I may be considered a noob by most of you. Although, I ask that you do not judge what I post based upon that. I am a 35 yr old male who has what most people would call Peter Pan syndrome. I have collected many of comic books in my time and in knowing that, I would like to offer those of you that view you this post a little food for thought.
Let us look at a very well known comic, X-Men. Many mutants and many more powers. Example, Psylocke, She was born a powerful telepath, a psycho-blaster with the ability to read minds. As well as gaining new abilities after a confrontation with Sabretooth and ingesting a magical liquid retrieved from the dimension of the Crimson Dawn. Through her experience in life and many battles, Psylocke was able to use her abilities in such a way that she could form a psy-blade. I do not wish to make this to lengthy, so I will finish off with this. Look at the powers that many of the heroes in comic books, movies, and even TV shows have and then think as to what CoH/CoV would be able to develop that is not only fun but mechanically functional .
FYI, information on Psylocke was located at:
http://www.mutanthigh.com/a.html
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