Lurker Hunter

Aside from a Brute/Tanker variation of Munitions Mastery this sort of Blaster Secondary is something I've wanted to see since I first got the game a year ago. I love the idea of Throwing Knives being a useful attack rather than a level 1-5 placeholder (though I'm not sold on the immobilize effect).

I can say that when/if they add this, my next four characters would be using it. AR, DP, Fire, and Ice.

I like the concepts for the other travel powers, but in practice Ninja Run + Raptor Pack are all I've ever needed. On the contrary, I find myself taking the combat variations for their boosts, especially Combat Jumping. Free defense and free immobilize protection on all of my characters? Totally worth a power!

/signed, especially the color. Perhaps change the force-field part to only appear when you're 10 feet away.

And don't limit this to just the blue zones, there are some outdoor missions that really suffer from this! Like the ruined city where you fight the Psychic Clockwork King, the war walls suck the immersion right out.

I was fighting some Goldbrickers the other day and noticed their sonic blasters. That got me thinking, why not have different weapons like that for ranged sets? With the i16 additions to Super Strength and Martial Arts it doesn't seem too far-fetched for ranged sets to get new animations and new weapon types, especially without altering gameplay. Some things I had in mind:

1. Light guns, like the assault rifle. This could simulate a variety of things, such as an energy rifle, tesla gun, auto-crossbow, or a legitimate freeze ray. This opens up the sets much more to natural/technology origin heroes who otherwise are limited to having a super suit or super gloves of some kind.

2. Heavy guns, like the Goldbrickers' sonic blaster. Same idea as above, but more bulky for more Rambo-like characters.

3. Wands, staffs, and relics. Harry Potter? Gandolf? Indiana Jones? You can see where this is going. I can even imagine some creative people applying the assault rifle and dual pistols powerset to this. Somehow.

4. Breath-only animations. Right now, if my dragon has fire breath it means he can throw fire with his hands. Which also brings me to...

5. Arm-only animations. On the flip side, if I have a power suit that shoots fire, it means I have to breathe fire as well. This would also give the option to have an arm-mounted machine gun or crossbow, opening up more options for mechs.

Obviously not every option would make sense for every individual power. Archery with staffs would be a bit of a stretch. Otherwise I can see this being a fun addition.

The Chain Gun is awesome, I'd love to see it elsewhere! Epic power pool, new primary set, or even just an assault rifle model, it would be pretty cool.

I think whoever was in charge of tip missions really likes Blast Furnace. Not to say I don't like him, it's fun doing solo vigilante missions with him burninating things up. But it seems like he's in a ton of tip missions, and he's been in every morality mission my DP/Dev blaster has run.

Overall though I'm happy that they brought in some previously overlooked toons and made them into characters. Hopefully they'll add more as they add more tip missions, I'd be partial to having more of the Civic Squad ingame. (This would be a good opportunity to have another Electric Control character, Electrixie!)

All I think should be done is to remove the "Talk to (PvP zone) Liason!" and "Talk to (Zone) Security Chief!" missions from regular contact and add them to a newbie-help contact. The number one thing that deters me from doing story arcs is having to run across three zones just to talk to someone who has information about something I'm not interested in. Especially without the cell phone number... and these missions are usually the first that contacts give out.

I like the idea, but in practice it would be a little tiresome to run into characters like "Firekin Guy" or "TwoGunz1138" over and over. For this to truly shine there would have to be some sort of quality control process.

And what of concept characters whose concept is livened entirely by power customization? I have a science tanker who uses white (or green, depending on costume) Ice Armor to simulate "Holo Armor," but the doppelganger uses the standard ice. Dark Armor would be the worst for this, as I've seen people use it for blood, poison, sand, radiation, and even water at one point.

Like I said, I like the idea and would like to see it happen. But after the above issues are addressed. Done properly this would be fantastic, done poorly and the immersion could be wiped out.

Also, this is another application where customizable nemeses would be a great addition. What better way to increase our character customization than to be able to customize our arch enemy?

