTHER MAGIK WEAPONS THAT AREIN THE GAME WHICH U COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT. I WOULD'NT WANT ANY OF THE HAMNMERS THAT U HAVE NOW ANYWAYS CAUSE THEY ARE SMALL AND THEY LOOK BAD, BIG PEOPLE THAT USE HAMMERS, SHOULD CARRY A HAMMER ALMOST THE SIZE OF THEIR HIGH SO THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL WARRIOR WITH A HUGE REAL HAMMER, NOT A CONSTRUCTION HAMER, SUPER UGLY ALL EVERY OTHER HAMMER THAT IS SO SMALL IT FITS IN ONE HAND, NO I'M TALKING ABOUT HUGE MAGIK HAMMERS FOR THE TANKS THAT ONLY HAVE STONE MALLETS OR ENERGY TANKS GIVE THEM AN ENERGY HAMMER, DUDE YOU GUYS COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE HEROE TANKS AND THE WHOLE NEW WEAPONS CUSTOMIZATION THING, AND PLEASE NO MORE LITTLE HAMMERSJ THAT FIT IN ONE HAND, MAKE GIANT MAGIK HAMMERS FOR THE TANKS HEROES WHOM DID NOT GET UPGRADED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!!!!!!!!...
YEAH U PUT LOTS OF WEAPONS WHILE I GOT SCREWED ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEMY SAME POWERS, I'M A FIRETANK WITH THE STONE MALLET,
HOW ABOUT A FIRE HAMMER!!!! OR PERHAPS, HOW ABOUT U BRING OUT MAGIK WEAPONS FROM MAGIK POOL POWERS, I HAVE HAD THE SAME STONE HAMMER SINCE THE BEGINING OF THE GAME, AND U UPGRADED EVERY WEAPON EXPECT US, IS NOT KOOL OR FAIR, OR EVEN BALANCED. I DON'T CAREWHAT EVERYONE SAYS ABOUT IT, THE TRUTH IS THAT WE GOT SCREWED UNLIKE EVERYBODY ELSE., AND THERE I WAS GOING CRAZY THI8NKING I COULD CHANGE MY UGLY STONE MALLET WHICH IS THE ONLY WEAPON I HAVE HAD AND WILL HAVE APPARENTLY TILL THE END OF TIME!!!
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Jesus F'in Christ this post is full of fail.
1) Release the caps lock.
2) Learn to use punctuation properly.
3) Get a spell check.
4) Learn your facts before you complain.
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Wow, just wow.
First off, there was no way I could actually manage to read that wall of text. Try formatting (punctuation, paragraphs, etc)
Second, all caps is considered yelling. Yelling at the devs isn't going to accomplish anything, except maybe getting your post mod'd out of existence.
That being said, I got the gist of your rant. You want weapon customization for the stone melee (and presumably others) attack set.
Sorry but, right now at least, it can't be done.
The "weapon customization" was only possible because the drawn weapons used by the actual weapon-set powers is a seperate object held in the hands and not actually a part of the powers themselves.
Stone mallets, Fire swords, Ice swords, etc (all of the power effects that look like a weapon but aren't used for every attack) are actually part of the animation for the power and not seperate objects.
As such, they are "baked" into the powers themselves and cannot be changed without actually doing 'real' power customization (ie new powers/animations) for every possible difference.
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I had an idea about Power Customization, but not sure if it was already mentioned - and there's plenty of pages of junk to sift through to try and see if this was mentioned, but here goes.
Since the colors are "baked into" the powers, it may be possible to make several color choices available. What I mean is for example, the electric blast set is blue heroside and they made it red for villains. Using that same premise they could possibly make electric into any color. If they made say 10 different colors of electric, you could choose one from a list similar to the way you choose your weapon today.
I hope this makes sense. 
Here is my though about power customization. Is it possible to change the animation of a power if a costume piece is present? My thought is this, if you can't bring power customization to energy type powers (fire, ice, energy, electric) can we at least bring weapons customization to them?
Give players the option to use wands, staffs, swords, etc to shoot the powers out of instead of thier hands. Basically, all you would need to make is one set of animations for each weapon type that would cover the different casting times. You would then change the casting location from the hands to the focal point of the item.
What made me think of this is how the haste hands centralize when kheldians turn into thier nova form. This would of course require being able to somehow link the power to the particular weapon being held, which may not be possible. This would, however, take up much less time on the art department, and *should* (I say like I know) be able to use the same technology as the current weapons customization for tracking purposes.
