Sakura Tenshi

"Flying teleport" just reminds me of how teleport was handled in Champions Online. It was gross as hell.

You know, one alternative could be a Hazard zone you enter through Ouroboros that takes you back to the Mu-Oranbegan War and see both civilizations in their prime/early decline.

It's been proven possible and done that two-handed weapons could be paired with shields. We're playing in a superhero setting, as it is characters do a lot of dumb and impractical stuff in their fights. You know what Lord Recluse and a Crab Spider's extra legs are? BIG TARGETS. As mentioned, have you considered about a minimally interfering shield like the bracer?

I am a little curious for the nays spoken: do you also outright oppose the idea of two-handed weapon chaaracters being locked out of shields or just this specific idea? @FupDup seems to be good with at least the idea of a shield paired with dual pistols, assault rifle, and beam rifle. But I am curious to hear if others might just think Katana, TW, staff, and so forth should just accept 'tough' or if they'd want to see them still have the shield? (I do think the really small shield/buckler/heavy bracer idea @MTeague proposed could be a good compromise)

Less a suggestion and more just kind of putting out the feelers to see what folks’ thoughts would be. As the title suggests the idea is basically the Shield Defense armor set without the shield object. Why would this be helpful? Shield defense is one of only three armor sets that grants positional defense buffs (and is mixed with decent resistances.) it allows for the armor set to be ported for Sentinels and used on characters with claws, spines, staff, titan weapons, and so fourth. (Maybe. Though didn’t the live devs once say they balanced later sets around whether they could be paired with shield defense or not?) there are other armor sets with “minimal effects” options and this would kind of be the same thing. though I also understand some arguments against it like “why not ask for iceless ice armor?” or “making it an option for Shield defense would be a coding pain and making it its own option would clutter the power selections” But, what camp do you all fall into? Personally, I’ve wanted this since Live for awhile since my main then was a samurai, I wanted to represent him not just being agile but having sturdy armor, supporting teammates outside of leadership buffs (grant cover), and the charge attack being so cool.

This would be nice. Mild issue would be the toggle getting shut off on defeat, but it would be neat to basically have standard NPCs mixed up with player powers.

Uhhh, yeah, hate you break it to OP, but a lot of entities like this use the same “compressed Baby New Year” sort of skeleton. Hit a BP mask, Rikti Drone, gun drone, or whatever with a speed debuff and got can see the invisible limb points. And before you ask about “the rigging used by Battle Maiden’s dancing swords” those are just regular broadswords swing by an invisible character to simulate being a self animated weapon,

Tangential, but besides the destroyed Galaxy tutorial corridor, the instanced map in Shining Stars and Heart of Darkness arcs suggest Galaxy isn’t nearly as wrecked as people seem to say. Heck, look past the blue instanced barrier wall and everything seems perfectly intact.

My issue with spears being a customization for Broadsword is just that the only thrust attack Broadsword even gets is for Stalkers.

Kind of bugs me because shadow Hunter and i think some animus arcana actually do have spears for staffs but, sadly, due to how this game works I feel like even if an NPC uses the exact same attack animations and all that as the player, them having a unique weapon model does not mean it’ll translate to players.

As someone who has felt like there are a certain recurring number of posters who seem to poo-poo my suggestions, but also realizing it is a bit of confirmation bias, I had wanted to contribute a bit more to this thread but it sort of blew up and I wanted to focus on pitching another idea. That being said, this is a public forum, literally, anytime you post ideas or suggestions for the game you assume the inherit risk of said ideas being scrutinized and do need to accept that as a possible outcome. You can try to convince them and they may not like it (I remember suggesting placate/taunt protect for practiced brawler, since all other mez protections have an additional function and was just told ‘boohoo. Willpower conceptually deserves it more’) and it’s in their right to not be swayed. Does it mean your idea is just bad? It could well be and is something to consider. Could it be that they’re wrong and just want this game to be a museum piece? Also possible. It could even be malevolent cabal of cats stealing people’s accounts. But at the end of the day, it’s part and parcel to this board of the forums and we have to learn to deal with it. besides, what are naysayers really going to do besides say ‘no’? This isn’t like 4chan where they can Sage it to try to push it out of the feed, and I feel like no sane moderator would take up these people on the naysayer’s suggestion to nuke whole threads because they don’t like an idea.

