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Honestly Inspirations are a very clever mechanic for something I honestly ignore in other MMO's. Consumables are something I usually pass on or just flog as vendor trash. Since inspirations are auto-looted so to speak when you kill an enemy its not a pain to get. Also since you can combine up or to get something else its often easy to get rid of unwanted inspirations during a mission without having to sell them. Can it be annoying at times? Yes. But its better IMO than other systems out there.

The Rules, its all over the place.

I played Rifts exactly once and I still give Palladium the side eye to this day.

How does this play? Do you create your own characters or do you play as an established character?

One TTRPG that I have been looking at and plan to get once I have the money is Galaxies in Peril. Its a spin off of Worlds in Peril made by the same publisher. Where Worlds is a PbTA game, Galaxies is a Forged in the Dark Game meaning its based off the game Blades in the Dark. One reason I am interested in its Blades in the Dark is good at faction mechanics and using a team play book to create a solid foundation for the group the players want to play. In this case you pick what kind of super team you want to play (street level detectives, Guardian of the Galaxy style explorers, vigilantes going up against the supervillians etc...). The faction mechanics are also interesting to me since it evokes the various villian groups that are a staple of City of Heroes. I've only read reviews and I'll post more about this once I have actually read the book itself.

That's fair

Thank you @ZemX that was very helpful.

Wouldn't a defender do the same thing?

So when I first played CoH, I was introduced to Corruptors as the "villian version" of blasters when CoV came out. Post Going Rouge and now in Homecoming you can play Corruptors on either side. Same as Blasters. So the question I have for yall is "Why play Corruptors? What sets them apart from the other ranged damage ATs?" I'm interested in them. I just really don't know how to play one.

I had a buddy of mine who recommended prowlers and paragons to me. Mostly because they are working on a hack of it.

Spirit of the Century is good too for fate if you are more interested in old school pulp and you like FATE.

One that's fairly popular in some of the circles I run is a game called Masks: A New Generation. As the name suggests its a game about young superheroes growing into the role. Mechanics wise its based of the Powered by the Apocalypse engine started by the titular game Apocalypse World. For those unfamiliar with them PBtA are very narrative heavy games and are light on mechanics. That's not to say that the mechanics aren't deep, but they are created in a way to further the story rather than to create tactically interesting combat. If tactical combat is something you are looking for, don't play Masks. If you are a fan of shows like Young Justice, Teen Titans, or Young Avengers this might be something for you.

Inspired by a post in general: I wanted to talk about various Superhero TTRPGS

If we are talking about TTRPGs there is Masks: A New Generation, but that's centered around teen Super Heroes. There is Mutants and Masterminds, one I have been looking at is Multiverses in Peril which uses a TTRPG engine I am fond of called Forged in the Dark. Sorry I collect TTRPGs (I have over 80 physical books in my library and can go on about this.) Probably talk more about this in Off topic at some point

I have more fun creating and running character in the Rouge Isles than I do in Paragon City. I feel like the role of "hero" greatly limits my options. The villain quests and maps just seem more fun to me. Also I get to monologue. Which is always fun.

If I could add a helmet I would add Henry VIII's helmet:

So your saying we need to seize the means of production? 🤔

I looked at games like that when I was looking for a replacement for CoH when it first went down, but now that I have Homecoming why do I need a City of Heroes at home?

So I have decided my whole purpose on this forum is just to ask what people would like to see in the game if given the chance. In this case what kind of costume pieces would you like to see in the character creator? Personally I would like to see something that would let me make more of an exo-suit costume or perhaps the addition of some Freakshow cybernetics.

One thing I would change is I want to be able to customize my pets when I play a mastermind. For example maybe more Vazlok style zombies for necromancy.

I'd like a mind control type of enemy for blue side where you have to take out the Lt. or boss to undo their control over the minions i.e the mind controlled Civilians. I don't think it could be a proper enemy group but it might be fun for an event.

One of the things I enjoy most about gaming as a culture is the number of self-made challenge modes people make for the games they like. It could be things like speed running, Iron-man runs, or more esoteric things like Nuzlok runs in a Pokemon game. What sort of challenges do you think could be done in CoH? Ironman runs are certainly possible. I would say that two versions of this are possible. In either version going to the hospital is an instant fail. In the first version any time you die thats the end. The other is more forgiving allowing for Rezs from inspirations, powers, or team mates.

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MMOs have always interested me but the big problem is that many of them have a "We want to be WoW" problem and WoW is becoming an ever bigger and bigger mess. Also there is very little in the way of Super Hero games that aren't based off an existing IP. City of Heroes/ Villians lets me create what I want and lets it be its own thing instead of aping Marvel or DC. Also its just interesting. Could it use some polish? Yes and a whole lot of it. But and the end of the day, I am back where I want to be.

In regard to this, I would also say I would change how VEATs respec since it kind of ruins the progression of the class to just start over mid leveling