Powersets we'd like to see but probably won't
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Posted on: 2010-03-24 14:43 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
the fact that he word polearm causes teenaged boys to giggle less?
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And "buttstroke" wouldn't?
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Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
the fact that he word polearm causes teenaged boys to giggle less?
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A staff or spear powerset.
Shape shifting
Strechty (plastic man, Mr. Fantasic etc.)
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I think we'll get a staff set - but maybe not a spear, as it'd be hard to have you throw it, and then get it back.
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Originally Posted by Nylonus
A staff or spear powerset.
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@Golden Girl
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Actually, I can tell you as a martial artist that you can do all kinds of moves with a spear without needing to take the risk of throwing it.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think we'll get a staff set - but maybe not a spear, as it'd be hard to have you throw it, and then get it back.
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Being the nerd I am, I went into my backyard with a staff with tape on the end (to mark the "spear head") and practiced a bunch of moves that could be used. if I wasn't so shy, had a camera, and didn't look like an idiot, I'd probably send it as a youtube link to the devs to help with with ideas.
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If they call it a spear power, then people will want to throw it - just call it a staff power |
Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
Actually, I can tell you as a martial artist that you can do all kinds of moves with a spear without needing to take the risk of throwing it.
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@Golden Girl
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Disguise as a stalker secondary.
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Sword Blast: They Devs probably know enough about how well that went over in BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger to not risk the endless RAGE in game.
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Either way, we'll probably never see Electric Frog Control for similar reasons.
BackAlleyBrawler: I can't facepalm this post hard enough.
ShoNuff: If sophisticated = bro-mantically emo-tastic, then I'm going to keep to my Shonen loving simplicity dammit.
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And why can't we get both spears and staffs?|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
If they call it a spear power, then people will want to throw it - just call it a staff power
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Also, I think it would be more polearms than spears, which would include Dao spears, halberds, etc. etc. the bladed kind unsuited for throwing, and dammit, GG, why do we have to argue in every thread we come face to face in? Am I supposed to be your cheap, 90's-riffic anti-hero arch-nemesis. (By the way, if that's the case, than maybe we should, I dunno, pool our efforts together to stop the not-so-anti-villain who's gonna bomb that orphanage?)
@Bittplayer
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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oh now this I would love to see, along with the tier 1 pets acting like the 3 stooges, the tier 2 pets squirting water buffs/debuffs from a fake flower on their lapels, and tier 3 being a large elephant on a beach ball :P
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you're thinking of javelins, not spears. I don't think spears are designed to be thrown.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think we'll get a staff set - but maybe not a spear, as it'd be hard to have you throw it, and then get it back.
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As for myself...
Chain Control for Dominators. Controllers can have it too, I suppose.
Martial Arts secondary for Scrappers.
Assault Rifle/Martial Arts hybrid secondary for Dominators.
Monstrous Claws as a melee powerset. Either that or some way for the regular Claws set to just use the hands like Mako does.
Size changing
Spell caster/sorcerer
Technopathy
Mimicry
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Dual Archery.
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For some reason, I've always entertained the idea of a Fire Stalker called Spontaneous Combustion. However, I'm really not sure how gimped/overpowered that would be.
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Buggery~for all those priest AT's.
Hair attack/extension(think Mr.Fantastic/Medusa from the Inhumans)~for all the GG fanboi's and well GG.
Persuasion/Confuse blast~for the new politician AT.
Fast food obesity~melee powers include the Rosie jelly roll flop.
Hypochondria Drain~for controllers powers include "notice me I have a rare disease","troll",and "Aspergers defense".
Emoticon defense~for stalkers
I just have a powerset combo I can't get that I would like. One of my old GURPS characters is a Necromancer / Thief. So, I really need to be able to make a Necromancy / Dual Blades build, but I'd need mez protection and defense too.
The closest thing currently is Necro/TA.
I'd also love to have /Super Reflexes for Blasters.
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I'd love to see some powers for Dominators that use technology and weapons rather than fantastical inherent powers.
Things like web and cryogenic grenades (with both single and AoE versions) as well as other technology-derived powers for a primary.
And 'Shotgun & Sword' for a secondary.
I say shotgun rather than pistol since it seems to better suit some of the cone and AoE powers you generally see in Dominator secondaries.
Though I'm not going to be holding my breath. ^__^
Grappling is a big one for me. I know the engine here can't handle it sadly.
Relatedly, an Aikido-style defense set.
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This is already in the game, for every AT. And it's all over the forums too. Making it official seems redundant.
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Originally Posted by The_Larker
Hypochondria Drain~for controllers powers include "notice me I have a rare disease","troll",and "Aspergers defense".
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Ecky-thump, the great northern martial art. Involves hitting people with a large black pudding.
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This one wishes to see Sniper Rifle powerset.
This one feels that simply having a sniper rifle as a costumizable weapon does nothing towards the want to create a sniper.
This one simply wants a set designed on picking off enemies one by one at a distance with the need of having to butcher an existing powerset just to get a weaker result.
This one does not know why this one is refering to this one's self as this one. This one may just be tired right now.
Regardless, this one always wanted a sniper set but has been disapointed in not having one.
Not bloody likely, but I think it could be super awesome. The melee attacks could be a pistol-whip for the lower damage one... for the higher-damage one, I'm picturing shooting them point blank, something akin to Mind Probe from the psionic assault set, only with a gun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttstroke
The 1918 US Navy Landing-force Manual describes the following techniques of buttstroking:[3]
* Buttstroke I - Upward swing: Swing the butt up at the opponent's crotch, ribs, forearm, etc.,-using a half-arm blow or advancing the rear foot. Buttstroke I is essentially a half-arm blow from the shoulder, keeping the elbow rigid, and it can therefore be successfully employed only when the right hand is grasping the rifle at the small of the stock.
* Buttstroke II - Forward strike: If the opponent jumps back so that the first butt stroke misses, the rifle will come into a horizontal position over the left shoulder, butt leading; the attacker will then step in with the rear foot and dash the butt into his opponent's face.
* Buttstroke III - Downward cut: If the opponent retires still farther out of distance, the attacker again closes up and slashes his bayonet down on his opponent's head or neck.
* Buttstroke IV - Side blow: If a thrust has been made at an opponent and parried, the butt can be effectively used by stepping in with the rear foot swinging the rifle to the left and rear, so that the butt leads and is in front of the right forearm. Then dash the butt into the opponent's face, or against the side of his head or jaw. When the opponent is out of distance, butt stroke III can again be used. In individual fighting, the butt can also be used horizontally against the opponent's ribs, forearm, etc. This method is impossible in trench fighting or in an attack, owing to the horizontal sweep of the bayonet to the attacker's left.
The butt must not be employed when it is possible to use the bayonet effectively. The buttstrike methods will usually only temporarily disable an enemy, who must be killed with the bayonet.[3]
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