Jade_Dragon

Remember, folks, you can customize a click or the activation animation on a toggle. Customization apparently doesn't let you effect how your character moves after the activation animation ends.

So without more changes I'm guessing you won't be able to customize Flying to use the flyposes that were developed. Which is a shame, it seems like it would be perfect.

Personally, I would go with the explanation that, if you ever engage in combat with a hero or villain operating under the direction of Vanguard in that war zone, you will be banned from it forever. The same goes for Pocket D. So you don't engage in combat with the other faction because the access to the area is more valuable to you that your moral imperative to combat the other side.

I'm guessing that similar restrictions will be placed on the Rogues is Paragon City and Vigilantes in the Rogue Isles in GR. In essense, by making yourself a Rogue, you've expressed a willingness to work with heroes. Attacking a hero in Paragon City would pretty much nullify that, making you a Villain again. So out you go.

Assuming this is not a troll, if you want to have a "living fire form", get to level 30, make your costume solid orange with orange skin, and then select a Fire Body Aura from the Tailor. Alternately, you can use the Stealth power to make your costume transparent, and then you will look like a vaporous form made out of fire.

If you want to "flame on" you can even do this for a second costume, and switch back and forth between that and your "civilian" form.

Anyway, Batman may not use guns, but he DOES use martial arts. If you were to eliminate all the DC and Marvel heroes that use martial arts, guns, swords, bows or other weapons you would have to eliminate Batman, Green Arrow, Hawkman/girl, Captain America, Daredevil, Elektra, Hawkeye, Punisher, Nick Fury, Iron Fist, Deadpool, Thor, and from outside the DC and Marvel rosters, The Shadow and The Phantom as well. And that's just off the top of my head. Now, some of those heroes have powers in addition to their weaponry, but Batman, Green Arrow, Hawkeye, Punisher and The Phantom certainly have no super powers at all. (Neither does Cap, really, unless you want to consider being "the peak of physical condition" his power because he got it from drugs and not genes/training) Are you saying those characters aren't superheroes?

The problem isn't really that there are non-super power sets, it's that because of the wide variety of weapons used by superheroes that there are so MANY of them. There are four weapon melee power sets, Broadsword, Katana, Mace, Axe and Dual Blades, but only one Fire Melee. This is unavoidable, really, in fact originally the devs intended for there to be only one Weapon Mastery power set, but it was too awkward with the character switching between different weapons all the time, with a redraw for each. At least there is only one Assault Rifle set, although Archery and the coming Dual Pistols are in the same "theme".

There are just too many weapons used by superheroes that aren't in the game yet. Plenty of superheroes use a staff or bo sticks, from Robin to Daredevil to even Batman, at times. There are no options for Controllers or Dominators to use grenades and traps to hold victims, and even Batman's gadgets are only barely represented by the Weapon Mastery epic and Ninjitsu. Most of the "superpowers" are in the game, fire, earth, ice, weather, lightning, only water and, to an extent, wind have yet to show up. The old standbys of super strength and invulnerability, and the travel powers of super speed, leaping, flying and teleport are all there.

So, if you want more "super powers", what powers would you recommend? Stretching, Growth/Shrinking, and Shape Change have all been mentioned, and described as extremely difficult to implement with the game's engine. Swing Lines, Wall Crawling and Vehicles have all been suggested as travel powers, Swing Lines, again, difficult to do and not make it look cheesy, Vehicles have been vetoed MANY times, and Wall Crawling is quite frankly, just too limiting and likely to be too obvious a copyright infringement. I can't see anything Wall Crawling would give you that Swing Line wouldn't do better.

Really, except for Proliferation of existing sets and their themes, I don't see that there's anything to add BUT non-super powers. But please, suggest something else. Fire is already in the game, but maybe you can come up with something else?

It's "ccninjajump".

Probably "ccninjaleap" should be set up as a synonym.

That, folks, is the difference between a copyright and a patent.

Also, since most of the technology of this game was developed by Cryptic in the first place, likely NCSoft paid to license the patents. So whether Cryptic or Paragon continue to develop content based on the same patents, I'm guessing they can't sue each other over it. As long as one or the other doesn't develop something worthy of a new patent.

