Wouldn’t it be great if the lazer beams from your eyes would match the color of your boots? Or if the swirly fire emanating from your hands matched your minions? Well, now you can with Powers Customization, a feature that will be introduced in City of Heroes Issue 16: Power Spectrum.

When I first read the press release, I thought that “Powers Customization” meant that you can improve your characters’ powers, like be able to fly a little faster or create an extra Fire Imp. Naturally there would be a cost to such improvements, to maintain gameplay balance.

Instead, it seems to me from the screenshots that the only customization you can do to your powers is color. Lame. NC Soft should have called it “Powers Color Coordination” rather than “Powers Customization”.

More screenies below.