Powersets you want, but realize are unlikely!
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Posted on: 2009-05-04 08:59 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I wouldn't mind having teleport attack set...where instead of clicking the person then clicking the attack, you click the power, click the targets you want, then click a finish point. and watch the animation 
Horribly abuseable in pvp though unless you make the finish port right next to the last target
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Clown MMs, dangit! Or go Circus MM with Jesters and such. I want my very own Carnies!
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Ya know, if they just give us a costume/model creator for MM pets then most of us who want variety will be satisfied. You don't even need to let us change their powers.
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Dancing Power Pool
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How about a Savate or Kickboxing set as a compromise? More generally applicable.
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As for my own:
1. Animal Spirit Control (Controllers/Dominators) - I was thinking that an Animal set for MMs might be good, but it doesn't really sound too Mastermind-like to be the evil ruler of a band of critters. Although I do like the idea of a squirrel version of Gang War. Anyway, I reworked it into a possible Controller powerset. Most of the controls would work like temporary pet summons. You want to hold someone, you activate the power "Bear Hug" and it holds the enemy with a ghostly-green image of a bear embracing them. You want to disorient someone, so you summon the spirits of birds to constantly wizz about their head. Stuff like that.
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Ok...now this has potential...Mako's patrons already have this to a certain extent. But Bear hug for your single target hold, octopus for multiple target hold, a spirit cobra that does toxic damage, you could have a spirit swarm as a tier one toxic attack, a spirit electric eel...the possibilities are endless and as "spirit animals" when you hit them PETA won't throw a fit 
I honestly would like an animal set...(runs to save Noah as character name)
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1. Animal Spirit Control (Controllers/Dominators) - I was thinking that an Animal set for MMs might be good, but it doesn't really sound too Mastermind-like to be the evil ruler of a band of critters. Although I do like the idea of a squirrel version of Gang War. Anyway, I reworked it into a possible Controller powerset. Most of the controls would work like temporary pet summons. You want to hold someone, you activate the power "Bear Hug" and it holds the enemy with a ghostly-green image of a bear embracing them. You want to disorient someone, so you summon the spirits of birds to constantly wizz about their head. Stuff like that.
2. Elementals (Mastermind) - Basic premise being that you summon elementals as your pets. We already have some current in-game options for this. Look at the Magmite Lords in the Hollows. Or at simple ole Fire Imps.
-Minions: Fire Imp models with Fire Blast powers
-LTs: Magmite Lord or Devouring Earth Sentry models with Stone Melee powers.
-Boss: Elemental Storms from the Shadow Shard "models" to provide energy damage and some control.
A little bit of damage from fire, smash, and energy. It'd go great with /Storm too!
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So far, in this thread, these are two sets that I would really like to see... and it sounds like something they could implement with the Mastermind pets being versions of things already running around.
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I want the laser rifle powers from Bots taken and fleshed out into a blaster primary. You already have a third of them done!
Laser Blaster Full Auto FTW.
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we've been making the same arguments about Thugs and Dual Pistols since I7 and they're still not here
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What would I like that is unlikely to be implemented? A Time Manipulation powerset! I want to be able to pop my tier 9 and have all the NPC's and players in the entire map/zone frozen in time while I walk around like Hiro and rearrange the world to my satisfaction.
I just don't want anyone else to have that powerset! 
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Shadow Martial Arts:
My #1 CoH wish that will not happen.
If I could, I'd punch holes in reality to have shadow punch, smite, siphon life, crane kick, dragon's tail and eagle's claw on one character.
Other than that, a new buff/debuff set that does not involve me clicking on my teammates one by one to rebuff them every few minutes would be so awesome it might never happen.
Random wishlist:
> A quarterstaff / polearm set
Maybe, one day we'll get lucky.
> A stick fighting set (as in dual sticks)
See above.
> A flexible weapons set (whips, chains, etc)
As expensive as these are to make, I'd hazard a guess and say I don't expect to see anything of this sort to grace the hero creation screen.
> A doppleganger set (like the multiple man)
I wonder if the game can fetch the costume data of one player character and then spawn a duplicate. Since there are no such encounters or cut scenes, pattern recognition says no. 
> An armored skin set (like Husk or Colossus) that changes my hero's skin into other things, and does not use particles.
