Report 1473

Report #1473
Skillset: Skill: NexusPsifield
 Org: Cantors Status: Rejected Jun 2016
Furies' Decision:
We do not feel this suggestion is balanced and fair.
Problem: Noting the difficulties observed in report #1309 regarding dreamforms
and the inability to prevent a dreamweaver you know is there from being a
nuisance due to the underlying mechanics of the ability, and the fact that as
far as I am aware this discretionary has essentially never been used (it
increases attack speed of guards), I forward the following for review.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: In addition to the current effects, allow
 city/commune guards under the effects of Nexus
 Psifield to be able to sense and target those who are
 out of phase, and in doing so allowing them to strike
 organizational enemies who are attempting to evade
 them by being out of phase. This would deal both any
 damage and affliction to the target.
Player Comments:
---[Xenthos on 6/14 @ 21:18 writes]:
While I would get a fair bit of satisfaction from watching guard stacks instagib
dreambodies, I'm not sure that this is really a balanced / fair-- it can only be
raised by Monk guilds, so Dreambody use would basically go from "invulnerable"
when no Monk security is around to "impossible" when a Monk security is. I'd
far prefer a more comfortable middle ground, if that's where we're going.
---[Falmiis on 6/14 @ 23:36 writes]:
Do Hallifax and Gaudiguch even have access to this? I agree with Xenthos in that
the counter to dreamweavers shouldn't be a binary "do you have x or not" thing.
---[Lerad on 6/15 @ 02:39 writes]:
I agree that psifield is quite useless (especially for cities) and I think it's
a good idea to turn it into an anti-incorporeality discretionary.
Discretionaries in general should be available to security members as a whole,
rather than tied to guild/abilities (that's a different debate, of course) too.
I think it should just be a blanket gravity + stun tic on incorporeal enemies in
the territory. That will allow easier chasing to violet/indigo. Alternatively,
(or additionally) make it reveal incorporeal bodies as visible on ql, that'll
save the trouble of using violet. I agree that making guards kill dreambodies
outright is probably a bad idea. Naturally, note that my phrasing targets not
just dreambodies, but incorporeal bodies in general (therefore including
necromancy ghosting).
---[Raeri on 6/15 @ 09:41 writes]:
I am assuming that discretionaries would be spread out more once factions are
instituted, as the individual guilds would no longer exist.
---[Enyalida on 6/15 @ 22:58 writes]:
Zero support for the solution presented. This would only benefit Magnagora and
Celest. As Falmiis points out, the new cities don't have access to psifield (?)
and the forests aren't able to feasibly guard significant portions of their org
in the way that the cities can with their highly limited exits.