Riverdusk Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 How cool is this? Yay! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovera Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Whaaaat! - Simple guide for newcomers. - Money making included among other things. - Tanker Fire Armor: the Turtle, the Allrounder, the Dragon, and compilation of Fire Armor builds. - Tanker Stone Armor: beginner friendly (near) immortal Tanker for leveling/end-game and Stone Armor framework. - Brute Rad/Stone and compilation of Brute Stone Armor builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modest Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I love this change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmperorSteele Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) It's pretty neat! I was playing with it on test. It copies your current costume and spawns three copies. Fun little tidbit: If you change costumes in the middle of the summoning animation, any Decoys spawned after will take on your new appearance! If you switch from one costume without the copies to one that does, instead you get normal phantoms, but they're all the same body and colors as your 2nd costume. I tried my best to break it and get 3 different looking decoys, but to no avail. Edited January 4, 2020 by EmperorSteele 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Myshkin Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I couldn't help but see this being the future of pet customization: 2 Pylon Test Run Submission Proc Monsters (Controller Edition) Proc Monsters (Defender Edition) Pylon Test Run Results Proc Monsters (Tanker Edition) "Mad King Special" "Ceterum autem censeo Iram esse delendam" Mad King Special - Force Edition (NEW!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oedipus_tex Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 That's amazing. I may finally play Illusion Control again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardship Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Finally! I' have been wanting to be able to have a "mirror image" since I first ran my Illusion control on original servers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extor Prime Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Ho-leeee.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call Me Awesome Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 And can we extend it to Phantasm's suicidal ass? Seems like if we get the option for PA we should also have it for Phanty. 1 Guardian Survivor, occasional tanker and player of most AT's. Guides: Invulnerability Tankers, The first 20 levels. Invulnerability Tankers Soft Cap defense Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverdusk Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 12 hours ago, Hardship said: Finally! I' have been wanting to be able to have a "mirror image" since I first ran my Illusion control on original servers! Yeah, I remember people (including myself) doing the opposite of this change back on live and trying to come up with a costume for themselves that looked like the phantom decoys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverdusk Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Call Me Awesome said: And can we extend it to Phantasm's suicidal ass? Seems like if we get the option for PA we should also have it for Phanty. Speaking of that I'm still hopeful the Mastermind pet changes will be extended to controller pets (at least the part where ranged pets try to stay at range). Come to think of it though, phantasm might be the only controller pet that really is "ranged only", or should be anyway. Edited January 5, 2020 by Riverdusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Singularity is theoretically ranged-only. Its only melee-range effect is a knockback that is intended to throw mobs away so that they're not in melee anymore. A lot of players have slotted a KB to KD IO into it and use it as a repeated knockdown power, which is great... but I think that conceptually you could easily argue that Singularity is intended as a range-only pet and should use the same AI that keeps it from advancing to melee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardship Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 6 hours ago, Riverdusk said: Yeah, I remember people (including myself) doing the opposite of this change back on live and trying to come up with a costume for themselves that looked like the phantom decoys. I did that as well. 🙂 I didn't end up using that costume much, but I did have it for one of my costume slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Redux Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 This is awesome! I've wanted this for.. years...! This really helps me come up with better concepts for Illusion. The masked crusader phantoms always limited me. 1 @Force Redux on Everlasting ----- (read my guide) ----- Gather the Shadows: A Dark Miasma Primer for Masterminds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extor Prime Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 1:58 PM, Riverdusk said: Speaking of that I'm still hopeful the Mastermind pet changes will be extended to controller pets (at least the part where ranged pets try to stay at range). Come to think of it though, phantasm might be the only controller pet that really is "ranged only", or should be anyway. They said that after the MM changes get tested and released live, controllers and doms are next. Good times are on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Has it been implemented yet? I don’t see the option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardship Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 It is only on the test server as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathulfr Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/5/2020 at 1:57 PM, Riverdusk said: Yeah, I remember people (including myself) doing the opposite of this change back on live and trying to come up with a costume for themselves that looked like the phantom decoys. My current Ill/FF controller is this. So I appreciate the pending change. @Rathstar Energy/Energy Blaster (50+3) on Everlasting Energy/Temporal Blaster (50+3) on Excelsior Energy/Willpower Sentinel (50+3) on Indomitable Energy/Energy Sentinel (50+1) on Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabbitUp Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 This is the one thing I wanted the most back on live. I love Illusion, but the generic tight-wearing dudes didn't really fit with my concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clave Dark 5 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 1:46 PM, Sovera said: Whaaaat! IKR? The dev team doesn't know it's 2020! Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin Queen Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 This is amazing. I hope one day we can assign costume files to that power. So say, a Goblin Queen, could summon a bunch of little male goblin minions. 😛 This is leaps and bounds better than the tights however and will make me start playing Illusion again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin Queen Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 12 hours ago, Goblin Queen said: This is amazing. I hope one day we can assign costume files to that power. So say, a Goblin Queen, could summon a bunch of little male goblin minions. 😛 This is leaps and bounds better than the tights however and will make me start playing Illusion again! As an example - it took a lot of doing to make this happen and even so, I have to costume change to the form I want, then cast Phantom Army, then change back. It's cool but it's a lot of setup. I hope we one day are able to assign the costume slot to the pet power (great for certain Mastermind pets too, where applicable). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMidknight Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Goblin Queen said: As an example - it took a lot of doing to make this happen and even so, I have to costume change to the form I want, then cast Phantom Army, then change back. It's cool but it's a lot of setup. I hope we one day are able to assign the costume slot to the pet power (great for certain Mastermind pets too, where applicable). This is really awesome how you made the clones look like your goblin minions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifax Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Goblin Queen said: As an example - it took a lot of doing to make this happen and even so, I have to costume change to the form I want, then cast Phantom Army, then change back. It's cool but it's a lot of setup. I hope we one day are able to assign the costume slot to the pet power (great for certain Mastermind pets too, where applicable). Id hope thats where it will end up. Wont be "choose a costume file" because those are local on your machine but "choose a costume slot" should be possible (allowing for the standard code rant because there might be weirdness serverside). 1 My level 50 builds [Bullitt Time : DP/Kin Corruptor] [Carnifax : Ill/Dark Controller] [Kerriae : Plant/Storm Controller] [Echinoderm : Bio/Spines Tank] [Iron Brew : Mace/Rad Brute] [Snookered : Staff/NRG Brute] [iScream : Ice/Ice Scrapper] [Binman : Savage/Shield Stalker] [Modul-8 : Time/Sonic Defender] [Concussion Blast : Fire/NRG Domi] [Orblivion : Dark/Martial Domi] [Mombie : Necro/Nature MM] [Tempore : Water/Time Blaster] [Thermodynamic Flux : Ice/Fire Blaster] [Carni's Online CombatLog Parser Alpha] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblin Queen Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Carnifax said: Id hope thats where it will end up. Wont be "choose a costume file" because those are local on your machine but "choose a costume slot" should be possible (allowing for the standard code rant because there might be weirdness serverside). Agreed - not files but slots would work. Someone in my official feedback thread on the subject said that it could even be a pre-determined slot, like Slot 1. Then we select Mirror or Mirror Custom for example (or Phantom Mirror Custom in order to get the FX attached). That would work as well as a limited implementation of the concept Edited January 12, 2020 by Goblin Queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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