Report 510

Report #510
Skillset: Runes Skill: Nyd
 Org: Geomancers Status: Completed Nov 2010
Furies' Decision:
Non-meld nyd will bypass sensitivity.
Problem: Nyd (sensitivity rune) requires a hit to strip deafness and a hit to
afflict. Due to runes slow rate of afflicting, this is pretty unfeasible.
Generally, in order to even give sensitivity, you'll need to supersling double
nyd (a 1p, 3.5s balance move they can instantly reverse with apply
melancholic/eat earwort). And unlike ibululu (sensitivity poison), which masks
the afflicting line, nyd is fully visible to the target.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Make nyd sensitivity bypass deafness (just like
 angel/demon sensitivity).
Player Comments:
---[Synl on 11/19 @ 18:27 writes]:
Sounds fine as long as it only affects slung runes. Should not affect embeded
nyd.
---[Raeri on 11/19 @ 22:57 writes]:
If it didn't affect embedded nyd, then there would be no point in embedding nyd,
except to do unstoppable deathsongs. Out of the possible outcomes here, I'd
rather it bypassed deafness.
---[Fillin on 11/22 @ 01:04 writes]:
My thinking is the same as Raeri's. This is even more applicable to embedded nyd
than slung, cause with embed you don't even have the option to supersling.
---[Talan on 11/30 @ 01:23 writes]:
Ibululu can't be delivered this way, it can be envenomed or beast spat, but it's
not available to ecologists, so this is not really a fair comparison. You -can-
double sling, meaning that if you want to stick the affliction, which ramps up
damage, you have to spend the power to deliver it, and I think that's fair. With
the recent attention being given to the high damage achievable in geo melds,
this seems like an effort to try to sidestep these corrections.
---[Raeri on 11/30 @ 10:34 writes]:
Ibululu isn't available to ecologists because it strips truehearing, not because
it gives sensitivity. And is nyd the only non-masked sensitivity afflicting
method? Ibululu is also deliverable (masked) via telekinetic animateddagger,
which is probably the reason why it was mentioned - so it's not like geos don't
have alternative (and superior) ways of giving sensitivity. Runes are not masked
- meaning you can't just doublesling and hope it sticks. As it stands, embedding
nyd is essentially unmasked 'strip deafness' every 10 secs - something that in
no way helps any melder.
---[Talan on 11/30 @ 23:07 writes]:
As opposed to sensitivity every 10 seconds timed with boulderblast and pollute.
No thanks!
---[Xenthos on 11/30 @ 23:23 writes]:
Passive, assured sensitivity (assured because it bypasses deafness) does seem a
bit strong when you can time it with other active high-damage abilities,
actually. Animatedagger does not bypass deafness, to my knowledge. It also
locks channels and limits other Geomancer options, whereas an embedded rune
doesn't really do the same thing.