NEW POWERSET!!!! Dark Manipulation

Umbral · 03-09-2010 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo_G

Geeze, Umbral. You're really getting bent out of shape for such a simple addition as a 'chance of knockdown' to a new made up power >_>

I'm not adverse to adding some soft control to powers that don't have it anywhere, though I'd probably want to see some playtesting first to see if it were really needed. What I'm contesting is the logic you're applying in order to legitimize that addition of it.

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I won't try pressing the argument but just say that, compared to Ice manipulation (the supposed parallel you're forming the set after), your version lacks *any* soft control. No slow, no kb, no terrorize, nothing. If faced with a boss, all you've got is Touch of Fear or bust >_>

I'm not actually forming Dark Manipulation based off of Ice Manipulation. I never said that nor am I sure where you got that idea. The only precedent of any kind that I was using where Ice Manipulation was concerned was the modifications to Dark Pit to make it follow what we know is "allowable" in manipulation sets. The primary mitigator for not having an inordinate amount of soft control like Ice Manipulation has is the fact that the set would have a substantial amount of pure utility in the form of Dark Consumption and Dark Regeneration. Of course, the set is still going to have a boatload of -tohit running around because virtually every attack is going to toss around a goodly bit of -tohit.