If it isn't possible for a chosen weapon to force a different power animation, then perhaps a temp/inherent power could (note I'm only talking animation, not effects, most of the effects seem to go from point A to point B, I'd just be changing what point A is). This would allow those of us without weapons to change HOW are attacks are fired off, fire from a flaming sword, electricity from a mage's staff - or a "jacob's ladder". Just a though that I hadn't really seen mentioned.
EDIT: HAD to add some whitespace (er... bluespace).
DDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!! There I said it. Now then... what were we talking about?
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YEAH U PUT LOTS OF WEAPONS WHILE I GOT SCREWED ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEMY SAME POWERS, I'M A FIRETANK WITH THE STONE MALLET,
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Ummm first of all I don't think there are MILLIONS OF PEOPLE who ONLY play Fire/Stone Melee tanks - I'm sure other people try out some of the other power sets in the game, that's why you have more than one character slot... just sayin;.
DDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!! There I said it. Now then... what were we talking about?
Warfan anyone?
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I had an idea about Power Customization, but not sure if it was already mentioned - and there's plenty of pages of junk to sift through to try and see if this was mentioned, but here goes.
Since the colors are "baked into" the powers, it may be possible to make several color choices available. What I mean is for example, the electric blast set is blue heroside and they made it red for villains. Using that same premise they could possibly make electric into any color. If they made say 10 different colors of electric, you could choose one from a list similar to the way you choose your weapon today.
I hope this makes sense.
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This is similar to what I was thinking of.
At character creation, if you choose a powerset with effects, in the Costume Editor, there will be an option similar to what shows up if you pick a weapon. It will let you choose the color set you want to use.
Let's take Energy Blast, for example. If you're a Hero, it's blue-white. If you're a Villain, it's red. And if it's being used by a member of the Legacy Chain, it's white. So, we know we have three colors already in the game for Energy Blast.
At the bottom of the Costume Editor, under the space for Lower Body, in the same space where the put Weapon and Shield, there would be a section named Energy Blast. Clicking on that would let you choose one of three color sets for your Energy Blast: Blue (Hero), Red (Villain), or White (NPC).
As a part of the Costume Editor, you'd be able to change the colors simply by visiting the Tailor/Facemaker.
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Babs would you please consider changing the animation for Stone Cages so they only go up to just below the knee of critters.
Immobilization should not be as physically imposing as a hold.
Thank you.
I just want a crossbow option for Archery.
And a Vahzilok meat cleaver for Battle Axe.
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Power Set Name: Healing Potions (Pool Power)
These powers are conceived as identical to the Medicine Power Pool but intended for the non-techies, specifically for all those magic toons who want the added benefits of the medicine power pool without the beep, beep, beep, beeeeep techie annoyances of the medicine set.
[u]List of Powers[u]
Healing Potion Heals a single targeted ally. This power is interruptible.
Close, Ally Heal same animation as Poison: Alkaloid
Smelling Salts Frees an ally from any Immobilization, Sleep, Disorient, Hold, Fear or Confuse effects and leaves them resistant to such effects for a brief time. Protection will improve with multiple applications and as you advance in level. This power is interruptible.
Close, Ally +Res(mez) same animation as Poison: Antidote
Self-Healing Potion Allows you to heal yourself, you will also be wide awake and resistant to Disorient. This power is interruptible. You must be at least level 14 and have Aid Other or Stimulant before selecting Aid Self.
Self Heal, Res(Disorient) unsure what animation to use, but does the villain temp power Spirit Potion have a drinking potion animation? If so, thats probably the best in-game.
Elixir of Life Revives a fallen ally, leaving him with full Hit Points, but no Endurance. The Resuscitated target will be protected from XP Debt for 15 seconds. This power is interruptible. You must be at least level 20 and have two other Medicine Powers before selecting Resuscitate.
Close, Ally Rez same animation as Poison: Elixir of Life (cant come up with better name than Elixir of Life)
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I'm hijacking this post from the new powers thread because I don't think the Devs would make a new power pool that is functionally identical to Medicine. BUT I do think the animation suggestions would work much better with the current Medicine pool for making the set seem more universal.
I think vials and flasks make a lot more sense for "Medicine" than the machine thingy that gets used now. And it works with more origins because those bottles could just as likely be full of herbs, super-serums, mutagens, nanites, or magic potions.
Realistic all-natural character: Every time a NPC shoots me with a gun I run to the nearest hospital and don't play that character for about a week.
Some powers I believe are fine the way they are when it comes to customization. I think the melee weaponry should be editable a lil more than just type and color... For instance say i have a broadsword... I think the different parts should alternate like... I want it to have a hilt like a gladius and the blade of a normal broadsword... or the handle of a fantasy blade and the blade of a tech sword or something like that.
