Sigium

My idea begins with proliferating weapons throughout the ATs (Scrappers can get War Mace and Battle Axe, Tanks can get Broadsword/Katana/Claws, Brutes, Stalkers, etc...)

This will simply be listed, under the power selection screen, as 'Weapons', with a sub-menu that allows you to choose between all the fun weaponry that our lovely devs have offered us.

From there on, however, you are allowed to give it an effect; to give it what makes so many mystical swords mystical; firepower.

For instance, you want to make a Fire Broadsword because your character is such a badass that he's swinging a flaming sword of doom? You'd choose Weapons -> Broadsword -> Fire
This would take the damage the attacks do, and then replace half of it with fire damage, rather than relying on slashing damage entirely.
Along with this, it allows you, under weapon customization, to choose swords with fiery auras to them.

But let's say you decided that your character doesn't wield a flaming sword of badassery. Let's say it's a frozen sword of badassery? You'd change it to Weapons -> Broadsword -> Ice. It would give half of the damage to Cold along with sacrificing the weapon bonuses for cold-related bonuses, and you'd be given weapon customization for icy weapons (ice saber, along with just cold auras for the actual weapons)

But then let's say you've got another character who doesn't use any sort of mystical anything. He doesn't want his Dual Blades doing fiery DoT, stopping enemies in their tracks with cold, or possibly sleeping them with lightning... He just wants his Def debuff attacks and combos. Guess what? You'd have a unique set for each type of weapon chosen, which would contain the original.

With melee alone, let's take a look at the combinations:

Broadsword
Katana
Claws
War Mace
Battle Axe
Dual Blades

with the possible effects of:

Fire
Ice
Electric
Energy
Radiation
Darkness
Toxic(?)
Original

It would offer more customization to something that is often seen as the trademark of a character, and would not only offer more unique playstyles, but be able to help others work on their concepts with all the more success.

Please kindly tear this idea to pieces and explain to me why I'm wrong.

/meh.

It seems like something useless that people are gonna use as the basis of judging a few people (not many people use Vet badges as it is, to begin with).

I'd really love horror-themed weapons. A Katana looking something like Soul Calibur, or Broadsword looking like something Lovecraftian.

I can dream, can't I?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo.

You've never been on a Raid, have you?

Y'know what I'd be happy with? A staff.

Let there be a scythe, spear, halberd, bamboo skin for it, but let the base remain as a staff, and let it function as that. Sure, using it with the scythe theme won't be quite as pleasing as possible, but it'll fill a lot more gaps than a scythe alone.

It's got potential, but it would need to be something VERY finely-balanced... For every perk that it added to a specific powerset, it would need to take something away from the overall performance.

Not to mention, if it were to enhance specific powers within the set, I'm sure you'd hear tons of griefing in the community about how it's enhancing the wrong power, overpowering something, etc.

Again, it's got potential, but the potential of someone walking on a tightrope.

If such things were true...

My Corruptor, Heretyk, is essentially a corpse reanimated by dark, sinister forces beyond our imagination. When I say dark, I mean it; he's a dark/dark corruptor. His 'host', the corpse, was born with an incredible intelligence and dexterity, so he'd gain a bonus to accuracy and perception, while light could seriously hurt him; a weakness to energy and whatnot.

Christ, I'm 19, and still a sophomore in college.

All of you! Get off my l33t t3chn0l0gy!

It's no secret that the game needs a LOT of re-texturing, perhaps to catch up on current graphics, but I think the hospital wouldn't qualify as priority #1.

Welcome to City of Jetbikes. Population: Growing.

Sigh, I really wish that people would stop making threads about these vehicles that would not only be a coding nightmare, but a waste of developer time.

I can already hear BaB's pained screams of agony as this thread was posted.

I really don't mean to solicit, but my old idea of 'Isla de los Muertos' would love to take full advantage of the Legacy Chain:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...De+Los+Muertos

Just sayin'. :P

Sam, I'd like to agree with the CO Muscle slider, but in truth; the only thing that slider is is different lighting.

I'll admit, I enjoy the body slider of CO much more than I do this game, simply because of the control it gives us over the character at hand, but that doesn't mean that it's the end-all be-all of proportions.

After all, we still have much better faces, considering the facial sliders for Champions doesn't change the fact that you've still got the same face as the next guy, perhaps with a bit of touch-ups here and there.