As of now the mission dialogue wouldn't make sense for Rogues going Vigilante and vice versa, especially the morality missions. Some of the missions themselves would not make any sense, such as most missions involving Doc Quantum or Nemesis. If the developers are willing to put in the time to add relevant missions/dialogue to the mix I would love to see it, but it wouldn't be so simple as "adding the Vigilante/Rogue option" to each tip.

My blaster uses DP, Devices, and Spiderlings. Carnies? Ha, I say!

I could potentially see a mix between the Dominator, Blaster, Corruptor, and Scrapper secondaries to make a "red mage" of archetypes. The Dominator secondaries would become this AT's primaries because they contain a mix between melee and ranged attacks, yet lack the powerful AoE coverage and nukes blasters get.

The secondaries would be an amalgam of existing sets, containing dome defense, some control, some heal/buff/debuff, but at reduced power.

I can envision such a secondary set right now, a compliment to Fiery Assault:

1. Fire Shield (12.5% smash/lethal/fire DR, 5% cold DR)
2. Ring of Fire (control)
3. Temperature Protection (auto, 7.5% fire/cold DR)
4. Smoke (debuff)
5. Plasma Shield (17.5% energy/neg/fire DR)
6. Warmth (PBAoE heal)
7. Burn (control and immobilize protection)
8. Heat Exhaustion (debuff)
9. Melt Armor (debuff)

Combined with Fiery Assault, an archetype of this would be able to fill the red mage role, having a variety of attacks, defenses, and effect powers, but at the cost of not excelling at either one of those. It's a concept I've loved since I played the first Final Fantasy, and I would love to see it eventually happen.

Thoughts?

Make a Cold Domination/Assault Rifle/Mace defender with emphasis on the leadership power pool.

If the devs can find a way to make it happen I'd be ecstatic, /signed.

/signed

What better way for the devs to be able to say "You think your game has character customization? Pffft!" than something like this? (Besides being able to create your Arch Nemesis, but hey... >.>)

As we all know, AE has the potential to deliver all sorts of new content. But there's no denying that there's a lot of stigma attached to it. I've heard many complaints such as it being only for farmers/diehard RPers, having less immersion than standard arcs, and that finding a worthwhile arc is like finding a needle in a haystack. It's hard to want to create something worthwhile with all of that negativity attached to the system.

Put simply, I propose that there be either weekly or monthly story arc contests where the winning arcs immortalized in the game itself. Having new contacts pop up around the "real" zones is a great way to bring attention to those creators that deserve it, while bringing new, handpicked quality content to the players. Not to mention using contests like these to increase content would take a load off of the devs' shoulders, allowing them to work more on their pet projects while still appeasing the cry for more content.

It's inescapable, a lot of players are prejudiced against AE. It sounds crazy, but the best way to realize AE's potential is to be able to transcend it.

(tl;dr, see bold font)

I'm aware that this idea is a bit out there and may be too advanced to implement anytime soon, but I want to get it out there anyways.

"Event Flags," put simply, indicate whether or not an event has happened. This could be the completion of an objective, or the death of an NPC. They can be used to make events in early missions affect later ones.

For example, in Mission 1 there is an optional escort of a wounded soldier. If successfully escorted, Event Flag 1 is set. In Mission 3, if Event Flag 1 is set he will appear as an ally to return the favor.

Another, more complex example, in Mission 1 there is an optional battle against a Security Captain boss. Upon beating him, he drops a "Password" clue and sets Event Flag 1. In Mission 3, if Event Flag 1 is set (Meaning the PC has found the "Password"), a computer becomes available which activates a robotic ally to aid you.

I'm sure that even if offered only two or three Event Flags an AE arc would significantly impact the complexity of arcs. This could go a long way in bringing out the "RP" of this RPG and make arcs feel less like grinding meaninglessly.

Thoughts?

I'd be in favor of at least some sort of improvement to the Devices set. If I'm never going to see my costume, it better be for a good reason!

While I don't think adding a new, similar powerset would be a good idea, bestial animations would be awesome. As a whole they seem so nonchalant and wussy. For my Claws Brute to savagely tear apart its prey would be a great success!