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How possible is a power mimic ability in CO?

gradiigradii Posts: 11,716 Arc User
edited October 2014 in Suggestions Box
Imagine if there was a power which could be used on NPCs to "borrow" one of their abilities for a short time.

NPC would still be able to use said power, but the player would gain it for themselves for a limited time (say 30 seconds)

how possible is this with the engine? because it would be totally awesome.
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  • greeksotosubergreeksotosuber Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Well Cryptic employees should know
  • greeksotosubergreeksotosuber Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Well it would be cool if this mimicry powerset had some sort of memory.You save the abilities that you draw from various npcs in a temporary memory.Imagine the powers tab filling with recent powers and emptying old ones that you took from the enemies.
  • pantagruel01pantagruel01 Posts: 7,091 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    I can see three major potential issues.
    • There is no obvious method for selecting which power you mimic, and most critters have multiple.
    • NPC powers have generally not been balanced for use by PCs, and have a high probability of being either useless or overpowered.
    • Powers designed for something with a nonhuman skeleton will likely have animation issues.
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  • bdragon4cobdragon4co Posts: 121 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    pantagruel01 wrote: »
    I can see three major potential issues.
    • There is no obvious method for selecting which power you mimic, and most critters have multiple.
    • NPC powers have generally not been balanced for use by PCs, and have a high probability of being either useless or overpowered.
    • Powers designed for something with a nonhuman skeleton will likely have animation issues.

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