I like the addition of different abilities for different classes and got to thinking if there were other G1 abilities that could be referenced in this style of game. Please note just a bit of fun half of them are prob impractical and the other half overpowered. 1) Blasters electroscrambler gun Maybe a bit like energon sling but it cancels/activates your inversion settings for aiming. This would hack me off no end. 2) Cliffjumper's glass gas Either AOE or grenade . Reduces enemy armour. 3)Soundwave's shrinking ability Nope - got me on that one . Cloak that can't move prob not too popular. 4) Hound's holograms Makes a perfect copy of you when someone has the drop on you. Could be stationary like a decoy/trap or could mirror image your movements. 5) Track's black light Targeted ranged emp 6) Seawing's "paralysis ray" Locks you in position but can still aim and shoot.
7) Windcharger Magnetic field manipulation Lock on to an enemy and throw them like a rag doll half life style. Alternatively lock on to a target and zoom up to them ( cannonball melee prob overpowered) 8) Mindwipe/Trypticon Hypno-rays See friend as foe and vice versa 9) Skywarp Teleportation Either get the hell out of there influenced direction/randomly or target who you teleport behind with a flash of light for warning? 10) Thundercracker Sonic Boom Disrupt enemy mikes. Pointless but fun. 11)Dirge Fear AOE Run awaaaaaaaaaay 12) Ramjet Ram .....on a jet 13) Bombshell cerebro cells Get a head shot with this puppy and gain control of your target while you are stationary. Shoot your targets friends in the face or just jump off a cliff. 14)Triple changer Sacrifice an ability for an additional alt mode activated with L2. More for showing off than anything else but could be a good reward incentive for maxing levels ( cough..prime mode..cough) Any others?
Soundwaves tapes are usuable in escalation. that'd be a nice cosmetic touch (Laserbeak sentry, Frenzy/Rumble Barrier cover fire)
yeah ,nice one guys, this is what I was hoping the game developers would do. Some of these are possible right now as a mod patch. Especially for escalation where balance doesn't matter so much between characters. Ironhide had a cannon in van mode if remember correctly. As an easter egg, I'd like Soundwave to jack into a terminal and go into cassette player mode. Each tape can play a stan bush song (Dare, Touch etc.). I'd buy that as dlc at a fair price. Also give Soundwave his sonic ability as in the campaign.
