I Dream of New Powersets

Heavy Ordinance - one that's been mentioned a few times; grenades, rockets, artillery, air strikes; the good stuff; hard hitting, slow, aoe-heavy

Storm Armor - someone made an incredibly detailed write-up for a storm armor powerset at one time (very detailed) but I can't find it for the life of me

Female Thugs/Mercs/Ninjas - not really new sets, but I still want 'em for a few character concepts

A Power Pool set that provides a self-only Acc buff toggle, a self-only Dam buff toggle, and Falcon Punch as the top of the charts.

Okay, maybe not Falcon Punch EXACTLY, but something very similar?

So I was watching Batman: The Brave and the Bold's musical episode with the Music Meister and I thought of this set.

Musical Domination:

Inspiring Ballad: PBAoE; +To-Hit, +Damage
Mellow Tune: Cone; -Recharge, -Defense
Spiritual Hymn: Target Ally, +Regen, +Recovery
Heavy Metal Jam: Target AoE, Fear
Stimulating Melody: Target Ally, Resist Status Effects, +Perception
Lullaby: Cone; Sleep
Perfect Harmony: Toggle PBAoE; -Damage Resist(debuff dramatically increases on a single foe the more allies there are attacking him)
Song of Confusion: Toggle Foe AoE; Confusion(short duration) on anchor, then -To Hit, -Damage(both longer) on AoE
Epic Rock Concert: PBAoE; Smashing Damg, Knockback

So to do this justice the devs would really have to put some work in because I was thinking, first off weapon customization. Only instead of weapons you could choose musical instruments, for instance:

Guitar
Drum
Sax
Violin
Flute(think Pied Piper)
Lute(for fantasy bard types)
Sitar(if there was Water Control you could make Demyx, "Dance Water, Dance!")
Boombox(carried around)
Microphone or nothing(for just voice)

So yeah, the Devs could go all out and have original music created for each power and each instrument if they wanted. It's late right now but tomorrow I'll come back and justify this with some examples of character concepts and powerset combos.

I'd like to see magic blasts too.


Like....runes appearing at the hands to perform different attacks, maybe a magic control set as well.

I'm thinking...like...the ability to catch enemies on fire, maybe summon spirits, maybe have it to where you can split off into white and black magic...some buffs, maybe rune-traps, that kind of thing


i had HEARD they're working on spear-like weapons....and maybe staves as an alternate animation for blastie things.

I'd also like some power customization for HEATS and VEATS(not color customization...just like...I would like the same alternate animations on my fortunata that psi blasters got :P)

um...I'd also like to see a water set but I know it's not probable. and maybe an elemental set for MMs.

like....tier 1 summons elemental sprites (a fire/sky/earth one?) and then tier 2 would be maybe... a Metal/Water(ice) one? and then tier 3 could be an energy elemental? hmm.

Teleportation Melee (think Nightcrawler in X2)

Gravity Armor (mobs are drawn toward you)

Illusion Armor (including Mirror Images)

Unstable Powersets (randomly selects Power of the appropriate tier)

Thrown Objects Blast (boomerangs, darts, knives, fish)

Archery Melee (Stab with arrows or smash with the bow)

Information (using knowledge to buff team and debuff mobs)

Psychic/Illusion/Mind Melee (crush mobs with your mind)

Reflection Armor (bounces off me and sticks to you)

I just lifetime to games like CO or DCUO. Job done.

I submitted an Earth Defense power set (Defender primary, Controller/Corruptor/MM secondary) to a new power thread once. Here was the general idea:

1) Essence of Earth: Location AoE heal over time (you cause the earth to empower any allies who stand on the location you cast this ability, healing them over time as long as they remain on the ground. It would last maybe 10 seconds and have a similar cooldown when enhanced (so you could have one, maybe a second up at a time, but it's your only real heal, and it has no burst, so the healing would be supplementary to the defenses offered in the other powers). Think of it sort of like a Rain of Fire, but providing heals instead (not as rapidly, more like every half second or so).

2) Pyroclastic Armor: You create a shield of rock and magma around a teammate, providing defense to smashing and lethal, and resistance to fire (and some to cold). Basically, I merged brimstone and rock armor (leaving the armors all separate would completely eat up all the power options for the set and it would get boring easily).

