#wouldntitbecool

Let's take a short break from the RW. He's brilliant, and one of my favourites, but the Sirens have unlimited scope for their powers. They've always brought the most creative approaches to the battlefield, and any game that doesn't include a Lilith or Maya is poorer for it. Say howdy to the Phase Jumper...

Phase Jumper

Siren class. Action skill that lets you jump into and control an enemy for a short time.

Raised as a house maid for a rich family, discovered her powers and used them to take control of the Lord's daughter and cause trouble. Had to flee after she caused an accident that she believes killed the daughter. Fled to Pandora on a cargo ship to learn to control her powers after seeing Maya destroy Jack's paradise (location name?)

Action Skill name: Phase Jump

Phase Jump into and take control of enemies. Wear them like a skin, attack their allies and cause some mayhem

Tree 1: Globetrotter

Final tree skill - BOOMBOOMPOW!

When jumping from one character to the next, if your jump results in their death, your action skill period is reset, allowing for an unlimited number of Jumps

Tree 2:

Final tree skill - Got Me Some Fried Chicken

Phase Jumping into a character gives them a massive boost to health, shields and projectile damage [bullets, grenades and rockets] (+50% per level, up to 250%)

Tree 3: 

Final tree skill - Share The Love

Every enemy you Phase Jump into and out of without killing becomes an ally until their death

We Don't Need Roads - When jumping between enemies, a trail of fire is left behind which has a chance to ignite enemies (10% chance to ignite enemies. Fire lasts 3 seconds on the ground, 5 seconds when enemies are alight // +10% and 2 seconds for every level)

Jumping Jack FLASH! - Create an explosion with increased damage dealt when jumping (explosive damage level 1 // +1 per level)

Supercharged - Increase damage dealt whilst controlling a jumped enemy

Off The Rack Is Cheaper Than Tailored - Can now jump from one enemy to another (Phase Jumping +1, +1 per level up to five jumps per action skill usage)

GRENADESGRENADESGRENADES! - When Phase Jumping into an enemy, they now have a single grenade to throw (+1 grenade capacity per enemy per level)

Don't Test Me... - Holding the grenade trigger causes you to suicide yourself, instantly ending your action skill and adding the remaining time to cooldown

Permanent Character increases:

- health and shield capacity

- reload and weapon swap speed

- gun and grenade damage

- cooldown rate

Jumping into an ally restores a percentage of their health and shields (20% per level up to a maximum of 100%) Instantly returns you to your body with a full cooldown wait

I'm a huge Borderlands fan, having sunk 100s of hours into both titles. As with any fan, at some point I've thought 'wouldn't it be cool if...'. Well, here's my first character idea, focusing on action skill (story to come later)

Borderlands character ideas

Rumpus Wrangler

Has a Dinag, a four legged mini prehistoric skag with large and powerful jaws. An ancient Skag fossil was discovered by Jack's mining operation and stolen by [character], aJust before the end of [character]'s shift, an explosion at the Eridium refinery brings the fossil to life. Using [character]'s DNA, Dinag was created, forging a telepathic bond between them. Jack discovers this and attempts to capture and dissect Dinag before [character] goes on the run. Finding the Vault treasure and bringing down Jack is his only way to escape Pandora and ensure Dinag's safety

Action skill name: Sic 'Em Boy!

Unleash Dinag. Your pet attacks nearby enemies. Stays out for 15 seconds. 45 second cooldown

Tree 1: Dogs of War

Final tree skill - The Wolf Pack Unleashed OR Satan’s Little Helpers

Your faithful pet is now part of a litter 

(+4 pets)

Tree 2: Bigger Is Better

Final tree skill - Big Bertha Is Awake

Your pup is now a full grow beast. And damn, is it scary 

(health and damage increased by 500%, speed reduced by 50%)

Tree 3: Clean Up, Aisle Three

Final tree skill - Puppy Made A Big Mess

Dinag now has a chance to instantly kill all non boss level enemies in a shower of blood and guts 

(5% chance for insta-kill on first attack, +5 seconds to cooldown per Dinag) 

*[does there need to be an overall damage reduction if this perk is taken? should it be 1% start and 1 increase?]

Hop, Skip and a Lunge - Dinag learns a jump attack, greatly increasing attack speed over short distances

The Slaughtered Lamb - Dinag has found his voice and can now howl, scaring enemies into not attacking (n% chance of not attacking when howled at, AoE, range increases 10% per level)

Bogey On My Six - Dinag learns to lock on, weighing down an enemy and causing constant damage through a bleed effect

Roughhousing - Dinag has a chance to tackle enemies to the ground, gaining a bonus to attack while atop his enemy (+10% attack when tackling enemies to the ground, 5% chance to tackle enemy effectively)

Call Me Bruce - Dinag gets slag coated fangs, adding slag damage to every bite (5% chance to slag per bite, up to 10% max)

Duracell Powered - Dinag now stays out longer (+5 seconds for every level)

Puppy Power - When Dinag makes a kill, you receive a portion of the enemy's health (+2% of enemy's total health, +2% per level)

Kill Skill - killing an enemy increases weapon, grenade and reload speeds (+2% for 5 seconds, +2% and 2 seconds for every level)

Pucker Up - Melee override skill, when action skill is in use, melee attacks now direct Dinag/pack, allowing for better control and coordination, as well as getting a short damage bonus

Fetch! - All Tediore grenade reloads do more damage

Permanent Character increases:

- health and shield capacity

- reload and weapon swap speed

- gun and grenade damage

- cooldown rate

Lethal at Eight Months - Dinag receives a 20% damage boost upon initiating the action skill (1 second per level up to a maximum 5 seconds