[Total Conversion] Under Siege

[CHAOS_FANTAZY]

Alright, thanks for the information.
So let me try to step up to the plate and see if I have a bloody clue what I'm doing?

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Dr. Coda
(Mixed, Hybrid, Disabler, Caster)
Appearance
Dr. Coda is a tall, pale, blond figure with an air of health and confidence around him. His dark green eyes are too mysterious to read much about him through—although it matters not, for he fears fogged glasses that conceal them.  The smile he wears has a sinister look to it.  His attire consists of a black suit and an intricately woven cape made of cables of various colors...though in this case, he will be wearing an armor.  Suited up for battle in a plain, but very fine metal suit, several plates of mostly a darkish purple with bright green for decoration slide seamlessly together to make his armor work.  Atop his helmet, a bright red coda symbol completes his outfit.  Note that even when armored, he still wears his cape-of-cables.
(No drawings, 'cause God knows I wouldn't be able to do Dr. Coda justice with pencil or pixel.)

Passive - Hyper Intelligence
Dr. Coda knows a lot, and he can learn new things very quickly due to how sharp he is.  He receives a 5% bonus to all experience points he receives from enemy deaths, which is boosted to 10% if he actually damages the enemy even once before its death.

Jump Skill - Heavily Armored
If Dr. Coda falls a certain distance, he will send out shockwaves that deal damage upon landing.  (This can be removed if desired.)

Weapon 1 - Universal Weapon
Built into his suit's right hand like a buster, Dr. Coda's personal weapon, the Universal Weapon, is designed to wield literally every weapon he has ever built for himself in one.  The gun can fire all sorts of things, from high-power, slow-moving missiles to fairly average plasma formations to quick, but weak cold steel bullets.  The only problem is, it takes someone of Dr. Coda's intelligence level to determine just what it's going to fire next (This may be represented on his HUD somewhere)—making it a perfect weapon for him.
Skill:  Forced Lock
By using the electrical charge his suit carries, Coda forces the Universal Weapon to lock onto one type of projectile (Specifically, the kind to be fired next).  Each shot fired while Locked costs Dr. Coda a bit of "MP."  Pressing altfire again will remove the Forced Lock, reverting the Universal Weapon to its normal state.
> Calculated Destruction:  Projectiles fired while in Forced Lock do more damage.

Weapon 2 - Hacking Terminal
Dr. Coda made this highly sophisticated piece of hacking equipment so he would be able to perform his nefarious, yet undeniably useful acts of hacking in the heat of battle.  Held in his right hand, he types out codes and commands on it with ease.  Firing this makes Dr. Coda stab forward with a bright green pointed rod in his left hand, which, if connecting with an enemy not directly controlled by an enemy player, will hack them and send them to his side.  This weapon has a fair cooldown between successful hacks, however.
Skill:  Advanced Hacking
For a large chunk of his MP, Dr. Coda charges the green rod with electricity, then stabs.  This advanced attack can cut through any "firewall" his opponents may have, and even allow him to temporarily sway enemy "Champions" to his side.  While hacked, they will be stuck with the weapon they had equipped, with its strength significantly boosted.  Like a Roboenza zombie, they will have a timer for being in this state, and once it expires, they are free...unless they die first.  If an enemy not directly controlled by an enemy-team player is hit with this attack, they shall recieve a large health and damage boost.
> Unshakeable Control:  Increases the time for which enemy champions must serve Dr. Coda if hit by his Advanced Hacking.
> Maximized Efficiency:  Increases the health/damage buffs non-champion enemies receive when hit by Dr. Coda's Advanced Hacking.

