Rampant Speculation on Darkness Control Tier 9
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Posted on: 2012-01-10 14:19 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Now that they have the "doppelganger" tech having a dark clone of your character as a Tier 9 pet might be interesting. *smiles impishly*
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New Darkness Control Tier 9:
Dont Be Afraid of the Dark:
Thousands of tiny hands emerge from under The Dark Place and pull you into the nearest chimney where no one hears from you ever again.
The end.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
Now that they have the "doppelganger" tech having a dark clone of your character as a Tier 9 pet might be interesting. *smiles impishly*
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This would actually be pretty cool.
So at the Pummit, Tunnel Rat went through the design of the set a bit and said it's not a clone of the current dark powers, but a totally new set. It was designed to have an oily feel, not vaporous.
I, for one, am looking forward to it.
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PBAoE version of that Warshade power which rips the soul out of a dead enemy and uses it as a pet.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
Now that they have the "doppelganger" tech having a dark clone of your character as a Tier 9 pet might be interesting. *smiles impishly*
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When they mentioned how it might be much to epic looking I thought it might be a cerberus type pet. Ya know a dark shadowy dog of some sort using the 4 legged rig. That would be awsome depending how big it is too.
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Hmmm, black wolf maybe? I kind of hope not.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
PBAoE version of that Warshade power which rips the soul out of a dead enemy and uses it as a pet.
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Baha, a Dark Extraction clone would be pretty neat... Especially considering how excited I am to make my Warshade a Dark/Dark Dominator as his Praetorian... I was honestly hoping that there would be some Warshade power clones in the sets, and I'm still holding out for similar graphics. Human-Form Warshades are pretty much already Dark/Dark Dominators, except with unique and interesting power mechanics and ungodly survivability.
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Originally Posted by Mallerick
New Darkness Control Tier 9:
Dont Be Afraid of the Dark: Thousands of tiny hands emerge from under The Dark Place and pull you into the nearest chimney where no one hears from you ever again. The end. |
I like the idea of it at least....lots of hands (or maybe just 1 big hand) 'holding' the mob(s) in a location based area attack.
The one big hand could be like the Spirit Shark so instead of a "ghostly" shark holding a mob; you'd have a "ghostly" hand holding/squeezing the mob!
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It will be a pet power. They will reskin the Nemesis Jaeger to look something like this.
I'm down for shadows using Doppelganger tech.
I'd also really be keen on a pack of Shadow Hounds that used the models from the Black Wolf (with glowing red eyes) as a starting point. It'd be a pack that behaved as a powerful version of Gang War from Thugs. Or it'd last longer as a normal pet(s).
I like some other ideas too like the Warshade-esque power and a Cerebus pet. But nothing tops Cthulhu!
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Here is the Tier 9 Darkness power:
Shadow Self -- Summons an invincible doppelganger of yourself. The doppelganger will not fight on its own but rather COPY ALL of your attacks made by you. Essentially, if you fire an attack, it will fire that same attack, if you miss with that attack, so will the doppelganger. If you use a control hold, it will too.
In tech terms, the Shadow Self is just the "graphics" of the power and has no real effect. The actual effect is a special tag which like fiery embrace, doubles the damage (beyond damage cap) of all your attacks and the same with the holds.
Basically lets look at a control and damage power:
Grasping Shadow: 12.6 Hold second duration, if under the effects of Shadow Self apply Mag 3 Hold for 12.6 seconds.
Blaze: 153 fire damage, if under the effects of Shadow Self deal 153 fire damage to target.
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That sounds simultaneously really boring and really overpowered.
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Originally Posted by Ultimus
Here is the Tier 9 Darkness power:
Shadow Self -- Summons an invincible doppelganger of yourself. The doppelganger will not fight on its own but rather COPY ALL of your attacks made by you. Essentially, if you fire an attack, it will fire that same attack, if you miss with that attack, so will the doppelganger. If you use a control hold, it will too. |
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How can you judge that when I haven't stated the duration and recharge?
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Originally Posted by Hopeling
That sounds simultaneously really boring and really overpowered.
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Hence "sounds". Maybe there's some percentage of uptime that would make it not overpowered, but then, if you're balancing it with a low uptime, you're trading away the "overpowered" for even more of the "boring".
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Originally Posted by Ultimus
How can you judge that when I haven't stated the duration and recharge?
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To each their own, pets are nothing but a glorified DOT but some find them interesting.
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Originally Posted by Hopeling
Hence "sounds". Maybe there's some percentage of uptime that would make it not overpowered, but then, if you're balancing it with a low uptime, you're trading away the "overpowered" for even more of the "boring".
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Originally Posted by Ultimus
To each their own, pets are nothing but a glorified DOT but some find them interesting.
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The Tier 9 Darkness Control Pet
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Wouldn't it be funny, after all the back-n-forth grumbling about female MM pets, if this new powerset got a Tier 9 pet that was some kind of a "sexy succubus" like this. |
Originally Posted by VoodooGirl
The Tier 9 Darkness Control Pet |
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I wouldn't mind an inky swamp thing type of pet to summon.
Or tentacle type monster, like ghost widows perv'd out feel you up S&M worm things. Or a set like that involving her type powers would be pretty cool.
Fluffy... but more oily and less vaporous.
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Let's get this ball rolling. The Tier 9 power for Darkness Control is either
1) A shadow clone with Darkness Control powers.
2) A zombie horde like Gang War.
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