Report 1022

Report #1022
Skillset: Skill: Deafness
 Org: Serenguard Status: Completed Jan 2013
Furies' Decision:
Solution 2 and 3.
Problem: Deafness blocks most forms of communication (except for some, such as
clan tells). While it is true that deafness also gives dizziness, which can tip
someone off, it is situationally very easy to miss (or for some people not to
know better), leading to some very bad and awkward situations. This is
especially true of people without lipreading. I personally don't believe this
adds anything good to the game except frustration and have seen and experienced
incidents where it has caused unnecessary misunderstandings. This report aims to
change some mechanics of deafness in order to alleviate this issue.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Allow TELLS and all aethers to work through deafness.
 This makes sense since your ears really have little
 to do with telepathic communication.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: When someone in the room speaks and you are deaf,
 show a generic line such as "Blah's mouth moves as if
 he is speaking, though you hear no sound."
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: When mobs give deafness, have them have to strip
 truehearing first before giving it.
Player Comments:
---[Ushaara on 1/14 @ 09:52 writes]:
I like all of these solutions. Supported.
---[Llandros on 1/14 @ 15:43 writes]:
Solution 3 might be a bug. Truehearing means that you are already deaf, just
that you can hear through it. By definition truehearing would have to be
stripped before you can be re-deafened in a way to adversely affect you.
---[Rastor on 1/15 @ 22:48 writes]:
I think both solution 1 and solution 2 combined make sense here
---[Kaikazu on 1/22 @ 10:31 writes]:
Sol 2 supported. Sol 1 as well.. maybe.
---[Janalon on 1/26 @ 05:56 writes]:
Without going overboard with my treaty on tells versus aether versus says,
Defness side afflictions are a unique "RP" mechanic. There's no need to water
Deafness down. I only support solution 2. This has some level of parity with
what listeners see when a speaker's voice becomes windswept.
---[Shuyin on 1/26 @ 21:02 writes]:
Solution 2 is fine
---[Xenthos on 1/30 @ 02:46 writes]:
I am happy with solution 2. Solution 1 is okay, but it's not what's envisioned
for deafness when the change went through to make it have more side-effects I
think.