Proliferate Savage Assault to Blaster secondary?

[lpbeast]

No idea how doable it is to proliferate powersets over, but I would love to have Savage Assault available to blasters for one very simple reason: dual pistols + Unkindness colored white/white = instant John Woo film.

[Galaxy Brain]

BEE BLAST

[Some Random User]

2 hours ago, lpbeast said:

I would love to have Savage Assault available to blasters

I agree, there should be proliferation/new Archetypes that swap around all of the Assault and Manipulation powersets. Stuff like A.Rifle/Savage and Dominators packing Plants and Energy Manipulation would be really cool.

[GM Sijin]

Powersets do not transfer to other ATs without that same kind of set gracefully. For example, Assault sets have a lot of ranged abilities, which don't generally exist in blaster secondaries, and they tend to lack the survivability/control aspects that help blasters not get dead as quickly. Same for manipulation, lots of control/some survivability, which aren't present in Assault sets, and no ranged.

 

That said, some kind of savage combat could be fun on a blaster.

[Some Random User]

48 minutes ago, GM Sijin said:

That said, some kind of savage combat could be fun on a blaster.

Curious to pick your brain on something. Would your feelings be stronger if we were talking about adding Manipulation or Assault to the list of Sentinel Primaries?

Edited August 12, 2019 by Some Random User
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[GM Sijin]

1 hour ago, Some Random User said:

Curious to pick your brain on something. Would your feelings be stronger if we were talking about adding Manipulation or Assault to the list of Sentinel Primaries?

Manipulation isn't a proper attack set, so it would be out of place. Assault would be less of a problem, but still doesn't play fully into the established theme of the AT: Ranged attacker with defenses. I wouldn't mind something assaultesque being used in another AT but I think that would require a new AT. If I had to pick an existing AT, though, Sentinels would probably be my pick, current state.

[Some Random User]

47 minutes ago, GM Sijin said:

Manipulation isn't a proper attack set, so it would be out of place.

Insightful. Might you have thoughts on anywhere Manipulation could be proliferated to?

[Zepp]

I actually proposed an AT that has Assault and Manipulation: Zoomer.

[Chance Jackson]

On 8/11/2019 at 11:31 PM, GM Sijin said:

Manipulation isn't a proper attack set, so it would be out of place. Assault would be less of a problem, but still doesn't play fully into the established theme of the AT: Ranged attacker with defenses. I wouldn't mind something assaultesque being used in another AT but I think that would require a new AT. If I had to pick an existing AT, though, Sentinels would probably be my pick, current state.

I for one support extending the scope of the Sentinel AT to support Assault sets.