Omega Level Mutants-enough or more?

Because they don't have a challenge. They're not meant to be the JLA or the Avengers or second to the TOAA for that matter.

They're people with powers in a world that fears and hates them. And can KILL them. There's no sense of conflict now. Sabretooth? Phoenix. Apoc? Iceman. Sentinels? Polaris.

Mutants should be powerful but not JLA-powerful. It's not fun to read Psylocke flying around with the power to destroy mountains. We want to see Psylocke kicking ass as ninja or wearing armour with the butterfly effect. NOT fighting cosmic battles with a reality-warper....

The suspense is gone. The feeling of tension is gone. Back then, we saw the X-Men struggling against their enemies and winning through sheer teamwork and leadership. They're supposed to be a team. Not a group of heralds. It takes away from what it is to be a mutant: a freak with extra ordinary powers. Not a freak with the power to rewrite creation. That's no fun.

I want the feeling that the X-Men really are struggling against humanity AND that Sentinels are an actual threat AND that their enemies aren't mere hinderances to their awesome might.

Which is why Uncanny X-Men is so unreadable while Astonishing X-Men is. UXM has the friggin Phoenix-junior on it. AXM has several powerful members but they can still lose. We want to see them lose sometimes..cause when they win it'll be much sweeter.

The X-Men aren't the JLA. The JLA were written to be an unstoppable beacon of justice. The X-Men are a ragtag group of muties just trying to survive and get through the next day....NOT blowing up continents with a plasma beam....

🙄

Exactly. What you said.🙂

yea although Iceman is all powerful, he has never used it right... thats why iceman can still work in a team book..

however its annoying where at some points he has grown up and realised some of his potential, but for it to be not followed upon later...

Iceman needs to go solo, its the only way Iceman can continue to be a contributing character to the marvel universe...

... hes the ultimate fireman

Well, i am the most qualified person to say it (😄), and i agree there are too much Omegas now. The mutants and the characters of the Marvel Universe in general are getting too powerful. What's the fun of a team with 3 or 4 people who are a match to Galactus or Onslaught?

i think there should be few omega mutants because of there was more they wouldent really have any challenges

Originally posted by RisingStorm
I think Wanda is not an omega level mutant. I think a lot of the effects of her powers are from her chaos magic, not directly towards her mutant powers, so they just kinda meshed together, I guess. Nevertheless, she can be a powerful alpha if her mutant powers acted alone on all the reality warping thing, but if she had help with her witch side, then maybe she's just the same one from the Avengers series. Although she could be included with the other powerful alphas such as Magneto, Xavier, and Storm. Powerful as they can be, they still have limits, I just want them to be really powerful BUT with limits. That's all.

Although it's fascinating to see some OMEGA mutants, but you know, sometimes, when they are on your team, it's like all things are anti-climactic.

it's actually been hinted that storm IS an omega- have you seen what abilities she has!

Originally posted by magnuslives
it's actually been hinted that storm IS an omega- have you seen what abilities she has!

It's only hinted. Nothing special with that. I think her and Magneto are the alpha mutants that will never be made to Omega by the Marvel team. Including Xavier too. And perhaps Wanda.

I couldn't be bothered if more Omega's turn up..it doesn't mean that every single one of them will be powerful...because half of them won't realize their potential...so they can keep adding people if they want to....just as long as they leave my Emma alone..

And I disagree with the post at the top of this page....the mutants are on the verge of extinction..how do you think the ones who aren't omega feel...there is a sense of shock and horror...rememeber New X-Men...even more died...

I think the problem with X-Men and UXM is the bad writing...however since they shuffled around the teams...and started balancing them out...it's starting to get better..

Polaris got depowered.....Psylocke got moved to Exiles...Marvel Girls skill as a telepath is poor....Iceman still hasn't realized his potential...Mystique and Sabes keep things interesting...Rogue is becoming cooler by the moment...Cable seems burnt out..Emma gets taken out in style...so it's working IMO

With Omega's, the story needs to be more about the character and less about the power. I just wanted to add some in-site about Storm. In an alternate future, Storm transforms into a pure energy elemental being. The future was revealed to the Xmen by Apocalypse (Xmen Jan. 2000). It suggests Storm is an Omega level mutant. However, I think that her moral struggle keeps her grounded. Storm's story is more about the struggles of the character than the actual power, in which, I believe the Omega's need.

The writers say Storm is borderline Omega, but realize with their other omega's that once they reach that level they will have a limited amount of growth further on, and since fans love growth they're going to cut back on omegas now... I personally think it's a great choice, because who'd read a comic full of mutants who can all decimate planets and the basic storyline would always revolve around loosing control as no villain would be able to stand up to them

I think they are fun to some degree depending upon the writer and the personality. Unfortunately, when it's an omega-level bad guy, they usually have to kill them by the story's end. I liked Stryfe and Legion but it's tough to (Or at least seemed it to) keep psychos like that alive afterward without constantly sticking them in a coma.

If you're looking for a great comic where you're heros aren't all powerful and infalible, I highly recommed Exiles, and so far New Exiles.

And Runaways is great.

I'm still undecided about New Excalibur. I like the team, but the issues have seemed a little choppy and fallen a little flat. I think they might have ended too. Not sure.