How to Revamp the master mind

I think the first way would be to divide the primary power set like the villain ats. So you have the minions (zombies, mercenary's, robots, ect..) and the the companion power, (electrical, lazer rifle, dark energy, ect...) Also the easiest way to add custom minions would be adding some of the models you have in game all ready (thugs (The Family, Freakshow, Hellions, The Lost, Outcasts) that's just an example but would be up to the developers as to what fits and what would be right to have as a minion to command.

Seems like that'd be a massive amount of work, although it might make the MM attacks a bit more appealing. Personally, I tend to not bother with the attacks, they're often not that appealing... Demons being basically the only exception (it's a WHIP!!! plus, nice -res).

I kinda doubt they'd put actual in-game NPCs in as MM sets, seems like the type of thing they'd not want to do.

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

How to revamp the Mastermind:
1. Fix the damn pet AI.
2. ???
3. Profit!

Masterminds are arguably the most powerful AT in the game right now. Of course, high-end VEATs and Warshades might be slightly better. Regardless, the only thing that needs fixed in any way is the pet AI. Who knows how hard that would be or how long it would take? The AT that needs revamped is the Blaster, now that lolstalker isn't a thing.

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Shouldn't an AT be broken to start with before needing to be revamped?
Nothing to see here, move along.

The Pet AI does need help, so does the endurance issue. Other than that, the only thing wrong with Master Minds is that we don't have alternate pets selectable as custom powers. That and the need for many many many more MM sets! (I nearly cried that they used Clowns as an April Fools joke!) I want Killer Clowns!

As i said before, splitting the the primary would in fact give more variation in this very popular set, (example i have a ninja master mind the only attacks he has are a bow attack which does not fit with the concept i have, so i do not have any bow attacks at all. if the were to split it, electric would work well, as the secondary set is storm for this toon. now i can think of may more combinations as well) as for pets i don't know how many times i have heard people say they would love some custom pets subbing models all ready in game would fix that, with maybe very little work, there again don't really know. (clock work = robots) (Family = thuggs and so on) until are able to make our own (may never happen ). as for ai thats a give me but if there fixing it look at the whole and do all of it.

As for blaster the secondary sets need a lot more of them as well as the top power in the primary needs the cost to use it fixed too much that i do not even use it if ever.

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The Beast Mastery attacks grant a Pack Mentality buff, stacks of which are useful for the pets and for the power that gives a Def/Regen bonus based on the number of such buffs you have stacked. Future sets could have that sort of built-in synergy as well. This doesn't work so well with the split set-up.

Personally, I'd revamp the MMs in just a couple of ways. Make pets customizable, and rename the sets after the style of attack the pets use.

That and fixing the AI would make the class just about perfect.

Make the pets inherit whatever travel power you have toggled on. IE: if you're flying they should fly, if you're super speeding, so should they, etc. (Don't say group fly or team teleport, I will smack you)

Then make all the primaries that don't have access to recharge intensive pet IOs get access to them.

Then increase damage on personal attacks.

How, precisely, do you envision "splitting" a Mastermind's primary power set into two separate, smaller sets without in any way affecting the Mastermind's secondary powerset? Because if you're talking about three-powerset characters, this is not going to happen. Ever. The game's current implementation simply wouldn't be able to cope with it. They couldn't add three new enhancement slots in the middle, let alone gutting an entire AT's powerset selection into something that fits no existing mould.

If you're referring to how Soldiers of Arachnos do it, I'm fairly certain that's custom to their AT and not usable with a broad generic AT selection.

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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha This, other than stupid high endurance cost on personal attack powers, is the only thing that needs fixing. There is no need to revamp something that isn't broken (by its own fault)

I agree with the endurance concerns, though to be fair, those are only actually meaningful on the third "AoE" attack. The two fast ones actually have fairly normal endurance efficiency. Considering how crap Mastermind attacks are, I honestly don't see a reason why they must also cost more. All this does is it ensures people don't see them as a viable power pick. If they're going to be crap, then make them cheap, and if they're going to be expensive, then make them worth using.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Let me try one more time to explain this the primary power set would be your pets and the buffs for them (gang war, the up grades, and so on...) the other would be the attacks you would gain from the set bow for ninja's guns for thuggs and so on. All they would have to do is have the attacks be change able by the player when picking the attack powers. Come to think of it it would be hard to do and would have a power set with 3 not just two a primary and secondary so they may not be able to do it. But i can dream as for the pets i thing what i stated with the subbing of the models in game would work