biostem

No reason they couldn't allow the weapon model, but not the unique color scheme they have. In the case of Valkyrie, all we know is that her spear is of alien origin, not that it was in any way unique. We can already get carnie masks, Blue Shield's shield, Aeon's gloves, so the precedent exists...

Valkyrie's spear would also be an awesome option!

Just remove the teleport effect, change it into a short range, but wide cone, and change the knockdown into knockback, and you've got yourself an effective "get out of my face" or area denial power that still fits with the theme...

A Warshades powers are not like the gravity control set - they are a mixture of blasts, control abilities, buffs, and debuffs, with the connection to gravity being that some slow enemies. I recommend giving Warshades a look over at the Wiki... It does not. It has new powers, which amount to some of the blast attacks you yourself have access to. It is certainly viable solo or on teams, but the powers generally make use of defeated enemies or ones that are still alive, instead of being wholly self-sufficient like a Peacebringer. I highly recommend either giving them a read-over on the Wiki or act like you were going to create one in-game and click the (i)/info option to see a description of their powers.

It would work similar to how dark armor got obscure sustenance instead of dark regeneration or how bio armor got parasitic leech instead of parasitic aura. Heck, those weren't the only changes - compare death shroud and tenebrous regeneration or genetic contamination vs genomic evolution. My guess is it would be turned into a click power with a larger radius, (or a cone), but a lower target cap, or an auto power with a flat bonus.

Well, Unicron was able to use defeated Transformers as raw material to be converted into his minions. Warshades have powers like Dark Extraction which utilizes the body of a defeated foe to create a temporary minion that serves you. Their powers are also themed after negative energy, (read: Dark Energon), and control over gravity, which I think are also thematic. If you didn't want to go human-only, you could also utilize Dark Nova and Black Dwarf as altmodes, (the first being a more ranged-blast-oriented one, and the second being a melee tank form.

That's not the point, though; Certain enhancement types drops a lot more often than others, and sometimes you'd rather convert your 100th accuracy into an end mod or really need a defense to fill a gap. My characters tend to not have a huge amount of influence, (they're not poor, either), but some of my 50s use alternate builds with only SOs slotted, and being able to convert all those "common" ones into others I could use, would be preferable. Sure, I could sell them, then buy the other ones, then rank them up, but I'm looking for a slightly more eloquent solution. It isn't about slotting them in battle or where you can or cannot buy them from...

Well, maybe same level and type, then. I can't imagine how combining could allow differing levels, unless the resulting enhancement was of the lowest of the bunch.

Maybe a grav/rad or grav/energy dominator. Could also go with a human-only warshade - kind of fits the theme of using defeated bodies as "raw material".

As the title states, can we please be allowed to combine 3 SOs of the same level, origin, and type into 1 of a different type, (retaining the same level and origin as the 3 that were so-combined).

Maybe it simply added a Cryptic and E3 logo to any screenshots taken...

Tried that, to no significant effect. Still, I agree with your sentiment about the storm beta thread.

Well, it doesn't have to be super tied to the meta, but for instance, making it really really obvious where the borders are of your storm cell and which enemies are impacted, was asked for again and again.

And any other AT won;t have access to their AoEs, depending upon what level they are exemplared/malefactored down to. Sure, pets have lower base damage, but you also get up to 6 of them, they cost you no end once summoned & upgraded, and although it can be a bit cumbersome, they can be resummoned quite often. Do you drink critically? 😉

I thought that used the Sky Raiders model.

I wholeheartedly agree, but at the same time, an important question to consider is to what extent should powersets fall in line with the game's meta, where teams move quickly from group to group, and sets that require extensive setup ahead of time, underperform as a result. I don't want to see all sets made homogenous, but I at least want to see things like setup time given a little more attention.

I agree that the beast mastery could use some love, but at the same time, and unlike a player, those powers can be used by each of your 3 wolves, 2 lionesses, and dire wolf, so you basically have 6 AoEs, and that doesn't include call ravens, giving you a grand total of 7 AoEs, (plus any from your APP/PPP or other pools)...

If that's the case, then isn't that basically already doable with a bind or macro? Heck, you could just copy-paste some generic "Hi I'd like to join your team" text ahead of time, then hit ctrl+v after selecting the option to send them a tell...

And how would this request appear to the recipient of said request? It would have to be some sort of popup, as that is how requests are handled in-game. It's the same for teleport request, friend requests, and so on...

I got a storm/ninjitsu sentinel to 50 and well IO'd out. It's a fun set, and can do good damage given the right setup and circumstances. That being said, the added complexity of needing to get enemies into your storm cell or category five is just more work than the subsequent return. I love lightning strike, and some of the other powers are quite fun, but compared to many of my other 50 sentinels, it's simply extra work for not enough of an extra reward...

Is it just me, or is anybody else seeing new reaction icons for posts, like a Bulgarian flag or a bowl of ramen? Here's an example:

Between /ignore and generally being able to remove myself from the in-game drama, the only times I really felt like taking a break was when I was in a taskforce or trial, where removing myself would cost me a good amount of time invested, potential awards, and/or leave other members of the group in a weaker state...

Tells do not cause a popup like I presume this feature would, sort of like a teleport prompt...

This proposed "Ask to join" feature could also be used to grief or harass people - imagine you wanted to join a TF or trial, don't get in for whatever reason, then proceed to make the leader's life a living hell by spamming requests to them. What I could see, is if a team leader wanted to open their team up to random joiners, would be to add a "join open team" sort of function...

Saying "here's what you can do with what we have now", as you pointed out, does not mean that all further development should stop nor that someone's suggestion will never be realized. At the same time, assuming that in-game descriptions of powers are "set in stone", with regard to how you, the player, interprets those powers and how they tie into your character, is simply a failure of imagination. As @honoroit pointed out, even dark powers, with careful color selection, can appear as light-based ones. I mean, heck, they've offered alternate stone melee mallet powers that don't use a mallet at all... but that contradicts the power's name! How can this be?