Report 1135

Report #1135
Skillset: Harmonics Skill: Diamond
 Org: Institute Status: Completed May 2013
Furies' Decision:
Soluition 2.
Problem: Harmonics Diamond creates a shield (ala EVOKE PENTAGRAM) around the
user every 20s. This passive shielding has the effect of unduly mitigating the
offense of several guilds that rely heavily on timing and without a way to
easily bypass shields, most notably other guardian guilds. This, combined with
other passive defenses for Researchers makes them harder to kill than is
warranted. This report seeks to change Diamond away from passive shielding and
to another minor utility that Researchers are currently lacking.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change Diamond to allow the user to FLY while the gem
 is activated. The theory being that the diamond
 creates a force disc that the Researcher then rides
 around. If the gem runs out of charges or is kethered
 while in the air, the Researcher will immediately
 fall to the ground if they do not have other methods
 of flying. Flying is especially important to members
 of Hallifax due to flying being required for one of
 the city power quests. This will solve this problem
 for Researchers.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Change Diamond to provide a small amount of summon
 resistance. Researchers currently lack many ways to
 acquire summon resistance, and this along with the
 lack of a proper Beckon-like skill leads to a
 disadvantage in group combat situations. Greater
 summon resistance will mitigate this disadvantage
 without unduly increasing Researcher offense.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Change Diamond to allow one to CRYSTALSPIN DIAMOND AT
 <corpse>, which will crystallise the corpse, thus
 stopping corpse-reliant resurrections. This would
 mostly be a flavour skill, with little actual combat
 effect.
Player Comments:
---[Thoros on 4/21 @ 16:03 writes]:
I support solutions 1, 2 and 3. All these are great solutions. Solution 1 seems
to be the most important (to aide in the city power quest).
---[Ushaara on 4/23 @ 18:18 writes]:
Yep, supported.
---[Synkarin on 4/24 @ 14:44 writes]:
Support all 3
---[Dynami on 4/24 @ 15:45 writes]:
All three supported!
---[Celina on 5/1 @ 02:02 writes]:
1 or 3 are good
---[Shuyin on 5/1 @ 04:43 writes]:
1 or 3 are fine
---[Kregarn on 5/2 @ 12:32 writes]:
Supported.
---[Llandros on 5/2 @ 20:48 writes]:
Like 1 ok with 3
---[Veyrzhul on 5/3 @ 02:17 writes]:
All of these are okay, although solution 1 with the force disc implementation is
a bit close to the Aerochem version (even if mechanically inferior). That's just
an aesthetical objection to the suggested theme, though.
---[Vivet on 5/3 @ 15:37 writes]:
Yeah, I understand that, but it's hard to come up with means for this skill to
give flight while relatively staying in the theme of "diamond". Alternatively,
on the off-chance that someone has a completely different solution, I wouldn't
mind seeing it here.
---[Enyalida on 5/4 @ 05:09 writes]:
These are all fine!
---[Eventru on 5/6 @ 01:07 writes]:
You don't need to fly for the city's power quest, as all joules spawn on the
ground.
---[Vivet on 5/6 @ 02:07 writes]:
One of the power quests, not the generator quest specifically. Flying is related
to empowering the polyhedrons of the Continuum which, sensibly, should be
assessible to all members of the Institute!
---[Xenthos on 5/11 @ 15:15 writes]:
I like solution 1 the most of this bunch. It gives more flexibility to the
guild, and allows certain Halli-specific things which require flight to be
pursued.
---[Viynain on 5/13 @ 05:43 writes]:
I support solution 3 moreso than solution 1, though I certainly approve of
either, because with the nature of Hallifax having a substantial Trill
population, these citizens would find no use to another means of flight.
---[Wobou on 5/13 @ 12:57 writes]:
I also support all three solutions.
---[Synkarin on 5/20 @ 18:40 writes]:
1 and 3 sound good to me
---[Tulemrah on 5/25 @ 22:09 writes]:
All solutions supported.