Why do they keep using Clown Summon as JOKE?

For a Clown Mastermind primary to be justified it'd have to offer something that other sets don't. This means every little thing they did would have to be clown-based. It'd also be pretty jarring if you wanted a "Creepy" clown and only got Happy clowns or sad ones(and vice versa, or even a mix when all you want is one type), even more so now that "Mastermind" no longer equates to "Villain", meaning it would most likely be best to err on the side of clowns presented "straight"(I.e. funny) and not subverted in any way (I.E. "Sad", "Scary", or "Juggalo") So everything about a clown set would have to be traditionaly clowny. Your clowns couldn't use guns, couldn't punch or kick normaly, couldn't use swords, couldn't use hammers in any style other than cartoonish and squeaky. It'd have to be pies and joybuzzers and seltzer sprays all the way.

Otherwise it'd be seen as(and mostly would be) just a re-paint of Thugs or Mercs or Ninja. That doesn't serve the needs of MOST people wanting to use clowns as a concept, let alone the entire rest of the Mastermind-Playing population. Clowns as a mastermind concept is more suited to customization of any of the existing "Human" sets than it is it's own powerset with it's own mechanics and whatnot.

Edit: At the end of the day, Clowns are just dudes in outfits and make-up.

They don't REALLY have special powers, outside of jokes and comedic settings. This game's main powersets have been based on thematically serious, or at the very least thematically neutral, concepts. Making such a fuss about there being no Clown MM primary is akin to being annoyed there's no "all Cats" or "all wolves" Beast Mastery MM primary or no "all swords" ninja MM primary. It's either a minor quibble about style or a demand that the game completely shifts gears and art direction for a very minor desire. Clown masterminds is something best left in the realm of customizing pets because all it really would be, in this game, is a different kind of Thug, Merc, or Ninja. Everyobdy wins if we all get to customize our thugs mercs and ninjas.

Possibly more than half of clown-concept advocates lose if they made a clown mastery set, and the rest of the community gets nothing.

I would gladly buy Crown set if they can make it funny and interesting. I would love to see a lot of random joke attacks like you throw out a gift box and it has random effects.

Do you want clowns for real or do you want clowns because the developers didn't give them to us?

Since the OP has been cross-posting to the official Featured Items thread, this one can safely die.

I saw that and my first reaction was to laugh. My second reaction was, "I want a clown MM!"

This is way too funny and way too appealing! Even though I'm a paying citizen, I'd still pay money for clowns.

Eve

Just because it was someone else besides the person you were talking to that pointed out where you had done something doesn't mean they were wrong. If you want a private conversation on the forums, PMs work better.

So...



Also if I were a dev I would only put clown summoning into the game if I could add Banjo the Clown to the list of ascended beings.

I happened to think that Aneko's comment about the name and the comment was quite funny and worthy of saying.
Classifying it as an attack is... almost as bad as getting upset about clown henchmen being used as part of the April Fools joke.

Seems everyone here could use a nice cold seltzer in the face.


(And, for the record, I would absolutely like to see a clownish MM option. I think there's enough precedence for such a thing and it could be a worthwhile approach [although, I think MM's big problem is lack of customization and more niche options like this might not be the right direction]... but I didn't take them joking about it as anything but funny).

Just give thugs a juggalo alt skin and boom.