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This just demonstrates your lack of imagination; Not only could/does technology currently facilitate the growth of plants IRL, but in a world of AI and nanotech, it isn't much of a stretch to imagine some sort of device that spontaneously generates plants and/or uses some sort of existing plant stock to rapidly cause them to grow and in a specific direction/location and with specific properties...

Here's another I think came out rather nicely - The DB/Nin Scrapper, "Dead-Vine":

I have to wonder, when I see suggestions like this, what the OP envisions their proposed set would look like; In this case, when @Solok says "Magic", do they mean something like a stereotypical D&D mage, with a magic missile, fireball, lightning bolt, and other such signature abilities. or are they picturing some kind of vague blasts with runes, pictograms, or other such "magical symbols" floating about...

This feels like a trap. Is this a set-up? Are we being punk'd?

Could it be that some have prompt for tp on?

I'd drop the extra end cost but keep the amount refunded, (though in the latter case I'd do it based upon their total remaining HP).

We can already make our own characters as "slooty" as we want, regardless of whether they use the male, female, or huge body types. If someone's behavior goes beyond what is acceptable, then they should be acted upon by a GM or mod, whether that is a female MM beating their male minions, or a male MM doing such things to their female ones, (should customization be available at some point). Frankly, as much as I love CoH, the costume designs the O.G. devs implemented are very... lacking, in some areas, IMHO, so more customization options would be very welcome.

Oh I have no issues with YOU, personally - just your bad ideas. Yes, I've seen the movie. The gore and gratuitous violence are part of the absurdity of the entire movie. That being said, you mentioned "gratuitous violence", not gore. Now, go fight some enemies and tell me that you weren't guilty of just a little overkill... ** kills some low-level thug with a fireball, by crushing them to death with the very force of gravity, and so on **

If you have a problem with this, how do you ever level up a character?

But that's too slow for them!!!!

Except that isn't applicable in-game. You want to move more slowly - then do so - just don't full speed directly to your target. I have zero issues positioning at base speed, with sprint on, with any other travel power on. *You* just need to adapt, but you seemingly refuse to do so. Walk is too slow, and normal run is too fast for you. Even if they added a new "stroll" power that's in-between the 2, it still wouldn't be enough...

Then *only* fly or teleport where you need to go. RP your slow walking speed outside of combat using walk. If you're ok with flying or teleporting, then please don't talk about the world being small because of the fast run speed...

Kickass can run. In fact, because his nerves are damaged, he can probably run faster and longer than a normal human. If running around is too much for your character, then I hope they either have another means of getting around, (in which case use that instead of walking), or they simply cannot contribute meaningfully since they cannot get anywhere in a timely manner...

Then use walk. Are you just as opposed to surviving multiple point-blank gunshots, or is your desire for realism just selective?

What about... Zoidberg!!?

Hmmm.... there are some IOs or set bonuses that shorten status effect durations on player characters - could something be applied to NPCs, but in reverse?

I don't think we have a full-fledged and high level spandex/costume-wearing group, all of which possess super powers - CoH seems to lean very much into the tech or magic, rather than straight-up mutants...

Has anyone tried out the newer APP, "Ice Mastery"? If so, what are your thoughts? Does the pet share a similar "4 mins up, 15 mins recharge" as PPP pets? What about the other powers? I appreciate your input. Thanks!

What!? There has always been ranged status effects. Um, no. You lost the argument right there; The game is not and should not be balanced around the higher difficulty "star-content". What does this mean? If a tanker/brute didn't take or doesn't use taunt, that's a failing on that particular player, not the ATs or powers. I'm not sure what you mean by "taunt aggroe", though - powers with a taunt component generate aggro from enemies or otherwise place the taunter toward the top of that enemy's aggro list. Add into this that almost all, (if not all), tanker or brute, and even some scrapper armors, IIRC, contain a toggle that constantly re-applies a taunt effect to any nearby enemies. Now, that has a limit, so you can't expect a lone tank/brute to hold aggro from dozens of enemies at once, so if a team is engaging multiple groups as once, that again falls on the team getting in over their heads.

Well, sets like forcefield have dispersion bubble as kind of their schtick - making team/AoE mez protection too accessible devalues that. I mean, there are ATs with mez protection and tools to draw attention off of their teammates for a reason...

Thanks for the explanation/clarification! That being said, *someone* was manufacturing those backpacks, and presumably there was some test pilot(s). Either way, I guess my point is that the gear exists out there, somewhere, besides what Sam has access to, and if someone else can figure out how to make their own arc reactor, surely this suit should turn up elsewhere. Though, I suppose, even with them being misused by Vanko, you'd think the "Hammeroids" would have still been used by the military at this point...

Since the costume file itself contains data about what body type and pieces it's using, I wonder if that data could be accessed via an in-game menu, for sorting purposes...

I dunno... seems kinda like a NEMESIS PLOT!!!

Kind of a weird observation - At the end of Falcon & The Winter Soldier, Sam got a Wakandan Vibranium suit & flight pack - why would he give that up? Also, (and unless I'm misremembering), in Civil War, didn't he say he was part of a special paratrooper rescue unit? If so, are there other soldiers out there trained and equipped with versions of his original suit?

The issue I think you'll run up against is that there isn't any one-size-fits-all solution for every AT and powerset combination. I can speak to generalities, but besides that, a lot will depend upon the AT, primary, secondary, pool/APP/PPP and Incarnates you pick, not to mention how many or which IOs you'll slot.