Kind of? I mean, sometimes I do like just 'spray and pray', the real issue I have with Assault Rifle as it stands is that it's not really an Assault rifle, it's a frankenstein of multiple firearms into one hideous beast. And yes, Rock Salt is kind of my personal baby because I love the idea of a 'less lethal' munition that's honestly so terrible it'd still qualify as a war crime, but I'm actually just a mild gun nut with no actual firearms of my own. Lastly, I do like that idea of an interruptible melee and 'bite the barrel' since it's kind of exactly how I imagined No Mercy looking, I based it a bit in my head off a skill in Secret World's Shotgun skill tree.

Bit of a foreword As the title says, this is a bit of a conceptualization for my idea of a Shotgun based ranged powerset for Blasters, Corruptors, Defenders, Sentinels, and even a modified version for Dominator Assault. I confess that aside from increased character conceptual freedom, there's not too many big positives immediately obvious for such a set with Assault Rifle, Dual Pistols, and Arachnos soldier already in game for ranged lethal sets, the only big positive, which might be a negative to some, is that it shouldn't need any new animations. I also want to note that while I didn't want to use names which would imply the type of shotgun used, as this would likely use the same weapon customization options as Assault Rifle and other such set, I opted to just go 'we ball', also, I can see this as a VERY AoE heavy ranged set. Blaster, Corruptor, Sentinel, and Defender version Snakeshot: (Ranged, DMG Minor Lethal, Foe Knockdown, Rech: 3.5 sec, Special) - A modified cartridge meant to dispatch with pests and vermin than people dealing minor damage, Underling tier enemies are hit for double damage. Sabot Round: (Ranged, DMG Moderate lethal, -Def, Rech: 6.5 sec) - A shaped slug inside of a shell, it possesses greater range and accuracy though lack the pure stopping power of other shotgun round. Slug: (Ranged, DMG high Lethal, Foe Knockback, Rech: 8 sec) - Fires a single Slug at a targeted foe. Firing a single Slug is slower than firing a Burst, but it deals more damage, is longer range, and can knock down foes. (pretty much taken from assault rifle) Buckshot: (Ranged (Cone), DMG moderate Lethal, Foe Knockback. Rech: 8 sec, Special) - Fires a cone of Buckshot pellets and can knock some foes down. Deals bonus damage to targets within 15-feet. Rock Salt: (Ranged (Cone), DMG minor lethal/toxic, Foe Sleep, Rech: 10 sec, Special) - You blast your enemies with a shell of rock salt, dealing little damage but causing them to writhe on the ground in pain. Rock salt shot is also extremely effective against true undead. (The 'sleep' animation for this would be the Ghoul Tantrum emote on a loop until hit,. figured it'd be sleep than hold since I felt once reminded they're in a fight most enemies would start to power through it. Also thought it'd be interesting to have a power besides ghost slaying axe that dealt extra damage to true undead since we have attacks that deal bonus damage to robots) Aim: +Damage +ToHit (I kind of panicked on ideas here) Flak Shot: (Ranged (Targeted AoE), DMG moderate Fire/Lethal, Foe -fly, -jump, knockdown, Rech: 16 sec) - You fire off a round with a shrapnel explosive that forces aerial foes to ground. Dragon's Breath: (Ranged (Cone), DMG high DoT Fire, Foe Fear, Special, Rech 20 sec) - A special shotgun shell that unleashes a single gout of flame that engulfs and ignites opponents, burning them over a long period and sending them into a panic. Further, enemies on fire have a chance to inflict minor fire damage overtime to additional foes they stand too close too. (Based a bit on real dragon's breath rounds and a meme thread (Warning, NSFW language.) Slam Fire: (Ranged (cone), DMG Superior DoT Lethal, Foe, -damage, -accuracy, -recharge, knockdown, Rech: 75 sec) - Unload eight consecutive shots from your shotgun in quick succession over a wide cone. The volume of flying lead shot knocks enemies down and disrupts their aim and fire reducing their accuracy and damage. Dominator Shotgun Assault Snakeshot: (Ranged, DMG Minor Lethal, Foe Knockdown, Rech: 3.5 sec, Special) - A modified cartridge meant to dispatch with pests and vermin than people dealing minor damage, minion tier enemies are hit for double damage. Buttstroke: (Melee, DMG moderate Smash, Foe Disorient,) - A smash with the butt of your shotgun with a high chance of disorienting. Both Barrels: (Melee, Damage High, lethal/fire, foe Knockback, Rech: 8 sec) - Unleash two shots in quick succession at point blank range) Flechette Shot: (Ranged Cone, DMG high DoT Lethal, Foe -def, Rech 10 sec) - You fire a shell loaded with sharp razors, slicing up foes and inflicting high lethal damage over time. Power Up Spinning Strike: (Melee (Targeted AoE), Heavy DMG(Smash), Foe Knockdown) You execute a spinning attack that first strikes with your fist and finally your heel hitting your foe and all enemies immediately nearby. Spinning Strike deals Heavy Smashing damage and has a high chance to knockdown foes. Skeet Shot: (Sniper, DMG extreme Lethal, Foe Knockback): Using a specially shaped slug, you take aim with a long distance shot with your gun. Like most sniper attacks, you must take your time to aim, so this attack can be interrupted. If you are engaged in battle this attack becomes instant-cast. If you are not engaged, it will do bonus damage. No Mercy: (Melee, DMG superior smash/lethal, foe Knockdown, Rech: 24 sec) - With a sweep of your shotgun you knock your foe to the ground and unload your shotgun while they're prone on the ground. (Animation wise, I imagined sort of a trimmed down version of the buttstroke that just has the forward sweep, followed with the DP executioner shot) 12 Gauge: (Ranged Cone, DMG Superior, lethal/fire, foe knockback, Rech: 16 sec) - You fire a shotgun shell mixed with burning phosphorus, setting them ablaze. I admit, I'm not a theorycrafter, so damage and recharge could us adjustment. And to be honest, the original idea for a Shotgun blast set would have involved a toggle that switches between full bore and full choke, changing some single target attacks into cones, but as I wrote out more, there didn't seem to be enough Single Target attacks to exactly justify it, and I kind of panicked. Though the main blast set itself does contain a number of powers I think are kind of interesting for some of their niche specialties like anti-air, anti-undead, and anti-underling tier.

