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I mean, it depends heavily on your choice of Secondary, right?

I like the changes to the Council. But I agree that it should not spawn bosses if you're set to no bosses.

Correct. The uses are as follows: 1. Simply a prerequisite for Tough and Weave. 2. Slotted for a Melee IO Set (for the bonuses). 3. As an attack on a character with too few attacks (maybe a Controller?), especially if you take both Boxing AND Kick and also Cross Punch.

I JUST now experienced this again in Rescue Trapped Citizens from Gordon Bower. The map was Office_60_Layout_03_02. Even the the rescued citizen was able to walk through the walls.

I have to say, I think it was an error for Stalker and Scrapper Sniper attacks to be given the Fast functionality. That should have been limited to squishy classes.

I saw this happen the other day. I don't remember the mission, but the behavior was exactly as described. I initiated combat and then suddenly my enemies were in the previous room, trying to run back toward me.

I think the solution is that in the PvP zones everyone is automatically in a League (one on each side), so people can be located and buffed/healed easily even if they entered solo.

Well, clearly those things happened to someone else.

Overall, not bad. Keep in mind the Upgrade powers now get to be slotted. It looks like maybe the first one would be slotted with Heal and the second with Resistance? Maybe switch that aspect of them, so you get the Resistance slotting in the level 6 Upgrade, and the Healing in the 26 Upgrade.

Play a Stalker. That's how it works for them. I think Arsenal Control and Illusion Control might also work that way. Maybe there's a couple others? Not sure.

You do realize that this entire comment was unnecessary in the thread? It disrupts the flow and makes it your subsequent comments easier to ignore.

But you as a player are in no way restricted to that, obviously. This whole conversation is ridiculous. There are sooo many ways a powerset basically like what has been asked for could be implemented, most likely as an Epic AT, but conceivably in other ways. You just can't have the word Magic in the name. Everything after that is irrelevant.

Not necessarily. Again, go look at the available gun models. There are magic guns in the game.

If there's not currently an Assault Rifle Epic for Masterminds hopefully there will be soon.

You can't just be wrong and then say "you made my point". That's not how it works. I made MY point.

That's not what it says. It says it's a person whose body has been augmented with super hero body parts. In this case it gives them control of darkness. It doesn't say anything at all about what the source of the those dark powers are. All we know from in game lore is that dark powers come from another dimension. Access to that doesn't necessarily come from magic. I am LITERALLY right now playing a Science origin Dark Blaster. There's nothing at all in the animations that screams magic, I made them pink!

Anybody can carry a gun. Take the character Bishop, mutant with energy powers, but carries a gun. Sure in the movies they connected them, but in the comics he just also carries a gun. Doesn't make him a tech based character. He's a mutant with a gun.

Yes that's my point. Science characters with dark powers. Darkness does not mean magic necessarily.

Murk Eidolon In Dr. Vahzilok's mind, the Eidolons are mankind's next great evolutionary leap. Unlike the cadavers, they retain all of their memories and personality. The lucky few who can pay to become an Eidolon are augmented with the remains of heroes, so they often have superpowers. Murk Eidolons, like the Mire Eidolons, have mastered the ability to control darkness. They tend to immobilize their opponents, then drain their life. Levels: 1-20 Powers Shadow Punch Melee, Moderate Negative/Smash Damage, Foe -ToHit Your Accuracy is reduced by the Shadow Punch. Dark Blast Ranged, Moderate Negative Damage, Foe -ToHit Your Accuracy has been reduced by the Dark Blast. Midnight Grasp Melee, Superior Damage over Time(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -ToHit You are Immobilized by the Midnight Grasp. Your Accuracy is reduced as a result. Dark Embrace Self, Toggle, Res( S30 L30 N20 T20 ) The Eidolon taps into the energy of the netherworld to protect him from damage. Dark Embrace shrouds the Eidolon in darkness and grants the Eidolon resistance to Lethal, Smashing, and Negative Energy Damage. Cannot be used at the same time as Murky Cloud or Obsidian Shield. Oppressive Gloom Toggle, Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe Disorient, Self -HP You have been Disoriented.

I think the idea of a set with a bunch of weird effects and some kind of runic looking animations called "Chaos" is a fine idea.

And you haven't looked at the wide variety of gun models available.

Sure they would. You haven't seen my costumes.

I have several Dark powerset characters that are Science based. Does Stranger Things ring a bell? I have multiple mutants that carry guns, I have a magic user who materializes Traps from another dimension.

We're discussing why there SHOULDN'T be a whole set of powers that are specific to Origin. Whatever redeeming qualities there may be in your powerset idea MUST be structured in such a way that they could be fittingly used by ANY Origin, just like ALL of the currently existing sets INCLUDING Traps, Assault Rifle, Beam Rifle, Dark Miasma, Empathy and more.

The better one already exists in game, the Sorcery Power Pool.