3) Rockstorm: You create a whirling storm of rocks around a teammate (toggle). These rocks deal minor DoT and can knock enemies off their feet (knockdown). I considered making this power seismic waves pulsing from the target ally, but it wouldn't make much sense if they jumped or flew off the ground while it was active, so I went with rocks orbiting them.

4) Obsidian Crystals: Armor cast on a teammate, offering defense against Psionic, Energy, and Neg. Energy damage (obsidian armor and crystal armor combined).

5) Terra-Embrace: An Earth's Embrace power castable on teammates.

6) Sandstorm: You cause a sandstorm at the target location, damaging enemy accuracy, perception, and speed, while ripping at their defenses.

7) Seismic Pulse: (Toggle) You send out periodic pulses of seismic waves to detect the positioning of enemies and teammates. You use this to locate invisible enemies nearby, increasing perception of yourself and any allies in range. The rhythmic pulses also help the team coordinate and focus, providing protection to many status effects (didn't decide which, but that'll be up to the devs when balancing and stuff).

8) Might of Antaeus: You empower a teammate with the might of the Greek god Antaeus, who drew his power from the earth. You increase their damage by 30% and accuracy by 15%. If they are touching the ground, this bonus is increased to 50% and 25% respectively and the additional effect of increased recovery rate is applied. (I figured this name meshes with the underlying Greek mythology in the game, while staying true to the power set and concept). This lasts for about 30 seconds, and recharges in about 4.

9) Diamond Armor: You coat a teammate in diamond, increasing resistance and defense to all damage for a short time. This is similar to Moment of Glory castable only on teammates, and with a weaker buff, since you already provide other armors long-term. It would last about 10 seconds and recharge in about 3.

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Some of it is sort of just retooled powers from other earth sets, but I still wanted to bring a lot of originality to the set. I have a feeling Earth Defense would give varied utility, buffs, debuffs, steady healing, and short-burst defensive and offensive buffs. It doesn't focus on one area, but can pretty much make any teammate more effective in one way or another.

I found the ones I put into ye olde Lady-Jade's Power Suggestion Box (I'm still amazed that thread still exits).

On there I have Radiation Aura and Melee, Stone Embracement Support Power, Stone Blast, Saurian Pets for Masterminds, Gravitic Armor (I really liked this one), Grapple Line Power Pool, and just for giggles (no pun intended) Cartoon Melee.

Alright, when I first heard about "Time Manipulation," my immediate thought is that a time altering power shouldn't have been a Buff/Debuff set, but a control set.

To that end, I put a bit of thought into it, and came up with my humble sketchings of a Time Control powerset.

1 Eternal Gaze: By gazing into an opponent's eyes, you can bombard his mind with visions of the vastness of space and time. He will be unable to react to his surroundings as his senses are overwhelmed by visions of eternity, but if disturbed he will be brought back to the present place and time.
Ranged, Moderate DMG (Psionic) Foe Sleep

2 Temporal Stasis: You can place a foe in temporal stasis, holding him helplessly in place. This temporal disruption can be damaging to the mind.
Ranged, Foe Hold, Moderate DMG (Psionic)

3 Time Phase: You conjure a field of temporal instability, making it impossible for your opponents to move. They can still attack. This temporal disruption can be damaging to the mind.
Ranged (Cone), Minor DMG (Psionic), Immobilize, -Knockback

4 Temporal Distortion: You can alter a foe's perspective through space and time, causing him to forget where he is and who his true allies are.
Ranged, Foe Confuse

5 Stasis Field: You can create a field of temporal stasis, holding several opponents helplessly in place. This kind of temporal disruption can be damaging to the mind.
Ranged (Targeted AoE) Foe Hold, Minor DMG (Psionic)

6 Time Shift: Your foe and his allies are all placed within a bubble in which time moves more slowly. Their movement and attacks are slowed, and their chance to hit is dramatically reduced.
Ranged (Targeted AoE) Foe Slow, -recharge, -tohit

7 Time Warp: You cause an area to jaunt rapidly in time, disorienting those caught in the time warp. This kind of temporal disruption can be damaging to the mind.
Ranged (Location AoE) Foe Disorient, Moderate DMG (Psionic)

8 Vision of Fate: Those within your gaze are shown their own lives in a single fleeting instant, all their trials and tribulations, the wholeness of their destinies, in a disorienting nightmarish jumble. Those affected are mentally damaged by the visions, which are often horrific to behold.
Ranged (Cone) Moderate DMG (Psionic), Foe Fear

9 Temporal Rift: You tear a rift in the fabric of time and space and wrench forth two wraiths, spirits that haunt the void between moments. The wraiths will fight by your side and can be buffed like any teammate. The Time Wraiths are resistant to Smashing, and Lethal damage. They also have a Defense bonus versus Toxic attacks. They are, however, slightly vulnerable to Energy and Negative Energy damage.

