Report 514

Report #514
Skillset: Discernment Skill: New
 Org: Ebonguard Status: Completed Jan 2011
Furies' Decision:
Solution 1, added to Combat.
Problem: At present, there is no way to tell when a venom has been delivered
from your weapons except if there is a third-party room message upon application
or repeatedly probing them throughout the fight. This makes re-envenoming a
trickier procedure than it could be.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: A toggleable skill that informs you when a poison has
 'rubbed off' of the weapon (been delivered). It will
 not tell you whether or not the venom was
 shrugged/resisted, simply that you have noticed it
 has been delivered from the weapon.
Player Comments:
---[Xenthos on 12/12 @ 16:36 writes]:
Alternatively it could be in Poisons instead, but I feel it would be a useful
addition to melee classes in general to be able to keep better track of their
poison applications.
---[Raeri on 12/13 @ 02:13 writes]:
Solution 1. Would also cut down on combat spam where people include WIPE
<weapon> in front of every swing.
---[Solanis on 12/14 @ 21:02 writes]:
Sure, Solution 1.
---[Senna on 12/15 @ 19:30 writes]:
Seems pretty reasonable. Perhaps also make it so that WIPE <weapon> doesn't give
a third-person message, the same way envenoming doesn't? I've never understood
why that's necessary and like Raeri said, it's a little spammy sometimes.
---[Inagin on 12/16 @ 19:47 writes]:
There is no reason to wipe your weapons anyway. The newest poison applications
get used first.
---[Xenthos on 1/3 @ 22:19 writes]:
Up until they get fully loaded, at least. Having a way to keep track of the
status of your weapons would be useful, and all you really need from the server
is a note that a venom has been delivered in order to be able to write a little
(or perhaps even complex) tracking script of your own.
---[Sahmiam on 1/4 @ 01:21 writes]:
Sure, but it's not impossible to already keep track via triggers and gagging
weapon-probe. Support for solution 1.
---[Raeri on 1/12 @ 03:45 writes]:
AB COMBAT ENVENOM gives the impression it can be rubbed off without actually
being delivered. Would this be included in solution 1?
---[Prav on 1/12 @ 06:35 writes]:
Solution 1, I don't see why not!
---[Viynain on 1/13 @ 08:14 writes]:
No problem with it. Go for it.
---[Xenthos on 1/17 @ 22:44 writes]:
Raeri, that mainly means that hitting a person with your weapon is not a 100%
chance to deliver a venom (the AB you're stating). Then after that it has the
whole % chance to get through their shrugging, any defenses, etc. Mainly just
looking for it to let us know when the venom is removed from the weapon.