You got it. I was thinking of non alien Kheldians where You have control of all three forms only limited by the character creator. Male/female/alien/animal
Yep
My dream, which I never could realize with CoH Concept was of creating a true Martial Artist - you know, like Batman who would throw stuff but could also fight without weapons or like Cable (or Grifter from WildStorm too

)who is a great Martial Artist, but also has mental powers to use, or Green Arrow who uses a Bow but also could fight without it, if it goes into close combat ... there are so many examples of Superheroes which would use a distance weapon and still could fight in an artistic or martial arts style - and I always wanted that (creating a Ninja for example - I know its getting annoying

) . Or I created (in my own Universe) a character which is basically a Superstrength-Tank but also used a weapon; could also be Terrax from Marvel or most of the other Heralds of Galactus by the way

So there are dozens of examples, why class combinations would make sense and would be an asset to the game which would make it truly special
By the way, I still believe the easiest (at least I hope so) way to achieve that would be by grouping all powers after classes and giving each character just a certain amount of slots for each power class and anyone could combine the powers after his own choosing.
For example Class 1: you have for example 4 powers and can choose from any kind of powerset
Hitting with a weapon, punching or kicking (different styles), simple blast (fire, ice, air, stones) etc., slowing somebody down
For Class 2: you have 4 powers - as stated above
For Class 3: you have 3 powers - as stated above
For Class 4: you have 2 powers - as stated above
For Class 5 you have 2 powers - as stated above
and so on
With that thought anyone could combine as he would want and if he chooses to start with some light distance and want to be a heavy hitter in close combat than he can be and if he wants to control everything or be the absolute healer it would be possible too

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