Weapon 3 - Virulent Vial
Dr. Coda once designed this virus—built like a computer virus, functions like a biometric one—but he could never find a good use for it until now.  Here, Dr. Coda tosses forward a vial full of the virus (Arcs similar to CV Holy Water but over a longer distance), which does various things depending on what it hits.  If it breaks on an opponent, said opponent takes a fair amount of damage, and also has their controls reversed.  If it hits the ground, several glass shards (Which do very small damage) fly off in different directions, and the vial leaves a lingering cloud of virus wherever it landed.  Anyone dumb enough to walk into the cloud will have their vision obscured.  Note that it will take Dr. Coda about five seconds to prepare another vial (And that's time spent with the weapon equipped), so be sure to aim well.
Skill:  Acidic Eater
At the cost of a sizeable amount of MP, Dr. Coda shocks the virus with electricity from his hand, transforming it into its own strain, which he then tosses onto the ground at his feet, then quickly leaps backward.  This leaves a huge lingering cloud, which no one is immune to, friend or foe.  Being in the cloud inflicts many things, such as obscured vision, reversed control, and the steady loss of health and mana.  These effects will follow the player for a few seconds even after they step out of the cloud.
> Tenacious Pestilence:  Increases the amount of time for which the effects of Acidic Eater last after leaving the cloud.

[Ceridran]

Alright, thanks for the information.
So let me try to step up to the plate and see if I have a bloody clue what I'm doing?

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Dr. Coda
(Mixed, Hybrid, Disabler, Caster)
Appearance
Dr. Coda is a tall, pale, blond figure with an air of health and confidence around him. His dark green eyes are too mysterious to read much about him through—although it matters not, for he fears fogged glasses that conceal them.  The smile he wears has a sinister look to it.  His attire consists of a black suit and an intricately woven cape made of cables of various colors...though in this case, he will be wearing an armor.  Suited up for battle in a plain, but very fine metal suit, several plates of mostly a darkish purple with bright green for decoration slide seamlessly together to make his armor work.  Atop his helmet, a bright red coda symbol completes his outfit.  Note that even when armored, he still wears his cape-of-cables.
(No drawings, 'cause God knows I wouldn't be able to do Dr. Coda justice with pencil or pixel.)

Passive - Hyper Intelligence
Dr. Coda knows a lot, and he can learn new things very quickly due to how sharp he is.  He receives a 5% bonus to all experience points he receives from enemy deaths, which is boosted to 10% if he actually damages the enemy even once before its death.

Jump Skill - Heavily Armored
If Dr. Coda falls a certain distance, he will send out shockwaves that deal damage upon landing.  (This can be removed if desired.)

Weapon 1 - Universal Weapon
Built into his suit's right hand like a buster, Dr. Coda's personal weapon, the Universal Weapon, is designed to wield literally every weapon he has ever built for himself in one.  The gun can fire all sorts of things, from high-power, slow-moving missiles to fairly average plasma formations to quick, but weak cold steel bullets.  The only problem is, it takes someone of Dr. Coda's intelligence level to determine just what it's going to fire next (This may be represented on his HUD somewhere)—making it a perfect weapon for him.
Skill:  Forced Lock
By using the electrical charge his suit carries, Coda forces the Universal Weapon to lock onto one type of projectile (Specifically, the kind to be fired next).  Each shot fired while Locked costs Dr. Coda a bit of "MP."  Pressing altfire again will remove the Forced Lock, reverting the Universal Weapon to its normal state.
> Calculated Destruction:  Projectiles fired while in Forced Lock do more damage.

Weapon 2 - Hacking Terminal
Dr. Coda made this highly sophisticated piece of hacking equipment so he would be able to perform his nefarious, yet undeniably useful acts of hacking in the heat of battle.  Held in his right hand, he types out codes and commands on it with ease.  Firing this makes Dr. Coda stab forward with a bright green pointed rod in his left hand, which, if connecting with an enemy not directly controlled by an enemy player, will hack them and send them to his side.  This weapon has a fair cooldown between successful hacks, however.
Skill:  Advanced Hacking
For a large chunk of his MP, Dr. Coda charges the green rod with electricity, then stabs.  This advanced attack can cut through any "firewall" his opponents may have, and even allow him to temporarily sway enemy "Champions" to his side.  While hacked, they will be stuck with the weapon they had equipped, with its strength significantly boosted.  Like a Roboenza zombie, they will have a timer for being in this state, and once it expires, they are free...unless they die first.  If an enemy not directly controlled by an enemy-team player is hit with this attack, they shall recieve a large health and damage boost.
> Unshakeable Control:  Increases the time for which enemy champions must serve Dr. Coda if hit by his Advanced Hacking.
> Maximized Efficiency:  Increases the health/damage buffs non-champion enemies receive when hit by Dr. Coda's Advanced Hacking.