@Troo and @Forager You want the actual difference of a ninja blade and a katana or the in-game one? Because the in-game is really just that ninja blade is sheathed on the back instead of the hip. Also the default model is a slightly smaller, straighter blade.

Tanker Ninjutsu: include Kage Bushin, indestructible clones that just hold aggro. Instantly best tank set.

My top desires are for some more casual clothing options: hoodies (zipper and pullover types) and turtleneck sweaters/jumpers varsity jackets t-shirts with overhang past the hips. similarly, maybe some basketball jersey type tanktops. better t-shirt textures for women. (Same with Tanker top) Flipflop sandals for all bodies (I think girls have one), can be normal thing type or the strapped hiking variety. a bunch of more hair styles but especially for guys (just adjust Maelstrom and Foreshadow’s hairs and give it to players, they’re plenty unique outside of their hairs!)

I think stalker theme can be a lot more flexible than we first realized, myself included. Of course we always think of the ninja, but you know another type of sneaky executioner type of villain? Slasher movie antagonists. Appear out of nowhere, butcher someone in a gory manner, and vanish with seemingly no trace. And many times they seem a lot tougher than normal for the duration that do appear (Jason, perhaps?) thus, you can have invulnerability stalkers or regen stalkers you can't keep down. Its why I think Titan Weapons, Battle Axe, and War Mace are perfectly acceptable stalker sets.

Gennedy Tartakovsky or Trigger studios for my characters. Probably the former for Gaia Redeemer and the latter for Tuxedo Cat.

