Report 336

Report #336
Skillset: Dreamweaving Skill: EternalSleep
 Org: Hartstone Status: Completed Mar 2010
Furies' Decision:
Solution 3.
Problem: EternalSleep currently requires that the target be 'badly in need of
sleep' and below 50% mana. This presents an issue in that the only mana drain
that Dreamweaving has requires the user to be in dreamform, and three out of six
guilds that can choose dreamweaving do not have a mana drain in their primary
and secondary skill sets. This makes the ability exceptionally difficult to
pull off 1v1 for some classes
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change the below 50% mana requirement to the target
 must be afflicted with a certain set of mental
 afflictions, such as Narcolepsy, Daydreaming,
 Epilepsy and Pacification. This keeps with the theme
 of needing to weaken the target's mental capacities,
 except through mental afflictions instead mana drain.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Create a new mote(or replace MindSoothe, don't
 believe anybody really uses it) that drains mana.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Allow DREAMWEAVE CHANNEL to be used while awake, but
 make it only drain the target's mana and not restore
 the users as well.
Player Comments:
---[Lehki on 2/28 @ 03:30 writes]:
Not sure if this is what I'm going to actually go with for March yet, but I
wanted some suggestions on this so it's up for now. Solution 1 is my preferred
choice. Don't really like solution 3 that much, but better then nothing.
---[Raeri on 3/11 @ 07:03 writes]:
Solution 1 sounds kind of like it'd be similar to DeathProphecy... and I don't
think that would be an improvement, really. Would the sleepiness part still be
there?
---[Lehki on 3/11 @ 18:53 writes]:
I can tell you that, as a druid, the 1v1 situations I would and could
successfully use EternalSleep in would be pretty much the same if any of these
changes were excepted, and solution one wouldn't be adding more mana drain
abilities into the mix of group combat. No idea if any would be at all viable
for mages, or if anybody even cares about dreamweaving mages besides me. And
yes, tiredness would still be required.
---[Raeri on 3/12 @ 10:24 writes]:
How would the Dreamweaver be able to tell when the afflictions are on the
target? Would there be a way at all (kind of like contemplate for manakills), or
is it down to pure guesswork? That said, how DO dreamweavers drain mana? Last I
heard was that being in dreamform whilst in combat was just going to get you
killed.
---[Lehki on 3/12 @ 18:26 writes]:
Narcolepsy and Daydreaming are both kafe only cures, so you can just watch for
that, epilepsy and others afflictions would be some guess work because of focus
mind. And yes, being in dreamform is currently the only way for most
dreamweavers to actively mana drain, which was the reason behind this.
---[Fillin on 3/24 @ 06:09 writes]:
While perhaps the least shiny, solution 3 seems the most straightforward to me.
---[Yukio on 3/24 @ 06:35 writes]:
My preference is with solution 3, though I'm not entirely sold on the idea of
another mana drain. Perhaps change the requirement of EternalSleep to 50% ego
instead of mana and have DREAMWAVE CHANNEL drain ego.