Weapon 3 - Virulent Vial
Dr. Coda once designed this virus—built like a computer virus, functions like a biometric one—but he could never find a good use for it until now.  Here, Dr. Coda tosses forward a vial full of the virus (Arcs similar to CV Holy Water but over a longer distance), which does various things depending on what it hits.  If it breaks on an opponent, said opponent takes a fair amount of damage, and also has their controls reversed.  If it hits the ground, several glass shards (Which do very small damage) fly off in different directions, and the vial leaves a lingering cloud of virus wherever it landed.  Anyone dumb enough to walk into the cloud will have their vision obscured.  Note that it will take Dr. Coda about five seconds to prepare another vial (And that's time spent with the weapon equipped), so be sure to aim well.
Skill:  Acidic Eater
At the cost of a sizeable amount of MP, Dr. Coda shocks the virus with electricity from his hand, transforming it into its own strain, which he then tosses onto the ground at his feet, then quickly leaps backward.  This leaves a huge lingering cloud, which no one is immune to, friend or foe.  Being in the cloud inflicts many things, such as obscured vision, reversed control, and the steady loss of health and mana.  These effects will follow the player for a few seconds even after they step out of the cloud.
> Tenacious Pestilence:  Increases the amount of time for which the effects of Acidic Eater last after leaving the cloud.

I like his jump skill, emitting a shockwave.

Universal Buster is strange, it's like a revolver with different sorts of bullets fired each time.

Hacking Terminal can take minions and neutral monsters to attack their own team? Is the hypnotization temporary, or permanant?

Virulent Vial's control reverse can be adapted to if you know how to deal with it. Health and Mana drain and sight screw are understandable, and may allow teams to escape. It's the friendly fire that worries me.

[xColdxFusionx]

Welp
Smash is flipping out at me for trying to give examples for everything
I highly advise you all look at the "UPDATE" section of the Guidelines tab

...Especially CHAOS_FANTAZY. You look like you're trying to do a bit too much at once with Dr. Coda.
Also stealing control is right out. Genji (Awesomenauts) is broken beyond repair because of it, and I'm not even sure it's physically possible.

[CHAOS_FANTAZY]

I highly advise you all look at the "UPDATE" section of the Guidelines tab...Especially CHAOS_FANTAZY. You look like you're trying to do a bit too much at once with Dr. Coda.

Well, yes; I have been struggling to fill out all the requirements for a character and I probably did fudge a few things...

Also stealing control is right out.

...Well, there goes that.  Hacking is one of Coda's primary themes as a character and if it can't be represented in his moveset, there's not that much point in including him.

Might be back later with a different character, but for now forget I said anything.

[Hallan Parva]

Cold Fusion didn't listen so I'm doing it on my own



Rule of Fours for Dummies: First Edition


What is the Rule of Fours, anyway?
Rule of Fours is an easy-to-use standardization of player classes for Coldy's Mobies (tentative title). Basically, everything relevant to building your character boils down to the number four. You have a total of four weapons and skills. You can buy four types of Player Mods to boost the strength of your weapons and skills. There are four Stat Boosters available per map that increase your character's properties. In essence, Rule of Fours allows you to have flexible options while still keeping a semi-rigid limit, to avoid overcomplicating things.

I'm a little confused. I just wanted to build a player class!
As mentioned earlier, player classes have a total of four weapons and skills. This means your class will either have a single weapon in three slots, each slot containing a vastly different special skill; two unique weapons, with their own unique skills; or three unique weapons, all with a shared skill (which may slightly change based on what weapon you have out, but for the most part it's the same). Player classes also have a Passive Power, which is always on, all the time, forever and ever, no matter what. Passive Powers never really have to be used per se, but they might have a condition which needs to be fulfilled before taking effect. Passive Powers could be unique types of ability stacks, stat bonuses while doing a certain thing, or even modifiers to your normal jump ("jump skills", essentially).

