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There is a thread in general forums about power pool toons. Basically the rule is you pick 2 powers from your primary and secondary until level 4 where power pools are available. Then you can ONLY pick powers from the power pools to build your character. So don't need to tell you, many cool builds which are capped out with defenses and resistances with IOs. I have created a few and they work out decently.. There were some key powers sets that worked well. Like shield and Ninjutsu. I also have many Petless and Semi-Petless masterminds. I would love to see a Massive power pool where you have the option to picked several powers at a specific level as per the norm, but then other powers are grayed out. As you can see to some degree the builds are set up in such way where you don't have the total option to gimp yourself IF you work with Invention set bonuses. (<- That is key ) But I also get they don't want you having the best powers from each set or power pool as well. But it would be nice to have a free form build.

I 'think' the bubble color is baked into the pet, so they can't change it. Again just my personal opinion on this.

There was some agreement with NCSoft when the changed the name or how it was displayed.. It was in the first few months of the server starting.. They did engage into discussion with NCSoft.. They never discussed fully what those discussion were.. But some stuff was mentioned. Then came some name change of some sort. Maybe an admin or moderator might know. But WTF this has to do with anything related to the post beats me. I am not the one who mentioned anything about the servers. My post has nothing to do with this.

There not rogue.. NCSoft gave them the okay with guidelines.. I disagree with your comment about no value on doing work. But do not need to debate it.. Its a suggestions forum so both opinions are allowed an valid.

I would like to see Power customization based around thematic settings. As an example Energy Blast based around Magic customization. Basic spell casting hand gestures, powers emanating from a staff powers emanating from a wand Energy Blast based around Technology customization. Nova using Omega Maneuver animation Various blast coming from wrist cannons shoulder mount cannons chest cannons Assault Rifle could get the same treatment. Full auto could be 2 uzi's fanning across the player. Flamethrower could be wrist flamethrower as seen in various movies. Ignite could be grenade There are many student graduating from college or unique schools that want to do animation and I would imagine would love to have something like this on their resume for their interviews with gaming companies. You could probably get set up as a regular internship. I mean this is literally an amazing opportunity for anyone looking to do this work. What this would also lend to is future animations for new power sets.. Again referring back to the internship. You could have several students make animation sets for magic against Energy Blast. Then pick 3 animations from one student out of the nine, pick 3 from another out of the nine, and finally pick another 3 out of the nine. This would leave you 6 animation from each student to either use on new powers sets OR added over time on new updates. This way several students can say their animations were used in a publicly played game.. Again it gives them some resume clout.

Lets agree to disagree.

Archery/TA has a lot of powers to do things with.. Range Defense hover blaster for the win. But sometimes I feel its too much.. But I love Oil Slick. it just make stuff melt. SR is gonna give you defense cap so great survivability.

Who says it isn't slapstick ? Have you gone to the costume creation page? No one said pant manipulation should be devices.. Where did I say I wanted smoke grenade in plant manipulation. Again you live in your own world and if something does fit in your world its bad or no good. And I mean that in real life as well as in game.. It is clear from other post on this forum, you are just looking to debate everything. It is clear from your comments it has to fit some contrived notion that you have in your head on how a superhero game should be.. that you responded to everything as you do shows there is something off with you.

This is a great idea.. I have zero clue why some people ( actually one) always try to create drama on these post..

