Report 525

Report #525
Skillset: Beastmastery Skill: Jumping
 Org: Geomancers Status: Completed Dec 2010
Furies' Decision:
Beast balance reduced.
Problem: Currently jumping is like leap/pogo that you must be mounted for,
except it's on beast balance instead of regular balance. This isn't really
useful for anyone; imagine how bad related beast skills like gallop and burrow
would be if they were on beast balance.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Make jumping just leap you can do while mounted.
 Instead of beast balance, it takes 1s of balance (or
 whatever the exact balance of leap is).
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Change the role of jumping to be more tumble-like
 than leap-like in its restrictions. Depending on
 which/how many restrictions are lifted, consider
 making it take both balance and beast balance like
 trample.
Player Comments:
---[Nydekion on 12/21 @ 14:01 writes]:
When changes were originally put in for beastmaster, Estarra specifically stated
that all beast-related actions had to be on beast balance without question.
Going to be hard to get around that requirement and make leap the pogo
equivalent you're looking for.
---[Fillin on 12/21 @ 17:01 writes]:
Gallop, burrow, diving, spur mount skywards, and fording are all exceptions to
that rule, for good reason. It looks like a mistake that jumping isn't in the
same group.