How should I design my Player Mods?
The Rule of Fours actually makes designing Player Mods extremely easy. With the 1/3 model, you could have a mod for each skill, and then the fourth mod for either the default attack or your character's inherent abilities. With the 2/2 model, you could have two generic boosts and one boost for each skill, or two boosts for each skill, or a boost for each weapon plus a boost for each skill. With the 3/1 model, you could have a boost for each weapon plus a boost for the shared skill, or modifiers that adjust the shared skill for each of the three weapons, or even have all of your boosters fuel that one shared skill. It's really up to you how you want to design Player Mods, but keep in mind that you'll have to spend Level Shards to get them. Also note that two of your Player Mods should be stackable; e.g. you can buy them more than once to boost their effects.

Level Shards? What the heck are those?
Level Shards are earned upon levelling up. Instead of a "hard" increase in conditions like attack power or health, you instead earn Level Shards which can be spent on these stat increases... or instead spent on Player Mods to boost your skills. Basically, you get to choose how your class levels up during the game. Do you keep your skills at base level to become a tanky wall of meat? Do you stay glassy to have godly skills early in the game? Do you focus all of your Level Shards in a single area to sharpen advantages or cover weak points? It's really up to you. Keep in mind that Stat Boosters change out based on what map you're playing, so if you want to guarantee that your class always has access to an item that boosts their MP, or the ability to automatically regenerate health, you should set that aside as one of your Player Mods.

Can I see an example? I'd like to go over all of this.
Sure thing! Just open this spoiler down here...

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Keiji Shimura, the Bloodstained Strix

Speed (should be pretty obvious): Mid-High
Health (ranges from 75 to 150): 110
Resilience (defense vs. base attacks): Mid-High
Willpower (defense vs. special skills): Mid-Low


Passive Power: Bloodlust
Scoring the Last Hit on an enemy generates a stack of Bloodlust, which increases the effect duration of Rending Slash. All stacks of Bloodlust are consumed after scoring a hit with Rending Slash. A player may hold up to five Bloodlust stacks.

Weapon: Mania Claws
Keiji strikes with his fearsome claws for two quick hits, lunging forward slightly. In air, he performs a downward slash instead.

Skill 1: Rending Slash
Keiji dives forward with an outstretched claw to rush down foes. Bump into someone to quite literally claw their freaking eyes out, inflicting Blind for a very brief duration. The length of Blind can be extended by collecting Bloodlust.

Skill 2: Negative Cat-us Effects
Keiji throws one of his highly-trained assassins at you. And by "assassin", I mean "ill-mannered cat". A direct hit causes the fervent feline to latch on to its target, dealing damage over time with its intense scratching. Missing leads the cat to rest on the ground for a moment before digging up a random something from the ground.

Skill 3: Hootenanny
Keiji transforms into an owl for as long as his MP can fuel it, flying around at a slow speed to potentially avoid enemies or take shortcuts. You know, he's a strix and all, so he sort of turns into owls. Oh, you also can't attack while you're an owl, since you're too busy holding down Alt to do anything. Have fun with that.


Player Mod 1: Blood Bank (stackable)
Earning a stack of Bloodlust also restores a bit of MP.

Player Mod 2: Cat-sketball
Thrown felines will bounce off of floors and walls for a little while before landing.

Player Mod 3: I'm Just Gonna Wing It
Not taking damage during Hootenanny (2 second minimum) will grant an MP bonus after morphing back into Keiji.

Player Mod 4: Thick-Blooded (stackable)
Keiji gets a slight Willpower boost for each stack of Bloodlust he's holding.

So, what should I get from all this?
Basically, it boils down to Keeping It Simple, Stupid. The idea with the Rule of Fours is to have a character's skills and weapons all be tightly knit with each other, so you don't have this one guy that can "have it all". It also keeps the game very easy to learn and fast to play, while still maintaining a general sense of strategy and counter-play.

[Ceridran]

Are you telling me you want this- what is even going on.

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Predator Unit
(Melee, Physical, Assassin, Stealth)

Appearance

Speed: High
Health: 90
Resilience (defense vs. base attacks): Low-Mid
Willpower (defense vs. special skills): Low-Mid

Jump Skill - Metal Wing

Hitting the <Jump> button after jumping makes Predator Unit fly higher to reach higher grounds. Think Super Adaptor.