Sorry I missed the part where you decide what customizations I should or shouldn't have. Devices is like plant Manipulation? Again no its not.. Devices is Devices and Plant Manipulations is Plant Manipulation.. Further you need to understand, you have an issue in the sense you take everything literal and twist sentences together I never said. You have to have some common sense in trying to create power customization themes for sets.. Not all will adapt well. As I stated.. The OP should resolve to the fact that Mastermind changes are difficult.. It is clear to me at least.. I have yet to see the Devs tackle anything major with Masterminds.. They REVERTED the PET AI.. They modified recharge and endurance cost on pets.. Nothing that has not been done with other power sets.. See I think we have TONS of power sets already.. What we need is a new look to these powers.. I played this game since day one.. They are long in the tooth for someone like me.. Further there are themes but you would have to go Dark / Dark.. Fire / Fire.. for example.. But not everyone likes go this route.. But the point you are missing is creating new animations for existing powers creates a pool of animation for future NEW powers.. Again as an example.. They get a college intern.. He creates 12 animations for Energy Blast.. Only 6 are used.. 6 are now in reserve for a future set.. OR they keep it in reserve for future updates.. If you read the post from the Devs on the walking animation as I mentioned you would understand they need the actual original animation to make changes.. If they don't have it, the cannot change it.. No reason why my energy blast has to look like your energy blast just red.. Again Dual Pistols is bullets. Crey pistol temp.. Munitions mastery cryo freeze ray.. Both are not shooting bullets. You can shoot an energy blast from your hands and eyes.. But a player can't shoot an energy blast from a pistol? I am forced to have a rifle to shoot a energy beam from ? Laser guns just don't exist in this superhero world? Blasters have 14 Primary and 15 Secondary.. You have 210 options !.. That isn't enough for right now? You want new when the old is still lacking.. How about you fix what you already have AND then move onto something new.. It just doesn't make sense.. I hate to say it but that is millennial mentality.. I want new all the time.. So what you are basically saying is creating drastically alternate animation to EXISTING sets is not good.. That it MUST BE for a NEW set.. So if you want a laser PISTOL it has to come from a new set called Laser Pistol..

Well it fits the theme of this old thread. Being Zombiefied 😆

What.. No I am not.. I am talking different NEW animations.. As an example.. There are no Mage theme animations.. There are no complete earth theme animations. There are no complete tech theme animations.. As further example Dark/Devices build.. Traps and some other power set beyond Assault Rifle.. Demon summoning has good animations that can be borrowed. BUT from what I understand they need the ORIGINAL animation, they can't extrapolate parts from this formatted animation. That was discussed in the update to the new running that is coming out. They pulled it from Utility Belt animation that they had sitting around. Imagine Traps not being Tech, but being magical in nature or organic in nature.. Dual Pistols having a laser gun effect or animations. Now picking up the laser gun seems more thematic then picking up laser gun and seeing and hearing bullets. Again there are college kids that would love to cut their teeth on something like this. Great resume builder for sure..

I said this since day one they were in talks with them. I am sure they said do this and show us something and we will consider having you run this live.. Maybe they have a new engine for it.. Something updated.. ETC.. I am sure the whole thing will be micro transactions as well. I am sure they are looking at the overage they get as potential. As I stated, I understand the number is 5k, but they are probably keeping track of how much is coming in after the 5k, they are just closing it down at 5k. But keep the window open to see how many donate during that window. You want energy blast from devices, like a shoulder mount cannon.. Then its gonna cost you. Again there really is no superhero game out here to still compete with COH lore..

I still think Piano Tie when I seen those music notes Here you go.. This would make me surrender as well if I was a villain.

Guy stop being super literal. Just talking alternate power themes for existing power sets.. Same DPS, same everything game mechanic wise but more than just changing the color of the blast..

It's just power customization really. But it more than changing Energy Blast from blue to red.

As I already commented on this, on another reply.. That was the last thing I said.. That is all you got out of that post.. Forget that part, you posted above. What do you think of thematic power sets options.. EG magic or tech..

That is not how a non-profit works. You are misinformed. - Keeping this up. But let me correct myself. There a lot more to a non-profit. There is a lot more they can and are allowed to. Further I know many people that work for non-profits and collect a salary. The people running it cannot make a profit. They can't make money on the property of someone else's game. But someone NOT WORKING directly in the organization which is HC can make money.. EG the legal services they pay for. The server company that host the gaming servers.. ETC.. But humor me. You read it all because the ONLY thing you have contention is paying which is at the end of the post. Let's us ignore the paying part.. Do you see a validity in making thematic animation effects to power set ?

Frist off no one gets paid who works as a volunteer on HC that is the whole point of a non-profit. But they can pay for services to maintain and advance the non-profit. You might be able to get some student who needs something for their resume. Related to what this work is considered, Graphics art? Animation? But if no one in the Non profit organization has the skills to do this work, then they can hire someone. It all depends on what you want to spend your limited resources on, work wise.. It is obvious they want to create new powers sets.. Thus the Bard and previous power sets. Those volunteering are adults, not kids.. They understand how this goes.. I come from a LE background. I do computer forensics, incident response and now do threat intelligence.. Computer Forensic wise I have testified as an expert within the New York area. But by no means do I know it all and never will I say that. I understand cars, I can fix certain things.. But I don't understand it all. I hire someone to fix my car. I see no problem with trying it out..

