Report 577

Report #577
Skillset: Tarot Skill: Catacombs
 Org: Nihilists Status: Completed Mar 2011
Furies' Decision:
Solution 2
Problem: Currently the Catacombs Tarot allows a one time teleport to all
Villages save for the four newest ones - Ptoma, Ixthiaxa, Rikenfriez, and
Talthos.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change the Catacombs Tarot to allow access to all
 four of the newer villages.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Add Rikenfriez and Talthos to the available list
 given that both are on the same 'continent'
Player Comments:
---[Senna on 3/4 @ 04:02 writes]:
Solution 1 would be awesome, if not that, solution 2! I'm assuming this would
effect the catacombs map from the Death domoth major blessing too?
---[Raeri on 3/4 @ 04:36 writes]:
Solution 2. Undecided about the UV villages - Are you able to use the map from
the UV currently?
---[Thalkros on 3/4 @ 05:29 writes]:
Sure, I don't see why not @Senna and No you cannot @Raeri
---[Inagin on 3/4 @ 05:55 writes]:
This is not Twitter @Thalkros. I like either solution.
---[Iytha on 3/4 @ 23:55 writes]:
I see no reason not to include the include the UV villages. Solution 1.
---[Solanis on 3/5 @ 03:19 writes]:
Solution 1 sounds good. Death domoth major blessing would also reflect the
changes as it is the same map.
---[Iasmos on 3/5 @ 15:38 writes]:
I vote for Solution 2, keeping it same-continent.
---[Nydekion on 3/8 @ 04:03 writes]:
Sure, solution 1 sounds fine for both a catacombs tarot and death domoth map.
---[Talan on 3/8 @ 17:34 writes]:
Can you currently use the skill to travel from the UV to prime? If so, solution
1... otherwise keep it same continent only, solution 2.
---[Destridas on 3/8 @ 18:23 writes]:
Solution #2 would work unless they also change it to work while in UV which it
currently does not, in which case Solution #1
---[Veyrzhul on 3/8 @ 21:38 writes]:
Balance-wise, I have no problem with the first solution. If there are strict rp
reasons for it not to extend to any or all of the new villages, then it could be
adjusted accordlingly (or, in the extreme case, left as is, preferrably with an
explanation).
---[Viynain on 3/9 @ 00:05 writes]:
I've no problems with either solutions.
---[Xenthos on 3/15 @ 02:47 writes]:
At least add Rikenfriez / Talthos to it as they're relatively easy for everyone
to get to (no more difficult than the others). I can see leaving Ptoma /
Ixthiaxa out for balance reasons, AND the fact that the villages themselves are
very new in historical terms and should not really be included for RP reasons
(no way for there to be a catacomb connection to them).
---[Iytha on 3/15 @ 06:30 writes]:
Seeing as both of the new villages have obelisks which, in turn, connect with
the Catacombs and that Urlach quite clearly had some sort of involvement with
the Undervault (seeing as his throne is there, and his base in Shallach has a
passage down to the UV), there's no exisiting RP justification as to why
catacombs wouldn't extend down there. The fact that catacombs don't work in the
UV is interesting, and perhaps something to revise, but even if catacombs could
only send you one way to the UV and you were expecte to teleport out, that's
hardly a major balance issue. There's no real reason why the incumbent should
get a special advantage in Ptoma and Ixthiaxa and not in the mountain villages.
---[Xenthos on 3/15 @ 23:38 writes]:
Do those obelisks actually connect to the Catacombs? I don't recall there being
village connections in the Catacombs for them.
---[Iytha on 3/18 @ 09:04 writes]:
I've never actually bothered to check. Feel free to go look and report back,
though.
---[Xenthos on 3/19 @ 00:09 writes]:
Pretty sure they don't, that was the gist of my reasoning in that statement!
I've not seen any new gatekeepers there when I've been wandering around at
least.
---[Nydekion on 3/20 @ 07:27 writes]:
I wouldn't mind having the new villages connect in the Catacombs as well. It's
not unusual for older areas to take some time to update with newer material so
it shouldn't be a major factor in this skill suggestion either.