Bionic_Flea

That was a lot of Spam!

Ooooooh!

I approve all bug-related power sets! Since you called "The Hive" a "maelstrom of insects", what if you animated DE swarms (5-10 depending on size wanted) circling around one of the Tornado animations. It's like Blizzard, in that it does a lot of damage, but it's a bunch of DOTs over an area instead of one big boom. To make it even more unique, make it a targeted AoE/Cone/persisting location! By that I mean that it needs a target, when fired it starts at you and goes forward from you in a cone towards the target, sucking anything in between into the vortex, and continuing for a few seconds on the target and surrounding area. So it does toxic DOT, +slow, -fly, minor KU and a suction like Singularity, Fold Space, or Axe Cyclone. I think I would also switch names and call this Swarm and call the Build up, Hive-mind!

I wonder who decides what's best for the set . . .

Well, sometimes we do that better than other times:

Well, of course you'd say that . . . here . . . in public . . . *escalates observation protocols*

*begins monitoring Luminara and Lemming . . . just in case*

I nominate America's Angel to name and finance the next bounty!

Did Ston do some more recently? Or were those only for melee?

Just kidding. Thanks again, Uber.

I don't wanna be left out! OCEANIC FLEA

We're at 88% of goal right now. Close, but not there yet!

How else are you supposed to jump into the tide while yelling, "CANNONBALL!"?

Come at me, bro!

Not Maxi-Taur?

The only visible thing, at the moment and as far as I know, is the combat spam that says you made "name of critter" wet. Hmm . . . I wonder if you are hit with that in PvP you get an icon. . . . BRB Edit: Apparently not. At least I am not seeing an icon OR combat spam for wetness on the target character. I see combat spam for wet on the attacker. WAIT!!: There is a short lived graphic of water falling off the target for a second after hitting with a water blast attack other than dehydrate. It's like the water dripping aura you can get in the character creator.

*Goes to Ouroborus and mucks with time* What are you talking about? The servers never went down.

Everything in Water Blast but Tidal Forces and Dehydrate adds a +wet flag regardless of what the Wiki says or doesn't say. In questions of what powers do, City of Data (CoD) is second to none. https://cod.uberguy.net/html/powerset.html?pset=blaster_ranged.water_blast&at=blaster

Wet was briefly linked to Arsenal Control where something having the wet tag triggered additional effects when using Arsenal, including immobilization that many wanted included in the set. It was ultimately removed as a trigger from Arsenal. It's possible that wet flag is still there as a vestigial thing or there may be some future combos with wetness. I have skipped either the T1 (Aqua Bolt) or the T2 (Hydro Blast, and Steam Spray. I used to hate cones but I'm starting to like them more but only when I have several. I don't like having to juggle range for just one attack. I only "save" tidal power for Geyser and Water Jet, otherwise I generally ignore it and just fire whatever is next in the rotation.

Whitecap why? I never want to hear you say, I jump in that way.

Allow me to suggest the Marinated Marine. You're welcome. 😎

Mercenaries, duh! They're Marines. Semper Fi! or Necro are dead pirates! or Beasts and be a master of land, air, and sea!

I have heard several people mention MMs, especially for soloists, as you have a built in group to pump up your tide bonuses. Give it a few days, we'll know more.

Keep trying and click all the way through, even if it says unavailable. Sometimes it's blocking the use of name because it knows someone had that name (you) and it may be cached somewhere. But I have done the same, had the same error, and then clicked through and got the desired name. GO NOW! Hopefully it hasn't been stolen.

*Waits patiently for new update*