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I'd go with: > Human-form-only status protection power > Team buffs > Enemy debuffs >Ally rez power

Can you clarify what you mean, here - every power comes with 1 free slot. Especially in the case of Nova & Dwarf, Kheldians end up with way more slots, (in total), than other ATs. The only "issue", if you even want to call it that, is that they cannot place those extra free slots in their other powers. In that case, the only "gimme" I could see would be to allow Kheldians to opt out of those free powers and instead get 1 slot that they can place elsewhere. Even then, it'd still give them more total slots than other ATs get PLUS the ability to place them wherever they wanted...

I wonder why we still haven't gotten an official response on this, (unless I missed it)...

They still do. PBs get their version of fly, hover, and the new "evasive maneuvers" toggle, while WSs get teleport, recall target, and fold space.

What I'd rather see is a "regular" APP for Kheldians, which granted a status protection power for their human form, (so perma-lightform or dwarf aren't your only options), and perhaps a team buff, enemy debuff, etc.

Power FX are not the same as auras. You'd need another option, similar to how there's dark options with or without the skulls, or regular/soul noir, only one without the dripping ichor effect...

What I posted would be a hypothetical "light blast" set. I've already addressed your other concerns about there being so many dark sets, so I'm not going to retread them.

For the sake of argument, you could easily do, (just copied from Luminous Blast) : Gleaming Bolt 1 Ranged, Minor DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF Glinting Eye 1 Ranged, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF Gleaming Blast 2 Ranged, High DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback Proton Scatter 6 Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF Inner Light 8 Self +DMG, +To Hit Luminous Detonation 12 Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback Pulsar 18 PBAoE, Foe Disorient Solar Flare 22 PBAoE, High DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback Dawn Strike 26 PBAoE, Extreme DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback

If you don't mind using up some transaction slots, the auction house is also a convenient place to store some.

Zorro FTW.

The question would be to what degree should certain rewards be exclusive. That being said, any content that can be sold/posted to the AH will eventually make its way there, and therefore purchasable with inf. I'm not against the idea, but I imagine the conversion rate would probably be pretty high...

Different organization/company, different servers. Your old data & characters, (if it still even remains), is with NCSoft. Everlasting is the RP & 2nd most populous server, with Excelsior being the 1st.

You're in luck! You have several energy sword options. If you wanted to be truer to the damage type, though, energy melee and radiation melee have you covered.

What do all these images being posted have to do with not being excited about storm blast?

No, keep choosing ANY set and color it to fit your purposes. If you are limiting yourself to "dark sets", then that's on you.

Color any powerset (that allows it) white. Problem solved. Also, dark is not evil!

Look at the Peacebringer primary set, luminous blast. It basically consists of radiation blast, energy blast, energy melee, and a smattering of other repurposed attacks...

You are too hung up on the set or power names. Instead of thinking "light", look to any set that uses energy damage.

I believe empathy can be colored white as well. Kinetics could also work as a light set. Forcefield could be a "hard light" set of sorts.

You'd still have to enter the enh window, hit upgrade, then if any attempts fail, exit out, buy more, and try again, or just buy more than you might need, in that event. A simple right click -> combine -> select what you want would be much faster and a more elegant solution.

I got my obligatory storm blast character to 50, but didn't lament going back to any of a number of others using the more straight-forward sets, some having been in the game since launch...

The difference in CoH is that our characters aren't trying to sell them to some unsuspecting buyer, and ours, by necessity/game mechanics wouldn't have all the properties of the signature characters. Heck, the laws you cited may not even exist in a world where there is likely some piece of tech or simple spell one can use to tell a fake from the genuine article. that being said, I am perfectly fine with getting a "knock-off" version of these weapon models - by restricting the color or other such options. No reason our "Valkyrie fangirl" character couldn't craft herself a spear that looks similar to her hero's...

You can't directly compare comic books to how things would need to be implemented in a game. That being said, there exist precedent, like how Taskmaster has knockoffs of various heroes' weapons. Further, no one is asking for the ability to directly copy a signature character's entire look. Allowing access to Valkyrie's spear weapon model, only without its unique coloration, doesn't mean you actually have Valkyrie's spear.

You're certainly not alone. Not every new set is going to appeal to every player. Focus on the sets you do enjoy, play them to your heart's content, and don't stress those powerset or aspects of the game that you aren't as enthusiastic about.