Power sets you'd like to see

(This is a re-post from a different section of the forums... didn't know this one was already going)

I was thinking the other day about power sets and how many characters I would like to make don't have the appropriate power sets available. Maybe because I'm a sucker for scrappers, mostly I'd like to see new scrapper powers, but I was wondering what other people's ideas were. I had 2 ideas:

1.) A long staff set. Weapon options could be Bo staff, Naginata, Halberd etc. Could be geared towards pbaoe damage, or could just give scrappers an option for an interesting, mid-range damage array. Maybe it could also give you resistance bonuses...

2.) A capoeira set. This one probably will never show up because they already have a martial arts set, but I think it could offer some incredible animations that would fit, stylistically, very well with their new "flashy powers" theme (i.e. Kin-naruto-melee and gun fu.) Could also give defense bonuses because of the style of movement...

Does anyone else have some fun ideas for new power sets? Anything at all, no matter how nuts

Staff sets have been one of the most requested sets since the game launched. Personally I would love to have a bo staff scrapper.

Capoeira is near and dear to me. I've trained in it for years. Even got most of the acrobatics down. Though to be honest the no handed cartwheel nearly broke my neck a few times. So I've stopped doing the really flashy stuff. My forum name is in part based off being a Mestre or Master.

Nowadays I mainly use the Ginga to build up momentum for powerful kicks... anyways I'm going off topic here.

Yes, when I saw what they could do with Kinetic Melee I really hoped to one day see that kind of fluidity carried over into a Capoeira style set.
It would be visually stunning and would give streetfighter types another set to choose from.

Sets I want to see:

Pulse rifle expanded to a full blaster/corruptor/defender set
Staves for scrappers/brutes/tanks/stalkers
martial arts type secondary for blasters
gadget or device themed control set for controllers/dominators

STAVES as a melee based set for Scrapper/Tankers/Brutes/Stalkers

MARTIAL ARTS as a secondary for Blasters

ASSAULT sets ported to Defenders/Corruptors ( I Soooooo want melee/ranged mixed for my defenders)

TOXIC BLAST set for Blasters/Corruptors/Defenders

KINETIC ARMOR set for melee characters ( think Praetorian police )

PULSE BLAST set for Ranged characters ( again think Praetorian police )

BEAST MASTERY set for Masterminds ( Lions, Tigers, Bears oh my ! )

AIR CONTROL set for Controllers/Dominators ( with enough colorization options that this could look toxic, watery, smokey or windy based on color choices). heck if they made DARK CONTROL, I bet the colorization options would do it. we already know that dark can look like sand, smoke, or airy.

Cannot think of any more at the moment, but I am sure there are more.

I was thinking about having Boomerangs for the ranged archetypes.

Oh. And METAL ARMOR/METAL MELEE!

All fun ideas. I realized that there's actually a thread on this already called Lady_Jade's Power Suggestion Box. It's really good and there's tons of incredible ideas for new powersets.

If anyone else wants to think up some more powers and post them there, here is what she asks.

Name of the Power Set
What AT the set is for
Primary/Secondary
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List the name of each power, description, and effect.

Hope to see more fun sets!

I just want to know what the Devs had in mind when they were talking about "Electric Hammer" (Melee Attack set) and "Force Fields as a Melee Defensive Set".
I voted for them in the Powers Poll, I want to know what we would have got had it won!

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Radiation melee/defense

Poison for corruptors along with Toxic Blast.

Rainbow Blast for Blasters and Defenders.

Force Fields for Tankers/Scrappers/Brutes/Stalkers

Pistol and Sword Assault and potentially control for Dominators.

AT-Based buff set Power Alteration

Power over Time buff/debuff set

Force Field Blast/Melee

Psychic melee

-Rachel-

Psychic melee
Laser beam blasters
Submission set for scrappers -- think mma / grapple / holds. Could be used as a defense bonus, using a bad guy as a shield
Thrown weapon set for blasters, ninja based, darts, knives, stars,
Metal Chain Melee
Streetfight melee, use items around you to attack (trees, chairs, rocks, tables, cars)

Perhaps it's cheesy, and it's been brought up before, but I still think it would be a lot of fun to have a Pro-Wrestling style set of powers for Scrappers, Tankers, Brutes and even Dominators. And the ultimate, a Mastermind "Manager" set with a "Stable" of Pro-Wrestler pets. . .

You might even be able to squeeze Stalkers in there too. Imagine a DDT Assassin Strike!

Animations would probably be difficult so I doubt we would ever see it, but it would be a hell of a lot of fun to choke slam, pile drive, super kick ect. . .

Boomerangs - Blaster/Defender
Street Fighting - Scrapper/Tanker
Optic Blasts - Blaster/Defender
Power Gauntlets, like that one
Melee Secondaries for blaster
Sonic Secondary for blaster
Metal Armour/Metal Melee - Tank/Scrapper

Don't play red side much, lol.

Remember, the devs have stated they like 'low hanging fruit' when it comes to new Powersets, that is, abilities that use pre-existing or near pre-existing assets, like they said with Thugs, that that one was easy to make because most of the stuff to make it was already there.

Hence why I suggested my Munitions Control and Assault, which uses alot of abilities that specific NPCs have (The two most borrowed from being PPD Ghost and PPD Equalizer, with a little from Longbow Spec Ops and Mercs Spec Ops)

Eh, it's just common sense, the less work it is to make, the more likely it is to be made.

A Trick Arrows set that isn't riddled with bugs and hindered by poor design and underperforming powers.

I expect that around the same time the Monkeys Flying Out of the Butt powerset is released.

Chain Melee! It'd have a couple range powers in it, and a bigger PBAOE than normal (perhaps on par with Footstomp).

Scythe! With an OMG THAT'S HUGE, option as a weapon skin.

Escrima Sticks! For those heroes who want more blunt force trauma, and less slice and dice! I'm actually surprised they haven't made this set yet. It could use the same animations as Dual Blades, but the numbers can be reworked to be smashing, and have different effects.

Some of the other stuff I want can be worked around by power custimazation. Like fancier Broadsword animations.

I love the idea of some grapples, but I know it's impossible with how the game is setup/game engine. Though I could easily see my main wrapping her legs around some baddies necks and tossing them ala Cammy (from SFii).

If they an ever do that with the game, I hope it gets put in as a Power Pool instead, so all toons can have that option.

Caporeia I would think could just become alternate animations for alot of the other sets.

Yeah, my Brute would love to be able to hurl a random minion at his boss instead of chunks of floor but alas...

An escrima set for Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers and Tankers.

Cybernetics buff/debuff set for Controllers, Corruptors, Defenders and Masterminds

A throwing knives set for Blasters, Corruptors and Dominators.

A force field defensive set for Brutes, Scrappers and Tankers.

A clones set for Masterminds.

An insect control set for Controllers and Dominators.

And finally……

A swinging pool power set for everyone! (Yes I am dreaming, why do you ask? :P)


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Monkey Mastermind.

Tier 1 pets would be baboons.
Tier 2 pets, chimpanzees.
Tier 3 pet, a silverback gorilla.

First buff: Bananas! MM tosses bananas to the pets, giving them a +percep and + damage buff, from the nutritional value of the bananas.

Second buff: Circus! The monkeys/apes get circus clothing (think organ grinder suit, spangled vest and little hats) that add +resist and +defense.