Repeal of Doubling Powers? (not quite a doom post)

I'm kind of curious, looking over the fact that side switched ATs in GR are going to be getting a literal rehash of their closest AT equivalent on the opposite side, this means that certain APP/PPPs combined with other sets will now result in the doubling of powers.
The biggest (and possibly most devastating) example will be a dominator's ability to get Power Boost x2.
A lot of this seems to fall over to dominators and their assault sets, but there are others, but this still leads to the question: With the Cottage Rule set in stone, and the VAT APP powers seeming to be the same so close to launch, is this a sign of the devs repealing another rule once set in stone about avoiding a single character's ability to get two of the same power?

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

IIRC they changed some of the powers.

Not completely sure about Power boost, but I know for brutes and stalks, instead of conserve power in the body mastery, they get some auto power that grants 5 extra endurance.

There have been changes made to Dominator's APP's so they aren't direct copies of Controller's APP's. Powerboost and Energy Blast are both replaced with, I believe, Energy Transfer and Explosive Blast. This information is on the closed beta boards, which I understand people may not have access to yet.

Controllers on the other hand do still have PFF available through Mace Mastery. I would guess that will be changed some time down the line and advise people to avoid taking it for the time being.

Here's the post from the beta boards that has compiled the list:

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Originally Posted by Funk_X Trying to compile a list of powers for the hero patrons. If you have a hero that has moved to red side, if you could run through the patron arc to see what powers are available it would be much appreciated. For those of you new to red side, once your hero is 41 and in grandville, the contact is outside of the main tower. Black Scorpion's arc is fairly fast and easy. Here's a thread with the epics available for villains, but haven't seen any info on the patron powers that heroes get. http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=230716 *thx to family stone for this list* Dominator Ice Mastery 1) Sleet 2) Hibernate 3) Frozen Armor 4) Hoarfrost 5) Ice Storm Fire mastery 1) Rain of Fire 2) Fireball 3) Fire Shield 4) Rise of the Phoenix 5) Melt Armor Primal Forces Mastery 1) Energy Transfer 2) Conserve Power 3) Temp Invulnerability 4) Energy Torrent 5) Explosive Blast Psionic Mastery 1) Link Minds 2) Indomitable Will 3) Mind over Body 4) World of Confusion 5) Psionic Tornado Masterminds Chill Mastery 1) Ice Blast 2) Flash Freeze 3) Hoarfrost 4) Frozen Armor 5) Hibernate Charge Mastery 1) Static Discharge 2) Electric Shackles 3) Thunder Strike 4) Surge of Power 5) Em Pulse Heat Mastery 1) Bonfire 2) Fireblast 3) Fireball 4) Char 5) Rise of the Phoenix Field Mastery 1) Temp Invulnerability 2) Power Blast 3) Energy Torrent 4) Explosive Blast 5) Force of Nature Stalkers Blaze Mastery 1) Ring of Fire 2) Char 3) Fireblast 4) Melt Armor 5) Fireball Body Mastery 1) Superior Conditioning 2) Focused Accuracy 3) Lazer Beam Eyes 4) Physical Perfection 5) Energy Torrent Darkness Mastery 1) Torrent 2) Petrifying Gaze 3) Dark Blast 4) Night Fall 5) Tenebrous Tentacles Weapon Mastery 1) Web Grenade 2) Physical Perfection 3) Shuriken 4) Targeting Drone 5) Exploding Shuriken Corruptor Dark Mastery 1) Oppressive Gloom 2) Dark Consumption 3) Dark Embrace 4) Soul Transfer 5) Soul Drain Power Mastery 1) Conserve Power 2) Power Build up 3) Temp Invulnerability 4) Force of Nature 5) Total Focus Psychic Mastery 1) Dominate 2) Mass Hypnosis 3) Mind over Body 4) World of Confusion 5) Telekinesis Electricity Mastery 1) Electric Fence 2) Thunder Strike 3) Charged Armor 4) Shocking Bolt 5) Power Sink Brutes Energy Mastery 1) Superior Conditioning 2) Focused Accuracy 3) Lazer Beam Eyes 4) Physical Perfection 5) Energy Torrent Pyre Mastery 1) Ring of Fire 2) Char 3) Fireblast 4) Melt Armor 5) Fireball Arctic Mastery 1) Chilblain 2) Block of Ice 3) Ice blast 4) Shiver 5) Ice Storm Earth Mastery 1) Stone Prison 2) Salt Crystals 3) Fossilize 4) Quick Sand 5) Stalagmites

Dominators are getting rain of fire?! SWEEET!

Oh god, I laughed at the Mastermind APP "Chill Mastery". "I'm a Mastermind, and I know how to just chiiiiill. "

Chill Mastery: Best name of an app ever!?

Chill seems great anyway. Great from a tankermind perspective anyway.

Ohmahgod. Doms with Rain of Fire and Fireball and Melt Armor? I guess a million and a half corruptors and brutes aren't the only things I'll be bringing hero side...

Can we see what the blueside archetypes are getting from ppp?

Well, I had originally planned to make new Corruptors and Brutes, and maybe a couple masterminds as Praetorians and bring them hero side because I love villain ATs, but hate the Rogue Isles, and as such, won't play red side. Now with Doms having awesome power pool choices, I just might have to make a couple doms as well. But yeah, I know that they're unlocked at 41 whether you're a hero or not, I just meant that in the grand scheme of things, I'll be bringing some Doms along as my Praetorian group as well.

wtf?

Okay, correct me if I misunderstand this: Villains will be able to get access to both APP's and PPP's. But Heroes will only be able to access APP's.

(Because, in order to get access to PPP's you have to get the appropriate badge, which you can only get by becoming a villain.)

Obviously some strange, new definition of "parity" that I've been previously unaware of.