A 30 foot PBAoE mag 20 Fear attack which causes Superior Psionic DoT, with default accuracy, an activation/interrupt time of 3.5 secs, and endurance cost of 40 points and a recharge time of 90 seconds? Game-smashing much?
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Alright, fair enough. I just made that up for arguments sake. But my point still stands - to create a hefty, but ultimately balanced power.
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On a more serious note, this has been suggested many times in many different guises. It would probably be too much work and a complete nightmare to balance, although it would be rather nice to have your own signature power... until someone found the "best" one and everyone took it.
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lol, Jay.
I like this idea personly. Maybe we won't get it (Proly not) but we can hope
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Even if if everyone did have the 'best' one, it still work differently for almost every player, since almost everyone's build is different.
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Eh, yeah, right.
I really should do something about this signature.
and people thought my idea was stupid, lol. (see training room forum) I like the creativity, but there's no way this'll ever happen.
Yes but he's at least being polite to the devs.
On topic: It would be a field day for min/maxers but since there's so many diverse builds already this could work (be a nightmare to implement though).
i have seen ones an video interview about dragonball online and the creator claimed that we can make our own blasts.
now since i've seen how it works first hand, this idea might not be such a bad idea.
first you choose what it is, defensive, offencive or extern effective(like a clay bomb, you don't have a timer but it explodes when someone comes at close range, good for killing patrols)
we take offensive for now.
now that is over with, you choose the funtion.
-explosive
-shoot range
-blast range
-melee
-weapon(with the choice of what weapon)
-control
for now, we take blast range.
now you get a circle, this circle works like enchantmend slots.
you find the parts you need(or buy them after a while) and put them together.
each part has a different goal, while one part has a blaster part yellow, the other has a rappit fire funtion.
the parts have it worth, and each attack has it's points of worth.
the stronger it gets, the more disadvantage you will have on it.
so lets say you want an AOE blast that shoots everyone in the blast radius and knocks everyone not selected down.
it is pretty strong, but if you put to much power in this attack, the disadvantage comes at front.
so let's say i want a starter power of 20 dmg, it remains normal, but if i put 80 dmg on it, you will get something like a longer recharge time and higher endurance drain.
range has a default downside of easily interrupted, while high dmg has as default a higher endurance drain.
the end story is, you can create your power the way you want it to be, but you need to fight for your powers and make sure it evens out.
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Eh, yeah, right.
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Well, technically I am right, though in fairness those differences are minor. An enhancement here, a bonus there.
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think the create a power idea is being done on champions online but still it a good idea for this game might liven up the game. cos look at foreshadow and states along with all the other signeture heroes/villians they got all thses moves jusr for them
Making a power including a weapon would be tricky, but If I can make a Bladed Weapon have a 'Laced Poison' attack, then that would be awsome
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Had A similar idea myself but I thought you could make all lvling like that providing for an entirley open ended system with total personilazation.
You obviosly have done more with it to flesh it out but I would agree this seems to be the new thing in charecter development.
Also a Simple/Advanced option would be nice allowing you to quickly and easily get used to the system with simple then if you wanted tamper some more with advanced options.
Want a melee toon that buffs, a controller with dmg, a pure healer, a PB mezzer with defence etc all would be possible.
Sounds like beta... roll on the tank-mages, then roll on the retcon back to the current system. Or, just:
No.
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No, the only thing you can customise is the special effects. The game is level-based, with pre-defined powers divided into some form of sets.
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Sorry for the inadvertant 'threadromancy' if I was responsible, saw it had new replies and thought I'd try and add something.
Maybe not create a power that has nothing to do with your current powers, but something like pick a power from a similar powerset that you do not have, let me explain
A fire blaster gets any of the first 6 powers from another fire powerset, the last 3 powers of course would be too powerful, but at least they get something they want from another powerset (I myself want lotus drops for ninja blade )
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Nice ideas, but maybe it would be easier to adjust the base values of the powers that you already have...
I could sacrafice recharge time on my bitter Ice Blast for more damage, or sacrafice slow effects for more range Etc...
Customization could effect the base %'s before Enchantments and IO's allowing another level of respec.
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As many of you have heard, plans are in place to implement a custom mission creator for I13 or thereabouts. Perhaps this customisation can go even further.
All the signature heroes an villains have signature powers unique to them. Why can't we?
Here's what I propose - A Signature Power creator.
It would work like this:-
You take your level 50 character (In this case my DM/DA Brute) to your first contact (Ms. Liberty, Kalina etc.) and they give some spiel about your power growing blah blah. They then give you an arc/TF/SF to do. Once thats done you go back and your taken to the Custom Power screen.
Now these custom powers are meant to be big. A hypothetical tier 10 power that can really put the hurt on. You only get the one, and it only has one slot.
You are given a certain number of 'points' to spend on creating this power. Lets say 10000.
First you choose whether you want an offensive or defensive power. For the sake of argument we'll choose offensive.
Next you choose the type of attack you want: Ranged or melee (certain points penalties would be imposed for selecting a type of power that's not inherehent to your archetype, i.e. Blasters creating a melee power or Brute creating ranged.) We'll pick Melee.
Then you choose the secondary type: Single target, Cone, PBAoE. We'll pick PBAoE for my Brute.
Next we choose the radius of the PBAoE. The larger the radius, the more points it costs. We'll give this a nice large radius of 30 feet.
Now we come to the effects of the power.
You can pick the damage type (Lethal, Energy, Negative, etc). How much damage it does and how it is dealt (Burst, DoT, Both) The higher the damage you choose, the more points it costs. We'll pick Psionic, 30 seconds DoT, with Superior Damage
Then there are secondary effects also. This could be a second damage type OR a mez effect. With the Mez you are able to select the magnitude. Higher magnitudes cost more points. We'll pick Fear with a mag of 20
Next we can choose the base accuracy of the power. By default this would be 1.X, however you can increase this at the cost of points.
Next we come to selecting animations and graphical effects. Graphical effects cost nothing and are customisable with a simillar two colour layout to costumes, but animations will incur a cost because they tie with activation and interrupt time. The longer the animation, the less it will cost. The animations available will be those relating to the type of power you selected (Ranged or Melee)
Recharge time and Endurance cost would be calculated automatically based upon the effects and magnitudes you've selected. However you can spend any remaining points you have on discounts for both.
So by the end of all that we should have a 30 foot PBAoE mag 20 Fear attack which causes Superior Psionic DoT, with default accuracy, an activation/interrupt time of 3.5 secs, and endurance cost of 40 points and a recharge time of 90 seconds.
Now we get to name it. I call this little beauty 'Phobic Devastation'
Now, this power will only have one slot. But you'll be able to slot it with any enhancement you wish, as long as the power has those effects to enhance.
If it turns out you don't like what you've created you can respec and redo it.
The reason I suggest this is because many of us want our characters to have a greater sense of uniqueness, one that goes beyond our appearance. I want my character to have an ability that only he has.
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