We've already had this for a few sets to help bring them up to par, such as Clobber from War Mace and Cobra Strike from Martial Arts, now both good, worthwhile powers. But a lot of sets still have a cookie-cutter 20s recharge, trivial damage stun which frankly look terrible when you compare them to similar utility powers from other sets.
On the melee side we have Energy Melee/Stun. Considering this set's terrible single AoE attack, I'd be inclined to suggest making it an additional AoE attack for the set - perhaps a targeted AoE similar to Thunder Strike, give it a mag 2 5.96s stun and against the primary target only give it another mag 1 5.96s stun, an 8' radius and all energy damage equal to Whirling Hands (damage scale 1.0), adjusting the endurance cost upwards to compensate. It's less damage and in a smaller area than the likes of Foot Stomp and Whirling Smash and it has a shorter stun duration over a smaller area than Fault, but a decent middle ground of solid damage and mitigation.
On the ranged side there's Archery/Stunning Shot, Assault Rifle/Beanbag, Phychic Blast/Scramble Thoughts, Sonic Attack/Screech and Dual Pistols/Suppressive Fire (I know this is a hold under different ammo types, but even then it's inferior to other ranged set holds with a 20s recharge).
Screech offers a damage resistance debuff (in line with most of Sonic Attack's powers) on top of having the same stun duration and magnitude as the others - considering it would be difficult to justify higher damage or an AoE for the likes of Stunning Shot or Beanbag I figure a similar resistance debuff would be a reasonable alternative. For Beanbag in particular, considering the low single target damage of Assault Rifle, perhaps up the damage a little to ~0.5 damage scale (from 0.2), halve the recharge and lower the stun duration a little (~9.5s like Cosmic Burst, which also has a 10s recharge and rather higher damage).
For Scramble Thoughts and Suppressive Fire however I'd be inclined to go with straight-up higher damage, something along the lines of (blasters) Dark Blast/Abyssal Gaze's ~1.4 damage scale DoT, considering Scramble Thoughts crazy animation time and Dual Pistols lack of an Aim equivalent.
@Hakeswell
Union Ilservian, Evinlea
Defiant Expeditor, Hakeswell
We've already had this for a few sets to help bring them up to par, such as Clobber from War Mace and Cobra Strike from Martial Arts, now both good, worthwhile powers. But a lot of sets still have a cookie-cutter 20s recharge, trivial damage stun which frankly look terrible when you compare them to similar utility powers from other sets.
On the melee side we have Energy Melee/Stun. Considering this set's terrible single AoE attack, I'd be inclined to suggest making it an additional AoE attack for the set - perhaps a targeted AoE similar to Thunder Strike, give it a mag 2 5.96s stun and against the primary target only give it another mag 1 5.96s stun, an 8' radius and all energy damage equal to Whirling Hands (damage scale 1.0), adjusting the endurance cost upwards to compensate. It's less damage and in a smaller area than the likes of Foot Stomp and Whirling Smash and it has a shorter stun duration over a smaller area than Fault, but a decent middle ground of solid damage and mitigation.
On the ranged side there's Archery/Stunning Shot, Assault Rifle/Beanbag, Phychic Blast/Scramble Thoughts, Sonic Attack/Screech and Dual Pistols/Suppressive Fire (I know this is a hold under different ammo types, but even then it's inferior to other ranged set holds with a 20s recharge).
Screech offers a damage resistance debuff (in line with most of Sonic Attack's powers) on top of having the same stun duration and magnitude as the others - considering it would be difficult to justify higher damage or an AoE for the likes of Stunning Shot or Beanbag I figure a similar resistance debuff would be a reasonable alternative. For Beanbag in particular, considering the low single target damage of Assault Rifle, perhaps up the damage a little to ~0.5 damage scale (from 0.2), halve the recharge and lower the stun duration a little (~9.5s like Cosmic Burst, which also has a 10s recharge and rather higher damage).
For Scramble Thoughts and Suppressive Fire however I'd be inclined to go with straight-up higher damage, something along the lines of (blasters) Dark Blast/Abyssal Gaze's ~1.4 damage scale DoT, considering Scramble Thoughts crazy animation time and Dual Pistols lack of an Aim equivalent.
@Hakeswell
Union Ilservian, Evinlea
Defiant Expeditor, Hakeswell
Arc: 70119 Hellion Initiation