biostem

Love it! Gotta give them a fast food worker alternate costume: "Oh yes! You WILL have some 'Electrifries' with that!!!"

I feel like calling the set's "resource" "static" just doesn't sound right. "Charged", "ionized", or even "amped" seems more fitting. I am also concerned about the survivability/viabiltiy of the sentinel, since it can be targeted and is so early in the set.

Very nice, and an excellent use of that police helmet, (it always looks goofy when I try to use it :-/ ).

Well, IMO, "Surge Protection" kind of implies that the set defends AGAINST electrical attacks/sources, not utilizing them to aid your comrades. Maybe "Electric Potential" or "Shock and Awwwwwww :-) ".

Shock Therapy was not *just* used on gay people; It was, (and continues to be), used on any number of conditions, (whether they be actual conditions or ones the medical establishment/those in power deem to be conditions that need "treating"). Disemboweling and beheadings were used as methods of execution or torture for a wide myriad of people as well, (again, whether those people were actually guilty of a crime or those in power just wanted them removed, permanently). I'm not against the renaming, per se - just that such a thing as "shock therapy" isn't a group-specific thing. Should bonfire or cremate have their names changed because someone may have had a negative experience with such things? I mean, we can summon demons, for crying out loud! How is that not offensive to some people, (especially if you are religious or hold a genuine belief in the supernatural or spirits)? Either way, change the names as much as you like...

Still, you can save the costume and make note of the AT/powersets/build, then just help the other person PL that character. Heck, you could have them give you a heads up when they want to create said character, then go into your account and change the name of your version, so they could then use the original name...

I wonder if a better option would be to utilize Deadshot or Mandolorian-style "weapon gauntlets" - We have the immobilizing dart attack that does something similar, already...

It's not bad, IMO. I like how one of the early powers grants a def buff for Brutes and Tankers. I tend to cherry-pick whether I want to use the kick or alternate animations, to best fit the concept I'm going for...

Well, it's one thing to have the frankengun and *just8 AR attacks, and another entirely to with a 1-man arsenal with pistols, shotguns, ARs, sniper rifles, RPG, etc. Maybe 3 options, then?

Welcome back!

I just cannot get into titan weapons. I keep reading how good they are, but I just cannot seem to get into the whole momentum mechanic and how slow and plodding it feels, (to me)...

Maybe the current AR set needs to be branched off into 2 sets with distinct playstyles: 1. The "Frankengun" type implementation should be expanded upon - plasma bullets, healing rounds, antimatter bullets? Go all-out with that stuff. 2. Precision Rifle - This would be more conventional and less flashy - use controlled shots, short bursts, etc.

I'm enjoying the series as well. Granted, the whole absorption ability and gaining resistances by being exposed to a particular damage type is definitely OP, (which I suppose is kind of the point). Rising of the Shield Hero is another good one. I rather enjoyed Goblin Slayer as well, (though that one is rather graphic).

So I feel that this is a pretty straightforward idea, but one that need a little elaboration. Basically, I've run into many scenarios where I am working on a costume, pick a top and a bottom that are of different materials, but then have a hard time choosing a belt that would work well to blend the design. Thus, I would love to see a series of belts that go from: cloth -> leather leather -> cloth cloth -> metal leather -> metal and all the different permutations therein. These would be pieces with a blend from the top material to the bottom, along with the selected colors. Your thoughts? Thanks for reading!

How would self-rez powers figure into such a mode?

Wouldn't gliding basically just be a slowed descent speed? Besides thematic reasons, though, why take such a power? I'd just like to see slottable versions of ninja running and the jump/steam pack-type powers...

So I know this isn't going to be anything new or extraordinary for the majority of you folks, but I got bored of doing the current "Tunnel Witches" AE farm to level up my lowbies, so I did a bunch of reading and came up with my own take on it. The ARC ID is 23468, under the title "Biostem's Tunnel Crawl". If anyone could give it a try and let me know, I'd be very grateful. Thanks for your time!

Well, TBH, I asked the question because the GPD Win 1 had a very finicky SD card slot/reader, so I wanted to know if the GPD Pocket had resolved those issues. Still, your point is taken. I keep a copy of CoH on a thumb drive merely to copy it over to another computer if needed, not to run it from there...

Well, you're certainly free to do what you like, but even just providing an outline of what a powerset would do helps the reader imagine what your intention is or how you imagine such a set working. Regardless, here's some of my ideas: 1. Single pistol "blast" set - focusing more on accurate, high-damage attacks instead of dual pistol's flashier/gimmicky ones. 2. Thrown weapons/throwing knives ranged set - Either expand on the martial assault powers or utilize wholly new attacks. 3. Monster summoning; This would be a mastermind primary, and you could use the hydra tentacles, devouring earth 'devoured', Rularuu watchers, to give the set a creepy/inhuman vibe. Maybe use thorns/spines attacks to fill out the set. 4. Sonic armor - Basically utilize variants of sonic resonance powers to create an armor set. 5. Temporal armor - Similar to sonic armor, create an armor set utilizing the 'Time Manipulation' set. 6. Infernal Assault - Many have suggested some variant of this, but basically create a dominator secondary utilizing the whip attacks form the demon summoning mastermind primary along with appropriate melee attacks, (savage melee, claws, fire sword melee attacks, etc)...

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Maybe elaborate upon your ideas a bit more? Check out how similar powersets are constructed over at paragonwiki.com and come up with something...

Can you put together a proposal for how you envision such a set or sets working? I can see them using the rifle-butt pummel and bayonet attacks for AR and BR, but what about for pistols? Are there any pistol-whip attacks in game already?

You may be able to do something with the CoT Spectral Daemon Lord or Wailers to make them look more dragon-like...

It might be too difficult to implement full dragons, but you could do something like this: 1. Shriek (per the sonic attack power) 2. Summon "draconoid" or lizard/snake-man (use the snakes enemy model) 3. Scream (as per the sonic attack power) 4. Grant Mystical Equipment (1st upgrade power) 5. Shockwave (sonic attack) 6. Summon Harpies (use the harpy/avian-like Talons of Vengeance models) 7. Siren's Song (as per the sonic attack power) 8. Summon Minotaur 9. Grant Legendary Equipment (final upgrade power) *I was debating using some powers from water blast, spines/thorny assault or plant control instead of the sonic ones...

Here's a very quick Rikti set: 1. Psionic dart 2. Summon Rikti Soldiers, (3rd one summoned is a Guardian who can buff allies). 3. Mental blast 4. Improved Gear - 1st upgrade power 5. Psychic scream 6. Summon Headman Gunmen 7. Summon Portal - The portal is targetable/destructable, and summons Rikti Conscripts every few seconds 8. Summon Chief Mentalist 9. Elite Gear - Final upgrade power *I went with the psychic blast powers because the Robotics set already gets the energy rifle attacks.