Knife Throwing ranged power set

can we get one please

guessing it would be similar to archery in that its lethal damage but infinitely more cool. Plus all the new sets lately have had some kind of new mechanic I'm sure the devs could come up with something so its not just alt animation archery.

I honestly would have preferred Throwing Knife powers instead of Archery for the Ninja Mastermind set. In my opinion, which people are free to disagree with, archery is inappropriate for that set. Having to use a bow actually spoils my immersion. I would abslutely love it if the devs would replace those three attacks with throwing knives/shurikens.

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okay, so I watched Prince of Persia recently and feel the same (hey, I LIKED that movie) but we need to talk about powers, so here are my proposals:

1. Not just a KNIFE throwing set, but hatchets and such as well, or perhaps some hybrid of power customization linked to weapon customization is in order.

2. some power ideas could include...
-Basic ranged ST
-"Throw a lotta things" cone power
-"Throw into foot" immobilize
-"Richochet one knife off of Multiple Foes" chaining attack
-maybe the tier nine could involve stopping time in a large area PBAoE hold, throwing a bunch of knives at your opponent that stop in mid air, and then when time resumes impale them. Okay, that was a joke but still.

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/signed. Though I think it would be a good secondary for blaster and dominators instead.

1) warning throw: [ranged] foe immoblise lethal damage minor revovery debuff from blood loss {DoT}

2) single throw: [ranged] medium damage minor recovery debuff {DoT}

3) slice: [melee] minor damage, medium recovery debuff {DoT}

4) Caltrops: [targeted AoE] minor DoT damage, slow, recharge, revovery debuff {DoT}

5) Sharpen(build up): {adds a DoT to all leathal attacks that deals 2 more ticks of the damage dealt.}
Example: "warning throw" does 10 damage, while Sharpen is activated the damage is now 3 ticks of 10 damage.

6) whirle: [PBAoE] medium damage, minor fear, recovery debuff {DoT}

7) laced blade: [ranged ST] heavy damage, foe confuse {DoT}

8) aimed throw: [snipe] heavy damage, heavy recovery/regen debuffs. {DoT}

9) crime of passion: (several stabs to the chest) [meleeST] extreme damage, stun, HEAVY defense/resistance debuff {DoT}

That is a terrible secondary for blasters, but doesn't look bad for dominators.

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I continue to use the origin power on my stalker just for the visual effect. I like it and would even be happy even just having that one attack scale to remain useful.

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How about just a bladed throwing objects set. That way people can customize the item thrown. Just have some kind of universal throw for each.

Items include:

Knives
Shurikens
Circle of Thorns daggers
Cards
etc

I have a better idea! Just add customizations to Spines/Thorns!

This is how I play my Spines/DA stalker right now, and would *love* to simply have the option for the body spines to not be visible. Given the fact that you can have different visible spines for each power (crystal, spines, thorns, metal spikes) that literally changes the projectile and weapon model, this should be viable. So...

Spines/Thorns Improvements:

-ADD CUSTOMIZATION; A 'No Body' animation option for all animations so you can use the spine projectiles, just not visible on the body. This requires a new set of animations that simply omit that specific fx.
--In addition to those, several new customization sets can be crafted; Shuriken (spinning throwing stars), Kunai (straight flying throwing knives), Throwing Knives (spinning throwing knives) and Tomahawk (spinning throwing axes). None of these options will come with body spikes and you can mix the different powers with the variety of looks. Also remember, Spines/Thorns are the only set where redraw does not affect DPS because they are still built the old way where redraw is factored into the animation time regardless.

-POSSIBLE NAME CHANGE; probably not a big deal, but changing the sets names to Hand Blades, Spike melee/assault, or something might be in order.

-SET CHANGES; Big one here. This set is old...way old. It needs some touching up. In fact, since the devs were looking into changes for old sets like EM, this should be up there. The only reason few people say as much is because it's decent at AoE. It's horrendous (except for Stalkers) at ST which can and should be adjusted and adding new customization will give the devs a reason to do so while freshening up the set!

Barb Swipe

Holy Crap does this power need to be fixed! It's got this ridiculously slow animation, and the damage is really low. Yay, it recharges fast! But it still sux. I personally like the look of the animation and the DoT effect, but it still needs fixing. Shorten it to 3 quick slices though, lower the cast time to a standard tier 1, increase its recharge and damage.

With the fixed animation, preferably it should be something good you can do with a pair of knives or a quick pair of hatchet slashes.

This is a decent power that gets the nod from many because of its effectiveness. I still think it's an ugly power, even on my theme appropriate Plant/Thorn dominator. I'd advocate for something more fluid vs farting out spikes.

The period at the beginning of the animation (where the character is shaking) and end (where they're kind of doing that 'breaking out' animation) can be shortened in some way, smoothing these powers out to help fit that whole 'thrown weapons' theme as well as body spikes. Damage might have to be normalized to other PBAoEs but you'd still have the larger area...

I like the baseball pitch animation. I LOOOOVE that aimation...but it's got too much wind up. Shorten this. This is probably the reason I went with a thrown weapons theme character for this set, because someone throwing knives around is probably going to stab up close too and Spines does that and this one attack helps conceptualize the spines as being thrown vs shot-out.

But it'd be lovely if this was *much* faster.

Probably the one power that makes up this set and the main reason people play it. It's the only attack set with a damage aura...and it'd be hard to conceptualize as a thrown attack. So two options:

-Invisible aura when no one is taking damage. I.e. the fx doesn't appear if you miss or no one is around to check for a hit. Conceptualize it as just throwing weapons faster than can be seen. This option should be available (along with the constant aura) for any of the looks.

-Vorpal Aura, or the whole shadow double dance you get from Hail of Bullets where it shows the character turning and throwing weapons in every direction. This would only be an option for the thrown weapon customization while the regular body eruption look remains for the others.