Need Hidden "Team-Up" Abilities!

It would be awesome if there were "Team-up" abilities added to the game, but you don't know they exist until you have both members in your party. All "Team-up" abilities are combinations of the characters existing powers and they require a combination of different color AP to use.

Example:

When Iron Man and Captain America are both in your party you can use a new "Team-up" ability "Repulsor Blast Shield" that cost 8 Red and 8 Blue AP. Iron Man shoots a Repulsor Blast at Cap's shield and Cap redirects it at all enemies.

This would add a completely new layer of meta to the game and would help to create more diverse lineups, and of course, awesome animations!!

Comments

  • This reminds me of Dual Techs and Triple Techs from Chrono Trigger. I love the idea, just as an idea, but I think that the rarity system and huge level disparities might get in the way, and balancing such a potentially huge expansion to the game would be tricky.

    Still... really fun idea.
  • poontree wrote:
    It would be awesome if there were "Team-up" abilities added to the game, but you don't know they exist until you have both members in your party. All "Team-up" abilities are combinations of the characters existing powers and they require a combination of different color AP to use.

    Example:

    When Iron Man and Captain America are both in your party you can use a new "Team-up" ability "Repulsor Blast Shield" that cost 8 Red and 8 Blue AP. Iron Man shoots a Repulsor Blast at Cap's shield and Cap redirects it at all enemies.

    This would add a completely new layer of meta to the game and would help to create more diverse lineups, and of course, awesome animations!!

    OK I am now literally drooling at the idea of combining Thor's Green 'Call The Storm' with C Storm's Blue 'Wind Storm' for say 1.5 x combined damage plus full team stun. I would finally fancy my chances against some of the tougher 230s!
  • HailMary
    HailMary Posts: 2,179
    This would be very cool, but there are a few caveats that I can think of:
    1. AI on defense would be even worse than it already is, compared to a human player.
    2. It's going to widen the gap between 2*-3* players and 1*-2* players, since people with diverse rosters will gain that much more of an upper hand.
    3. Balancing.

    That said, it could give greater progression longevity to 1* characters (like in your Cap + IM35 example), and would be a great way to strengthen weak characters (ahem, Bag-Man & Yelena).

    Very cool idea, but potentially quite messy, too. icon_e_biggrin.gif
  • Two words: fastball special. We know colossus is coming eventually.