[The Opposite of Universal Damage: Typed Damage (8 New IO Sets)]

On 4/22/2023 at 1:40 AM, Supertanker said:

My suggestion is for more sets like "Overwhelming Force", the Universal Damage Invention Origin set- attuned, unique, but not Superior levels. Instead of Universal Damage, each set works in specific damage powers: Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Ice, Energy, Neg. Energy, Toxic, and Psionic attacks.

 

An example would be a set called "Future Sight", which can be slotted in attacks that do Psionic damage. The proc enhancement would be a short +Defense boost. Set bonuses would be similar level to Overwhelming Force, maybe even sharing some, plus new bonuses not seen in other sets. Maybe +ToHit (instead of +Accuracy), or resistance to types of debuffs?

 

If you like the idea, feel free to suggest other set ideas. I feel the procs should avoid effects already associated with that damage type (ex: Ice doesn't more Slow Movement, maybe chance to create a small fog patch?)

Why not let us decide what bonuses are on our enhancements?

 

A point-based trade-off system where we lose things as we gain other things? 

 

Maybe I'm doing that thing where we invent another game again by thinking too big.

[The Opposite of Universal Damage: Typed Damage (8 New IO Sets)]

On 4/22/2023 at 1:44 AM, biostem said:

Not so much damage types, but I think we need IO sets that combine a mez effect with damage - most, if not all of the hold sets, for instance, do not buff damage at all, yet nearly all such powers *do* deal damage.  A quick check here seems to hold true for other mez effects as well...

I've always considered Gish to be OPAF. I appreciate the manipulation of rules as much as the next billionaire, but in a game where you're supposed to team up with people... I am in two minds because the game doesn't have a gigantic population and players to team with are sparse, so making an OP solo character does have logic in it's favour.

[One Ring To Rule them All]

This thing could certainly use some varied retextures, that's for sure. Lots of scope for creativity here, right?

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Cover your ears, kids, this one is NSFW.
Jackie Wilson & LaVern Baker - Think Twice Version X

 

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41 minutes ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

 

Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock

 

Bonus: Satch On Tap

 

 

The Black Album

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Still awesome live.
Goat Live in Newcastle upon Tyne.

 

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On 4/28/2023 at 10:38 PM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

The Rutles - Get Up & Go

This is for the 2% of us who don't get the reference: 
The Beatles - Get Back

 

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On 4/10/2023 at 11:09 PM, TheOtherTed said:

REAL music for REAL gamers, right here...

 

 

The Sims soundtrack - Jerry Martin, Marc Russo, and others

Challenge accepted.

 

Rob Hubbard - Thalamusic (1986)

 

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Pinkshinyultrablast - The Cherry Pit

 

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RIP Seymour Stein

 

Belle & Sebastian - Seymour Stein

 

[Your Nemesis]

I've always loved the idea of nemesis. Custom generated content (inc. Nemesis) is one thing AI promises.

 

What's especially cool about nemesis is that even if a troll makes some derpy looking toon, with the intention of making something silly, comic books have already proved that villains can look daft.

[Color Pallets for Costume pieces and Powers.]

10 hours ago, Clave Dark 5 said:

Can we pick "rouge" on those Rouge servers? 

That's all you CAN pick. Other colours are banned.

[Demons and Devils - Demon/Fire Control Superteam starts Feb 10 at 8pm EST]

You do realise that screenshots are mandatory? Thanks 🙂

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Goat - Dreambuilding

 

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RIP Dickie Davies
 

 

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Installing Windows these days be like...

Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul

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Catatonia - Gyda Gwen

 

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It's Welsh Language Music Day!
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Dyle Fi

 

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gaia

 

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The Great Machine - The Capricorn's Silent Walk Through Pagan Fire and the Sea 

[Crossing the copyright line….]

9 hours ago, UltraAlt said:

 

You can't copyright mythological characters.

 

It's only a matter of time.

 

Let's remember, someone invented them.

[Villain Archetype Names ...]

15 hours ago, Snarky said:

And so he says to me, you want to be a bad guy? and I say Yeah Baby! I want to be bad! I says Churchill space ponies I'm making gravy without the lumps! Ah ha ha ha ha haaaaa!!!!!

And he says to me, he says to me, you got Style, baby! but if you're gonna to be a real villain you gotta get a gimmick…and so I go I says Yeah Baby! A gimmick, that's it! High Explosives! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Yeah! Keep playing with fire, superpants, you don't know how much fire you're playing with! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!

So he says to me, you gotta do something smart, baby, something big! He says you want to be a supervillain, right, and I go yeah baby, yeah yeah! What do I gotta do? He says you got bombs, blow up the Comet Club, it's packed with superheroes…you'll go down in supervillain history and I go Yeah baby 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Bomber what Bombs at Midnight!!! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

And so he says to me, you got legs, baby, you're everywhere…you're all over the place! Yeah!

❤️ The Tick, even the live action versionS.

[Villain Archetype Names ...]

8 minutes ago, Astralock said:

Red side has already been diluted so much over the years, both by Paragon Studios and Homecoming.  There's no need to take even more of its identity away, and I actually consider it slightly offensive.

What does "Diluted" mean in this sense?

 

Also, how is it removing identity to replace the name with something more neutral? You wanted diversity, so you lose uniqueness. I mentioned it in the OP.

 

13 minutes ago, Greycat said:

Nope.

 

I don't care about what the ATs are called. I don't *care.* I've got characters that have absolutely nothing to do with Arachnos that are ... "Soldiers of Arachnos." Any discussion of them where I have to use that are purely OOC. The character is the character, picked for powerset combinations that work for that character.

 

(Also, as far as "Stalker?" Refers to more than just the illegal activity. And I give you one heroic figure from early in another series with it as (part of) his name:)

 

"I don't care because I headcanon" is a teflon reason that can't be defeated so ye. I can respect your opinion even though I don't share it.

[I found a combo I like but have to take a power I don't want to take]

I have a huge problem creating characters that I like.

 

I just don't understand how the primary powerset goes with the secondary. I have very few that I've actually got to 50 and here's some examples;

Willpower/SS tanker. Easy - it makes sense, he's a beefy bloke who bashes things and doesn't want to lose. No problem there.

Energy/Energy blaster. Easy - it's all the same powerset really, so I don't have any problem merging the two.

Bots/FF MM.  It's got robots and technology that makes bubbles. I can headcanon that too.

DP/Ninja Training blaster. Possibly my most adventurous character - a spanish-ish pistolero-and-sword character who fights the corrupt governor for freedom of the people.

 

... and then I'm struggling, because whilst I have lots of costumes, I can't really get the power sets to make sense. 😞

[Villain Archetype Names ...]

I know, there are no Villain Archetypes anymore. On the altar of Variety we sacrifice Uniqueness. I understand.

But when City of Villains came out of the production machine, it turned out that the developers had chosen some AT names that don't seem to make sense when rolled by a heroic character.

 

Here are some ATs, for comparison. As you can see, the heroic ATs have very generic names, but the villain ones seem specific to villainy;

 

Blaster

Brute - I guess we can get away with this.

Controller

Corrupter - there's only one interpretation of this name, and it's not heroic.

Dominator -

Defender

Mastermind - 

Scrapper

Stalker - stalking is illegal in my country, I don't know about yours.

Tanker

 

You could say that the developers did a good job of labelling the ATs because they do describe villainy. 

 

Should some of these villain ATs have different names? It's just an itch I have ...