The Power of Poison: Proliferation Please?
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Posted on: 2009-01-09 11:12 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
(Thematically, I got it working with my thugs. Jan Boa, the half Snake leader of Boa Personnel Services. She and her boys will take any job that she feels is suitable for them. With their firepower and her pistols and venom, they're unstoppable!)
I don't think Poison would go well with Dominators, but Corruptors, sure! I doubt they'd make a toxic damage set to go as a primary though.
I'd also love to see Plant/Toxic Controllers. For those saying poison isn't particularly heroic, when has molesting people with tentacles, ripping their lifeforce out, disembowling or beheading them been?
... And Ice/Cold Controllers, Thermal/Fire Defenders, and Ice/Ice Scrappers. >.>
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I can totally agree with the Devs that Poison shouldn't be available for heroes
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Except that Spines does toxic damage, so there's a precedent for heroes with 'poisons.'
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(Thematically, I got it working with my thugs. Jan Boa, the half Snake leader of Boa Personnel Services. She and her boys will take any job that she feels is suitable for them. With their firepower and her pistols and venom, they're unstoppable!)
I don't think Poison would go well with Dominators, but Corruptors, sure! I doubt they'd make a toxic damage set to go as a primary though.
I'd also love to see Plant/Toxic Controllers. For those saying poison isn't particularly heroic, when has molesting people with tentacles, ripping their lifeforce out, disembowling or beheading them been?
... And Ice/Cold Controllers, Thermal/Fire Defenders, and Ice/Ice Scrappers. >.>
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Doesn't corruptors have Radiation Blast as a primary? Radioactive Poisioning sounds reasonable for me 
Also yes to Thermal/Fire defenders, Ice/ice scrappers and Ice/Cold controllers... 
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Most ranged villains would really benefit from this, Doms & Cruppers alike - so why only MMs get it
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Poison exists because Rad was felt (during CoV development) to be to powerful for MMs, so Poison was created as a sort of weakened version of Rad.
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If /Dark is that powerful... how imba must /Rad for MM's have been?
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If /Dark is that powerful... how imba must /Rad for MM's have been?
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That'd be an RSF solo'er.
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Poison offensive wise is a bad thing. Afaik poison was always the 'non type' damage. Poison of MM is plain supportive (be it debuff or heal), it could have been based on any element (fire for example).
In that line, it would suit controller, corrupter or defender as a debuff set.
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If /Dark is that powerful... how imba must /Rad for MM's have been?
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That'd be an RSF solo'er.
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Or anything else it wished to solo except maybe hami
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I was running through the creator looking to make a new themed toon, looking for something different, out of the ordinary. I suddenly realised that Poison is unique to MMs, and to me that seems to be a shame.
Most ranged villains would really benefit from this, Doms & Cruppers alike - so why only MMs get it when there's a relatively limited choice of pets that work thematically with it... I'm thinking Zombies and Ninjas at a push.
I can totally agree with the Devs that Poison shouldn't be available for heroes, but if you look at villains, it seems that it's a good power that would fit nicely with other toons, and other powers. Plants, Dark, Radiation & even Sonic would have a nice thematic fit. For me, it seems that while it's only available to MMs it's a sad waste of a valuable game resource. After all, if the CoT can get it on their ranged toons, why can't players?
Any suggestion as to why it's not more widely available? What would you like to see it with?
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