More heroic heroes, please

So, I think the cycle here is:

1. "We want blunt weapons that fit a set of animations to be applied regardless of damage type."
2. "Your blunt weapons doing the wrong type of damage would damage my suspension of disbelief. If you want your blunt weapons, request a new powerset instead."
1. "We do not want to request a new powerset because we believe that the effort required to create it means it is unlikely to see fruition, thus we are requesting a less labor-intensive alternative."

And then it cycles through again. It was very succinctly put by Captain Photon, as a clash of interests between mechanical and aesthetic. I do not think that it's reasonable (or that anyone asked) for players to be able to wield baseball bats as a Broadsword Scrapper. This was a request to get certain exotic blunt weapons into the game that would look awkward wielded as the catch-all smashing set, War Mace. These are too specialized to merit their own powerset, so the most likely way they would be included in the game is as a skin for a pre-existing powerset.

I fear we are reaching the end any of logical discourse here. Those that would be interested in wielding Escrima sticks or a wood katana will state it is reasonable to waive the stated restriction on visual-matching damage type so that these weapons may be added. Those that have little or no interest in wielding such weapons will cite the dev stated restriction and claim blunt weapons in the set as illogical.

Seems like the simplest way to sum this up is that no one is impolite enough yet to just post: 'You will never have Escrima Sticks in city of heroes, because the devs said so. Cry some more'.

. . . Lack of cohesion textdump go. There's meaning somewhere in this rant, but damned if I can find it.

I would love to see a staff set. Not especially because of the reasons for more heroic heroes. But because staffs are cool.

Personally, I had some thoughs about this when trying to make an assault rifle hero. It just didn't work for me. While I can justify using broadsword, fat blades(claws) and fire/fire.

Now, I don't think a hero with an assault rifle is automatically less heroic than a hero using deadly Martial Arts technique. It's the way how they approach it. It's a bit what Kyle Katarn said about using the Force: No Force Power is inherently good or evil, it's how you use them.(even though Luke reprimands you if you take to much "dark side" powers...anyway)

On the subject of frequency of death...

I think that people die a lot more often than BABs is giving the impression of.

As I understood it, the medical teleportation network is exclusively for heroes and special law enforcement agencies.

If, in fact, the threat of death was so very diminished, the whole idea of needing to protect citizens with such fervor that you'd don a costume and assume a secret identity would be almost laughable.

There are several missions where death is most certainly featured and a real threat if you're just a civilian. Like Vahzilok. Finding all those bodies in that mission where you get some influence for clicking each one doesn't point to a nice, safe haven when danger threatens civilians. There are at least 15 bodies in that mission. If you consider that that is typical for a Vahzilok operation...the numbers really begin to add up.

There are many more missions where dead people are prominently featured and there is no indication that they were ever a part of the medical teleportation system.

The truth is that if the world were truly so safe in COH, heroes would be out of a job for the most part. Why would you need to rush in and save a bunch of kidnapped scientists from the Clockwork, if the most that would happen to them is a near-death experience?

I love BABs and his work and presence on the forums. But I think he may have flubbed a bit on this one.

I think consulting Manticore on the lore side of things may be a better bet. But that's only IMHO...