biostem

Well, something like fire/bio could work, with the offensive/defensive/efficient representing different forms, along with different coloration for the fire blasts and different combat auras, (though I'd stick to the minimal FX options for the bio armor powers).

Then you need to take more... or less... I can never remember which...

Body Armor - While not impressive by any measure, I feel it is in line with other such auto-resist powers. Keep in mind that APP/PPP powers should not necessarily be better than primary or secondary powers. Cryo Ray - The hold duration could use some improvement. Sleep Grenade - I'm not a big fan of sleep powers. Maybe the range could be improved so you could better put a group to sleep without aggroing any of them. LRM - Maybe remove the interrupt time and/or give it the "extra damage if not yet in combat" buff.

A bit off topic, but I feel like you should be able to deliver a "coup de grace" to enemies, in order to prevent any self-rezzing - make them clickable once downed the first time, or leave them with like 1hp for a few seconds before the rez kicks in...

You are fully able to run those cape and aura missions as you see fit, limiting your own characters' costumes until they complete those tasks. It is also not always the case that all heroes have shoddy costumes at first - a lot depends upon that character's background. Further, it doesn't necessarily fit that each character would need to take part in the particular tasks given to unlock capes or auras...

Maybe something like:

The free "Inner Inspiration" power gives you 3 medium or large inspirations every 25 minutes. The large ones can sell for 10K-100K, so if you're patient, (especially if you don't use the 2XP buff), you can get that money in very short order through normal play.

If you can email an item to yourself, there should be a way to basically automate it, wherein you place an item into this shared account email, then simply withdraw it from another of your characters, (without having to specifically create then send said email).

So what one person thinks of as "fun" is very subjective. That being said, the update to necromancy makes them quite powerful AND fun. The 3 blast attacks at are part of the primary can now also summon temporary minions, so you can do some direct attacks AND get more pets into the fray. With that being said, and while I fully admit to loving kinetics, I'd also like to advocate for cold domination or sonic resonance as great secondaries. If you're looking for something with a bit of a different feel, ninjas/trick arrow or ninjas/poison are quite fun as well. lastly, beasts/elec can be surprisingly effective and fun as well!

Actually, what I would rather see would be a set of level 4 or 5 generic IOs as the "welcome package" - maybe something like a set of 10 vouchers that you can trade in for basic IOs of your choice.

I done goofed! Thank you for pointing it out, @Rudra.

They don't fly... they just fall with style!!!

I really like savage melee, so where do we go from here?

How about we allow the team leader to preset a little questionnaire that anyone requesting to join their team has to take, in order to demonstrate some arbitrary level of competency before they are allowed to join... 🤪

Well, I wanted to introduce something new, but keep it fairly simple to implement, hence just allowing the choice of the opposite secondary set...

There may be more to the lore in-game, but the wiki states: "Nictus are Kheldians who, when faced with the short native lifespan of the Kheldian people, turned to science and changed themselves into beings of darkness. They feed off of life energy, and were at one point able to siphon the life force of the Kheldians from great distances." My point is that you could have a Kheldian that began the process to transform themselves into a Nictus, and either had a change of heart partway through, or it was otherwise interrupted, thereby only partially changing them. The player can then come up with whatever backstory they want to explain how they came to inhabit their current host...

Both Mad Max and its sequel (The Road Warrior) predate that, and they seem to be more of an inspiration than the movie you mentioned...

Oof! That's gonna be one heck of an uphill battle. Hmm... then the investment in those kb->kd IOs may be worth it. Lots of soft control there...

Unless you plan on investing in several KB->KD IOs, I'd go Warshade. Also, while toggles from human form don't carry over to Nova form, a click effect like hasten does, making such powers really useful! Are you open to at least some form switching? You could drop to human and use sunless mire, black dwarf mire, and dark extraction, too...

In addition to NOT being autohit, it doesn't have the -range effect, meaning that while you do get the enemy's ire, they don't have to close the distance with you...

It'd probably have to be some sort of "loose power" that you could pick, or maybe only becomes available as a pick within the pool after you've already picked your free one...

So do the powers in the other sets that doms & controllers both have access to, deal different amount of damage as well? If so, are they in line with this discrepancy?

I don't know if you can reconcile the 2 schools of thought: "I have the most fun whilst playing the 50+ content" vs "Each 50 should be earned". Related, or possibly intrinsic to this argument, is whether any degree of gatekeeping should exist between character creation and the endgame. Even if you get PL'd to 50, it's some time that you must choose to invest in the process.

I mean... that's kind of in line with the kind of behavior I'd expect from them, though.

Hmm... that's a good question. I hadn't thought of that. I suppose it could be a "1st one's free" kind of thing, then you'd need to spend a regular power pick for additional ones...