Since a few players have been suggesting new powers for their class, I think I'll share ideas for my favorite class:

Decoy: Summons up to three ghostly images of you, they will have half your stats and no epics. As they are much weaker versions of you, hopefully the AI will target them first, leaving you( or vulnerable crew ), alone.
Can not be trained by other classes, may be obtained by gear card.

Forget about giving this power to Monkey King, I want it.
Doppleganger: Summons up to three identical images of you, they will have two thirds of your stats and an epic attack- Sneak Attack.
Can not be trained by other classes, can not be obtained by gear card.

Mirror Image: Summons one identical image of you with full stats and two epics- Sneak Attack and Back Stab.
Can not be trained, can not be obtained by gear card.

Fog Bank: Team hide ( anyone on your team including summons and pets are hidden ) for three rounds, x2 weapon power, ends when you attack.
Can not be trained, can not be obtained by gear card.

P.S. I think El Toro should have Gallant Defense as his next epic.

anecorbie on Apr 13, 2015 wrote:

Since a few players have been suggesting new powers for their class, I think I'll share ideas for my favorite class:

Decoy: Summons up to three ghostly images of you, they will have half your stats and no epics. As they are much weaker versions of you, hopefully the AI will target them first, leaving you( or vulnerable crew ), alone.
Can not be trained by other classes, may be obtained by gear card.

Forget about giving this power to Monkey King, I want it.
Doppleganger: Summons up to three identical images of you, they will have two thirds of your stats and an epic attack- Sneak Attack.
Can not be trained by other classes, can not be obtained by gear card.

Mirror Image: Summons one identical image of you with full stats and two epics- Sneak Attack and Back Stab.
Can not be trained, can not be obtained by gear card.

Fog Bank: Team hide ( anyone on your team including summons and pets are hidden ) for three rounds, x2 weapon power, ends when you attack.
Can not be trained, can not be obtained by gear card.

P.S. I think El Toro should have Gallant Defense as his next epic.

Would the decoys be allies or controlled? Will enemy players be able to tell the difference? Will they show up to the AI as yourself at half health, or as summoned minions?

Also for Fog Bank, Maybe it should be all players on the field, or half of the team, but not everyone.

Seems a bit much I mean, Swashbucklers are already WAY advanced than any of the other class. The powers sound nice, but a bit to much.

Catherine Reade- Lvl 65
Erica Reade- Lvl 27

anecorbie on Apr 13, 2015 wrote:

Since a few players have been suggesting new powers for their class, I think I'll share ideas for my favorite class:

Decoy: Summons up to three ghostly images of you, they will have half your stats and no epics. As they are much weaker versions of you, hopefully the AI will target them first, leaving you( or vulnerable crew ), alone.
Can not be trained by other classes, may be obtained by gear card.

Forget about giving this power to Monkey King, I want it.
Doppleganger: Summons up to three identical images of you, they will have two thirds of your stats and an epic attack- Sneak Attack.
Can not be trained by other classes, can not be obtained by gear card.

Mirror Image: Summons one identical image of you with full stats and two epics- Sneak Attack and Back Stab.
Can not be trained, can not be obtained by gear card.

Fog Bank: Team hide ( anyone on your team including summons and pets are hidden ) for three rounds, x2 weapon power, ends when you attack.
Can not be trained, can not be obtained by gear card.

P.S. I think El Toro should have Gallant Defense as his next epic.

I myself pondered the ideas of being able to summon a "dummy"/decoy of the SB for combat. I just had a hard time determining the middle grounds between what would be OP and what would be a waste of time . You've got some great ideas for them. Way to take advantage of the "natural selection" strategy the AI loves using. Fog Bank will be amazing for my aggressive play style and for getting through some dungeons faster(cough Smuggler's Arena cough). I understand why Smuggler's is long, but it would be nice to be done quicker. Anyways, went off topic there. I hope KI uses some of these ideas.

Fearless Dolan Grant lvl65

P.S. I completely agree that El Toro should get Gallant Defense

Ruthless Jack Jack... on Apr 15, 2015 wrote:

Regarding Swashbuckler "Minion" Summon Powers:

Question -
Out of curiosity, will these "minions" continue to function after your pirate has been defeated (by this I mean that your character is knocked out, but some or all of your companions remain intact) like other minions or will they cease to exist if such a thing happens?

Personal Thoughts -
Personally, I think that it'd be pretty cool if their defeat animation was similar to Shiruku Neko's (the Cat Ninja's): POOF! I'm not big into Naruto, but the Shadow Clone defeat sequence would also be a cool animation.

If I'm defeated, yet there are still companions in battle, then they should remain just as any summoned minion, of course if the situation is that I'm the last to be defeated, then the battle is over, since summons don't continue in that situation.
I like the idea of them doing the evil spirit 'death' animation, but going poof ( with a last scream of despair ), sounds cool.

Voodoo Cornelius on Apr 17, 2015 wrote:

Hey, here is a couple of ideas:

Smoke Bomb: You throw a smoke bomb at a companion giving them the hide in shadows from 3-4 squares away.

Shadow Run: You are hidden until the end of the turn and get to run a higher length then usual. Not sure how useful this would be, seems like a low level type of thing.

Interesting, I see that Smoke Bomb could work for musketeers and Shadow Run could be useful for Bucks or WD.