Way back on live I imagined a 'Classic Villainous Mastermind' set, which went something like Single Shot (Blaster Beam Rifle) Soldiers (Mastermind Mercenaries) Charge Shot (Blaster Beam Rifle) Equip power (Any mastermind set) Refractor Beam (Sentinel Beam Rifle) Jounin (Mastermind Ninjas) Seeker Drones (Defender Traps) Assault Bot (Masterind Robotics) Upgrade power (Any mastermind) I do realize I broke the rules a bit with using actual beam rifle attacks and not quite in the same tier, but I was more trying to get it in line with an otherwise normal mastermind set. But the idea is that you have your basic soldier mooks, then the 'elite' ninjas, and finally your 'Secret, ultimate weapon' as the pets. I kind of winged it for the level 18 power because I wasn't entirely sure what would work best.

Eeeeeehhhh. I’m not much a theory crafter, but I guess if I were told to go nuts, I’d make it so while rage is active, Knockout Blow and maybe Haymaker became melee targeted AoEs to help with Super Strength’s lackluster AoE. But I really don’t think it actually NEEDS it.

Don't get me started- Oh, too late. I do agree Redside's popularity probably suffers a lot from the overly oppressive and gloomy aesthetics, and while I get that sort of was the point when it was designed, it does undercut a desire to hang out there. There is also writing issues of just "there's all kinds of ways to be a villain" but that's a story for another time, but it does contribute with Arachnos' shadow cast over the player from 1-50 and even endgame with zero reprieve. (No one complained about the Freedom Phalanx, to my knowledge, because most people didn't even start in Galaxy City) Arachnos bases are absolutely hideous and highly impractical, for one is the schizophrenic flooring which seems unable to decide between non-slip grates and honeycomb metal grating (and while forcing female personnel to wear stillettos? Really?) or the fact that the bases are filled with random drops and rises in elevation with no means to ascend or descend that doesn't involve jumping your own body height, the massive, ugly pipes sticking out everywhere with no apparent purpose (seriously, what's Lord Recluse directing through them? Sewage? Incarnate juice?) that even extends outside of Arachnos bases, and honestly I wonder Lord Recluse took over his own country just to escape OSHA. So, my ideas for an actual solution, which I won't be so crazy as to call a full suggestion as it would involve some heavy work and map changes and even story adjustments would probably be something like: Villains start out in a small 'town' built around the Ferry port, giving quick access to other places similar to Atlas Plaza's tram accessibility. For a bit of a gag, newly rolled villains spawn right in the water. Being implied Arachnos booted you out of a flier and into the ocean in a literal 'sink or swim' test. The plaza should have proper buildings, albeit look a bit rough like Kings Row or so, but still livable and have a direct connection to Mercy above, preferrably something more like a road ramp (afterall the new starting plaza is a small town built around docks) instead of just those tiny lifts. Mercy itself should probably be cleaned up a bit to look nicer as it's the area Arachnos has directly invested in and where they're letting the 'elites' of Mercy island live on So you basically end up with a kind of clean trisectional of Rogue isle society: the new Docktown basically being 'middle society', Mercy represents the upper strata, and then you have the ruined urban sprawl of the rest of Darwin's landing, broken up further with Fort Darwin and the Water Treatment plant area. Other suggestions for improving Redside are kind of bias, but focus on my two favorite zones and are a lot more vague: Tidying up St. Martial and Nerva Archipelago, including updated buildings and vegetation Change the sky box from the normal Rogue Isle overcast to the Praetorian skybox for more the 'tropical island' feeling

Not exactly hated for objective purposes, but there’s a hallway/room of tech labs that has the diagonal columns, ending in a door, and I notice there’s a huge among of spawns crammed in close to one another making it hard to take them down one by one if you’re solo and in bigger teams can actually result in faceplants.

Carnival of Shadows be like: Are we NOT a joke to you?

