Report 240

Report #240
Skillset: Aquamancy Skill: Stillwater
 Org: Aquamancers Status: Completed Aug 2009
Furies' Decision:
Stillwater will bypass normal drowning protections.
Problem: Stillwater is completely negated by those who have trout totem (50%
apprentice) or fluidswim (50% gifted in environment), making stillwater useless
against skilled combatants.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Make it so that fluidswim provides only 50% immunity
 to being hit per tick. That way, those who have the
 environment skill would still gain some utility from
 the skill, while also allowing the demesne skill to
 have utility too.
Player Comments:
---[Ilyarin on 8/22 @ 01:22 writes]:
Should be that way for both trout and fluidswim IMO.
---[Zynna on 8/22 @ 20:22 writes]:
Yes, should have edited my Solution 1 to incorporate trout as well. Thanks for
catching that!
---[Xenthos on 8/23 @ 17:06 writes]:
I'm pretty sure it already worked that way for trout (so we were told a long
time ago). I know I used to drown with trout because there was no air in the
water for it, but once I learned Fluidswim I no longer did.
---[Nienla on 8/24 @ 18:58 writes]:
People with Trout still drown, yes.
---[Ceren on 8/25 @ 02:06 writes]:
Must say, that is pretty odd that you have a skill that is outright negated by a
skill in environment that everyone gets on their way to tumble. This looks like
a good compromise, either that or make it so fluidswim reduces the dmg by 50%.
---[Xenthos on 8/25 @ 04:23 writes]:
Hm. Kind of like Ceren's alternate suggestion there a bit better. This way it
is always doing damage, but there is a tangible benefit to having the skill each
time (instead of just a longer delay between damages).
---[Nienla on 8/28 @ 16:16 writes]:
I prefer Ceren's.
---[Krellan on 8/31 @ 23:00 writes]:
Using a totems skill to 'help' your case is pretty dumb by the way. Try thinking
more and get past the mentality of commune vs city or org vs org in your envoy
reports. You should've used the waterbreathe enchantment instead, as that is
available to everyone.