Leo_G

Like MutantX was saying: Energy melee (and similar) powers are animation FX. Weapons are like costume pieces now. Similarly to being only able to have Wings OR a cape because they both use the 'node' attached to the back; shields, axes, spines, swords, etc. are costume pieces that require a 'node' from the arm to attach to the character.

Not to mention, if done right, you could 'upgrade all', undo upgrades, redo upgrades and tweek individual slots. And when you're satisfied with where everything is, you go to the bottom of the menu and click 'Buy' to finalize everything.

Just to be slightly more clear, OP, yes they have added the graphic to a current self-rez. Pick up Rise of the Phoenix on a Brute, Tanker, Scrapper or Blaster-via-epic-pool and that wing rez animation is in your lap without ever expiring.

It even comes with a special 'untouchable' status for 10sec where you cannot be harmed afterwards. You can even color it to whatever you want (except Blasters because we can't customize pool powers yet), so if the white wings or the orangy-red wings don't match your costume/concept, you can make them purple wings or green!

I'm guessing a religious themed pack wouldn't be received well? Sure, you can have the angel and demon angle but perhaps priest costume pieces, cross chest/cape symbols, shinto kami symbol, shinto tengu masks, shakujo staff customization for Nem Staff/Magic Wand, buddist necklace costume piece, Guanyin multi-arm back piece costume piece, etc. etc. with several other religions.

Personally, I think it'd be a great addition and, if it didn't focus on one religion, wouldn't be so harshly received by the masses.

If you're biased to the circumstances the power is given, yes. BU is better than SD or FU in the situation Stalkers use it in.

Those situations where you are trying to eliminate a tough target in a short amount of time without alerting them to your presence are where BU is better.

Comes up often enough in PvE and is pretty much the only situation you'll receive in PvP.

Nice idea, actually.

One thing I'd be weary about, though, is adding sets that are only usable by 2-4 powers. Making a set so specific like that seems a waste to me, when I think future sets could make use of a 'shape shifting' type theme. And Granite Armor is a type of shape shift too so why not let it be usable for a power like that too?

Now I want more sets that shape shift. Now they'd be able to do the forms right, making the customizable from the start

What's so embarrassing about it? Superman, the Hulk and others alike get knocked around all the time. It's if you can't get back up (especially after defeat) that is embarrassing.

I was kind of surprised so many just looked at the prospect 'it slows xp' and dismiss it from there and not look at the suggestion itself.

Personally, I think it'd be fun. It's adding something else to do and that's always a plus. The only thing I don't like are the rewards. Basically, this little tangent is for IO bonuses, which is great and all but it's catering to the min/max guys that tweek out numbers. Kinda hard *not* to do that but maybe something more noticeable to the non-min/maxer casual player?

Maybe you use this alternative xp mechanic to access temp powers? Or allow you to 'hang onto' temp powers you already have? Or buy 'ammo' for temp powers you acquire? Or perhaps power up 1 specific power from your primary by adding a pseudo-slot(doesn't take up a normal slot spot) that you customize with bonuses like additional typed dmg (not a proc...or a proc with 100% chance to go off, whatever makes sense) or improved stats?

Basically, something that broadens your capabilities by giving a certain power of your choosing a kind of 'specialty' or adding a temp power(s) to flavor your character (like a MA/SR scrapper with a couple gadgets to give them a Batman-esque feel) that you'd need to maintain with the extra system. Granted, you don't have to use the alternate system and you don't need the extra temp powers but if you want a certain flavor character with a certain combo of temp powers, you can work toward it.

IMO, it's what the invention temp powers should have been. As is, there are so few of them with such uninteresting effects and just take up space in your inventory to craft, it's almost not worth it...

Technically, it's duration is relative to how much HP the anchor has and your team make-up.

-Stick it on a minion? It might last but it might not.
-Stick it on a Lt? Most likely will drop before half the spawn.
-Stick it on a Boss? It'll last long enough to destroy the spawn.
-Stick it on a Boss with a Stalker on the team? It won't last even a quarter of the spawn's lifespan.

