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That's an interesting start, I like that. It's also good to have questions on a "scale".

Only one I'd edit would be:

What percentage of Legion characters should be non-humanoid.
A. 100% No humans allowed!
B. About 50%
C. About 25%
D. 0% No alien scum!

What else...

Should Superboy be an active member?

A. Yes, the original Clark Kent!
B. Yes, but it can be a descendant or clone.
C. No, not an active member, although occasional appearances are okay.
D. No, Superboy should not be involved at all.

I'll try to think of some more.

Those both look good. I think you should edit these into the original post so it's easy to keep track of them.

Here's one that is like yours.

Should Supergirl be an active member?
A. Yes, the Kara Zor-El
B. Yes, but can be a clone or alternate version of her
C. No, not an active member, although occasional appearances are okay
D. No, Supergirl should not be involved at all

To both of the above I'd add:

E. Yes, but not the one currently appearing in the DCU

I agree, I'll go back and edit the original post over the weekend.

Thanks for the E option, Hermit!

In case we do launch a survey on surveymonkey, who would administer it? Would you like to, WangLung?

Although, I think we should target Legion readers/fans. I don't think any non-fan would be able to answer these questions insightfully.

Well I would think both really. Some of the questions would be fore existing and some for new. I could try. Lets get the questions done first and then we can do that.

New ones

Of the human members, do you think they are racially diverse? Green and blue skin doesn’t count.
A. Yes
B. No

Need help coming up with power types.

What superpowers would you like to see more of?
A. Energy casters
B. Tricks and Gadgets
C. Close combat fighters
D.

What ages should the Legion members be?
A. Early teens (13-15)
B. Later teens (1 6-19)
C. Young Adults (20-25)
D. A mix of all the above

Random power / super archetypes;

Bricks/Tanks/Armor - Colossus, Blok
Scrappers/Infantry - Wolverine, Timber Wolf
Mentalists/Psychics/Communications - Jean Grey, Saturn Girl
Blasters/Artillery - Cyclops, Lightning Lad
Control - Karma, Mirage, Light Lass, Projectra
Defense/Damage Prevention/Healing - anyone able to create force fields / defensive walls or heal others
Transport - Nightcrawler, Gates
Airborne - Angel, anyone with a Flight Ring
Skill-Based - Prodigy, Batman, Brainiac 5
Elemental Manipulation - Crystal, Terra, Mera, Elysion, Nightwind

D&D type games break them down to Healer / Buffer, Mage (ranged damage and utility and debuffing), Tank and Skill-Monkey.

City of Heroes went with Controller (crowd control like stuns and illusions), Defender (healing and 'buffing' and debuffing to prevent damage), Tank (take lots of damage), Scrapper (put out lots of damage), Blaster (ranged damage)

'Control' and Buffer/Debuffer/Healer roles are the least common in comics. Despite often being team characters, the majority of heroes are pretty 'selfish' power wise. Raven is a rare example of someone who is almost exclusively designed around roles not common to super-team heroes, being a healer, capable of 'controlling' an encounter by sending her soul-self out to paralyze someone temporarily, and a teleporter.

Many powers and types cross roles, and many individual characters have multiple roles. Superman is a flying tank who also can function as a blaster with his heat vision. Lightning Lad and Cyclops, on the other hand, are just blasters. That's all they do (unless Leadership/Command is added as another role!).

Great list Set.

I guess you also have one answer being a mix of powers like Superman.


Where should the Legion be based?
A. Earth
B. Another planet in the United Planets
C. Satellite
D. Space Ship
E. Mix of all of the above

How much should the Present day DC universe effect the Legion?
A. Not at all
B. Very little
C. Partially effected
D. Closely effected

How often should there be time travel?
A. None
B. Occasionally
C. All the time

Do you want…
A. A total re-boot?
B. A soft re-boot?
C. Keep the existing team with a few tweeks
D. Don’t change a thing

Nice work, guys.

By the way, happy birthday WangLung! Here's your very own birthday thread!

For this question -

Do you want…
A. A total re-boot?
B. A soft re-boot?
C. Keep the existing team (as of Legion v7 and Legion Lost v2) with a few tweaks
D. Keep the existing team (as of Legion v4/the Legion series) with a few tweaks
E. Keep the existing team (as of Legion v5 50) with a few tweaks
F. Don’t change a thing from Legion v7 and Legion Lost v2

I guess we'd need to define total reboot from soft reboot.

I agree about the specifics of the re-boot specifics.

What are your thoughts on "Silly" powers like Eating things?
A. Love them! Keep them coming
B. I like them but I don't really want them in the Legion
C. I don't really care
D. I don't like them and I don't want them in the Legion

For me, the essence is:
- large team
- intergalactically diverse
- inspired by Superman's example
- protects the United Planets

I have been pulling a lot of overtime lately, so it's been hard to find time to sit down and think of more questions to add.

Thanks for chiming in, Drake! Your points add a lot to what we already have, and help further cement the key themes that we've been gathering since this thread started.