Les Scélérats (aka the X-Men game design Chloe Wang will approve)

Recently, Hollywood got itself into trouble again. Unlike the counter-argument that the Kusanagi Motoko whom every fanboy has been fantasizing about is merely a physical shell housing a homo sapien superior AI, Chloe Bennet's statement actually referred to Hollywood reality rather than the fictional world of Marvel (or even DC for that matter). If there is a reason to be politically incorrect, this would be it. At the same time, my cousin's surname is also Wang and her daughter's name is also Chloe.

A/N: My parents have gotten themselves into a quarrel involving saving money and some electrical cooker gone wonky. Apparently, I need a girlfriend who is rich, beautiful, and intelligent so that they won't pull the same stunt again.

What this post will be all about?

Civil war can be fun as an idea. Problem is, how are you going to take care of the aftermath? After all, not everyone can claim to have the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson. Then something came into mind. Before I continue, let me say a big THANK YOU to *drum rolls*... Shrey Bhargava himself. I'm not being an idiot, neither am I being sarcastic. I'm being politically incorrect by saying we Singaporeans are also known for racism. If people want to call me a jerk... well, let's just say Deadpool happened to be a Weapon X jerk.

Half of myself would want to do a post on Caucasea (aka the northern continent populated by white people inspired by real life examples). Apparently, Chloe Wang is responsible for this U-turn.

For this post, I will be doing character specific stuff. Well, sorta anyway...

Levelling up

Like Marvel Heroes Omega (not by me), levelling up involves moves getting upgraded. However, the number of superhero powers will always start off at 4 and end at... well, 4. To enable the upgrading of moves, the affected moves must be undergo augmentation. Remember what I said about NPCs? Apparently, I got a new idea.

In the X-Mansion base, there will be a special NPC named Wanda. Not to be confused with some fish called Wanda, I'm referring to the Scarlet Witch and the potential (?) girlfriend (!?!) of Nightcrawler himself ever since Amanda Sefton said good bye quite literally. Interestingly, Kurt can also be seen as somewhat of a Gambit or Fandral due to his flings (?) with Bloody Bess and Christine Palmer.

No matter whether you're part of the Avengers or used to be part of the Phoenix Five, Wanda will never discriminate. If you're good enough to undergo a power upgrade, she will do it for you. The only catch? You'll have to prove yourself worthy enough. Because the Scarlet Witch has the ability to manipulate reality in ways unimaginable. Imagine reality warping within the Danger Room. Yeah, that's how upgrading literally works.

Every levelling up will confer a fixed amount of upgrade points. To upgrade a specific superhero power, you'll need the required amount. This makes decision making important. Do you want to spend straightaway or leave it for later levels? Remember, Wanda's ability to warp reality is so insane (not to mention chaotic as well), she can be considered as a wild card among the Avengers (and the X-Men as well for that matter).

Infinity Gems

This is arguably the greatest WMD in fictional history. The impact of a nuclear disaster shouldn't be laughed at. We got Chernobyl, we also got Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima. Any talk of karma/retribution is pure drivel unless you happened to live in Singapore. Then again, the only reason why Singapore is a disaster-free zone lies in its geographic location plus the absence of nuclear reactors (definitely this has got nothing to do with LGBTQ activism).

You have six gems of WMD (previously used by Thanos since I suspect he got a problem with humanity back then). Namely, Space, Mind, Soul, Reality, Time, and Power. Instead of fusing these gems with specific powers, you fuse them with the characters. Because absolute power corrupts absolutely (and no, your auto-rez ability is no absolute power, Deadpool), you can only fuse one Infinity Gem per character. Below is the list of what the gems do for your character (note that I won't say "to your character" because that'd sound totally weird in a comic book world filled with super-powered heroes).

Note: You can only gain access to the Infinity Gems once you reach a certain point during story mode. Also, out of the six Infinity Gems, Reality and Time can only be unlocked when specific conditions are met.

Space: Associated with space and dimension, the Space gem allows the recipient to disrupt the motion of things and the ability to travel with impunity.

Effect-Attacks have a 10% chance to interrupt opponent's powers; enables the ability to teleport back to any base or checkpoint by holding down one button and L1/R1/L2/R2.

Specific starting character bonus-Nightcrawler (using mutant ability won't consume power gauge; reduce power cost for superhero powers).

Mind: Associated with psychic abilities and psionic powers, the Mind gem gives the recipient additional defense against mental damage and effects.

Effect-Any control effect duration caused by mental damage is halved when targeted; control effect caused by mental damage will also affect enemies with control immunity.

Specific starting character bonus-Cable (increase mental damage by 20%; critical hit chance for mental powers is increased by 10%).

Soul: Associated with the natural order of things, the Soul gem grants the recipient a heightened awareness to those around him.

Effect-Critical hit chance is increased by 10%; critical impact is increased by 15%.

Specific starting character bonus-Gambit (increase defense against all attacks by 10%; have 1% chance of weakening opponents once every 30 seconds); Nightcrawler (control effect duration reduced by half when targeted); Deadpool (5% chance of ranged attacks dealing irresistible damage with a 30 second cooldown)

Reality: Associated with the manipulation of reality, the Reality gem confers to the recipient control over his own world.

Effect-4% chance to increase all core stats by 2 whenever you use a superhero power; 100% chance if Omega Drive is used.

Specific starting character bonus-?

Time: Associated with controlling the past, present, and future, the Time gem involves the recipient having what it takes to control things akin time itself.

Effect-Movement speed increases by 15% whenever getting hit with a 60 second cooldown; attacking speed is doubled whenever hitting an enemy with a 40 second cooldown.

Specific starting character bonus-?

Power: Associated with force and energy, the Power gem enhances the recipient's physical power and ability in the most direct manner.

Effect-Damage increases by 25% if your base defense rating is higher than base damage rating; defense is increased by 20% if your base defense rating is higher than base damage rating.

Specific starting character bonus-Deadpool (base defense increases by 10%; all sources of healing increases by 12%); Gambit (20% chance of superhero powers dealing double damage in a larger area with a 60 second cooldown).

Note: Gem fusing can also be done on any character involved in X-Treme Team-up attacks. However, it also means the relevant character has to pass the Danger Room test as well.

Next up: Various modes and details on the combat system.

P.S: Need to do something about my sleeping habit. After all, you don't expect the Singaporean society to cut some slack to a genius working as a standard employee.