I will repeat. Not a slight or challenge to the Devs. Who in the Eff, can read code from 10+ years ago and then try to discern as they work on balancing out ArchTypes with tweaks here and there and are not consistent with a specific model /playbook.. Basically its jury rigging something until it works right.. But now let someone else come in and try to understand what someone was thinking 10+ years ago with no documentation. I think Blasters and similar AT fall into a category with minimal code changes.. Same for Tank and Brute and Scrapper. But when it comes to Masterminds, it probably is just totally another animal. They can't relate it to something else. So I think they try to work on it but ( as I have said in the past on this thread) they start to realize it is just too much time wasted on one AT. But beyond this.. I would love to get some understanding or have the Devs work on things like. Trip mine on Devices, the interrupt was removed, but not on Traps. Why? Is there some point system or some requirement that because Trip Mine is on Traps it cannot have its interrupt removed? Time Bomb? I have yet to hear anyone like it. I have tested out Time Bomb and it literally misses targets.. Time Bomb for the delay it has and such, ESPECIALLY on Masterminds as it destroys a pet should be auto hit and be like a mini nuke.. Example, 8 Time Bombs against HAMI should give it some decent damage. Time Bomb on a Fire farm should give you a crater of 20 dead mobs.. But it doesn't.. Personally, I say we have enough powers and Arch Types for now.. I say work on modifying powers. EG player picks up AR/ Trick Arrow. But the player wants all Trick Arrow attacks to come from his Assault Rifle. Work on doing that.. Player wants Assault Rifle, but he wants Full auto come out of shoulder mount cannon. Or player picks up Energy beam and wants his beams to come from shoulder mount cannon. Predator style. Or a set of Magic affects for powers, So a player could play Energy Blast but it's sorcerer style. This is where I think it will excel. Dual pistols.. Give it laser gun affects.. Plant Manipulation, give it some of the earth affects options.. Yea, its plant manipulation but with earth affects now I am playing "earth control guy" someone who can control the earth to do the same thing that another player "plant lord" on the team is doing with plants. Give it the affects of Soul Mastery and Now I am a player that summons energy tendrils to do my bidding like "earth control guy" and "plant lord" are doing. Plant Control, Give it a tech look. Now Plant Manipulation by power set name has 2 other options !!!.. Now someone who used to say Plant Manipulation sucks and I hate the looks of it.. Now might say, but I can get behind an earth theme or Soul Mastery theme.. This would rejuvenate something old and stagnant. You see this all the time with Kitchen renovations... You can't afford new cabinets ? Replace the handles.. Change the doors for a fresh new look, or remove the doors for an open atmosphere. This is what the devs should be doing.. Not bards.. I literally seen the set and I thought of Piano Tie. Now you have a player that can actually make a wizard, pick up Energy blast Magic thematic and Plant Manipulation Soul Mastery thematic along with Sorcery power pool and truly be a full blow Thematic character.. Sonic Power sets, make them come from a device. Now that you have a Sorcery Theme.. Give the options of powers coming from a staff or wand. Traps.. Set.. Make it some organic set.. Acid mortar is a plant spitting out some blobs.. FFG is floating thing like a small different colored Watcher from from Soldiers of Rularuu. Or give different tech looks for traps. Why do this? Because when you do this for all or many of the viable Existing sets.. When you want to create more sets later on.. You will have a plethora of effects ready at your disposal. Give people Iron Man.. Without giving them Iron man.. Give people the Predator, without giving them the Predator.. Give them Dr. Strange, again without giving them Dr. Strange. You did this with the costumes.. Give the powers new skins.. Get a temp service to do the animation. When you request donations.. Close the window at the 5k you need. But allow people to donate but let them get a rejection as full. But see what your max for the months could be.. So you know you need 5k.. But you realize over the last 8 months you actually can bring in 8k.. So now you know, you can temporarily hire someone for X amount to do this work. So you go for 1k more each month for 3 months.. And find someone who is willing to maybe take a side job understanding what it is for and accept 1k each months for 3 months.. I am sure you will have people eager who are looking to get into the business to do this work. The great thing as well, you are giving someone the opportunity to do something for a game.. It's great for them and their resume.. This gives now gives the Dev team cycles to do something else.. It is a win/win and you are helping out someone to build a resume. Find a school that does this and get interns.. You don't have the time for this.. Let me know and I will do the leg work and find a school or people with the skill. Just tell me what you need so I know what to ask.

