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I forgot about dual blades. I think they also have the sheathed weapon option now. In the costume creator, there's a weapons section, and next to them there should be an icon of 2 swords side by side or crossed, with one representing them shown and the other they remain hidden.

From the stuff currently in Beta, which can be found here: Storm Blast The changes detailed below make Chain Lightning more consistent of an attack, and the AoE output more consistent while keeping both ST and AoE performance the same as previous. Chain Lightning: Chain decay per jump is 0.18, down from 0.20 Chain decay caps at 0.64, up from 0.60 Chain fork is now 1,1,1,1,2 instead of 2,2 Sentinel fork is now 1,1,2 instead of 2,2 Chain delay is now 0.3, up from 0.2 Chain radius is now 10', down from 15' Damage scale now 1 and 0.04x4 over 2.2s, up from 0.827 and 0.10x4 over 2.2s Recharge 16s, down from 20s Accuracy improved to 1.15, up from 1.0 Category Five: Eye Wall targets up to 16, up from 10 for non-Sentinels Eye Wall is summoned after a 3s delay, down from 5s (same duration, so it now fades out slightly sooner too) Now has 100% proc rate for Storm Cell procs if summoned while active. Storm Cell: Now has 100% proc rate for Category Five lightning if summoned while active. Split between Lightning Split/Focused/Spread is now evenly 33.33% each, instead of 50%/25%/25% Lightning (Split) damage scale now 0.7, up from 0.6 Lightning (Focused) damage scale now 1.0, down from 1.2 Lightning (Spread) damage scale now 0.4, up from 0.3 Lightning Lockout is now 1s for all, down from 4/3/2s (Focused/Split/Spread) Knockdown and End Drain stats for all lightning normalized to 50% and 5%, respectively, regardless of which version hits. Proc Chances: Gust now has 35% chance, up from 20% Hailstones/Jetstream now has 50% chance, up from 40% Chain Lightning/Direct Strike/Cloudburst now has 70% chance, up from 60% Direct Strike (slow) now has 90% chance, up from 80%.

Right now, broadsword, katana, titan weapons, and assault rifle. The current beta adds pistols, beam rifle, and dual pistols.

You can't replicate the illusionist dress/gown. You can get a nearly perfect juggler/fencer costume, though. That being said, (and I don't mean this to sound critical of your idea), but the Carnie parts are kind of overused, IMHO. Still, if it fits your concept, and it brings you joy, then go for it!

Lemme just... hang a lampshade on this entire situation, and let's agree not to shine a spotlight on such a questionable interaction!

I hear ya! Not only on the belt, but other places as well. Like I said, though, besides the Goldbricker belt and the officer one, which IIRC were ported over from NPCs, we really don't get any "cosmetic-only" weapon options. I mean, I'd love to have shields ported over as back options, even if they don't have any functionality, and some of the claws weapons would look great for savage melee, but they simply don't seem to be going that route...

I am all for more costume options. That being said, the devs seem to be against adding weapons as "mere" costume options - they've implemented various sheathed weapon options, while they could have probably much more easily just made them all standard costume options...

It's not about them needing the license to make changes or anything; It's about giving Homecoming a greater degree of legitimacy and official recognition by the IP holder. Think of it like this - before NCSoft's recognition, Homecoming basically existed as a sort of "pirate server". Now, we're at least slightly more legit than that...

You should probably post this in the general suggestions forum, not one specifically about Architect Entertainment...

It looks like you'll want to seek out Alan Desslock, located at -1298 258 -431 in Mercy island. Thumbtack command for him: /thumbtack -1298 258 -431

I rely on the kb protection IO on my crab spider, and if I'm opening a fight against a group of council, they'll sometimes spam their grenades and I'll still get knocked back. Similarly, my /ninjitsu sentinels only have the auto power to grant kb protection, and sometimes I'll still get knocked back, since that auto power has a lesser value than similar toggles or clicks.

What you can do is use a few binds to make the pets more or less "fire and forget": /bind lalt+lbutton "petcomall goto passive" /macro Def "petcomall defensive" The first bind makes it so when you alt-left click, your pets go to the spot you clicked and ignore everything else. Once they are where you want them to be, click the 'Def' macro button the command should have created, and your pets will enter defensive mode, meaning they will attack anyone that attacks them first. By using the 2, you simply send your pets where you want, click the button, and they'll take care of themselves. You can then focus on your support powers if you don't want to micro-manage them so much...

With basically unlimited renames, there is nothing stopping you from just creating a character, naming them whatever, then simply renaming them later on down the line when you come up with something better. I am far from the most creative person, but with all the resources available online, there is no excuse for someone not being able to come up with something close to the name they originally wanted, short of stubbornness...

I use dictionary.com/thesaurus.com and rhymezone.com to aid in coming up with new & original names...

If that's the case, then I still think it needs a bit more to differentiate it from the blaster version...

I kind of feel like this power's animation doesn't fit in properly. Maybe replace it with bayonet from SoAs or a shorter range version of beanbag round.

Heck, pick anything along with kinetics and most teams will love you!

I don't think it grants the extra regen and recovery like field operative does...

As others have pointed out, it's too similar to the blaster pet found in devices. What if you basically turned it into a less steampunk and more conventional arms version of a Nemesis Jaeger? Heck, even just recolored slightly to grey/silver it could work really well. Another approach could be to allow the power to spawn 2 gun drones, and use the dual pistol ammo types to give each a little flavor.

I think a better option would be to have certain key battles in these story arcs or TFs reward you, upon their completion, with an appropriately leveled generic IO of the player's choice, that way they never lose that effectiveness. Maybe even go the route of the prestige enh's so they provide a somewhat better bonus, but are still overshadowed by higher level/set IOs.

Yeah - they should have added a "pin-down" type power where you fire a volley to immobilize your target(s) in place.

Why's that?

Can the beast mastery pets be made to do any of the emotes? I know I've used the eat emote on my demon MMs to keep them from making their idle sounds...

This may sound silly, but why not just port some of the digitigrade beast feet to the regular legs?

Please don't insert so many images before getting to your point. Most people here are already familiar with the characters/images you posted. That being said, I and many others have indeed suggested a more "business-like" single pistol blast set. I'd rather not have melee attacks included, though, unless you were specifically going for an assault or manipulation set. Beyond that, yes, a single pistol set would be awesome!