Introducing the...

So I was struck by a sudden amusing thought.
There are some Meet the [Class] videos out there for some classes for another game, and I thought, wouldn't it be amusing to have a Introducing: The Blaster, Introducing: The Tanker or Introducing: The Mastermind style videos made, just to see what you guys could come up with.

So I figured I'd toss it out there as a suggestion and see if you guys wanted to run with it, just for fun.

Enjoy!

Lord_Apollon was working ona Introduction to Brutes a while back, I wonder if he ever finished it.

Ohh, I know which ones you mean. I'd love to do one for Blasters, but I have no time at all >.< Someone else should def go for it though, they'd be fun to make.

It would be even neater if we could snow.... ummm... if we could make obvious the sheer number of powerset combos out there by having a video for each powerset combination. Let's see, that would be 48 blasters, 56 defenders, ....

OK, so it would take awhile. For one person. So hold a contest. The winner for each powerset combination gets a new car (or a "costume" temp power, if you folks aren't as rich as Microsoft). Deciding the winners would take quite awhile, too, so you might need to set up some sort of voting system.

Video would have to be powerset powers only. No temps, no vet powers, no Ancillary/Patron powers, maybe just travel powers from the pools.

We've got a lot of ace video makers around here but, honestly, there's no way they can cover all of the powerset combinations. That means everybody has a shot! Maybe even me! (I knew my AR/Cold corrupter would come in handy some day!)

I do think it's a nifty idea, but if we're going to show EVERY variation on it, we'd be here for MONTHS.

*ponders for a moment, then grins*

Of course, we could make these a bit genericized and REALLY fun by making them something like...

"Everything I Ever Need to Know about CoX, I Learned by Playing [Fill in the Archetype]"

Such as...

"The Defender mantra... 'I am not a tank, I am not a tank, I am not a tank...'" (show a def charging in and getting killed over and over again)

"The Other Defender mantra... 'Everyone loves me.'" (show a def healing everyone, rezzing everyone, etc)

"Masterminds don't need friends, they just make their own."

And so on.

Kinda like the best things and worst things (pros and cons) about playing each archetype.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

So you want to be a Mastermind....
<emotes cheer, praise, etc..>
Woah there... before you get delusions of granduer; lets cover the basics of being a MasterMind.
Take good notes, there will be a quiz later.
<em clipboard>

<title screen>
MasterMind 101
Never take a bullet you can send someone else to take in your stead.
<end>
<new screen>
Lets look at the numbers here. At level 50, you'll have about 1/2 the hps of a brute.
<Mastermind: 802, Brute 1499>
Getting into the fight means you'll time to study the wonderful masonary of the Rogue Isles.
<petless MM getting tromped and faceplanting>


Private here has agreed to help us see how the Robotics MasterMind fights.
<insert fight scene; robots trouncing a spawn>

See, all those lasers and rockets and bullets, and Private safely out of the way, obscured by his secondary powers.

<title screen>
Upgrade your summons.
mmmokthx
<end>
MasterMind summons have a unique property that allows special buffs that can only be applied to them.
You get your first upgrade at level 6
<show equip robot drone>
Notice how the lowly Drone picked up an additional laser attack.
<show equip robot ABot>
And look at the Assualt bot, he got another plasma beam and a flame-thrower.

Now lets make them really good with the second upgrade available at level 32.
<show upgrade robot drone>
<show upgrade robot abot>
This is a major upgrade.
The drone picked up another laser attack; full auto laser.
The assault bot added missiles. Lots of missiles. Explosive and Incindery.
You are now a walking wave of death.

<title screen>
Do not ignore your secondary, power pool, and epic powers
<end>

Masterminds like Private here can sit on thier laurals of having robots of doom, or they can step it up using secondary powers that augment thier primary.
Robotics/Dark Maisma/Mace is a very potent mix, capable of soloing some Archvillian/Heroes and Giant Monsters.

Lets see why:
<tar patch>
Tar Patch is -30% Resist and a major slow. Great for keeping things in the burn patch from the Incindary missiles.
<ABot em cheer>
Thats right, an instant increase in damage to your already great ranged damage.
<Darkest Night>
Darkest Night: This power lowers incoming damage by 22.5% and decrease opposing chance to hit.
<Add protector bot cheer>
<twilight grasp>
Twilight Grasp heals you and your robots, and debuffs opposing toHit and regen!
<all bots cheer>
And I haven't even brought in toggles from Leadership or the Dark Servant's debuffs.

Quick Recap:
<Bots>
Robots plus
<show tar patch>
debuffs
<show large dead group>
equals ownage.

<title screen>
You can never have enough meat shields
or
Even Masterminds team with other players.
<end>

Ok, so the Robotics/Dark Mastermind has 7 "teammates" already, so why do you need to team?
<em shrug>
Because sometimes, you can't do it all. Brutes do a great job of keeping that random mez grenade along ways from you. Masterminds are really weak on mez protection, and when you are stunned, held, or sleep; you cannot issue commands to your minions. It also drops toggles, which can leave your team exposed, and subsequently asking the nurse in the hospital if they have anymore coffee.
<em donut/drink in hosp>

Have I mentioned your attacks yet?
<em draw rifle>
There is a reason for that.
As a general rule, your minions will outdamage you. Your attacks are light support at best. Squeeze them in if you've got nothing else to do, but a good difficulty for a MM to be at is one that keeps you buffing and debuffing, not idling through out the mission. Besides, Masterminds are supposed to work from the shadows. Play a corruptor or blaster if you want to be active with ranged attacks.
<drawn out battle scene show heals, debuffs, etc.. with few attacks>

<fade into scenes of different MMs>
I hoped this helped explain a little what its like to be a MasterMind.
I only showed you one of dozens possible combinations for the mastermind AT.
Read your help text if you need a refresher on when you get your next bot.
<show summons>
1 Level 1 at level 1
Second level 1 at level 6
1 level 2 at level 12
Third level 1 at level 18
Second level 2 at level 24
and Level 3 at level 26.


Well thats all I have.... if you are on Champion, feel free to drop Private Parts a tell, he'll be happy to help with any questions you might have.

<fade out>
<credits>


So, something like that?

*laughs until water spews all over her desk*

Damn it, I don't have time to make this, but I WANT to!!!!

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I'm about halfway done with the brute video. Then I am doing a Blaster video. Going alphabetically, one vil, then a hero, and so on down the list.

It's a great idea, and I think the reason it's not been done to this point is because it's a very, very tall order, depending on how you go about it. Do you want to show every powerset? Every power? Things like that.

Happily, Lord_Apollon is working on it, and it can be in no better hands. I can't wait to see what he comes up with!

WARNING: I bold names.

Im workign on mine, should have the video well mixed this week, and as soon as it rains again to knock the pollen count down, ill get the audio recorded (because sounding congested rarely works).

DOH! I almost forgot to call the voice over guy! Thanks for the reminder.