(NOTE: i dont know sword parts off the top of my head so if hilt and handle are the same thing PLZ oh PLZ dont chew my head off LOL)
car antenna, probably for katanna/ninja blade users...or a cleaner/straighter fencing foil.
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I just want the power to change the interior side of my shield. I have a concept for a battle armored Hero who has a shield and the image I have has a round shield. But unfortunately you can't sue that shield without the back having wooden panels. So give me the pwoer to get rid of those. Thanks.
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One more comment.
Anytime a troll on these boards tells you something will "Never happen, devs said so, search newb"
Add this to the long and growing list of things that will "Never Happen" but somehow we still have access to anyway. 
The City of Heroes Community is a special one and I will always look fondly on my times arguing, discussing and playing with you all. Thanks and thanks to the developers for a special experience.
It's not over until they announce mastermind pets as fully customisable. The days of pink robots looms ever closer, even if they don't realise it yet...!
Characters:
The Heroic Mary Grace (50)
The Mystical Thunderspark (50)
The Candy-loving Little Jenny (50)
I couldn't help but notice in the "all these and more" list of powersets that'll be customizable, that trick arrow and archery were just about the only ones left out. I'd REALLY like to see some colour customization for the arrow sets.
I mean, if you can change an energy blast from blue to red, can we PLEASE be able to shoot arrows that don't have yellow feathers???
I'm not sure if this has been sidgested already since I found nothing due to my Search-Fu so here it goes.
My sudgestion for "weapon" custiomization would be asian themed shields since we have none and my /SD Brute is sad since his Samurai armor doesn't fit anything I have (maybe Rularuu)
I'd like to see certail powers with elemental weapons have more options to choose from...
say like tsoo fire katana's in the fire melee/manipulation sets, or a concrete tipped pole for stone melee/earth assault. the weapons enemies use which we cant...yet.
there could be all sorts available, even the old makeshift novelty items, I have a few ideas:
FIRE WEAPONS:
fire katana
hand torch
signal flare
EARTH WEAPONS
concrete tipped pole
corolax club
caveman rock tip
ICE WEAPONS
Cryo Sabre
Glacier tip axe
Frosted Ice pick
A total of 14 of my nerves have been harmed in the making of this post...
How far did growth make it in the development look? Is it still a considered set? I know we got Willpower and shields from that list. I have made my elec/elec 8 feet tall just so I can try to get the growth feel..
Here's a suggestion... Could the developers make the temp jet pack (the one that you purchase for a month) able to be customized so it'll match costumes better? Red, white, and blue, while very patriotic, don't match alot of my toons' costumes worth a damn.
I don't know if it's been suggested anywhere in the thread, but...
Well, one of my biggest problems with some of the stronger melee attacks like Energy Melee and Super Strength is the slowness of the attacks. Now, the alternate attacks for Super Strength are good, but now there seems to be a lot of empty time or preparing to attack in the "hauling back because ZOMG this low level attack is so awesome and POWAHFULLL!!" So would it be possible to maybe make some of them a quicker attack that uses the entire existing animation time.. say some sort of combination 1-2, jab then quick but powerful uppercut, for instance?
I mean.. I'm all for people wanting to look and feel powerful, but some people prefer quickness, and even if the animation time stays the same but it's a combination attack, it could help people believe it's quicker.
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Why can't we have an arms dealer where you can go buy a permanent or unique weapon to further customize your toon. Is this not an idea that is long overdue or what?! Boomerangs? Whips? Cool looking rifles? I know lots of this is around but I'd like to KEEP some of the items. I have never used my blaster given to me by the Rikti ambassador because it looks kinda cool!
This same dealer can sell you permanent travel powers as well. They could be a jet ski, jet pack, etc. Items that are not in any AT's regular power pool. Maybe have the rocket boots give you the ability to fly.
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Probably not permanent. because there would be no need to return to the Arms dealer after you buy everything you want. this would be great for buying Temps of that nature.
typical Shotgun Temp for X inf from the Dealer for 15 shots. Minigun with 10 Heavy Bursts for X Inf. The application of this idea would be endless tho i think Perma is a bit much as you could just buy every power for your level 1 toon and walk over everything.
Tho an equipment/skills Normal Human AT could be based off this sort of thing, using the same idea as the split Sets of VEATs a Normal Person could buy a Uzi from a 'Blast' Set then an Axe from a 'Melee' set then get some body armour from the 'Armour' set Etc
I like the idea of a normal person that has learned all sorts of skills and has various weapons and equipment to help them. Makes em sort of a Jack-of-all Trades or at least the facility to be.