Off the top of my hat I can recall several costume pieces that would need variations made just for this one powerset. That is, if the powers system can swap textures on characters. Two frownies for this one.
> Pistols APP for scrappers
Game direction? *cough*
> Last but not least, a force fields set that is fun to play.
Last time I checked, Paragon devs (can we call them Paragons?) were not lining up at my door to overhaul powersets to suit my liking. 
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Other than that, a new buff/debuff set that does not involve me clicking on my teammates one by one to rebuff them every few minutes would be so awesome it might never happen.
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Squirrel Attack powers.
Imagine a power like Gang War but unleashing a hoard of rabid leaping squirrels in numbers to make your graphics card groan under the strain.
Unlikely I guess.
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Actually, I was gonna mention a Swarm Mastermind. Picture contolling an army of rats like Willard. Or engulf an enemy in swarms of bees or bats.
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A number of these sets sound like they be more suited for a 4-5 power pool in addition to the current APPs. The "laser rifle" of the OP might be a bit gimped if it's ST only for a full set, but if you only need 4 variations it could be easier.
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Paper Assault (evil RODTV paper master whose name I forget Style)
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Neeever gonna happen.
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A number of these sets sound like they be more suited for a 4-5 power pool in addition to the current APPs. The "laser rifle" of the OP might be a bit gimped if it's ST only for a full set, but if you only need 4 variations it could be easier.
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Who says it would be ST only? He said more ST focused than AR (which has 3 Cones, an AoE, and a placed AoE), not ST-only. The Robots one has an AoE in it, someone else mentioned a "Laser Full Auto" like the robots themselves have.
Also, keep the title in mind here. People are talking about things they'd like but realize are unlikely, so there's no reason to be arguing against any of them.
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Shape-Shift
Size-Shift (I think this can be done to a certain degree)
Power Mimicry
Absorption (can be done, just probably not as cool as I'd like)
Well I didn't say ST-only hehe; just more focused that way.
If you look at AR for example, it has 3 Cones, a targetted AoE, and a ground target AoE.
So for Laser Rifle you'd get more like:
Laser Blast - Moderate Single Target
Laser Burst - High Single Target
Burn Through - High Damage, very narrow cone (as in "almost single target, but if you have a line of mobs you'll hit them all)
Plasma Grenade (Like the Mastermind version)
High Capacity (Ie: Aim)
Overcharge (Moderate, Ground Target AoE, knockback)
Target Acquired (Snipe w/ -Res; the -Res doesn't kick in until after the shot is fired however. Either that or adjust the damage down so that the -Res still leaves it at normal Sniper damage)
Flashbolt (Moderate, Stun)
Full Power (Superior, Stun, Fire DoT)
You still have 2 "real" AoEs, and you also have an AoE that requires some aiming; but the overall focus is on eliminating specific targets.
(this is of course off the top of my head)
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Squirrel Attack powers.
Imagine a power like Gang War but unleashing a hoard of rabid leaping squirrels in numbers to make your graphics card groan under the strain.
Unlikely I guess.
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Actually, I was gonna mention a Swarm Mastermind. Picture contolling an army of rats like Willard. Or engulf an enemy in swarms of bees or bats.
OK, maybe I'm a sadist at heart ...
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The EQ2 necromancer did things like that with waves of corpse rats and such.
I want an Umbrella/Parasol scrapper.
No, really. I do.
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Water powers. I could see both water blasts (geysers, water streams, water bursts, etc.) and Water Control (hold your enemies in water bubbles, etc.).
Magnetism - blasts or control, again.
Shape-shifting - probably a scrapper set. Turn into a bear, or an ape, or a tiger or lion and attack your foe.
Animal Control - summon a python to hold your foe, or a rhino to charge at a group for knockback and smashing damage. Spirit animals as was suggested before would be fine, too.
Magic - I had started work on a Control set that used magician's props to hold, stun, disorient, etc. Flurry of cards would send a storm of playing cards to disorient. The magician could hurl steel rings to hold foes. Or scraves could bind them. For a pet, could summon a Playing Card King, Queen and/or Jack to go out and fight for you. Or a giant rabbit.
Polearms
animal-based powers, animal control
elemental mastermind
Villainside Kheldians.
Warmakers, which are Peacebringers corrupted by Mu magic into the service of Arachnos. They and their powers would be red accented with lightning instead of normal Peacebringer colors. Instead of the normal Dwarf, they'd turn into a giant glowing red spider that spits lightning for Energy/Toxic damage.
