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    How Can Origin Be Better?

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    1 hour ago, Greycat said:

    And to think that at one time, Origin created worlds... >.>

     

    The main issue with having any sort of power boost or power effect tied to origin (to me) is that we've got thousands of characters out there who just picked "whatever," or picked a theme - and origin can't be changed.  It's in there with AT, primary and secondary.

     

    The only thing I can think of that isn't going to affect characters directly in that way, but would be tied to origin (and not, say, locking costume bits behind origin, because *that would be annoying as hell,*) is tying origin in with 1-50 investigations, NPC reactions to you (the Circle does anything from comment about a magic character to trying to ambush them, say) - more gameplay options, in other words.  Arc with Crey trying to recruit you as tech (or science,) with "mysterious armored mercenaries" occasionally popping up. Council/Column perhaps for natural, etc. It's a lot of writing work, but it's not something that would be retroactively "unfair" to any particular origin.  (And if you didn't want to do them, like any other mission/story arc, you could ignore it.)

    That idea there sounds a lot like the nemesis idea that did the rounds a few years ago. I think it's got such legs, and could be used to give you a bunch of unique-ish enemies. Design your own nemesis, choose from a list of premade ones, or have a random one selected from said list for you if you don't care. Maybe the nemesis has minions that are specific to the origin type. So even if you design your nemesis to be some #crazy_magic_clown.com, if you're of Science origin, their minions are guys in lab coats.

     

    How Can Origin Be Better?

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    4 hours ago, Thrones said:

    I think IOs solved the wrong enhancement drop issue pretty well. First thing that came to mind is Origin resonance on power pools. Make it so every power pool has corresponding Origin. Now what does the resonance do? Can't buff or add any discount, because that would ruin balance in game and cause a whole slue of problems. Maybe a 0.1% chance for an Origin Insight; Double damage, immediate recharge, ect. With a large font displaying ORGIN EFFECT JUST HAPPENED, or something of that nature. 

    That's all very nice, but it's the same issue as before - the actual origin isn't reflected in this at all. It's like Enhancements. The enhancement NAME is something to do with the origin, but the EFFECT is nothing to do with an origin. All the enhancements have their equivalent in the other origins. There's nothing special/unique about any particular origin.

     

     

    How Can Origin Be Better?

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    I like the idea of Origin, but I think it was implemented half-heartedly, ending up as just an inconvenience when the wrong enhancements drop.

     

    I wonder how Origin could be more interesting than that?

     

    Whatever I've thought of - perhaps messages regarding a laboratory where your science experiment went wrong or whatever -  it's going to impact on the roley-poley players - they always ruin everything with their constraining creativity. 😞

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    Illusion Proliferation

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted · Edited by Herotu

    Any chance of proliferating Illusion?

     

    I know it's a Controller primary and uses pets instead of conventional controls, but I think it'd fit relatively easily into a Mastermind primary.

     

    Perhaps it could be better termed as Clones ... or something else?

     

    ... unless, of course, there's something else being planned for Masterminds... ? 😉 I won't labour that point, but I suspect we're all thinking the same thing right now.

    Travel Powers - Some Better, Some Much Worse

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    Posted · Edited by Herotu

    We've seen a lot of tradeoffs removed on Homecoming.

     

    I'm not entirely against it - we're used to more convenience in our games these days, but in some instances I think meaningful choices should be a thing.

     

    For me, travel is one of those instances. The jumpers should arrive after the speedsters - they've sacrificed verticality for speed, why should they be as slow as jumpers? It makes no sense to me. 

     

    That's why fly was the slowest, they got to AFK Auto-Run while the speedsters were running around objects.

     

    Tradeoffs.

     

     

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    Graphics: how far would you take it?

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    On 6/21/2022 at 2:49 AM, Techwright said:

    I was watching a recently released YouTube video over breakfast this morning, one that was noting that the graphics of Star Wars Battlefront (2015) were ahead of their time. 

    Frostbite engine is used for (I think) all EA games now. It's an amazing piece of tech. I was commenting on a Twitcher playing Dragon Age Inquisition yesterday, the water looks stunning, especially for a 2014 game.

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    8 way. Five way. Foursome? 3-Some. Duo Teaming. Is it a thing?

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    20 hours ago, Golden Azrael said:

    I spent alot of time on Live:

     

    Pugging.

    8 way team (how was I to get from L40 to L50 back on Live?)

    Duo-ing.

     

    Do you have a preference?  What the pro's?  Cons?

     

    Or do some just like flying solo?

     

    Azrael.

     

    I want to duo/quad SO much, but it's weird. I feel like there's nobody interested.

     

    Everybody seems to fill teams (8) and whizz through content, even if they've never read the stories.

     

    Help With A Character Concept

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Herotu

    14 minutes ago, JasperStone said:

    Kinda looks like a Skull - Lost blend ... scary  power set if so

    Now I remember ... I think I used Morana as a template. Sadly, no images of Morana exist.

     

    Perhaps she's right to be forgotten? Oh... that sounds like it could be a plotline for someone's next architect mission.

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    Return of the Son of Jukebox Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Herotu

    The Beatings - Bad Feeling

    The Beat Up are a UK based punk rock act. They recorded their first singles under the name of The Beatings but were first forced to change their name to The Beat Up because of an American group called The Beatings.

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