I was wondering if you guys ever did this
re-create the the ff characters and play as a team
I guess minute man would be a tank, el_diablo a blaster, eve a defender, what about the others?
People have done the costumes. I had Alchemiss on my tank, and Mikey had Mentor on his defender. I think I did Microwave on my... Defender? Controller? Something.
I would say:
Minuteman = Scrapper
Mentor = Controller
El Diablo = Blaster
Alchemiss = Controller
Manbot = Tank? Blaster? Hard to say.
Eve = Defender? Controller (w/ Plant Control)?
The Ant = Scrapper?
This would be a fun thing to try..
I can say it would be a lot harder to do before Ish 11/12. I guess if you were going to do it, you'd do something like...
Minuteman: Probably one of the easier ones to do. I'd probably go with something like WP/Mace Tank with Combat Jumping and Super Jump. Put Leadership on him for extra authenticity. Broadsword/WP scrapper would also work.
El Diablo: Also pretty easy. Probably Fire/Fire Blaster. With Flight, naturally. I12 would give you the choice of making him a Fire/Thermal Controller, but it doesn't fit the character as well. Fire/Fire Scrapper might also be an interesting choice.
Mentor: You could go a number of different ways with him. Mind/Rad Controller, Ill/Rad Controller, Rad/Psi Defender. I12 will give you the additional interesting option of making him an Energy/Mental Blaster. I'd probably give him Medicine to round him out.
Microwave: Energy/Energy Blaster or Rad/Rad Defender. With Teleport, natch. Also combined with Concealment to mimic his Phasing powers.
Manbot: Not so good here. He's the epitome of the verboten Blaster-Tank. As a Tank, he's pretty much either Invuln/Energy or Invuln/SS. As a Blaster, he's hopelessly out of sync with the character even as Energy/Energy. He'd need powers from Fighting, Fitness, Flight (optional) and Force Mastery to come close.
Eve: Another tough one. Plant/Trick Arrow Controller will probably come closest. Pre I12, all you got is stuff that doesn't quite fit. Trick Arrow/Archery fits her look but neglects all her nature-based powers.
Ant: Another one who doesn't quite fit. What do you do with this guy that doesn't ignore some of his signature powers? I'm going to have to go with WP/SS Tank with Jumping on this one but I don't like it. Concealment would give you an approximation of his tunneling abilities, but that's not great for a Tank.
Order: He's not too bad. Tank. WP or Invuln, and either Battle Axe, War Mace, or Stone Melee take your pick.
Law: Totally undoable as what she ought to be... A Broadsword/Empathy Scrapper. So, to get the look you're going to want to go with a Scrapper as either Broadsword or Katana and WP or Regen. Give her Medicine and we'll have to call it good.
Alchemiss: Can't really duplicate her, either. Not exactly. But I'd try it as Defender (Dark/Kin/Sonic/Storm/Cold Primary and Dark/Energy/Psychic/Ice Secondary) or Controller (Mind or Illusion Primary and Kin/Thermal/Sonic/Storm Secondary). Probably go with a Defender, though. (Dark/Energy, Dark/Ice, Storm/Dark, Cold/Dark, take your pick)
Blackbird: Defender or Blaster. Blaster choice probably Sonic/Energy. Defender choices probably Sonic/Sonic, or Sonic/Energy. Fighting, Fitness, and Flight would be good pools for her.
Tombstone: Definitely Dark/Electric Defender, no question in my mind. In I12, you might go with Electric/Mental but that's a stretch. Throw in Teleport and you've got something that's not a bad approximation.
Iron Ox: Invuln/SS Tank, natch.
Liberty Lad: If there was a good hand-to-hand non-gimmicky combat set for Scrappers, I'd set him up as a Scrapper. But there isn't. If I had to, I'd go with MA/SS. But I really think he'd be better as an AR/Devices Blaster. I know, he doesn't use a gun, but most of the grenade-like effects are there. Add in some powers from Presence, Jumping, and Fighting and he's... less horrible.
Man O' War: Sadly, he doesn't translate well. That Blast-Tank thing again, with shades of Def-Troller. If I had to? Dunno. Ice/Electric or Electric/Ice Blaster. Or Storm/Electric Defender. Throw in Flight.
Sea Urchin: FF/Sonic Defender. I just couldn't resist the bubbles. :D Flight for her, too.
The Bard: Ugh. Dunno. Mind/Something Controller, maybe. With Jumping.
Supercollider: Invuln/Energy, no doubt. Actually, he'd probably work better as a Brute of some kind.
Green Genie: Another hard one. Kin/Electric Defender? Illusion/Storm Controller? Flight and Teleport, though, gotta have 'em both.
Black Jack: Oh, AR/Devices.
"The French Chick": (Sorry, couldn't recall the name.) Katana/SS Scrapper.
Sky King: Gonna have to go with AR/Energy Blaster. 'Cause, you know, that Blasttanker thing again. Flight is non-optional.
Bullet: He'd be sweet as an Electric/SS Scrapper with Superspeed, wouldn't he? But we'll have to wait for that one. Meanwhile? {sigh} WP/Energy Tank? Dark/SS Scrapper? Electric/Energy Blaster? You tell me.
Quetzalcoatl: Depends which way you want to go, but I'd say either Fire/Fire Tank/Scrapper or Fire/Thermal Controller. Fire/Fire Tank or Fire/Empathy Controller are the only real options before I12 hits.
El Diablo is obviously a fire/fire Blaster with NO Accuracy enhancements...
Quote from: Alaric on April 04, 2008, 09:23:32 PM
El Diablo is obviously a fire/fire Blaster with NO Accuracy enhancements...
LOL! I'd really like to try this now. I wonder if you'd be able to get away with duplicating their looks?
running around virtue as el_diablo and minute man has caused me no grief
Rolling an all human Peacebringer could probably work for Manbot (I was about to add Dr - doh). Its kind of a less squishy version of a blapper, has built in flight. You have a better chance at taking the alpha aggro than a scrapper (especially if you take quantum flight) and the melee attacks would look decent for Manbot.
Quote from: BlueBard on April 04, 2008, 09:17:32 PM
I can say it would be a lot harder to do before Ish 11/12. I guess if you were going to do it, you'd do something like...
Man O' War: Sadly, he doesn't translate well. That Blast-Tank thing again, with shades of Def-Troller. If I had to? Dunno. Ice/Electric or Electric/Ice Blaster. Or Storm/Electric Defender. Throw in Flight.
I suggest humanform Peacebringer...though you could also throw in the squid/lobster forms with the sea concept....