Gadgetry/Utility Belt

[Communistpenguin]

My Beam Rifle/Traps corrupter is parked at 47, waiting for gadgetry. Any chance we are getting this in the next 6 months?

[EmmySky]

We will probably get it before you fill up all 5 shards with all 1000 alts 😝

[Lines]

Not going to lie, utility belt is literally going to change my life.

 

I'll finally land that job I wanted, find the person of my dreams, raise a perfect family of astronauts.

 

All in good time, of course.

[Patti]

Next big PATCH is probably going to have one of them.

Let's take bets!   My money is on the one that doesn't have bolos, because I don't think the animation for the bolos was done back in 2012.

[Lockpick]

22 hours ago, Patti said:

My money is on the one that doesn't have bolos, because I don't think the animation for the bolos was done back in 2012.

They should probably take it out and replace it with Immobilizing Dart or something.  I'm also curious what animation would be used for Flying Strike (maybe Savage Leap).  Here are the charts for these 2 power pools in case people haven't seen it.

 

Utility Belt:

The following table shows the level at which each power is available:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Bolas	4	Ranged, Foe Immobilize, Knockdown
	Poisoned Dagger	4	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Lethal), Foe Light DoT(Toxic), -DMG
	Freerunning	4	Toggle: Self, +Jump, +Run Speed, +Special
	Flying Strike	14	Charge (Targeted AoE), High DMG(Smash), Foe Knockdown
	Life Support System	14	Self, +HP, +Heal Over Time, +Special

 

Gadgetry:

The following table shows the level at which each power is available:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Nano Net	4	Ranged, Foe -Speed, -Recharge, -Fly, -Regen
	Blaster Drone	4	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
	Jetpack	4	Toggle: Self Fly, (Special)
	Drone Barrage	14	Ranged Cone, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
	Force Barrier	14	Self, +Absorb

 

Both of these would fit many of my concept characters and I would love to see them in game.  I hope Freerunning will stack with Ninja Run; that would be killer.  I'm not a fan of Bolas though,  They don't seem like a fit for many concepts.  It would be nice if they were able to have alternate animations for it like a dagger, dart, shuriken, web grenade, etc.

 

 

[Marshal_General]

What kind of utility belt doesn't have shark repellant?

[ZorkNemesis]

33 minutes ago, Marshal_General said:

What kind of utility belt doesn't have shark repellant?

It had to be removed for balance reasons.  Having a supply of Bat-Shark Repellant would completely invalidate Captain Mako.

[Lines]

Nerf Shark Repellant.

[Kadark]

I have an ex-monologuer villain who uses nanites and is essentially Iron Man but with dual pistols. The Gadgetry powers would fully compliment my guy to the T.

[Blackbird71]

The HC devs seem more focused on "balancing" (i.e., fixing or nerfing, depending on your perspective) existing power sets/pools rather than introducing new ones.

Considering that regular MMOs with full-time paid staffs spend years working on this same idea and never achieve the mythical idea of balance, I don't expect the volunteer team to get to new power sets/pools any time soon.

[Gwyrddu]

8 minutes ago, Blackbird71 said:

The HC devs seem more focused on "balancing" (i.e., fixing or nerfing, depending on your perspective) existing power sets/pools rather than introducing new ones.

Considering that regular MMOs with full-time paid staffs spend years working on this same idea and never achieve the mythical idea of balance, I don't expect the volunteer team to get to new power sets/pools any time soon.

 

HC devs have already added the Will Power and Experimentation power pool on top of Electrical Affinity and Sonic Manipulation power sets. The most recent patches have been more focused on power balance, but that's more reason to believe future patches will focus on other stuff instead (and in fact a preview suggests we will get an earth related power set in the future). In either case, the dev team aren't ants endlessly circling their own trail in a death spiral, they'll balance things just enough that they are satisfied with the results and then move on.

[arcane]

We already glimpsed a new earth power so I would assume earth blast or support is the next entirely new set/pool.

[MrAxe]

These pools and npc costume pieces and I'd be the happiest tank in all the land.

Edited June 16, 2021 by MrAxe
Crap spelling

[Hewhorocks]

Oh how I pine for thee Utility belt of my fondest dreams

[Greycat]

No, no. Pine is in the lumberjack set.

[Drakwatch]

[merrypessimist]

22 hours ago, Greycat said:

No, no. Pine is in the lumberjack set.

 

Nerf Pine, buff Cypress.  Oak is fine.

[Greycat]

8 minutes ago, merrypessimist said:

 

Nerf Pine, buff Cypress.  Oak is fine.

 

The trouble with the maples (And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty and they grab up all the light.

But the oaks can't help their feelings if they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples can't be happy in their shade.

[ChzBoi]

Grey - you may now exit the stage...go left please. 🙂

[srmalloy]

On 7/14/2021 at 1:19 AM, Greycat said:

No, no. Pine is in the lumberjack set.

But that's for an epic AT, and you're forced to have suspendies and a bra in your first costume slot...

[JasperStone]

On 8/22/2020 at 6:36 PM, EmmySky said:

We will probably get it before you fill up all 5 shards with all 1000 alts 😝

https://media.giphy.com/media/ToMjGpKniGqRNLGBrhu/giphy.mp4

Edited July 15, 2021 by JasperStone

[Hew]

On 7/15/2021 at 2:45 AM, Greycat said:

 

The trouble with the maples (And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty and they grab up all the light.

But the oaks can't help their feelings if they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples can't be happy in their shade.

This describes a lot of the players on this board. 🙂

[SwitchFade]

On 8/22/2020 at 3:52 PM, Communistpenguin said:

My Beam Rifle/Traps corrupter is parked at 47, waiting for gadgetry. Any chance we are getting this in the next 6 months?

*Snicker*