Character idea: 'Dual Powersets'

I had this idea a while ago, mostly as something that might save one or two role players a few character slots, but here goes.
One of my main characters is Kung Fu Cat. She's a master martial artist and skilled in other martial abilities. One set I've been hoping to see is a Quarter Staff set, and I would then make a second version of her as QS/SR scrapper.
What I was thinking though, why not combine the characters?
Basically, my idea is that once a character hits level 50, you can create an extra build of the character with different powersets (probably in the same architype) that you can change at a trainer (possibly with a long timer, every few hours maybe, before you can change again)
Anyone think this would be a good, or fesible, idea?

Copy Paste reply as to why this idea has been gunned down, on fire, so many times before is now pending.

Basically; Don't count on it. Not until, I dunno...they release Clown Summoning MMs and Dual Archery Defence.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Great IDEA! In fact I came up with the same idea a few months ago (edit: about a month ago).

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=219010

P.S. Personally I think it should be done, especially if they can't do an interchangeable character teleport system, this is a good fix that might be able to be done (but not likely as people are already saying).

It's still infeasible, especially in this kind of form, because then you can basically make a powerset that is better than any of the individual ones.

For instance, let's take a Controller. We'll make him an Earth/FF Controller for this example. Even if you limited the choices to one other powerset, and the powers had to be swapped from the same tier, you could basically make this character:

Primary:

Stone Prison
Fossilize
Stone Cages
Quicksand
Hot Feet
Stalagmites
Earthquake
Volcanic Gasses
Fire Imps


Secondary:

Transfusion
Deflection Shield
Force Bolt/Repel
Siphon Speed
Detention Field
Dispersion Field
Inertial Reduction
Transference
Fulcrum Shift



Does that seem to be in balance with a normal power set?

I've always supported the notion of dual powersets, futile as it may be, simply because that's probably the only thing that would get me to play a Defender. Not by mixing and matching, though, and not via free-form swaps. I'd only want to see it element-for-element, theme-for-theme. Basically, if you had a Fire/Ice Blaster, you could dual-class that as either a Fire/Ice or an Ice/Fire Tanker (only one of the two), but not into an Energy/Invulnerability one. That would be a way to show the character using the same powers but in different ways.

I'm well aware of the technical difficulties of this one, so there's no need to shoot the idea down. I know it won't fly.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Part of me is actually amazed. People keep running into this:



Seriously, I've done this once today already:

No need for all of that Saist, I got the picture when Techbot said it.
I didn't know it had been brought up before, I've been out of the game for about a year now and this is the first time I've seriously looked around the combined European/American forum.
And Aett, I didn't mean taking powers from two primary sets. More have an extra build with a different set ie:
build one:
Martial Arts/ Super Reflexes
build two:
Dual Blades/ Willpower
no crossing of powers.
Not that it matters, just thought I'd see what people thought.