Henchmen. The Generic Mastermind Set.
By
Fleeting Whisper,
Posted on: 2011-10-06 10:25 in Suggestions and Ideas
I would love if they would let me create MM henchmen (or even a single sidekick pet usable by any AT as a pool power) the same way I can create custom critters for the AE system. Game wise they could make these pets behave in an identical, cookie-cutter way. The advantage of course is that they'd look any way I'd want them to look. 
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Hmm... But there's already Thugs, and it sounds pretty similar to that.
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Only if they're all-white faceless abominations with barcodes on their chest.
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You can't choose their costumes or their sexes or their powersets (or give them barcodes).
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Originally Posted by Fruit Cocktail
Hmm... But there's already Thugs, and it sounds pretty similar to that.
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Yes I have read the suggestions about customising our pets and that it would probably be difficult and a low priority anyway. But would people buy a new kind of Mastermind that was written from the ground up and that would give us Henchmen that we could create ourselves from a set of premade pieces? I am thinking of the classic comic style incompetent goons in uniforms that the evildoers basically use as cannon fodder.
The devs could provide us with standard human models (male and female) with premade themed costume set choices (pirate, mob, lawyer, clowns etc) and allow us to name their ranks. And then provide some standard power set theme choices (guns, knives, sorcery, pies etc).
The devs could also use the opportunity to change the organisation of the powers like removing training and have the pet powers mature automatically. Not just for balance but to set it apart from the current MM sets.
I'm sure something like this would sell and it could keep earning money as new suites could be added over time.