Oathbound

Originally Posted by PrincessDarkstar

I thought it was summed up when someone said it was because the eipc pools are actually built into the primary and secondary.

Khelds get more power choices than any other AT, so don't really need any extra choices.

Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho

Isn't that the dog that you're wanting to get? Can recall the name of it, but isn't that it?

Oh, and BTW, welcome back to CoH Oathy...missed you. We'll get together soon...haven't been playing much, cuz I'm learning to drawz with these great peoples!!!

xoxo
Pyro

Originally Posted by Jade_Dragon

I don't think that would be too totally outside the usual standard, and would fit with the idea of Earth at range being a bit slow and ponderous. And 10 seconds for Hurl Boulder isn't even unusual, Power Blast is a 10 sec attack now. In fact, I'm kind of surprised it is only 8 seconds.

Now, 8 seconds for Stone Spears and 12-14 seconds for Hurl Boulder, that WOULD be extreme.

I'm not sure everyone would agree with me on that being acceptable, though. There are certainly a lot of people who prefer 4 second or even 3 second starting attacks.

Originally Posted by Arondell

The reason is that for 30 seconds liquify, for most practical purposes, gives a team better defense then Force Field while making anything in the game easy pickings. I'm thinking specifically of those pesky Paragon Protectors that manage to get Moment of Glory activated in this case.

People seem to get into this mode of thought that powers exist in a vacuum. Radiation infection is one of the backbone powers of the set it is in. Liquify is a very very nice "extra" that for thirty seconds boosts Sonic Resonances defense/offense capabilities significantly above the norm. No its not "as good as" Fulcrum Shift. Then again what is?

Originally Posted by Oathbound

Oathbound

Oathbound is a case of "He thinks, therefore he is." Though he doesn't know it, he was accidentally killed (along with his entire village) by an immensely powerful Illusion/Empathy controller (I don't have a name for him). Stricken with grief over this, the controller found the last surviving villager and created an illusion which he embedded with as much of the young man's fleeting consciousness as possible, effectively resurrecting him, though there was significant gaps in Oathy's memory and inherent flaws in his psyche. He(the controller) never told Oathbound of the events that transpired that day.

The two would later become inseperable friends, and traveled the world together fighting for justice and freedom (and redemption).

Eventually when the controller died, he imbued his illusion with the entirety of his psychic energy, prolonging Oathbound's life indefinitely. Oathbound fights crime and injustice, mostly because it's all that he can really remember ever doing.

As far as his appearance goes, there are a few things that can't be depicted in game. He's kind of an amalgamation of a Judeo-Christian Seraphim and a Hindu diety, in that he has six arms and six wings.

References (Of Seraphim/Dieties, not of Oath):
Seraphim wiki
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Notes about Oathy's personality...
He's outwardly very reserved and somewhat aloof, sometimes to the point of seeming cold, or apathetic. This is largely due to the fact that he has outlived nearly everyone he's ever met, so he is wary of growing attatched to anyone, knowing that he will only suffer their eventual loss.

He has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor, and rarely actually laughs at things he finds amusing or humorous, tending only a slight, sly smile.

Oathbound has no qualms with killing when he needs to, though he does save it as a last resort, as it has a detrimental effect on his psyche. As a side effect of his creator's remorse and guilt, whenever he or Oathbound were in a situation where they had to kill someone or witnessed someone they cared about die, they absorbed a small fragment of that person's consciousness into themselves. As time goes on, and more and more people died/were killed more and more of his psychic power is required to keep his own mind in balance, thus reducing his cambat capabilites. (This is in fact how the controller died, so much of his own psychic energy was being used to maintain his illusion and his own psyche that he was no longer capable of healing his own wounds and died to a shot in his heart from a Council soldier.)

Originally Posted by Arondell

Reducing the recharge on Liquify without a corresponding reduction in the effectiveness doesn't seem likely to me. It really is something of an enemy nullifying power. Being able to pull it out even a majority of the time probably would be too much of a good thing.

Originally Posted by MonkeySpirit

But in this game Humans don't have energy blasts as an inherent. Every single human character gets a player-created backstory, whereas the Kheldian characters get a common backstory inside the game. The basic concept is not in the hands of the players.

That said, I'd like Khelds to keep their actual colors just so I can still tell the difference between PBs and WSs at a glance.

Originally Posted by Garielle

Actually, none. Mastermind is not a very heroic sort of character. A Mastermind is not a caring a commander who cares about his or her troops. A Mastermind is a cruel, heartless leader, who cares nothing about his or her minions and will happily sacrifice their lives if it saves his or her own skin. That sound very "heroic" to you?

Originally Posted by Lothic

I'm all for a "Power Customization, Part 2" that includes Kheldians.

I'm just saying that as far as Khelds go I can see a rationalization for the Devs not getting to them if they for some reason don't. As a race it's perfectly reasonable for the Devs to explain that all of their powers would look the same from a colors point of view.

Originally Posted by Dispari

Since the official interview said "most" and not "all," my bet is on VEATs not getting a 5th power this time around. They seem like they'd require more effort and thought than the others, since you have to pick a power that would work for two different classes. Any defensive power given to Banes would make Crabs too good, for instance. My guess for widows is that they'll just give them holds since those choices are pretty generic and wouldn't be overpowering. But that word "most" makes me think VEATs are going to get the pass this time.

I'm hoping the heroes still lacking stuff get some good choices though. I'm wondering what Force Mastery will get for Blasters. I always thought the Gravity hold would work there.