MondoCool

Then I guess you'll just have to pick another powerset if you want ST abilities.

I'll give you a reference: the years that I have spent roleplaying and creating new stories and concepts. I don't need to spend an hour looking up some obscure and idiotic comic or book to justify an ability that I personally design.

But hey. That's okay. If you want to keep pretending it's not possible for fantasy internet pretend power armor to create a fantasy internet pretend energy shield to protect yourself from fantasy internet pretend psychic attacks, then fine, but don't expect anyone to take you seriously.

EDIT: Here's your reference.

"All you have to do is block the signal. Psychic abilities --- at least according to the Air Force's Project Stargate ---are the brain stretching outside of the body to manipulate localized EM fields and electrical energy. Most thought is electrical in nature, after all."

1. I don't think people running at 90mph and jumping to ridiculous heights, throwing sharks at each other and using a technicolour assortment of superpowers, is supported in the media either - but people PVP all the time.

2. >implying mez protection makes a defense set too powerful

Ninja Blade gets AS and Placate, as well as a different "default" weapon model (back before I11's weapon customization) and a different draw animation (over the back rather than from the hip). If you don't consider Grenades to be valid as a separate powerset, you shouldn't consider NB to be valid as a separate powerset either.

Trick Arrow has exactly two ST powers out of 9, one of which is marginally useful. The very nature of grenade weapons dictates that they be at least parially AoE based. The balance here comes from long recharge times and high endurance costs, rather than having ST abilities.

My explanation as to why my assault rifle can fire standard bullets and shotgun shells is as follows: It's a multi-purpose weapon, designed with different barrels and launchers to accomodate all its different firing modes. Ever look at the original AR model?

In any case, I remember a nice way of explaining it for the other weapon models. You had a rifle proper with an attached, underslung shotgun or launcher. The shotgun could fire any number of special shells- solid slugs, buckshot, grenades, even incendiary devices. This means Burst, Sniper Rifle and Full Auto are the actual gun firing, while Slug, Buckshot, Beanbag, M30 Grenade, Flamethrower and Ignite are the shotgun attachment.

By the way, you might want to take a look at this picture.

I'm pretty sure it's perfectly possible for a suit of power armor to provide mental protection in the form of some energy shielding or a chip implanted in a helmet. This is the absolutely only way to make the psi def + mez protection work. There is simply no other conceivable way for the powerset to have any and still fit a theme.

If you even bothered to read the first post, you'd realize that "power armor" here does not solely refer to the big suits of armor. Power armor can be bulky, it can be skin-tight, it can be based on magical enchantments rather than technological. The sole requirement for this powerset is that you have some type of armor, and it has shielding. That's it. Mental shields are perfectly plausible in both a magical and technological way, and none of your delusional trolling is going to change that. Sorry you pretend otherwise.

Also, - the powerset has little neg energy def and no resist, low psionic def and no resist, and no toxic def (there isn't any, I think) and little resist. The negative energy hole is the biggest, but psionic and toxic are also effective.

You're implying that this is a powerset that's designed to be spammed constantly.

I think it's suitably different enough to warrant it's own set. Think of the differences between Katana and Ninja Blade.

The bulk of the "gun" is just a holder and electronics system. The actual gun (which can be just about any weapon and is separate from the actual holder thing) is entirely in the segment that folds to the sides.

This is bad, let me fix it.

SYNOPSIS: Broadsword/Super Strength hybrid.

CHAINSAWS (scrapper, tanker, brute, stalker): You wield a vicious, bladed chainsaw to slice and dice your foes. While this powerset offers superior damage and the ability to knock your opponents to the ground, it is primarily lethal, and the heavy chainsaw puts a greater strain on your endurance.

1/1: Slash: Moderate damage ST attack, lethal damage, 4 second recharge
A quick lateral slice with your Chainsaw. Deals moderate damage and is fairly fast.

