Report 1677

Special Report #1677
Skillset: Kata Skill: Angknek
 Org: Nekotai Status: Approved Dec 2007
Furies' Decision:
Solution 1
Problem: Currently, angknek leg has the following effect: damagelegs OR prone
and 1s stun if the leg is already damaged. On paper, this sounds balanced - and
it actually is pretty balanced - giving up one guarantee'd affliction to give
prone plus a high power affliction (stun) that doesn't stack, and which also
doesn't require a cure balance to resolve. Giving up an affliction for a class
that is so reliant on afflictions to even make progress is a fairly hefty cost
for this, which is what made it balanced on theory. However, I am of the opinion
that stuns should be very rare in the game, given how overwhelming it is. Even a
1s stun is a huge deal - as case may be, stunning 1s every 3.5s is probably a
very bad idea. This would make double angknek on the same leg a no-condition 1s
stun every time, which while balanced 1v1, is probably going to wreck havoc in
groups. This report aims to replace the stun with a valuable effect that doesn't
involve... stuns.
Solution #1: Change the secondary effect of angknek legs to be prone+disable
 parry for 5s. This ensures the Nekotai's next attack is not
 parried, but requires investment of two arm actions to achieve.
Solution #2: In addition, assuming that report 1672 is implemented, add this
 same secondary effect to angknek arms to do the same thing: prone
 + disable parry for 5s. If report 1672 is not implemented, this
 solution should also NOT be done.
Player Comments:
---[Wobou on 4/15 @ 20:40 writes]:
Both of these sound fine to me.
---[Shuyin on 4/18 @ 04:31 writes]:
Okay