@arcane completely understand why you would be confused.

I mis-read then, I thought the rare ones listed something about powers. Can you use your powers while in the costume I guess is my question.. Usually no..

Just a comment on this.. I said the OP and OTHERS. I didn't bother to look who attached those files from the first page of this thread regarding some information.. This is why I intentionally added and others to encompass either him or them posting some numbers.. So it was the OP or someone else, but someone posted numbers. They are asking the OP what? to review something he might not use or play? I play Masterminds. I have TONS of masterminds.. But not a single Merc.. Never liked them.. I wouldn't know the difference between before and after.. But I do play Robots so I did make an input for the Bubble changes and asked players on the Mastermind forums some thoughts around it. To see if I was maybe missing something. The Bard spec.. I will never play.. I totally dislike the musical notes thing.. I am not even crazy about Sonic in all honesty.. My constant gripe with Masterminds is the endurance punishment.. They pay more for similar powers that do less. EG Dual Pistol attacks. But that is a different topic.. But I can discuss that because I am familiar with that issue. I can discuss the pet summoning and I can discuss the upgrade issue that I disagree with and the time delay between summoning and upgrading which makes the pets attackable but they cannot attack back and further the delay between upgrading and summoning.. Again everyone has their niche.. This update is completely out of my niche.. I have said this several times.. I will say it yet again.. The costume thing.. Who asked for this involved system around costumes ? I thought they said they will never have something between the have an have nots.. These costume tokens from what I am reading will require MONTHS to obtain. So basically the casual player will more than likely never obtain anything significant from these costumes.. As I see it, I log into a game to create a hero/villain I spend X amount of time in the costume creator or in game at the store redoing my costume. But now I am going to super impose my hero costume with that of a COT skin and from my reading I will get some attack powers from that skin based on how rare it is. Or I misunderstood the posting about the costumes and getting their powers.. Again GREAT RP thing. But I see no other value to it. I would have rather they made fly changes where you could use the magic carpet or rocket board or jetpack appear when you turn on fly and still be able to use your power as you could while flying.. Again I get it, it is work for the Devs.. I will let the Devs do whatever they want, as I have no control. I will pay and play and maybe one day there will be a patch that I can more fully get behind. But the OP and others made some valid points even if some didn't like the delivery.. And once again I will repeat and make a blanket statement on this whole patch. Beyond the fixes mentioned ( Merc changes), I have not found anywhere where people/players asked for this type of costume change or Bard power set..

Again Stop.. You are now again trying to pull this conversation even further away from your original comment.. Is English yours? Again Out of everything I said.. You make this statement and I clearly explained in my original post and the follow up.. But again I will repeat myself.. I pay regardless of what is being put out. There is nothing in this patch that interest me or that I will be playing. I would have rather had those costume options in the character creator then as a skin and the powers options that come with the better versions of the costumes. Again I did not see much of that ever posted in suggestions. I did not see that posted in the discord chats that were held.. I believe unfortunately that Masterminds are just too hard for them to really fix.. Plain and Simple.. @Zepp took the time to constantly pool all the power sets that people requested together.. Maybe they should have looked in that direction to see what power sets they should create beyond this bard set. Again I honestly cannot recall seeing a request this power set. But I can tell you I have seen a bunch of request for a whips set. The OP and others have valid points which they backed with some numbers.. But I will keep paying and I will wait for that day that I see some cool Mastermind updates.. Until then I will Play my Masterminds, My petless and Semi Petless Masterminds and Now Power Pool only builds to have more of a challenge. But I am honestly am starting to wonder what the value of this suggestion and Feedback forum is, because they make power sets that I just do not see players suggesting and trust me I am here enough during the week to look at the new posts. So it is NOT like I come here once a month and just look at the 10 current post in Suggestion and Feedback and I move on. I would rather they just say these are the Archtypes we can do a lot of work in and are much easier than Masterminds and then poll the players on which power set players might be interested in seeing, or just go back to the discord discussions and do a consensus here as well Or just look up Zepp Thread..

I completely agree with this.. I already said similar in another thread about the mastermind updates or lack thereof. Not bashing the Devs.. But the impression I am getting is, it is just too hard for them. Just too much free time wasted on them, when they can be doing more for easier archtypes.