i think this would be awesome, and this could also be used as some sort of inf sink too (no idea on cost), but its all possible
i /sign this
I like this idea and would like to see it fleshed out in greater detail. I'm sure that it has great potential to be a benefit to this gaming community.
I'd like to look for (and eliminate) any potential downsides to this. But I'm not really seeing too many right now.
This post, therefore, merits a "Pork Approved!" stamp.
Mids and Suckerpunch do a great job of letting us plan out our builds, but I would like to see an official way, in-game way to do this, my idea is a Powers Consultant. This idea also offers a way for players to share and even automatically load a build into the game itself.
All city zones will have a Powers Consultant that has been trained extensively with coaching super powered individuals. By working with a Powers Consultant a hero or villain can drastically alter their powers, even becoming stronger in the process.
By clicking on the Powers Consultant the player can get a detailed breakdown of every power in their primary/secondary and available pools. They can then plan out a potential build, including enhancement slot planning complete with Set Bonus totals. The build is saved as a plain text file in a "Builds" folder in the City of Heroes directory. Players can share these files with others for quick and easy build loading.
The greatest benefit of the Powers Consultant is the ability to automatically use one of the pre-planned builds. If a player has a Respec available they can load a pre-planned build, click "Auto-Respec" and WHAMMY, your build becomes reality (as far as powers and slots go, you still have to go buy the enhancements yourself freeloader).
This is the first draft of the idea and I'm sure the forum collective can think of a better implementation or add/edit ideas. This isn't something I would file under "NEED IT NAO!!!!11!!one" but I think it would be a nice QoL update.