Passive - Weakspot Detector

Predator Unit ignores 10% of it's opponent's armor when attacking it.

Weapon 1 - Razor Claws

Quick slashes with the claws, what more to say? This is best used when your foe already knows where you are.

Weapon 2 - Deadly Strike

A slower, but stronger attack, attacking with both hands at once. This is used to initiate, but can still be your main source of offense.


Skill 1 - Stealth Module

Gradually makes Predator Unit transparent to the point where he is invisible.

Skill 2- Lock On

Sends Predator Unit into flight (To clarify, a gliding stance.) for 4 seconds, increasing movement speed for the duration.
Attacking in this stance deals extra damage, hitting and missing cancels the movement speed increase.

Ultimate - Skill 3 - Lockdown

Predator Unit charges forward at the enemy, interrupts and freezes them, and stabs them to create a fatal wound, which causes damage overtime.

Player Mods

Player Mod 1 - Fade - Cloak wait time reduced.

Player Mod 2 - Crippling Strike - Attacks during Lock On slow the target.

Player Mod 3 -  Momentum - Speed increases overtime during Lock On.

[xColdxFusionx]

...Smash, you're just making this more confusing for everyone.

The main thing that I wanted people to get out of that guide is the "Rule of Fours design" that I tried to allude to in the update to my post.
You just tried to completely change the system on everyone.

If we're going to go and throw everyone for a loop, let ME do it.

...Quick time-out while we actually finalize how all of this is going to work, since apparently we're on five different pages over here. :/

[Balrog]

And people ask my why I don't have a dev team.

[Korby]

this is more cold fusion posting before everything was worked out.

it's an error with the leader, not the team.

[tsukiyomaru0]

And people ask my why I don't have a dev team.

you should, makes debugging and balancing much easier.

[xColdxFusionx]

this is more cold fusion posting before everything was worked out.

it's an error with the leader, not the team.

Y'see
I based this idea on earlier discussions we had
But then ideas were thrown around when I wasn't paying attention
So now we're all over the place and have to reassemble everything

[xColdxFusionx]

Disregard what we posted yesterday; we were still in the process of getting our stuff together.
Sorry about the confusion, folks. New stuff going up.

Under Siege Setup

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Weapons + Skills
Each character starts the game with some combination of weapons and skills. Weapons aren't limited by mana or any other character resources, but may use ammo clips, which need to be reloaded once emptied. Skills, on the other hand, frequently require Mana to use and generally have longer cooldowns between uses, but deal more overall damage or have special effects. Characters can have any number of weapons and skills as long as the total number equals 4 (3 Weapons + 1 Skill, 2 Weapons + 2 Skills, 1 Weapons + 3 Skills)

Leveling Up
As you fight, you gain experience for each enemy that dies within a certain range of you. Every time you level up, you are given some combination of Bronze, Silver, and Gold Shards. These are used to purchase upgrades in the shop (details below). You gain a Bronze Shard at every level, a Silver Shard at every second level, and a Gold Shard at every sixth level. Your level caps out at 24, though whether or not you reach this cap depends on how long the game drags on.

Skill Mods
Skill Mods can be purchased at the base with Bronze Shards. Each character has a Skill Mod for each weapon and each skill they have (in case you're trying to count that out, that equals 4 upgrades total), one of which is referred to as the Ultimate Mod (details below). Each of these Skill Mods has 3 ranks, each of which must be purchased in succession. To purchase a Skill Mod, it costs 1 Bronze Shard for the first rank, 2 Bronze Shards for the second rank, and 3 Bronze Shards for the third. (That's a total of 6 Bronze Shards to max out a Skill Mod.)

Special Mods
Special Mods can be purchased at the base with Silver Shards. Every map has four Special Mods: one for offense, one for defense, one for utility, and one for mobility. 1 Silver Shard will get you the basic version of the mod, which is essentially an entry-level boost that can give you a slight edge. If you like the upgrade, you can then spend another 2 Silver Shards to obtain the full mod, which provides all of the original's benefits.

Ultimate Mods
One of each character's Skill Mods is designated as an “Ultimate Mod.” This is a massive boon that changes some aspect of how the character is played, essentially “finishing” the character. The Ultimate Mod is bought the same way as a normal skill mod, except that the Ultimate Mod also requires one Gold Shard as part of its cost. These mods are a big help, so get them when you can!

