Alts With Same Powerset

[arcane]

I have powersets where I’ve got the set at 50 several times over. I know I have 5 Storms… 6 Poisons… 8 Ice Blasts I think? Etc.

[Jacke]

When I decided to redo my Praetorian Toons, I decided I would make a Praetorian version of my main, AR/Devices Blaster.  Just created this morning.  Surprised I didn't think of this before.

[catsi563]

Oh yeah well in a way

 

Im very theme oriented and my characters match this

 

So Ive got Panda all dark dark dark combos

 

Bale Fire alll fire fire fire combos

 

and a few others here and there matching a theme such as sonic or water or storm or ice powers

[Greycat]

Which powersets I use are defined by concept, so yeah, I've done this. And I've run into them being more fun on one AT vs another - I don't care overmuch about numbers, but (for instance) my Staff/WP Brute gets a lot more play than the Staff/WP Scrapper, who just feels... "eh" on a roughly equal build.

 

(Of course, and not quite the same thing, I've done a "same pairing, different AT" for some... obviously an elec/elec brute is going to play much differently than an elec/elec blaster or controller. And some you can't do - there's no illusion melee or illusion armor, for instance.)

[High_Beam]

2 hours ago, mistagoat said:

Well, if you mean same primary and secondary, no. At least not yet.

 

Wait, did you mean same primary and secondary or just same of one either primary or secondary cause that's a whole different bag of chicken.

 

Because I have five DP of various flavors not including the two previously referenced same/same that went to bit bucket.  Similarly there are several other flavors of same but different. 

[JKCarrier]

I'm sure I've repeated a couple of powersets that I used back on Live (including a couple of cases where I specifically tried to re-create a character I had back then). But I don't think I've doubled up on anything here on Homecoming. I'm not opposed to the idea, but right now I'm having fun trying out new ones.

[Aracknight]

I have Martial Arts and Super Reflexes on a Scrapper, Brute, Stalker, and Tanker.  I've been playing this pairing since before alignment switching was allowed, the Scrapper and the Stalker on live.  They all have similar builds when possible.

 

For the record, while tanking is a new (for me) playstyle and Bruting is....interesting, I still like the Scrapper best. 

[Doomguide2005]

Yes I've done multiples of the same set on the same AT.  Specifically I have a bunch of Empaths mostly defenders and some corruptors.  But at least on HC the blast set paired with Empathy has not been duplicated within a single character.  Eventually I'll likely have one of every blast set paired with Empathy.  Likewise I have several Earth controllers all of whom have differing secondaries.  I've have several SR across several ATs, though the GRETA variants unlike on Live consist of just one though likely I'll do up one of each armored AT with Claws at some point.

 

[Uncle Shags]

Yes, and even back to back!

 

I made a fire/ax tank looking to try out the cyclone burn combo. He was super fun and got knee deep into incarnates but I decided the survival was overkill and wanted more damage. So I immediately started leveling an ax/fire scrapper.  Again, super fun, and I enjoyed the increased damage. 

[COH Radgen]

At some point after I recreated and leveled the Kin/Fire 'troller I had on live, I decided to flip the script and made a Fire/Kin 'corruptor...same power sets but obviously plays VERY differently.  And both VERY fun and effective (aside from those uncontrollable fire monkeys on a sugar high!).

 

Sometime later, I decided to try something similar, a Ice/Dark dom and a Dark/Ice corruptor.  These I did back to back and deliberately didn't take the pets so I could more directly compare the control vs the damage from each build.  I did much the same with an Ice/Ice dom and a Cold/Ice corruptor.

 

Of course, I have a number of Invul/ and /Invul because...why wouldn't I?  Only one is paired with SS, the rest are all varied in the damage powersets and all of them are good fun and very survivable as you'd expect from a solid Invul build. 

 

I don't have as many alts as some here on the forums but I generally take them to 50 and incarnate abilities and fully build them out before with going back to run one of the others or, sigh, getting inflicted with a fresh round of altitis to start the cycle all over again.

[BazookaTwo]

On 12/4/2024 at 10:02 PM, High_Beam said:

I have done it only once, by design but different ATs, a Time/DP Defender and a DP/Time Corruptor.  Both ended up in the bit bucket.