1/2: Hack: High damage ST attack, lethal damage, 8 second recharge
You hack down on an enemy with your Chainsaw. Does more damage than Slash, but is slower.

2/4: Shredder: Moderate damage cone attack, 50 degree arc, foe KD, lethal damage, 8 second recharge
You swing your Chainsaw in a wide arc at the enemies in front of you. The force of this attack may knock some enemies down.

6/10: Accelerant: Self +dmg, +tohit for 2 mins, -dmg, -def, -end for 10 seconds after (Replaced with Build Up for stalkers)
You can fuel your Chainsaw with a special accelerant, causing it to rev faster and improve your ability to penetrate armor and deal damage. However, the fuel will wear off in two minutes, leaving you unable to deal significant damage, and your Defense will be reduced as you try to restart the saw.

8/16: Disembowel: Superior damage ST attack, foe KD, lethal damage, 20 second recharge
You rip into a single foe, attempting to Disembowel him. Even if you don't kill him outright, you still deal serious damage and knock him to the ground.

12/20: Taunt/confront (Replaced with Assassin's Sawblade for stalkers)

18/28: Tendon Rip: Minor damage ST attack, foe disorient, lethal damage, 20 second recharge
You can saw into an enemy's tendons and muscle, leaving them unable to attack or run away for a significant duration.

26/35: Toss Saw: High damage ranged attack, 80 feet, foe -fly, KD, lethal damage, 8 second recharge (Replaced with Placate for stalkers)
You toss your chainsaw like a boomerang, striking a single ranged target. The force behind the saw has the ability to knock Flying foes out of the sky.

32/38: Carnage: Extreme damage PBAoE attack, foe KD, lethal damage, 30 sec recharge
You swing your Chainsaw around you, spinning and slashing at every enemy in melee range. The sheer force behind your attack has the ability to knock your enemy to the ground.

Good name, but it's a little long. Shark Scent seems a lot more concise.

Only 3 or 4 of them are. The rest are just temp powers that are revamped and modified a little.

It works, and it makes perfect sense. Using the high-tech equipment on your pulse rifle, you activate a program that analyzes a set of enemies in a cone in front of you and distributes knowledge of their weaknesses to your teammates. It is a cone-shaped, slightly weaker clone of Surveillance.

It's not out of flavour and it's the only thing that you can put there that really makes sense to have psi def and mez protection. It's literally your power armour protecting your mind from attack.

>implying the only reason to use AE is for experience gain

No it doesn't, Pain Dom does

You don't need to "keep the team healed", since Empathy is not a healing-based powerset.

Bad idea

Maybe you should learn how to team up with a proper tank then

This is probably one of the only few things you've said that's true.

Thermal's healing abilities are weak, it's a buff/debuff set, not a healing set.

Truth

Dark, kin and rad are not "healer" powersets. If you think they are, please stop playing forever.

I'd actually suggest not taking your first few powers as an Emp. The only real healing ability you need is Heal Other.

Truth

Also truth

THIS

There was a guy who didn't like it. He gave me neg rep. Apparently, the "suggestion is relative solid in the numbers, but ties too much to a specific source definition of the power. needs to be more general to allow freedom". I suppose you could always just pretend you're not wearing armour, much in the same way you could take Fire Armor and pretend you're not really on fire :V

The mez protection is spread out because it wouldn't really make any sense to have it all in just one power. The thing that makes up for the spread out mes protection is the fact that KB, Immob, Repel and TP protection is automatic, i.e. not a toggle. You only have 3 toggles that you'll be keeping on "normally", and two other "specialty" toggles that sap a good amount of end.

So basically, you want it to be a ripoff of CO's Power Armor. Nice job there.

This powerset is made to cater to people who -aren't- in huge bulky suits of armor as well. Power Armor is a loose term. It just means "armour that is powered". This can be a huge suit of high-tech armor, a magical suit of armor, even a skin-tight costume with some sort of armor plating weave. It doesn't have to be Iron Man esque.