Yes yes yes!!

Gotta admit... I feel an alt coming from this!
It's definitely been something I've been waiting for since they started proliferation.
Although, I hadn't really thought about concepts until now that I've heard it is happening... hmmm...

And... I don't care what it does or doesn't have. I'm sure I'll be happy with it, whatever they decide. I think I'll probably enjoy this powerset combo because of what they've said about it being control focused and such.
Sounds like my kind of blaptroller!!

I don't know how happy most teams will be with the new Night Torrent (or whatever they call it). Tents have no -kb component that I'm aware of, so knockabout will abound.
Another concern is will the kb be 100% like Torrent. With Nightfall you usually have to step back to get everything into the area you just tent'ed, so you can imagine the combo if Nighttorrent isn't 100%. tent/step back/Nighttorrent/kb some of em... then what? Might be a big ol mess.

Also, if they keep Life Drain, it hits only as well as the tier 1. True, it's a heal, but even on the fender set it's not a great heal. Something like 10%. My guess is frankenslotting will get you like 18% heal and 100 damage for like 10 or so endo. Great for utility, but blasters like to make things ded.

Firstly, Dark/Dark Blasters are what I've hoped for since before the first round of Proliferation was announced. You wouldn't believe how stoked I am about this, and even if they pull a Psi/Mental job on it, I'll still adore it. It'll be the first blaster that I can truly enjoy. (I've tried all the sets, and nothing's really done it for me, and solo I mostly play my D3 Fender likely a blaster, giving me melee attacks too is the icing on the cake).

My logical assumption, for the Night Fall and Torrent combination, is that NF has no KB, and torrent has KB, that this new Umbral Torrent might have knockdown instead. Much like the Lich's version of Torrent. If folk want it to KB, they can enhance that, if they don't they can just use it as a soft control and damage power.

That said, if it was to have KB, I would personally prefer it to be 100%, then I can position myself accordingly.

Dechs, even though I highly doubt we'll get Dark Regeneration on a blaster, put me down for 500m to get it. 9:1's good odds.

For the five speculative powers in manipulation, however, I think we'll get Touch of Fear (Melee), the stalker auto power that adds a bit of defence which replaced Cloak of Darkness (Armor) but as a toggle like Cloaking Device, Build Up, Death Shroud (Armor), and Tenebrous Tentacles (Blast). I think the text in the Intrepid Informer is wrong, and it's made up from Dark Melee, not Dark Miasma. Pretty much anything from Miasma would seem over powered on a Blaster. I also expect to get Dark Obliteration in the primary, as it's more blast and less control.

Regardless, this news has made i21 the best issue ever for me. Even if they removed everything else, I'd be ecstatic.

Yeah not willing to take any bets (haven't kept up my inf farming in weeks), but I'd say the magic 8 ball points to Dark Regen NO WAY IN HELL being a part of it for blasters.

A watered down power that is no way near as strong as the REAL Dark Regen and retains similarity only in name? sure.

Real Dark Regen on a blaster doesn't sound so crazy to me considering the limited HP/maxHP and defenses, and the precedent of Drain Psyche in Mental Manipulation.

It's admittedly a lot faster to get a full heal out of DR and it has the potential for much bigger healing over time, but also requires proper timing, takes a significant chunk of your endurance and doesn't come with end recovery.

I am not a betting man but I would probably say they would make a Dark Regen/Consume combination to even things out. It would make more sense overall, something of a Dark Recovery. I would bet money on that being somewhere in mix.

As for Dark.. what can I say? My first 50 is a Storm/Dark and after reaching the damage cap for a defender, I think its time I retire him to another server and start again. Professor Straenge might just make a good Dark/Dark blaster though, after my latest and only real blaster, AR/Fire, I may just go with Dark/Fire.

That being said, on the subject of tentacles. I adore/love the tentacles (I have spent the better part of a week making my AR/Fire into a villain JUST for Soul, if that tells you anything) and have had quite a bit of experience. However, I just don't see them adding it in.. A single target version I am actually expecting but not the full cone version. I would expect that Dark Manipulation will have more of a mix of -to hit and possibly one or two PBAOE while the rest are melee oriented and self buff like build up/dark recovery

Betting! What kind of heroes are you.

also: Dark blast! Squee! Just as I'd run out of blaster combos too.

Honestly I don't see them giving blasters "Dark Regeneration" as it is. They make it a carbon copy of "Drain Psyche" though.

I would also hope that they wouldn't give blasters "Shadow Maul" because that animation is way too long. It's likely to get many a blaster killed unless they have some form of hold on the target

Not going to take the bet but I'd put the answer somewhere around "unlikely, but possible, and I hope they do it." It would give the set a very different and interesting feel, and the power isn't too far gone from Psi's self heal.

I doubt blasters are getting dark regen. However, hopeful for soul drain, life drain or siphon life. I bet dark consumption will be in there along with soul transfer. Maybe mix in tof or fearsome stair.