Issue 15 need new powersets
By
1ManRMe,
Posted on: 2009-05-12 08:59 in The Global Training Room Test Server
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Sometimes you don't have to re-create the wheel....or design a new wheel altogether....to come up with something that could bring new interest to a variety of ATs.
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You know, Im not one of those complainin abt how small i15 is, and I wouldnt normally agree w/the subject of this thread. BUT....having read this post - especially the part abt the wheel - made me realize that maybe its NOT that hard for them to do and MAYBE make some people happy. So Im all for it.
(I like the shadow Imp idea too.)
how hard would it be to change the inf to prestige conversion for i15? too much to ask?
just wait till you guys see what they r doing to custom critters ;p
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I would really like to see the level cap raise to 60 over another power set. We have quite a few choices right now, and yes more choices would be nice, but i would like some other stuff first.
I know I have some toons that I look at, and say wow I wish i could add 2 more powers on this toon, or man i could really use a few more slots for these powers.
So yeah i would like to see the level cap raised, but that may be just me.
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I would really like to see the level cap raise to 60
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too much work to even bother and a good way to make Hami-O's worthless.
I think this entire game is built around 50 being the highest level period. They mentioned we might get some kinda system that would allow us to slot a globle slot to esentially continue evolving past 50, but I don't see the actually lvl cap ever going higher.
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[u]Dark Control[u] (For Controller and Dominator Primary)
1) Petrifying Gaze
2) Tar Patch
3) Tenebrous Tentacles
4) Life Drain
5) Cloak of Darkness
6) Dark Pit
7) Fearsome Stare
8) Black Hole
9) Dark servant
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Life Drain really doesn't fit. Tar patch either, although I think if they squeezed that it it would be moved up to at least #4. They would also go and create a ST Immobilize to put in it's place, as all control sets generally have one ST hold and immobilize (Illusion being the only exception I can think of, and it's a VASTLY different type of control).
Something like this would be more likely :
- Grasping Tentacle (Or some kinda of darkity Dark immoblizing name)
- Petrifying Gaze
- Tenebrous Tentacles
- Fearsome Stare
- Dark Pit
- Cloak of Darkness
- Tar Patch (Possibly earlier, but with the res debuff way down, it would be for the slowing component).
- Black Hole
- Dark Servant
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[u]Dark Blast[u] (Blaster Primary)
1) Dark Blast
2) Gloom
3) Moonbeam
4) Dark Thoughts (Aim-type power)
5) Nightfall
6) Torrent
7) Touch of Fear
8) Dark Obliteration
9) Blackstar
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I think Dark Blast as a blaster Primary would be mostly a straight port - although Dark Pit would undoubtedly get dropped for an Aim power. Touch of Fear really doesn't fit a Blast set either.
It is possible they would ditch Life drain for something like Dark Obliteration.
- Dark Blast
- Gloom
- Moonbeam
- Aim-type power (Only change, replacing Dark Pit from Defender version)
- Tenebrous Tentacles
- Night Fall
- Torrent
- Life Drain
- Blackstar
[u]Dark Manipulation[u] (Blaster Secondary)
1) Shadow Punch
2) Tar Patch
3) Smite
4) Cloak of Darkness
5) Soul Drain
6) Dark Regeneration
7) Dark Consumption
8) Oppressive Gloom
9) Midnight Grasp
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Tar patch doesn't seem right for a blaster for me, but if they did do an AoE Slow/-Res, it would definatly be later. Same with Cloak of Darkness, moved back a bit to match Cloaking Device.
Dark consumption I could see, but the Full Heal Dark Duo in one powerset? I don't see dark regeneration in it.
I do see a hold (Dark has always been more controller-like, just like Ice) and the melee powers make sense. I doubt soul drain would get in there; Build Up makes much more sense to me.
And only energy doesn't have an Immoblize. I could seem them not using one, but only then would they possibly put in OG in a top tier spot.