Items
Items are small, temporary upgrades that can be purchased at the shops with Money, which can be obtained by killing enemies. These come in two different varieties: Consumables and Beacons, each of which provide their own little bonuses.

Consumables
Consumables grant the user a personal bonus, and activate instantly upon use. You can hold up to 3 of any consumable in your inventory at once. 4 types of Consumable are available on each map.

Beacons
Beacons are dropped on the ground to give bonuses or penalties to anyone in their radius. You can hold up to 3 beacons in your inventory, but only one kind at a time; buying a second type of Beacon automatically sells all other beacons in your inventory. 4 types of Beacon are available on each map.

Character Submission Guidelines
1.) You can't submit an author avatar. Those characters have their own mod.
2.) I reserve full rights to accept and deny character submissions. Anyone who's submitted a character to CSCC knows how this works.
3.) If we have too many of a specific type of character, a waitlist will be created. Characters on the waitlist will be accepted as other types of characters are added.
4.) Put some effort into your character! If you make something really lazy and generic, it will be rejected.
5.) Follow the formatting, and make sure you have all the information planned. If you're missing things, don't expect me to help you fill them in nearly as much as I do with CSCC.
6.) The word of the day is "Kiss": Keep It Simple, Stupid! Don't give your character fifty different modes just for the sake of adding more stuff; “less is more,” as the saying goes.
7.) Try to keep in mind a specific playstyle when building your character. If you need an example, Alphonse's entire moveset is based around the concept of trying to hold his target in a specific range while poking them with his revolvers.
8.) Make sure all of your upgrades have something interesting to them that makes people want to upgrade them. While flat values are easy to make, you want to make the player say "hey, I kind of want that."
9.) It has to be your character. Don't submit copyrighted characters. I didn't think I'd actually have to write this down. Thanks, YD. :/

Condition Glossary

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Berserk – You are forced to look at and open fire with your weapons the target.
Disabled – You can't take any action, though you can still move.
Disoriented – Your aim is thrown away from the target randomly.
Distracted – You are forced to look at the target.
Jammed – You can't use weapons, though you can use skills.
Silenced – You can't use skills, though you can use weapons.
Slowed – Your movement speed is reduced.
Snared – You can't move, but you can do other things.
Stunned – Your controls are locked (except for <Item Use>).
Poisoned – You take damage over time for a duration.
Vulnerable – You take more damage from enemy attacks.
Weakened – Your attacks do reduced damage.
Weighted – Your jump height is reduced, and you can't use jump skills..

Tag List

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Ranged – Your character prefers to stand back out of harm's way.
Melee – Your character prefers to get in close before attacking.
Mixed – Your character relies on moving in and out of various ranges.

Physical – Your character relies on their weapons for most of their damage.
Special – Your character relies on their skills for most of their damage.
Hybrid – Your character can deal good damage via either weapons or skills.

Caster – Your character is based primarily around using their abilities.
Carry Hunter – Your character is good at chasing down and killing targets.
Duelist – Your character is good at head-to-head, one-on-one combat.
Pusher –  Your character is good at pushing and defending against minion waves.
Tank – Your character is good at absorbing hits for your allies.
Assassin – Your character is good at catching foes unaware and scoring the first hit.
Stealth – Your character is can go invisible to surprise enemies.
Support – Your character can aid allies by healing and buffing them when fights break out.
Disabler – Your character is good at disrupting enemy actions through various status conditions.
Lockdown – Your character is good at keeping enemies in or out of key areas.
Speedster – Your character is good at evading attacks and ducking in and out of combat.
Explorer – Your character is good at navigating complex terrain rather efficiently.
Acrobat – Your character is quite skilled at aerial combat.
Sniper – Your character relies on picking off foes from a long distance.

Character Example

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Alphonse McGraw
(Ranged, Physical, Hunter, Disabler)

Appearance
He has a Cutstuff War profile and a crappy drawing in the Art Thread. I'm sure you can figure it out.