Then there are so many other variables that'd make that 'infinite duration' pointless or null.

-You get mezzed?
-The anchor runs or is knocked elsewhere?
-The anchor can teleport?
-The anchor phases?

Not that I think RI is inferior, but yeah, you gotta work with it (or keep working with it when the anchor dies).

Well, Katana is a stance where the anchors for both hand are the same on the weapon. If the other hand actually uses the anchor or not doesn't seem relevant seeing as there's no other anchors to interact with.

But polearm weapon would need non-static anchors for both hands depending on the fulcrum you're moving the weapon on. I don't think it's an issue of having 2 anchors on a weapon but to animate a pole weapon properly, the entire length would need to be an anchor.

I guess it's, more-or-less, how much you want to actually explain things on your end. I'm not sure how they'd set up the text to capture the entire concept of blocking out your ability to use powers, but it's not hard to explain on your own terms.

-For instance, if you took away old Positron's powered suit, he'd fall apart and probably blow up.
Engineered a device to attach onto his suit that will completely contain all of his radiation so he cannot expel it in attacks. It also shuts down most functions of the suit so that it will cause an energy build up inside the suit and could destroy himself if he doesn't figure a way to remove the device.

-Or, I have a ghost inhabiting a suit of armour, whose power is merely to repair it when it breaks. Take away his ability to repair and you take away his ability to MOVE it, so he falls apart into plates of armour.
Go Full Metal Alchemist route and completely bind the ghost to the armor using a special rune. Now, the ghost is just a suit of armor that can be destroyed. If the ghost doesn't find a means to dispel the rune, you'll be even more susceptible to death than a normal person in a suit.

-I have a character whose ability to even EXIST is a manifestation of his powers and his control over a specific type of energy. Removing that energy from him or preventing him from using it would prevent him from existing altogether.
Sounds more like a concept specifically made to thwart such a game mechanic to me, but creating a specific field that makes a specific wavelength of energy inert is possible but difficult to maintain. The energy still exists but its effects are made indistinguishably like other forms of radiation that pass through us every second and yet have no effect. You have to find a way to disable the device creating this field if you want any means of escape.

-Or what about the character whose super power is that he never actually leaves his base of operations but merely sends a "hard light" hologram out? Yes, you can take away his ability to project, but that just means he can't even exist.
Depends what you're projecting. But if your mission is to infiltrate a base and they have a some sort of scrambling device to block any outside remote communications, you're lucky you can send a radio signal in much less a hologram. But somehow, you managed it. Your hologram, however, is severely compromised in its normal capabilities.

-If a character is lighter than air, how do you take away his ability to float? Weigh him down with barbells?
How do people in-game alter gravitational fields around small objects within the earth's gravity to make them heavier or lighter? Same deal.

-Or a character who has wings. How do you keep such a character from flying, specifically since wings flap when you jump?
How do players in-game hamper flight or running or jumping? Same deal.

-Why would a sentient walking rock suddenly lose its strength and the durability of the rock, yet simultaneously not lose the ability to move?
Some scientific or alchemical process that changed the composition of your rock to something closer to packed dirt.

I dunno, I see it more as the enemy needs to even the odds so actually researches how to mess with you. Because fighting you fairly isn't working, apparently. It doesn't specifically weaken you to 'human' standards, just takes away what makes you powerful.

And the way I'd implement it is through some sort of enemy-group arc in that, if you face an enemy enough, that group will be the first to look into depowering you. Then, they'll sell that knowledge to any other group that's in the unfortunate situation of needing to deal with you.

Actually, it's not so much the weapon requires 2 anchors that makes it difficult because currently, we have 2-handed Stone Mace. It's the need for 2 'variable' anchors that makes it difficult. The hand wouldn't stay on the same 2 anchors for weapons like staff, spear and other pole variants. To spin the pole or thrust the spear, the hand would have to move along the weapon which currently isn't possible.