Update old powersets to be as good as the new
By
Blackavaar,
Posted on: 2009-07-17 24:59 in Suggestions and Ideas
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It would be nice for Super Reflexes to have some defenses combined, so the Scraper would be better defended at lower levels, and have the choice given for self rez for instance.
[/ QUOTE ] I don't like the idea of a self rez. I think a taunt aura would be better.
Well, they did say that if the combos they added to Dual Blades worked out they might consider the same for other sets. Martial Arts would be a good set to do that with as would Katana and possibly Broadsword.
Fire Armor for heroes could use a face lift visually. The fire graphics heroside don't look anywhere close to as good as they do on villainside. And we know those graphics are possible because of Thermal on heroside. I just wonder what is taking so long.
I like Burn and we can use IOs to deal with the holes in our powersets. I do.
I fixed the title for you, as I think this is closer to what you had in mind.
I disagree about martial arts. I love most the animations simply because they remind of old school martial arts movies. And besides they are adding some new animations to pick from for martial arts
QR: Dont we already have enough people that complain that every powerset is becoming like this others due to the devs balancing things? Im thinking that if they did this those people would get even louder. Plus I think the sets are fine as is, although a graphics update like Blackavaar mentioned wouldnt be a bad idea.
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Hi:
I don't believe that all of the "old" powersets, you know the original sets, are inferior to the new generation of power sets, but a few of those old ones could really use a face lift.
For instance, Martial arts is not a bad set, but its not very flashy or exciting as some of the new attack power sets, dual blade, broadsword, etc.
I was thinking, why not revamp MA to have comboes as Dual Blades have. In fact I would suggest that more attack powers should be set with combo abilities to make the game more fun.
From the defensive side, the old power sets for scrapers tend to require larger numbers of diffeent powers to achieve the same defensive abilities as the newer sets, and to boot they don't get the self rez ability either. It would be nice for Super Reflexes to have some defenses combined, so the Scraper would be better defended at lower levels, and have the choice given for self rez for instance.
I am sure other "Old School" powers could use a little cosmetic surgery to bring them more in line to the new school powers.
Perhaps this thread could be used for the community to identify what power sets could use a boost in what manner, why and how.
For instance: Fire Shield for fire tankers, why not have it with immobilize protection instead of having that with burn? It would seem burn is something a tanker would not want, since it scatters the mobs and endangers her team.
Hugs Stormy