I'm afraid this is what the Origin Temp Powers are for, such as tazer Dart and the like. its so they have a weak melee and a weak range.
Although this is a good idea, I dont think it will happen because of this.
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I'm afraid this is what the Origin Temp Powers are for, such as tazer Dart and the like. its so they have a weak melee and a weak range.
Although this is a good idea, I dont think it will happen because of this.
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The origin power does not always(ehem... make that 8 times out of 10) fit with your powers.
It would be rather nice if brawl was changed like this. I too feel that it is a bit odd that it is melee on a ranged character.
Not that big change. Hard to code perhaps.
But as the description says (paraphrased):
If all else fails you can rely on your fists.
I think Brawl is fine as is. I tend to use it more as a 'they only have a tiny sliver of health left and I don't want to waste endurance' power later on. Early on (i.e. 1-6) it can be quite a nifty power for all archetypes.
for a blaster, brawl is only useful for the first 6 levels, after that it's thrown in the useless cup.
so yeah, i think that it's a good idea, keeps brawl a bit longer useful.
lvl 47 and I still find myself using my single lvl 45 IO damage brawl....
stoopid tanks letting stuff get to the squishies....
oh, thats level 47 blaster by the way.
But there comes a time in any Hero's career where you simply have to just punch someone or something, no matter what your other powers are 
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The only toon of mine that doesn't use brawl is my energy blaster, but then she's got red pom-poms of death and doesn't need brawl.
Everyone else, including my lvl50 scrapper uses it.
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But there comes a time in any Hero's career where you simply have to just punch someone or something, no matter what your other powers are
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So you're saying heroes are sadists then? Interesting... 
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So you're saying heroes are sadists then? Interesting...
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Sado-masochists. They willfully run into situations where people beat them with sticks while they ladle out punishment.
I mean, have you ever had any doubt? 
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But there comes a time in any Hero's career where you simply have to just punch someone or something, no matter what your other powers are
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So you're saying heroes are sadists then? Interesting...
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No - it's self-defense 
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No - it's self-defense
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kick them in the nuts, that's defense.
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I'd love them to be changed but leave the Katana brawl, personaly I love smacking villains over the head the the hilt of my sword =P
LOL. I got to ask. Why in the world would u use a punch on a lvl 47 blaster who (probably) have gazillion attack powers?
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LOL. I got to ask. Why in the world would u use a punch on a lvl 47 blaster who (probably) have gazillion attack powers?
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Because, on those occasions when you have a high level enemy down to just a sliver of health, there's nothing more humiliating for them than to be finished off by a good old-fashioned punch
However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator
Also it can be part of an attack chain when youre recharging and youre a brute... keep hiting wil build up fury.
Or last power to attack is brawl... and you want to keep aggro... a nice old fashioned hit will keep his attention on you too.
Sometimes its nice. But the apprentice powers are better.
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Brawl is a standard attack we all have. Mostly it's a punch, other times a kick depending on weapon.
Something i been wanting to see since day 1 pretty much, is having brawl more tied into your powersets.
For ranged characters, it'll be a ranged attack instead of melee.
And have it's animation change depending on powerset, like for example:
Electric blaster would shoot a small electic bolt when using it.
Assault rifle and bow would do a quick snap shot.
A katana user might do a quick little slice with their katana.
An ice controller could shoot a little snowball.
Damage/accuracy/animation time etc would of course be unchanged.
But least in my opinion something like this, while small (i don't use brawl on 90% of my chars), i actually think i would end up using it much more often if it acted more like that.