Report 368

Report #368
Skillset: Discernment Skill: Lipread
 Org: Harbingers Status: Completed May 2010
Furies' Decision:
Approved.
Problem: Currently lipread (virtuoso + 50%), which allows you to hear says while
deaf, is almost entirely without use. People who need to hear while deaf are
inclined to use earwort, which is rarely in short supply. A number of people
learn the skill on the assumption that it will allow them to hear other people
talking in areas where it is windy, and are disappointed to realize it does not
actually do this. It would be particularly helpful for people that spend any
time hunting with newer and lower-skilled players if the skill had this effect.
There are ways to continue communicating in windy areas (squads, tells), but for
convenience and role-play, as well as utility, it would be nice if the ability
worked as it intuitively should.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Allow those with the lipread defence up to always
 hear what others say in windy areas, thus never
 seeing the 'Bobs words are blown away by the wind.'
 message.
Player Comments:
---[Ilaveuse on 4/28 @ 07:02 writes]:
Makes sense, handy, not gamebreaking. Go for it.
---[Raeri on 4/28 @ 07:47 writes]:
Agreed, would be very useful if so. Solution 1 please!
---[Xenthos on 4/29 @ 22:54 writes]:
Please do this.
---[Viynain on 5/1 @ 00:59 writes]:
I support this.
---[Narynth on 5/4 @ 03:54 writes]:
Very, very useful. I support this
---[Incabulos on 5/7 @ 20:59 writes]:
---[Incabulos on 5/7 @ 20:59 writes]:
Whoops. Agreed with this.
---[Sahmiam on 5/17 @ 05:25 writes]:
It'd be very nice and makes -sense-.
---[Fillin on 5/18 @ 06:28 writes]:
This is nice.