I think this is really quite short sighted of the developers, especially when some of the custom weapons with a 6.5% chance of extra damage don't actually give you what they say. But quite simply, I have a Psi Blades themed character who uses Fighting Claws, with the Energy Blades costume option and the Lightning Claws power replacer to give it a nice sparky finish. Overall it works out really well visually... but ... my Primary offense slot is now used up and all I get for my trouble is +2 DEX and +2 STR when I could be slotting it with something that genuinely is of use to my character.

I almost wouldn't mind but the Ohm Blades don't actually give you the 6.5% chance for Electrical burst either. So they're not only nerfing my character due to me wanting the appearence a particular way, I'm also losing out on the functionality of the weapon replacer as well.

I bugged this at launch when I first started using them. I've still not seen it fixed 2 weeks later. City of Heroes allowed for custom auras so why can't I select to use the Electrical effect on my claws once I've picked up and unlocked the Ohm Blades but have something else in the Primary Offense slot?

Once you have selected the costume item you can take the power replace out of the slot and put a normal offense item in. You will still keep the costume change.

He's talking about the visual effect. He'd still have the claws themselves, but not the electricity arcing over them, which is what he wants. I don't think it'd be that hard to add another drop down for those weapons to keep the effect or use the deffault at the tailor.

so you want the electricity, thats on the weapon due to the fact it procs an electricity power/damage to be on the weapon that DOESNT proc electricity damage?

im sure i can think of A LOT of things i WANT

That's like asking for the twinkly sparkles from Invuln without taking Invuln.

Maybe in City of Heroes where you could add an Aura, but not here.

Man I loved the unlock quests for Auras and Capes.

i remember when it was new and I was like "GUYS I GOT MY CAPE LOOOOOOOOK"

when i got my aura i almost died.

Check out my sig for a link titled "REVAMP power replacers"

basically it is a suggestion I've made to change how power replacers work. If you like the idea please post in that thread so it gets noticed.