Why do you want new powersets?

Assuming you do.

1) You've played all of the existing powersets for all AT's and want something new.
2) You've played all of the existing powersets for your favorite AT(s) and want new sets for them.
3) There are specific powersets you want, not just any new ones
4) You want powersets better than the existing ones
5) More is better
6) You want a new theme of powersets, tired of fire/ice/rad/etc
7) other

I go with #6. I like the idea of playing a dark/dark controller. But really I want to try characters that feel different.

I 'd like new powersets that would go with concepts I want to make that are currently impossible.

#5
In a Super Hero/Villain game, you can never have 'enough'

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Seeing as how I waited a full five years for the single powerset that I actually wanted(Staff melee) I don't care what else they do with powersets, I have the one I wanted.

#2, definitely. My favorite AT is the Blaster. Once you have taken a blaster to 50 with any given power set, rolling that power set again on any archetype, even another blaster, just feels weak (disclaimer: that's my opinion). My Cold/Ice defender did not last long after playing my Ice/Ice blaster through. All I kept thinking is "why isn't Bitter Ice Blast taking half their health like usual?!" haha.

#6 holds true as well, but more in the sense that I would like to see complimentary primaries, secondaries, and APPs across all archetypes. For example: one can make a Ice/Ice/Arctic Tanker, but can't make a Cold/Ice/*cold powers* Defender.

#5 for me. I would be just as happy with more proliferation.

#5 all the way!

More we have, the more possibilities.

Because I'm waiting for a Positional Defense/Regen set with some okay S/L/Psi defense!

totally for concept and currently using WP to simulate it. But that's typed defense! Technically that's not game mechanics for agility

Oh, and a toggle mez shield! That's for my own happiness and less with the concept tho.

I'd go with a combination of 5 and 6. More is always better.. the more choices available the more interest the game generates not only for me but for everyone.. I love to team so finding new ways, any new ways, to bring old players back and interest new players is great. Then add the possibility of themes that work for what I personally want in a hero or villain. I love Street Justice because it combines a bit of martial arts with some plain old brawling.. I created a heroic Brute whose bio show him, yeah one of a very small number of male characters I have, as a soldier with special powers that returns home from the war and discovers his brother has been bullied into joining a gang. Using his powers and military training the guy shows up at the gangs hide out and "convinces" them they don't need any new members LOL

I am really looking forward to both Beast Mastery and Staff fighting. Already have a theme selected for both and have enjoyed testing them on Beta.

More is better. I have more concepts in my brain than I know what to do with, so different powersets allows me to explore those.

What I really DON'T like are powersets that are basically retreads of previous ones. (Time Manipulation is essentially Gravity Control, for instance. Titan Weapons seems to basically be a larger version of Broadsword, from what I can see.) That's one reason why Staff Fighting is exciting: it's different enough from other powersets to feel like a whole new playstyle.

I like to see Psychic melee. My original concept for one of my scrappers is a psi/SR.

I like to see ninjitsu ported over to scrapers and Brutes.

My answer is "New is shiny!"

Basically why people buy anything new when they have an older model (car, coat, phone, coffee machine, etc.)

Well, first, something like category 1, but not exactly. (I guess this is category 7, then?) I haven't played all the existing powersets yet, but I'm heading there, and I don't like to repeat a set. Currently there are a lot more melee sets than there are defensive ("armor") sets, so either I have to skip several melee sets, or I have to duplicate several armors. So, more defensive/armor sets, please!

There are a few specific ideas I'd love to see as power sets in the game. This is mainly your category 3, I think, but it also slightly touches category 6. I'm not exactly "tired" of the existing power sets, and power customisation goes a long way, but there are times where I do wish for something different and new.

10joy

Firstly, I'd like to see new APP's to fill in the thematic/synergy gaps we have, for example:

Electric Mastery for Scrappers and Tankers and so on
Fire Mastery for Defenders
Kinetic Mastery for Brutes, Tankers, Stalkers and Scrappers

So on and so forth.

Secondly I'd like to see new Primaries/Secondaries to fill in the thematic/synergy gaps:

Ice Melee/Armour for Scrappers
Ice Melee for Stalkers
Electric and Earth Buff/Debuff sets for Controllers/Defenders/Corruptors
Earth Blast for Defenders/Controllers/Corruptors/Blasters
Sonic and Radiation Manipulation for Blasters

And then more character slots per server as I only have 5 left on my one and only server of choice.

I agree.
I just want more options.
More new shiny powersets with amazing animations and unique mechanics.
If you compare Broadsword/Axe/Mace with Titan weapons there is a huge difference.
Also we need APPs expanded.
And more proliferation.
And power pool customization.
And new travel powers (not toggles that grey out powers)
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More, more, more!!