- ST. Immoblize from Dark Control
- Shadow Punch
- Smite
- Build Up
- Tar Patch
- Cloak of Darkness
- Petrifying Gaze
- Dark Consumption
- Midnight Grasp
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The other powerset that you could "revamp" into a "new" powerset is the Dark set. This is a very underused power, IMHO, and one that should be modified to be available to a number of other ATs.
Of course, the order of the powers could be adjusted as needed, or even a couple of substitutions made, if necessary to balance. But I tried to keep them balanced to the other sets in each AT. Some possibilities I've come up with include:
[u]Dark Control[u] (For Controller and Dominator Primary)
1) Petrifying Gaze
2) Tar Patch
3) Tenebrous Tentacles
4) Life Drain
5) Cloak of Darkness
6) Dark Pit
7) Fearsome Stare
8) Black Hole
9) Dark servant
[u]Dark Assault[u] (For Dominator Secondary)
1) Dark Blast
2) Smite
3) Gloom
4) Shadow Maul
5) Soul Drain
6) Nightfall
7) Dark Regeneration
8) Moonbeam
9) Blackstar
[u]Dark Blast[u] (Blaster Primary)
1) Dark Blast
2) Gloom
3) Moonbeam
4) Dark Thoughts (Aim-type power)
5) Nightfall
6) Torrent
7) Touch of Fear
8) Dark Obliteration
9) Blackstar
and
[u]Dark Manipulation[u] (Blaster Secondary)
1) Shadow Punch
2) Tar Patch
3) Smite
4) Cloak of Darkness
5) Soul Drain
6) Dark Regeneration
7) Dark Consumption
8) Oppressive Gloom
9) Midnight Grasp
Sometimes you don't have to re-create the wheel....or design a new wheel altogether....to come up with something that could bring new interest to a variety of ATs.
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This. Except blackstar on a dom is a bit much and instead of turning dark miasma into a prime set, make adjustments to the mezzes and make it a troller secondary and create a brand new shadow/dark control set. Those shadow imps Black Swan has would be perfect for lvl 32. And add shadow meld to the scrapper dark epic set.
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All of this, but somehow try and get cloak of fear on both Doms and Blasters! 
I could see hibernate instead of an Elude clone, with a slight placate aura.
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I would really like to see the level cap raise to 60 over another power set.
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Those that ask for this really dont understand the mechanics of the game. Its just not going to happen. Ever. Period. Sorry.
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(Because Halo just isn't enough you have to have it in your MMOs, too)
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I know this is kind of late but...Halo didn't invent dual wielding.
That and dual pistols in this game wil be NOTHING like dual pistols in Halo. Apples and oranges.
I always wanted a magic blaster set like the temp power "Rune of Warding" with the rune/sigil letters apear and stuff like that. You can do a lot with a magic set really
...and of course I have always wanted a staff scrapper.
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I always wanted a magic blaster set like the temp power "Rune of Warding" with the rune/sigil letters apear and stuff like that. You can do a lot with a magic set really
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It would be awesome, but remember that the powersets have to apply to all five origins. Long term, it'd be nice if a particular origin gave you default unlocks for custom power FX (as in your example, a tech energy blaster might have a rifle for effect, but for a magic blaster, it could be cast from a hand gesture, etc).
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(Because Halo just isn't enough you have to have it in your MMOs, too)
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I know this is kind of late but...Halo didn't invent dual wielding.
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Of course it did. It also invented space marines, power armor, aliens, the FPS genre, and multiplayer games. [/currentgenerationgamer]
Branching Paragon Police Department Epic Archetype, please!
I vote for a tech based set that allows you to pick from many different "Power Gloves" These oversized tech gloves would be loaded with blades and guns. Metal blades or tintable energy blades would pop out for melee attacks, but you'd also have guns that shoot regular bullets or energy blasts or laser beams, as well as gadgets like tasers, endurance sappers, and short ranged grenades of all sorts. So many options, I think this would need to be an EAT with choices to build your chracter down a path like VEATs do.
so...uh....yeah. Tech Power Gloves set.