Shuriken Blast

[Outrider_01]

Alright, it needs a better name.

 

Anyway, playing with a /martial arts dominator.  The animations are pretty, this needs a pure blast set for ranged types.

 

Shuriken throw - Swap animation with trick shot, Trick is tossing one single star and seems more appreciate.

 

Trick Shot - First, needs a better name but can keep the chain aspect with up to +16 targets, maybe less.  Swap to Shuriken throw, which throws 2 stars underhanded out from the body.  Pose reminds me a little of a cowboy draw with 2 pistols.

 

Masterful throw- double toss two stars after a power up.  Needs animaton fixed, the stars come together but spin on the wrong axis.

 

Explosive Shuriken- grab a massive star from your back, spin, and toss it.

 

Envenomed blades - Instead of build up, a +DoT attack is added to the weapons.  Maybe borrow aspects from Dual Pistols like damage types.

 

Half the powers are missing, no different animations.  I don't know what else to think of

Edited January 27, 2022 by Outrider_01

[Uun]

Already suggested multiple times

 

 

[arcane]

The idea of a Shuriken nuke sounds a bit silly. I’d recommend y’all just play Martial Doms and make all ranged builds...

 

My no-kicks Earth/Martial/Fire sates my need for shurikens.

Edited January 27, 2022 by arcane

[Naraka]

37 minutes ago, arcane said:

The idea of a Shuriken nuke sounds a bit silly. I’d recommend y’all just play Martial Doms and make all ranged builds...

 

My no-kicks Earth/Martial/Fire sates my need for shurikens.

The concept of "tier 9 nuke" is mostly a player term and doesn't actually reflect a literal nuke in effect or range. It's mostly just "flashier AoE".

 

That said, technically there is no set rule that the tier 9 has to be the biggest, flashiest of attacks. The tier 9 could be single target and a set's mechanics could make up for that in some way. The only thing that would limit mixing around these conventions is player expectations.

 

As for a range-only Dom, I have one (dark/martial) and it's fun but it's no blaster.

[A Cat]

Rain of poisoned needles? Full auto style pew pew of thousands of shuriken? If we make it more if a general ninja powerset, bombs are a thing that they utilized, at least in popular conception. 

[Clave Dark 5]

Shurikens are overrated anyway, I mean, they're not really meant to be a fully lethal weapon like a sword; they could kill, but it's not something you'd depend on IRL.  Having them be part of a set instead of their own set feels more reasonable; and yes, I do know "this is just a comic book game, not real life."  Explosive Shuriken is already getting pretty silly as it is.

[biostem]

A generic thrown weapon set, which can somehow be customized, (even if it's just what is shown in your hand during the animation, with the projectiles being some generic particle effect), would be a better approach to take, IMO.  You could then go the dual pistols route and offer players a regular, incendiary (maybe explosive instead) and poison/toxic variants.  I'd probably replace the cryo option with a magical one that dealt energy damage and had some other side effect.