Report 421

Report #421
Skillset: Aquamancy Skill: Sweetfount
 Org: Aquamancers Status: Completed Jul 2010
Furies' Decision:
Lower from 3p to 1p.
Problem: The 3p cost for Sweetfount is being viewed as an unneccessary cost
since it is a demesne tic and cures only one affliction. Most skills can cure 1
or even two with the same cost instantly. Aquamancy is designed to be the
healing demesne, and since Aquamancers are suppose to be well equipped at
healing, the power cost is being viewed bothersome.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Remove the cost all together making it just cost a
 bit more mana. No other changes except to power.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Allow Sweetfount to cure two afflictions instead of
 the one.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Possibly increase the tic rate from 10 to 5 but still
 keep the costs.
Player Comments:
---[Viynain on 7/10 @ 07:00 writes]:
Solution 1 would be simplest, though I've no aversion to 2.
---[Geb on 7/13 @ 04:07 writes]:
You can't compare sweetfount to singular one time use abilities, since it is a
passive cyclical ability that can last a significant amount of time and heal
everyone on your ally list in your room and the surrounding rooms. Can you given
an example of another ability that has the same function as sweetfount, but is
on a faster tick, cost less power, or some combination of them both?
---[Lorina on 7/14 @ 04:22 writes]:
Aeromancer's demesne effect, west wind, heals health, mana, ego, and cures 1
random affliction for 0p on a 10 second tick.
---[Geb on 7/14 @ 05:29 writes]:
Yep, did not know the aeromancers' West Wind did all of that. I wish I had known
earlier, because then I would have suggested combining sweetfount and healing
spring into one effect and removing the cost, putting it on the same level as
West Wind.
---[Fillin on 7/15 @ 14:35 writes]:
The aeromancer version not costing power is a slap in the face to sweetfount.
Solution 1
---[Lorina on 7/15 @ 23:14 writes]:
It could be worthwhile to combine healspring and sweetfount into one demesne
effect under Geb's suggestion for 0p for the reasons he has stated. I'd like to
put that on the table for consideration as a possible solution since it's not
possible to alter the body of the report after finalization.
---[Fillin on 7/31 @ 18:31 writes]:
I don't think combining them is necessary. Personally, I feel westwind is a bit
stacked for one effect.