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So, what's left?

Adeon Hawkwood

By Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-10-25 19:47 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Originally Posted by Lord_Apollon View Post
My Mind/FF/Psi controller does just this.
which is the point of the thread:

weeding out what can be allready "covered" by existing sets

 

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
If I could work on one new power set/type/effect, it would probably be power siphoning. Which is to say, replicating the powers of nearby targets.

I even have a balanced way to implement this that requires minimal additional tech, albeit with a rather sophisticated but precalculated power matrix (which I also have a pretty good idea how to construct).

The problem is I don't know what possible archetypal association this could have. It might have to be its own special archetype, which creates a barrier to adding such a thing to the game.
This for me. One of my favorite Champions PnP characters did this very thing.....as well as having powers that debuffed enemies and added the powers/stats drained and adding to my own. Dr. Parasite was his name....I've tried to replicate him in this game, and a Kinetic Defender was the closest I could come. Just not the same though.

 

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With a penalty of looking like the target and being mistakenly targetable by your teamates (confusion).
NO.


...please, just no.

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Everything I have to say has probably already been said before but...

Melee: Staff, Polearm, energy/psionic weapon(s), Heavy Two handed sword.

Blast/Ranged: A dedicated Full Automatic rifle set, a dedicated rifle set (I've actually done a write up of one before), a dedicated shotgun set (okay, this is stretching it a little), elemental blasting (acceptable if left out due to DP's existence and possible balance concerns), demolitions/explosives (The Rocket launcher power would have a chance to crit for MASSIVE damage), toxic/poisonous blast

Control: Traps/gadgets, dark control, weather control (because Doms don't know the beauty that is Storm Summoning, gotta have a heart for 'em)

Armor: Bushido/vaguely samurai/noble warrior-esque (I kind of see basically it being a cross between shield and ninjutsu, and hey, he do have ninjutsu as it is, why not look at the other end of the spectrum? But still give it to stalkers they need new armors), Feral instincts/berserker themed, nature themed (think maybe a storm or plant armor)

Buff/Debuff: Nature theme (like DE stuff), Leadership/psychic (like what the VEATs have, only, you know, more stuff of buff and debuff),

Minion: Battle Servants, Medieval themed minions, mutants, aberrations, insects, beasts/animals.

Other: Rifle, Dark, Radiation assault, martial arts/natural theme manipulation set, dark manipulation, (don't tease us with just Soul mastery, man!), countless EPP/APP/PPP (maybe without the patron part).

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Originally Posted by Lord_Apollon View Post
My Mind/FF/Psi controller does just this.
Not in the way I'm thinking of shield projection:




The mechanic I'm thinking of is closer to a hybrid of CO's block and PFF mechanism, but with a touch of CoX's Dancing Infernal Swords.

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Not in the way I'm thinking of shield projection:

The mechanic I'm thinking of is closer to a hybrid of CO's block and PFF mechanism, but with a touch of CoX's Dancing Infernal Swords.
Or Justice, in Marvel's original New Universe release. He had offensive beam type powers or raised/projected shields (similar to Arcanaville's Doc Strange images). Shame there is not picture on the wikipedia page, a fast net search didn't turn up a good one of the shield in action either.

(As an aside, he could not do both at once, so if he had shields up, he couldn't shoot - like PPF I guess in that regard.)

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I've chimed in a few times in a few other threads, but...

Fiery whip (a la Demon Summoning) for scrappers/brutes. Mmmm.

A chaos blast set, with random debuffs randomly selected! Okay, that one's probably not likely, due to the game engine, nor would it be ubarrrrrr, but it would be FUN.

Oh, and another one that will never be possible, but elastic melee. We need to be able to build the entire Fantastic 4!

 

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Plastic powers. (Mr. Fantastic, plastic man, clay face, sandman etc.)

Giant growth / shrinking . (Apache chief, giant man, wasp, ant man, atom)

Motorcycle/ helicopter, swinging / wall crawling travel power.

predators (mastermind set with pets of wolves, hawks, bears, lions/tigers?)

energy absorption buff/debuff set. (your fireball heals me now!)

 

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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
Technically Ice is already "water".

You have Ice, Fire, Earth and Storm (Air). 4 whole elements covered.
Woah there!

Granted, Ice is made out of water, however Ice and Water are both completely different.

Difference between Ice and Water:
-Ice is the solid form of water.
-Ice is cold while water doesn't have to be.
-Ice is more compact than water.

So basically, Water control will have different effects rather than Ice. (ie -Recharge etc.)

 

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I'd like to see a grappling set. Throws, body slams, suplexes, etc. It might require more interaction with the opponent than the game engine can handle though.
I've been wanting that, but I was thinking more Pro Wrasslin' style with clothslines and dropkicks thrown in, like Zangief (spelling?) from the Street Fighter games.

I want a shield offense power that includes throwing the shield and I want a modifiable force field power where the force fields are used to make objects, ala a Green Lantern ring.

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-Ice is more compact than water.
Actually, water expands when it freezes, so water is more compact of the two.

Nitpicking aside, I've always thought pumicites (or something like them) would make a good MM set. They have three distinct tiers, they look cool, and they already exist in the game

Also, Beer Manipulation.

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I want a shield offense power that includes throwing the shield.
We've already been told that Shield Offense will never exist precisely because it would need to be a melee/ranged combo. Leaving out EATs, that leaves Dominator secondaries and (kinda) Blaster secondaries, neither of which have access to Shields. Perhaps as an Ancillary power pool for melee archetypes, but that is the best we could hope for, and even that's a stretch. For right now, as I mentioned earlier in this thread, try Super Strength's alternate animations combined with Shield Defense. Jab, Knockout Blow, and Punch (when it fires with your left), all look as if you're using the Shield to hit your opponents.

I would love to see a water set, though I think it would be best as a Control set. Water Blast is very appealing, but I think the secondary effects as well as the animations (to a degree) would look too similar to Energy Blast.

I've already mentioned Staff melee, that seems to go across the board. Some kind of Throwing blast set, with customizable knives, thorns, shurikans, etc. would be cool too.

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