• Time Phase (Ranged, Cone, Minor DMG (Psionic), Immobilize, -Knockback)
• Temporal Jaunt (Ranged, single target, Moderate damage (Psionic), -ToHit
• Lash (Melee, single target, Moderate damage (Lethal), minor DoT (Psionic)
• Resistance (Auto, Self+Res (Smash, Lethal), Self +Def (Toxic), vulnerable (Energy, Negative Energy)

Yeah, I think the set generally sound great as is, just little minor balance stuff that would take some playtesting to be sure of. The main thing that had me worry about the 2 pets was that they each had a cone immob. Stacked from 2 pets, that could be scary, so it would need to be either a lower magnitude, or single-target for them. I mean, even if it was a mag 1 immob, it would be 2 if they both hit the same guy, and yours is 3, so you'd have some strong mez that way without your pets completely screwing over tanks and scrappers, lol. Still, solid power set idea.

I've played CoH for a little under three years now and I've loved quite a few of the powersets the game has, but there's one that I've always loved that disappointed me because CoH didn't (and probably won't for some time) have it.

That would be a purely magic-based set. Sure, some sets can fit into the magic category, but I was thinking a set based purely around magic.

What I'm thinking is a set centered around MMs, Doms, and Trollers.

The primary set could be Circles of Power. For Doms and Trollers this would be a purely mezz oriented set that had it's effects take place under the target's feet; y'know like a real Circle. For MMs, I figure it would be the Pet Summoning effect; where Tier 1 pets are three elemental sprites, Tier 2 has two Constructs, and the last is a Celestial being.

The secondary could be Eldritch Assault for Dominators and the Probability Distortion that was suggested earlier for Trollers and MMs.

On a side note: Whe some of you mentioned Probability Distortion; I couldn't help but think of Reality Alteration and the Scarlet Witch from Marvel LOL >.>

I'd like to see a natural long range set. One I've really wanted is razor sharp playing cards. Does lethal damage with DoT for bleeding effects.

I was playing with Beam Rifle the other day and had an idea for an Assault set for Dominators, but rather than use a rifle it uses a single futuristic pistol. The energy beams/pulses from the pistol can be utilised to form solid beams of energy and looser streams of energy, giving it sword- and whip-like properties.

Assault sets don't generally follow a strict pattern so I've tried to include everything that Assault sets have, whilst giving it something a bit different.

Beam Assault (For lack of a better name)

1) Single Pulse - You fire a fast pulse of energy from the Beam Pistol. Ranged, Minor DMG(Energy), Foe Knockdown.

2) Energy Slash - You activate a short beam of energy from the Beam Pistol and slash, using it like a sword. Melee, Moderate DMG(Energy).

3) Wide Pulse - You fire a slow but expanding pulse of energy from the Beam Pistol. Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe Knockdown.

4) Beam Lasso - You fire a stream of energy from your Beam Pistol which ties around your target, immobilising them. Ranged, Moderate DMG(Energy), DoT(Energy), Foe Immobilize.

5) Unleasher - You unlock the safety mechanism on your Beam Pistol causing the barrel to glow and crackle with energy, this increases the damage and range of your attacks. Self +DMG(Energy), Range Increase.

6) Plasma Spin - You form a loose beam of energy from your Beam Pistol an spin. PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe Knockdown.

7) Charge Pulse - You fire a larger, charged pulse of energy from the Beam Pistol which is capable of stunning the opponent for a short period of time. Ranged, High DMG(Energy), Foe Disorient.

8) Energy Crash - You point your Beam Gun up, activate a medium length beam of energy and bring it down on your enemies. This attack is able to hit multiple enemies. Melee, High DMG(Moderate).

9) Explosive Pulse - You fire a charged and explosive pulse of energy from your Beam Gun. Close (Targeted AoE), Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe Disorient, Knockback.

I'll second the thought of Radiation Melee, and Radiation Armor sets.