The dev argument seems to be that it's more like you borrowed a rake from your neighbor. If you get into an argument, the neighbor would demand the rake back.

If it's your rake, or your car's brake system, then you can modify it however you want. (Unless you own the same kind of car as your neighbor, your brake system isn't exactly like his anyway) The powers come from the Patron, therefore they must look the same as if they were used by that Patron.

And yes, I do think that's inconsistent with being able to choose from any Patron Pool after doing just the one arc. I'm not writing this game, so I'm not making the rules.

The arms back pose is also extremely common in Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2.

This may be the less common variety, but I have to admit I recognized it the instant I saw it. And had to restrain my impulse to burst out laughing. (Happy laughter, not insulting )

It may have been designed more with the "weapons drawn" pose in mind as well. Although again the Claws and pistols seem off.

While I don't think that could be done with the existing body skeleton (arms are too short) beastly bounding along at a run MIGHT work.

It would definately fit my transformed dog character.

I think that would be a good idea as well. And fit in nicely with Going Rogue.

Although as mentioned elsewhere, losing access to Patrons because you're now on "the other side" brings up new issues. If you can't change a power because it's connected to the canon Patrons, though, then that would suggest you should lose it if you lose your connection to the Patrons. Logic is logic.

THAT'S IT!!!

Just give a badge for number of hours walked. Then everyone would use it.

Ah, subtle pun. Very nice.

Oh, heck, you just reminded me of my other character that will use this.

Hey, another point for those saying the power shouldn't be too overpowered. It also shouldn't be so useful that just everyone will want to use it. It should be powerful enough that those that fit its concept will get use out of it, but not so useful that other concepts would be at a disadvantage if they didn't. I mean, that's two characters out of all of mine that I think will be using it. I don't even think all of my Natural characters will use it. (My Peacebringers certainly won't, and Joe Everyman is more of a Neighborhood Watch kind of guy, not trained in martial arts or anything)

You know, I'm going to mention this again if and when a Staff power set comes out, but it would actually fit my character 100% if while running with a staff drawn, he were to use the staff to vault when jumping.

BaBs, is that possible, or can only the animation of the run be replaced? (I'm guessing the animation has to vary, since he holds the katana out while jumping as well as running. But the actual animation to initiate the jump might be different somehow. And no, I don't mean right now, obviously, I'm wonding if it's worth asking for in conjuntion with the Power Set)

Also, Cyborgs are not the only Tech theme, and Ninjas are not the only Natural theme. Ergo, I'm expecting that once we go through all five of the Origins, we'll start over with other themes that apply to the same Origins.

Or at the least, five packs relating to the "sub-origins", Gadgets, Relics, Inventions, Genetic Alteration and Focusing Devices. I could seen an Alien pack for Natural aliens, though, as well as a Military themed pack. And can we dream here? A Motorcycle travel power?

Not quite, but from looking at the video it's close enough. I am both laughing and impressed all at the same time. I'd definately going to use it.

This too. While I can see claws that LOOK more like the standard claws, they would still have to have some unique features. (Like growing longer)

Okay, that's just incredibly cute...

I though we already had flintlocks. Unless it was removed from the available options and I didn't notice:



If that can fire Empty Clips, I see no problem with it firing different ammo types. And there are options for Assault Rifle, like the Council submachine gun, which visually shouldn't be able to use the flamethrower. So I see no problem for sacrificing visual details for concept.

As mentioned above, the flintlocks could be advanced technology "fakes", or they could be magic. Which reminds me, how about something like what the Caretaker's shotgun turned into when weilded by Ghost Rider? Something vaguely organic, like a pistol designed by H. R. Giger.

Also, I didn't see the Mini Uzis listed on the first page. This is from Paragonwiki, in case you don't know:

This is more the strength of the available melee attacks and the relative weakness of the blasts than the damage modifiers of the AT. There's only 5% difference between them. Dominators have an even higher difference, their melee attacks are 10% stronger.

I would say it's more the capability to do AoE damage at range. And you're still going to do more ranged damage in Nova form. Also, rather than having two basic blasts and a "burst", you have three blasts, including the very weak (but fast firing) Gleaming Bolt. I think you can truthfully say you don't need all three of those, meaning you don't have a strong single target ranged attack like a Burst or Sniper.