Proposed New Powerset group: Arcane

[Zepp]

Alright, hear me out here, I was thinking that we have a lot of runework at the tailor, some auras, and whatnot, but we don't have arcane sets.

 

What would it be? Well, it would likely fit into the Jack-of-all-trades type role. Those roles mean different things to different sets:

 

Vulgar: the default toggle (no power investment) Smashing/Lethal damage type; primary debuff is -Res; primary control is Stun; mixed defense

Natural: Toggle 1 (requires investment in toggle power) Fire/Cold damage type; primary debuff is -Rech; primary control is Immobilize; Regen-centric defense

Karmic: Toggle 2 (requires investment in toggle power) Energy/Negative damage type; primary debuff is -Def; primary control is Confuse; Resist-centric defense

Cursed: Toggle 3 (requires investment in toggle power) Psionic/Toxic damage type; primary debuff is -Reg; primary control is Fear; Defense-centric defense

 

Each powerset would use the toggle (with different results), but they would be mutually exclusive - no Arcane/Arcane toons. These sets would lend themselves to either specialization (favor one arcane type) or morphing fight styles. This would not be on par Kheldians, but it would be more salient than switch ammo. The powers would use a range of abilities, many of which could borrow from existing animations, but have various effects based on the toggle.

 

The least versatile set would be Arcane Armor, because of the different types of enhancements needed for optimization.

[Varkarrus]

Why no Arcane/Arcane toons? Seems like an oversight, because you'd expect that to be a common pairing, just like fire/fire...

 

You could even have the toggles be seperate per powerset. Cursed arcane defense, and vulgar arcane blast both active at the same time.

[Zepp]

The reason I suggested not having both was to prevent it from being overly versatile.

[Zepp]

Anyone else with thoughts about the set, or about limiting toons to one version?