Rocket Board travel power?

[TheLeprechaun89]

So I love the fact that Rocket Board and Void skiff don't turn off all your powers now, and can stack with other flight powers, but the only affecting self aspect puts a huge dampener on a few toon ideas I wanted to make using it.

At the very least I'd love it if these powers wouldn't turn on "Only affecting self", but it got me thinking how awesome it could be if they made a new travel power set for each of these types of travel option (Rocket Board, Void Skiff, Flying Carpet) and perhaps added some cool powers with them.

Rocket Board could shoot a rocket/beam from it or a forcefield that protects the rider... Just things involving the Rocket Board itself as the source of the powers. (And of course customization of the Rocket Board appearance and trail colour)

Void Skiff Could launch energy discs or a beam from it as an attack or a blast below it that knocks enemies down/back.

Flying Carpet can be more mystical oriented with tarot card attacks or debuffs to enemies. 

I know this would take a LOT of work and well as I'm nowhere capable of being a developer, I can only give ideas and hope someone out there likes this idea too and is willing to see how (and if) if could be done. The Rocket Board is the main desire here however as I feel there's a lot of potential for some cool toons around a travel powerset like that. 

Any feedback and opinions are welcome but please don't be rude. It puts a dampener on any discussion. 

[TheZag]

While im not opposed to the idea,  as i think about it i keep coming up with more problems that would need to be solved.

 

First is just all the new animations.  Or do characters just use their standing animation.  But can i use kicking and flipping moves from the carpet?  

 

Some powers dont work while in the air but do work if flying close to the ground.  Would i foot stomp the carpet and rocket board?  Or do the powersets that look wierd need to be disabled from selecting these options.

 

The team wants to put out quality and complete content so while it would be cool to see this idea implemented,  if it were to happen it would have to be restricted from several powersets.

[Sunsette]

I've thought about this but I don't honestly know why a standing-on-the-ground animation wouldn't work -- I feel like the toughest part might be just forcing the player back into the standing stance? 

[SeraphimKensai]

I'm just happy I don't have to turn all my toggles back on when I use it. That said for a permanent travel power you buy with influence, I fully understand the need to balance it out against the travel powers you actually invest a power pick into. Because of that, I would not be a fan of removing the only affects self aspect to the powers as they currently are.

[srmalloy]

10 hours ago, TheZag said:

First is just all the new animations.  Or do characters just use their standing animation. 

One of the options would be to make these a pool with the travel power having selectable FX for a rocket board or void skiff or carpet, and the other powers in the pool all be defined as coming from the 'vehicle', with varying effects based on the flight FX -- a blast that has a rocket or energy bolt or tiny whirlwind, some sort of force field effect, etc. The pool would still have the special effect of making the rest of your abilities 'only affects self'.