My Time/DP defender is one of my most survivable, hard hitting characters. I even have multiple builds.  Damage, Holds, and Slows 

[High_Beam]

9 hours ago, BazookaTwo said:

My Time/DP defender is one of my most survivable, hard hitting characters. I even have multiple builds.  Damage, Holds, and Slows 

I didn't say they sucked, but I got no enjoyment from them so I shit canned them.  Everyone plays differently which is why this game is still fun.

[SeraphimKensai]

I have 3x Necro/Dark MMs at lvl 50, that I like to run all at the same time. I just built a Necro/MM a few months ago that's 50 and I really like that one too, so maybe I make more?

 

Individual power sets I reuse a lot.

[Sanguinesun]

On 12/3/2024 at 5:49 AM, VPrime said:

Have you created multiple characters with the same powerset?

 

Specifically for Tankers/Brutes/Scrappers.

 

I have multiple character ideas that utilize the same defensive set.

 

For those that have done this, does this impact the fun of the leveling experience?

 

 

You're asking a subjective question, really.  Whether our answers match what you consider to be fun/enjoyable may be different for us.

 

But yes, I've made multiples over the years.

 

1. Sometimes to see how a leveling progression has changed due to game changes.

2. Sometimes due to just wanting to play the leveling progression experience again or leveling through an event(as the two can be vastly different (ie mapserve and halloween).

3. Sometimes to flesh out accounts 2 and 3.

4. Sometimes to impose a challenge or use variations of primary/secondary sets/pools for other play goals.

5. An aesthetics concept.

 

 

And the list goes on.  Leveling in the game on HC makes replayability in the most fundamental sense very easy once one knows how and how to fund it's progression.

[Scarlet Shocker]

On 12/4/2024 at 3:03 AM, Jiro Ito said:

I didn't realize I had two water/poison corrupters until the second was lvl 50 with incarnates.  It was three years apart, and the character concepts were very funny to me, but I don't even like the powerset combo that much.  Yup, that's how I roll.  🤪

 

A very excellent pairing. I have a couple of them too

 

I think a lot can be learned playing the same powers across ATs and also with different pools, and slotting.

 

It's potentially a lot of fun but for me the power sets have to be ones I really enjoy regardless.

[Jiro Ito]

I do have other duplicates of powersets (lots of fire and ice blast, nature affinity, invulnerability, shield defense, storm summoning), but if I'm paying attention, I'll switch up the pairings and archetypes.

Edited December 7 by Jiro Ito

[Techhead]

I sorta did something similar with having a "cycle" of characters in different ATs with the same general power theme:

Agent Brewer - Martial/Electric scrapper
Agent Tanner - Electric/Martial blaster
Agent Cooper - Crab spider (odd one out, also villain)

Agent Porter - Pistol/Electric sentinal (I really like the pistol animatons)

Agent Fowler - Electric/Martial dominator

Agent Sawyer - Electric/Reflex brute

 

I think I've covered my bases unless I come up with a defender/corrupter combo that I think fits, but we'll see

[Mjolnerd]

I'm generally a "concept first, build second" person so it's going to happen eventually, but so far I've avoided directly remaking the exact same thing in terms of AT/primary/secondary. I've come close, though -- I have an Invuln/SS tanker and a SS/Invuln brute, I have an Invuln/EM tanker and an EM/Invuln scrapper, that kind of thing.

Edited December 9 by Mjolnerd

[Mopery]

Some powersets are just too good to not take again, even though I have actively tried not to make the same AT Primary/Secondary thing twice.

Usually the character concept I have demands certain powersets, and I have literally hundreds of alts, so sometimes I forget and repeat the same AT with the same powersets.

Edited December 9 by Mopery

[cranebump]

Haven’t done what the OP mentioned, but I could see myself running every variation of Archery on different toons (and putting them all in the same SG-Bowhaven).

[JasperStone]

For some reason, I have Three Thugs/Traps ...

 

 

[Force Redux]

I don't mind having the same power sets on different archetypes. Especially when the power set performs a little differently, like super reflexes or radiation armor.

[Greldek]

I have several scrappers with the same power sets. I see someone else play something and think "oh ts looks fun!" Then go roll one, level it to 20s or 30s or 40s or even 50, then forget about it, and do it again later.

 

 

[Lusiphur Malache]

I fell down a Soldier of Arachnos hole awhile back and now I have 3 Soldiers and 3 Widows each has 2 builds going down separate trees.  I know there's some duplication between them cause power choices are so limited, but I never play more than one a week, so I don't notice.

[MrAxe]

I try not to. I like all toons to be totally new. I've only done it once because it was unavoidable.