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Dual Pistols will become a Scrapper powerset shortly after Blasters are able to throw waves of energy from a sword. Or Martial Arts includes a Hadouken and a Kamehameha. Or Masterminds are able to summon floating AoE damage auras as minions. Or Dual Blades becomes a Controller primary. Or...
Whats with all the doomsaying and parade raining? Spines has a huge cone and a ranged attack. It works fine. Stop bawing about ranged scrappers. If done correctly it isn't game breaking.
I can see DP as focusing on short range cones and pistolwhips. A pistol uppercut where you fire at contact would be badass.
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Because if you really want gun kata, ask for Blasters to get a variant of Martial Arts as a secondary. They're already getting Dual Pistols, all you want is the ability to punch and kick (and do silly gunpercuts) with that. That fits the Blapper mindset quite well.|
Originally Posted by War_Hero_NA
Whats with all the doomsaying and parade raining? Spines has a huge cone and a ranged attack. It works fine. Stop bawing about ranged scrappers. If done correctly it isn't game breaking.
I can see DP as focusing on short range cones and pistolwhips. A pistol uppercut where you fire at contact would be badass. |
Besides, do we really need another Smashing/Lethal set for Scrappers? I love my BS/Regen, but I haven't passed level 30 yet, and I'm almost dreading the top levels.
Smashing/lethal resists aren't a big deal. All of my characters 40+ do lethal damage. Blasters don't suit the equalibrium/jason bourne concepts. The characters that many of us fantasize about are very sturdy. An ma/sr/dp would fit the concept nicely, especially considering the new punch animations.
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Dual Pistols/Energy Manipulation would probably be a good candidate for a gun kata blapper. You could of course use one of the other blaster secondaries but I think that Energy Manipulation will be the best fit visually.
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Originally Posted by Cronocke
Because if you really want gun kata, ask for Blasters to get a variant of Martial Arts as a secondary. They're already getting Dual Pistols, all you want is the ability to punch and kick (and do silly gunpercuts) with that. That fits the Blapper mindset quite well.
Besides, do we really need another Smashing/Lethal set for Scrappers? I love my BS/Regen, but I haven't passed level 30 yet, and I'm almost dreading the top levels. |
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No way that pistols would ever become a primary set for scrappers. Seems illogical to make a set based around pistol whipping and short range(I'm aware of claws).
I do on other hand think another ancillary power pool involving pistols would make alot of sense. Scrappers have, what, 3 mastery's to choose from? Pistols might make an interesting addition. Just an easy transfer from a Gunslinger: Hollow Round, Incendiary Round, Liquid Nitrogen Round & Rapid Fire/Explosive Tip.
My 2 cents.