Dual Travel Powers you'd like to see

For those not in the know, the upcoming Sorcery specialized power pool has a special feature in it that basically grants you 2 travel powers for 1 power pick. This comes in the form of Mystic Flight which is a clone of regular Fly but with glowie rune effects (or not, there's an option to turn that off) as well as a power called Translocation which is a clone of Teleport.

The catch, though, is Fly from the Flight pool eventually gives access to Afterburner for much faster flight and Mystic Flight...doesn't. Also, Translocation cannot be slotted so it has the base range and endurance of Teleport and unlike Teleport, this doesn't get you closer to Long Range Teleport...and if it weren't obvious, Translocation does not inherit any type of slotting from Mystic Flight.

Anyway, yeah, it's Fly+TP with a bit of a catch.

But what other stuff do you think we could see? Post an idea for a dual travel (hopefully one that doesn't marginalize the actual travel pools further).


I think Burrowing could be a good option! Burrowing would be a 'Tank's Travel Power' in that it combines Super Speed, Taunt and Phase. While technically Phase isn't a travel power, I sort of considered it half-way one since it (and stealth) let you 'travel' through foes unhindered.

Burrowing would leave you unable to 'jump' so you had to travel along the ground or give up the effects of the power (think Grounded's KB protection). While Burrowing, you would be phased and unable to be affected by others but you'd still get the attention of the enemy.

The other power would be called Upheaval which would be a PBAoE Knock Up where you leap up out of the ground and anything near you is taunted as they fall. The catch being, you lose your quick speed and your phase for 8 seconds after returning to the ground. Upheaval is basically a shorter Super Jump where the Knock Up occurs only after first toggling it on.


Another I just thought up would be a sneaker option, Shape Morph. Basically just teleportation + Phase/stealth. Shape Morph would have a very long range with the catch that, as a teleport, it couldn't be aimed in the air. You'd have to aim it at an object like the ground, a building or something. Then it'd show you 'melting' into what you're standing on and 'melding' with what you aimed at. In this process, you're phased and stealthed.

The other power would be mimic (or I'd like it to be mimic) and only usable on mission maps. It changes your form into whatever enemy group is suppose to be on the map and provides superior stealth after you Morph for however long you keep mimic on.

Meh, the ideas sounded better in my head...maybe I'll come up with something better later.

I've always had a problem with "burrowing" as a super power because it's terrain-dependent, and a lot of what we do takes place over terrain that isn't conducive to it. I don't just mean burrowing through shipping containers or through the floors of office buildings where what's "below" is just another floor - burrowing beneath catwallks that you can see through would just feel weird.

Also, how do you handle walls, say like the "trench walls" of Steel Canyon? Logically, I'd assume you should be able to burrow beneath the wall and up to the other side, but doesn't see like something we have the tech for, plus it could lead to... Weird things, such as burrowing up a chain link fence.

I realise that most stone powers already summon stones from thin air, but that's kind of their thing - they "summon stones." A burrowing power would assume to put the player beneath the "ground" in places where what's beneath the "ground" is open air. Hurl is about the only power I'll admit makes no sense when I rip a chunk of asphalt out of suspended electrical cables, which is why I've always suggested we go whole hog and just have Hurl throw cars and forklifts and basically the larger of the Propel debris.

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As for combo powers, I'd like to see a run/jump hybrid that works kind of like Ninja Run, but is in a power pool of some sort. It doesn't have to be an acrobatic parkour type travel power, and the "perpetual elbow jab" animation straight out of Aion (yes, seriously) can bite my donkey, but if we're going for hybrids, that's really the only other one which makes sense. Flight and running speed, for instance, just don't go well together since you can only use one or the other. Running and jumping compliment each other, by contrast.

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Super Speed + TP: The TP is a "Flash Step" made fun/famous by anime and manga. Unlike sorcery's flight, this teleport would only work if you are on the ground.

Super Jump + Glide: This would have absolutely no use in combat but I'd love it for kicks. Once you reach the apex of your jump a temp power would come up allowing you to glide back to the ground.

Super Speed + Power Slide: While moving, you can toggle on a power that removes inertia from your character. You can slide over objects where you would stick before (you'll be 1 foot higher off the ground). This would work like IR but it would "cap" your jump height at 3 feet.

Teleport + Phase Shift: You can activate this other dimensional power after your first teleport (3-second window). While phased you can move at increased run/fly speed and cannot be attacked or use powers other than those that affect you. You can run through non-scenery objects and bodies freely. Your teleport powers while in this form cost 1/2 their usual amount.

While my idea isn't quite a "dual" travel power it's still one that seems pretty obvious: We need a shapechanging flight power. We already have things like the Coyote and Panther powers that are fine for ground travel. Why don't we have something like a power that shapechanges us to hawks or bats so that we can fly?

Stealth/Teleport
Flight/Afterburner
A new ninja-run animation/something that boost it towards SS/SJ levels of speed
Teleport/Placate with the placate as a PBAoE before the teleport goes off.

-Rachel-

No brainer:
Flight + SS

I'm not talking about a single superfast fly. The base power is supposed to be a fly clone, and the temp power that it adds is an unslottable afterburner clone. Activating the afterburner clone will still make you Only Affecting Self while sped up.

So you won't be getting Superspeed speed while flying with the ability to attack - but you will get Fly + Afterburner without having to burn three power choices.

Check out the CoH Wikia, if you dare... One of the members has "Future Content" listed on the site.

-Rachel-

Personally, I'd simply like something along the lines of Ninja Run that can be slotted.