Report 727

Report #727
Skillset: Transmology Skill: None
 Org: Geomancers Status: Rejected Nov 2011
Furies' Decision:
We do not feel this is necessary because it does not appear to represent a
balance issue significant enough to receive much attention. We also note
Shuyin's comments that it isn't of much concern.
Problem: Homunculus is a 10p skill that is at the same level as Wrath, Scourge
and Shatterplex in the other respective cosmic specializations. It has the
ability to cast Badluck and Greywhispers for 0p while not in the same room as
the illuminati that controls it. While it is potentially reasonable to say that
the power cost of those spells is folded in to the cost of summoning the
homunculus, the fact that the spells are both repeatable and given an effective
range that they do not otherwise have is somewhat problematic.
Solution #1: Make the homunculus Badluck and Greywhispers spell castable only
 in the same room as the illuminati
Solution #2: Allow the homunculus to cast Badluck and Greywhispers only once
 each spell per summoning of the entity.
Player Comments:
---[Shuyin on 11/9 @ 08:52 writes]:
Solution 1 is fine, though I'm not sure why you can't just shield, which is the
standard tactic for dealing with ranged attacks. Solution 2 is way too much of a
nerf unless you're willing to compensate by lowering the homunculus balance of
both moves significantly while at the same time reducing the cost of both
badluck and greywhispers, which are very important to build up
affstacking/insanity, especially for a relatively power-heavy class like
guardian.
---[Shuyin on 11/9 @ 08:54 writes]:
Not to mention you can always just kill the homunculus, of course! So, solution
1 is fine by me.
---[Iytha on 11/13 @ 23:22 writes]:
Solution 1 is how it used to be, so I am perfectly fine with that. Solution 2 is
entirely too harsh, as we can't just resummon the homunculus.
---[Enyalida on 11/14 @ 03:47 writes]:
Agree with Iytha. Sol 1 is fine, Sol 2 dosn't make any sense in the context of
the skill.
---[Xenthos on 11/14 @ 23:06 writes]:
Solution 1 sounds pretty good.
---[Senna on 11/16 @ 23:20 writes]:
Agreed with everything said above. Yes to #1, no to #2.