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Post by malice on Nov 22, 2011 16:53:32 GMT -5
I already find it frustrating that my GF paces madly around her apartment any time she's on the phone. She can't talk on the phone while sitting still. I can't either. I've never figured out how people can have conversations while stationary. Moving around and doing other things while on the phone is one thing, but this is frantic high-energy pacing I'm talking about. Not unlike the blasting action. |
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Post by WildKnight on Nov 22, 2011 18:27:28 GMT -5
I can't either. I've never figured out how people can have conversations while stationary. Moving around and doing other things while on the phone is one thing, but this is frantic high-energy pacing I'm talking about. Not unlike the blasting action. That's what I'm talking about too. Drives my wife nuts. |
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Post by Dhark on Nov 29, 2011 23:10:38 GMT -5
This is part of why I LOATHE talking on the phone if anyone else is around. I'm self conscience of my own phone-inspired-pacing, and so will literally ignore any call that comes in if someone else is even in the house.
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Post by WildKnight on Nov 30, 2011 6:45:40 GMT -5
This is part of why I LOATHE talking on the phone if anyone else is around. I'm self conscience of my own phone-inspired-pacing, and so will literally ignore any call that comes in if someone else is even in the house. Never imagined you for the self-conscious type. |
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Post by Hypester on Dec 16, 2011 18:49:51 GMT -5
Just to chime in, I also interpreted Blasting as an action to be no hovering. I don't recall why, but it seemed like the effect the description was trying to convey. If Guthrie can hover, that just means that the Blasting action isn't well made. No surprises there.
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Post by Brainstem on Dec 17, 2011 3:16:23 GMT -5
What I think is that they based Blasting off Force Blast rather than Flight. You have, essentially, a Force Blast that requires you to travel with the blast, combining Action Boxes with Force Field. It doesn't really make much sense, but I think it could explain the wonky pricing?
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Post by dorkknight23 on Dec 17, 2011 5:00:53 GMT -5
There is literally almost no reason to take Blasting the way it's priced and worded over Flight. Which is what forces most GM's to get creative about playing possible logistically inferred disadvantages. In terms of its usefulness, CL+4 or so would probably be a better price tag.
That being said, I think the idea of making a viable character who's principle power is Flight could be really cool. You could up-play the secondary powers that flight may bring (depending on how that goes, it could be anything from some kind of weaponized wing system, to a jetstream Force Blast, or just enhanced Agility.)
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Post by malice on Dec 17, 2011 8:57:30 GMT -5
That being said, I think the idea of making a viable character who's principle power is Flight could be really cool. You could up-play the secondary powers that flight may bring (depending on how that goes, it could be anything from some kind of weaponized wing system, to a jetstream Force Blast, or just enhanced Agility.) I hate Archangel, always have. That being said, I am sure you could do much better than Marvel has done in 50+ years. I mean that, because I think the work they did on a lot of their longest standing characters is so overwhelmingly lame it literally disorients me for a moment if I think about it. There are plenty of good reasons for that, but a fact having justification doesn't always make the fact more appealing. |
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Post by WildKnight on Dec 17, 2011 9:02:51 GMT -5
Personally, I like heroes with simple powers. One reason DC comics are now virtually unreadable for me is that EVERYONE has become, in some fashion or another, either Superman or Green Lantern. Either they're flying, virtually invulnerable and ridiculously strong, or they have an "omni-power" that is so vaguely defined as to allow the writer to do anything that seems like a good idea at the time.
Heroes with themes, and simple powers, make much better platforms for telling good stories, and don't create a never-ending spiral of one-upsmanship. Frankly, it absolutely SUCKS that there is nothing special about Superman anymore... which is just an extension of the fact that most comic book fans don't get what's so cool about Cyclops. The guy can shoot LAZERS from his EYES.
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Post by malice on Dec 17, 2011 9:09:20 GMT -5
In varied ways I agree with you, which is why I actually edited a lot of my post down. I let myself rant a bit and found myself not actually liking what I wrote, so I decided to just sort of sum it up and leave room for my hate of Archangel to shine through. It was the original inspiration for the longer post anyway, and I felt it was unfair for so many characters to get hit with the splash damage.
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Post by kito on Jan 1, 2012 4:33:30 GMT -5
A. Can u find a pic of cannonball hovering a post it.
B. how far along is the pic did he start hovering or get it in time and training?
c. Would keep blasting as a no hover without cost just for balance reasons.
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Post by Dullahan on Jan 20, 2012 23:19:51 GMT -5
A. Can u find a pic of cannonball hovering a post it. B. how far along is the pic did he start hovering or get it in time and training? c. Would keep blasting as a no hover without cost just for balance reasons. C. Whether or not you can hover, Blasting is not that balanced. I mean, out of the two, if it was all about power...why would I take flying again? |
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Post by WildKnight on Jan 20, 2012 23:24:25 GMT -5
A. Can u find a pic of cannonball hovering a post it. B. how far along is the pic did he start hovering or get it in time and training? c. Would keep blasting as a no hover without cost just for balance reasons. C. Whether or not you can hover, Blasting is not that balanced. I mean, out of the two, if it was all about power...why would I take flying again? Not to mention that even if you nix hovering (which is stupid), a player can simply buy Flight at AN 1 and be able to Hover whenever they please. You only need higher AN's of Flight for speed (which blasting provides) and for shifting stones to Defense (Blasting has a Force field that lasts an additional round after "blasting") |
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Post by Rinjo on Jan 22, 2012 0:38:07 GMT -5
There is no reason. Blasting should be removed from the books.  Buy unstoppable (only when flying) and there you go. Why would you buy forcefields when you could buy blasting. Not only do you not have to decide between stones of effect and defense... they last an additional panel. I always want to use blasting but have only been able to once... it was glorious! Add +1 on their for force field blocks mental... buy +1 to block magic later and you are virtually unstoppable. That 2 panel force field is just silly. |
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Post by WildKnight on Jan 31, 2012 21:09:49 GMT -5
Let's not forget the fact that Force Field is already broken on it's own  |
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Buy unstoppable (only when flying) and there you go.