Nictus, which would naturally mostly have Warshade powers. Perhaps with a more evil theme, like sucking energy from the living. You could add some Nictus only powers; like Summon Lesser Nictus, which summons a less powerful Nictus that possesses an enemy ( Confuse, basically - or perhaps turns them into a temporary pet ). Or Possession, which lets you stealth by possessing an enemy NPC ( Lieutenant or below ). There were some pre-SOA VEAT speculation threads with cool ideas for this.
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Growth Defensive set -- I wanna be 40' tall!
Shrinking Defensive set -- I'm 1/8th of an inch tall!
Mapserver Control
Omnipotence -- Nothing can harm me; one hit defeat for anything!
Wall Crawling
Swing Lines
Super Speed Swimming
EDIT: I should note that at least some of those are available as a Dev, but my live account sure doesn't have 'em!
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So, how's it like to swing lines, wall crawl, and swimming at superspeeds? 
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... , anything that deforms the player avatar..
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You mean like this? We had this in COV Beta, but they "nerfed" it after I reported it as a bug...
To the OP:
I would like to see a blue-coloured Electrical Control/Electrical Blast Controller combo (with the Gremlins from Cap au Diable as the pet) for a new powerset -- but can't imagine this powerset being put into the game without being "gimped" to prevent a whole new class of farmers springing up overnight...
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Recycling existing powersets recombined in ways currently unavailable to the players, I "created" what I call...
a Psionic Defense/Energy Blast Defender...
a Time Control/Time Manipulation Controller...
an Ice Melee/Ice Armour Brute...
a Storm Summoning/Electrical Blast Dominator...
a Radiation Debuff/Radiation Emission Tanker...
a Thorny Assault/Memory Manipulation Stalker...
a Psionic Assault/Mental Manipulation Corrupter...
a Dual Pistols/Martial Arts Scrapper... (!)
a Clones/Misanthropy Mastermind...
a Water Blast/Water Manipulation Blaster...
a Longbow Training/Longbow Tactics Longbow Ballista HEAT...
and, a Nictus Melee/Nictus Aura Warbringer!
OK, this was all enabled by "poetic license", but still, my long-held desire to create a "Warbringer" VEAT was finally fulfilled by combining Dark Melee (Nictus Melee) with Pain Domination (Nictus Aura) and adding the tendrils aura to the toon's fists and head!
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If you are going to a "magic" set, I would much rather go the Doc Strange magic instead of stage magic
Adhesive Control
Imagine a powerset in which the player launched adhesives at his opponents to control them. One power would spray glue on the ground to snare enemies. Another sprays a thick layer of glue on an enemy knocking them back into and then sticking them against then nearest wall.
Problems:
My concept for using this power is a Tech hero with a Super-soaker-like cannon. However, it's really darn close to the web-throwing powers of a certain trademarked Science hero who's been in 3 blockbuster movies lately.
This power would have a lot of crossover with Traps, Devices, and Trick Arrow.
The 'Spooge' jokes would never, ever end.
Dancing Power Pool
By being an expert dancer, you gain the ability to attack your enemies and defend yourself with lightning quick dance moves. "Kick, 1, 2, Strike, 1, 2, Dodge 1, 2". You'd need four or five powers in the pool: High kick (Single target kick attack with a chance for Stun), Defensive Spin, (Toggle to have a chance to spin away from attacks), Tap Dance (You stun or confuse an enemy by dancing in front of them and shove them around), Offensive Spin (deal light damage to all enemies in melee range, and have a small chance of knocking them down.)
Problems: Besides having a bit of overlap with fighting and leaping pools, the animation for this pool would be a NIGHTMARE for the devs. Not only would you have to do the animations for the attacks, you'd have to come up with transitions for dancing into attacks.
Many players wouldn't like the default dance animations, so you'd have to come up with a way to allow players to pick from a few different default sets of dance moves like Ballet, Moshing, Club dancing, etc...
A ballet-themed dancer would do a graceful pirouette and catch all the enemies with her outstretched foot. A mosh-pit themed dancer would swing around with his fists outstretched and clobber all his enemies that way.
I'd love to see it, but I can't help but think that the devs would balk at the animation time required.
Additionally, a lot of players would complain that having Dancers around would distract them.