Passive – Tip of the Hat
A good performance nets Al a hefty tip. Whenever Alphonse kills an enemy, they produce more money than they normally would.

Weapon 1 – Jack and Ace
Alphonse's bread and butter, Jack and Ace serve as Al's best source of damage per second. They fire about as fast as you can click and are very quick to reload, but they aren't particularly high-powered shots. With a Skill Mod, they can also be upgraded to do bonus damage on their first shots for a brief period immediately after reloading.
Skill: Improbable Aim
Al's trademarked act is his sharpshooting; he performs a variety of amazing feats with his trusty pistols, with trick shots and speed shooting galore. Activating Improbable Aim will put Alphonse into asort of “iron sights” mode, zooming the screen in slightly and holding both pistols up closer to the middle of the screen. Shots fired while in Improbable Aim mode travel significantly further than normal, and have several other nifty benefits that are added as you level up. Do note that structures take no damage from Improbably Aimed shots; as much fun as it would be to outrange a turret, we don't want Alphonse to have easy-mode pushing.

Weapon 2 – Elly-Doll
This little number was a present from its namesake. It's a double-barreled shotgun that Al typically uses for hunting, but when he absolutely needs the firepower, he'll take it out. While its one-shot “clip” and slow reload speed leave much to be desired, it hurts quite a bit and exerts quite a bit of force on the target. The only real caveat is that Al himself hasn't exactly mastered the recoil of such a big gun; every shot with it blasts poor Al back a good distance.
Skill: Round Up
Part of Al's show is a brief act where he lassos a volunteer and lets them try to drag him around for a bit. Taking this skill to the battlefield, Al tosses out a lasso that ropes up the first champion it hits. Enemies caught by the rope have their movement speed significantly reduced while Al pulls himself along the ground towards them.

Skill Mods
Show Off – After reloading, Alphonse spins his revolvers on his fingers. After the animation, the next shot of each revolver within the next ten seconds deals additional damage based on the rank of this Skill Mod.
Boom Stick – Alphonse loads Elly-Doll with a little extra power. While this generally isn't very safe, it does provide additional force to the shots, increasing the damage and knockback (and the recoil) of each shot based on the rank of this Skill Mod. Maxing it out causes the shotgun to spew ash with each shot, slowing and blinding the target briefly.
Rope Coil – Alphonse adds more rope to the lasso, increasing the range it can travel (and, by extension, how far Alphonse travels when he traps someone.) When you max the mod out, the excess rope is used to Snare the target on hit instead of slowing them.
Sheriff Badge <Ultimate Mod> - Alphonse readies himself up for the show with the last piece of his ensemble. Purchasing this mod unlocks Improbable Aim, and every subsequent purchase increases the range and grants Alphonse an additional bonus while the skill is in use
> Rank 1: Close the Distance – Alphonse's bullets deal additional damage when they travel outside of their normal range.
> Rank 2: Compensation – Any bullets that strike a surface while in Improbable Aim ricochet into the nearest target for half damage.
> Rank 3: Royal Flush – Alphonse's bullets punch through targets as if they weren't even there. Each bullet can only damage the same target once, but one bullet can punch through multiple enemies.

[tsukiyomaru0]

K, now I gotta hunt for that post I made with my character suggestion.

[Ceridran]

So we don't need those ultimate abilities anymore? I wasn't really a big fan of Lockdown anyway, so I think I like that. Or is there something I don't understand?

[Hallan Parva]

Basically, the Ultimate Mod isn't really an "ability" anymore. In Alphonse's example, it unlocks one of his Skills, sure, but for your character it could do something else. Maybe an existing skill completely changes its effect. Maybe all of your weapons have some sort of extra bonus tacked on to them with the Ultimate Mod. Maybe your character just gets a really REALLY good passive ability to make them more badass.

The Ultimate Mod is really supposed to sort of mark the transition into the "big leagues"; it's like, say, if a Medic in TF2 needed to buy the ability to use the Medigun's Ubercharge, or if the Pyro bought their ability that turns reflected projectiles into critical hits. Does it need to be an ability? No, not really. However, your Ultimate Mod can't be bought until Level 6 (when you get the first Gold Level Shard) so it's gotta be something pretty damn impressive.