@Meddler/Scruffy/etc. - Need your opinion on a "Cursed Power" mechanic
This is something I'd been thinking of when looking at stuff like Metroid Prime 3, Blazblue, etc. It'd basically be a mechanic where you toggle on an ability to increase the power of your other abilities, but build up a "Corruption meter" that, if maxed out, causes you a severe negative effect.
I don't have all the specifics yet, but here's a rough draft of the mechanic:
#Cursed Power Toggle: Places you into a Cursed state, granting all of your basic abilities drastically increased power and/or bonus effects. However, while in your Cursed state, you generate Corruption every second and every time you use an ability. If your Corruption should reach or exceed X, you receive a severe negative effect for a limited time.
You may toggle off Cursed Power at any time before you exceed your Corruption limit, but cannot reactivate it again until your Corruption level is back to 0. While toggled off, you bleed off Y Corruption per second. You do not generate Corruption while Cursed Power is toggled off.
What are your thoughts to a mechanic like this one? Is it too similar to Gnar's Rage or Rumble's Heat? Or could it be its own thing?
EDIT: Thought of an alternate version.
#Cursed Power Places you in a Cursed state, granting all of your basic abilities improved power and/or bonus effects, but also causing you to take increased damage. While in your Cursed state, you constantly generate Corruption every second (rate gradually increases over time). Upon reaching 100 Corruption, you enter a brief stasis, becoming untargetable and invulnerable, but unable to take any actions, healing yourself during this time.
Hitting enemies with basic attacks and abilities reduces your Corruption by fixed amounts. Lasts until you reach 100 Corruption.
This version would cause you to inevitably overload, forcing you to make the most of the duration and be aggressive to keep it going for as long as possible. I fear, however, that this version may be too similar to Shyvana's Dragon Form.
