I have LOVED Superhero themed games and the like since my childhood. And City of Heroes was my first MMO I played when I was about 12 years old. However, even a game where you could fly though the air, run at super sonic speeds, and punch evil in the face it still lacked certain power sets that would have appealed to me. I am posting on this topic some ideas I've had that would make this game surpass it's dead cousin.
Melee-
---Spear/Staff/Pole-arm- A weapon power with a longer range than swords or hammers. Reach out and poke someone!
---Biological- Inspired by the Prototype video games, you can shape your body into blades or clubs to slaughter enemies. (Could use a better name though...)
Ranged-
---Arm Cannon- Inspired by Megaman, Samus Aran, and many others, you can change your hand into a gun with multiple functions.
---Light- Create glowing energy that can be shot at foes as lasers or flash bombs. Most of these powers can blind enemies.
Defensive-
---Metallic- Inspired by Colossus from X-Men, choosing this power will change your skin to different metals with different properties. Some could work better with each of the different elements
---Form Shift- Your body is not solid (unless you make it solid) You can change from solid to liquid to gas. Solid forms could lower elemental damage, liquid forms can lower physical damage, and gaseous forms could give you temp invincibility.
Control-
---Poison- This may sound more evil, but with this power can make all sorts of toxins that can cause a wide array of ailments. From Blindness, to DoT, to confusion, or even flat out death.
---Swarm- Inspired by Ant Man, control a variety of insects such as ants who can slow foes or bees who sting them over time.
I've come up with many more, but these are some which I think could work best.
Please reply and tell me what you all think!