Hmmm... I've more got ideas for adding and revamping old groups, but I will say I've had some ideas for purely original ones, I'll give an overview but only really delve into one. The Thule Society: Basically meant to serve as a villainous counterpart to the Midnighters. Their magic isn't as flashy and grand as Circle or even Legacy chain, but it is meant to involve plenty of debuffs and unusual effects light locational pseudopets. All in all, the core of it was just to have it so Villains wouldn't need to work with the Midnight squad and visa versa. Historically, the Thule Society would even have interest in fighting against the Fifth Column in Cimerora anyway as they were among the groups hunted during the Night of Long Knives. The Black Cats Gang: Meant to be a low level, classy crime syndicate of ladies in black leather coats, martial arts, blades, and guns, in a lot of ways they have a lot in common with the Praetorian Syndicate but the idea pre-dated Issue 18 on live. Admittedly it was also to add a bit of gender equality among enemies, something we see has started to adjust itself so... They kind of lost their place, especially with the third group. The Etoile Resistance: This is a newer idea I had, basically a low to midlevel group of citizens in the Rogue Isles who are rising up against villains and especially Arachnos, partly the idea being just letting villains have more 'heroic' groups to fight. And these are the ones I'll go into detail on. The Etoile Resistance Living under an oppressive tiger-eat-dog system of social darwinism that runs the Rogue Isles without any semblance of safety or consistency, even from supposed police forces, has left the populous coming together under mutual protection and even revolution. Aided by groups like Longbow, the UPA, Dockworkers, and even some types of supervillains and vigilantes who with ideals or see Arachnos as standing in the way, they also drive off just as much aid for their willingness to cooperate with groups like Crey, Freakshow/Freakalok, Sky Raiders, and more to gain the edge needed to bring down Lord Recluse and his generals, creating a mercurial and tense relationship. For his part, Recluse has a surprising respect for the group, though it is not one which he gives quarter to these rebels with the only courtesy being he never asks for any in return. Arachnos orders are clear: Etoile Resistance is to be exterminated on sight by all who wish to be on his good side. Subverting Arachnos' power requires more than just weapons and willpower, though, the group has managed to contract and train under UPA and refugee Syndicate pskyers and other sensitive groups to not only mask their presence from Seers but even assault the network directly, with this, they strike fast and from shadows and retreat as quickly, leaving a wake of devastation behind. They also are heavily dependent on working together, resulting in strong teamwork, meaning it can be important to separate squads to divide and conquer. Mob ideas - Minion: The basic minion members of the Etoile Resistance would be armed with shotguns, pistols, and SMGs, augmenting the damage they deal with incindiary rounds and shot to burn through the polymer armors used by groups around the Isles that might try to stop them. Along with this, it has the benefit of missed shots helping in their goal of torching structures. At higher levels they'll make use of molotovs to create burn patches of area denial. Stat wise, they would be weaker than normal minions of their level and even have a rare weakness to smashing and lethal damage due to being dressed mostly in civilian clothing, but they do have a decent resistance to psionic and toxic damage, the latter being an antivenom counter to their main enemies. Their teamwork also is represented as a self-defense buff that's basically phalanx fighting from shield defense. Lastly, at higher levels, they start keeping emergency medical stims that they'll use to help keep eachother alive (probably on an extremely long recharge so you'd only see them do it once and require they 'cast in melee' with their target) A slight outlier of the minion ranks is an unconventional foe: the spotter. Spotters possess good perception and help alert their allies of stealthed enemies, but more than that, they favor a unique weapon: the flare gun. The specialized flares they fire not only burn bright, but are designed to stick to surfaces as they burn, in this case: a living target. It deals only a moderate amount of damage overtime, but it debuffs a target's stealth abilities making it impossible to hide, and to make things worse, it also ggives them a powerful taunt aura that can override the taunts of tanks and brutes and these spotters have a knack for finding the weak links in parties. Dispatch quickly to avoid calling the attention of a hideout. This is really all I have at the moment, was also thinking at higher levels you'd have bosses who use pieces from PPD shells mixed with a bit of Freakshow and IDF, showing they have committed themselves to their cause by being just a torso in an armor. They're largely natural and tech, but not afraid to delve into mutations, science, and magic. If I fleshed this out I might include a few of such members in the group. The bottom line is just a sort of personal enemy for villains, at least from their standpoints. All the others are ideological, for these guys, they see every Destined One and Arachnos soldier as a blight on the islands.

Hmm, I used Triple H once as a faceclaim for Gaia Redeemer in another RP setting, but he’s also a lot older in that one. I might go with Chris Hemsworth but I think he might still be a bit old for the City of version I imagine. Of course, this doesn’t go into potentially casting past incarnations of Gaia Redeemer which might come up, but that’s a bridge to be crossed.