Report 423

Report #423
Skillset: Necroscream Skill: Encore
 Org: Cacophony Status: Completed Jul 2010
Furies' Decision:
Lowered to 3p.
Problem: In its current form, Encore is useless. It costs five power to use, and
the only time a bard will need to raise a song quickly is in the middle of
combat, it probably having been ended by another bard. The power cost is
excessive, especially given the situation.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Decrease the power cost of Encore to 3 power and make
 it so that it is a defense that stays dormant until
 you choose to activate it.
Player Comments:
---[Viynain on 7/10 @ 07:12 writes]:
No problem with decreasing the cost, though I don't understand the latter part
of the proposition. As it stands, it's something you start and you get your
songs up until it fades. You're proposing it become a def you'll start at 3p and
initiate for free at a later time?
---[Estwald on 7/10 @ 16:36 writes]:
Yeah, so that we aren't forced to use it in the middle of a fight, since that's
part of the problem.
---[Xenthos on 7/11 @ 03:48 writes]:
I support removing the requirement that the target be bleeding, to make this
function like other room-effect skills. I'm not so sure about giving it a
chance for more than one affliction if the target is bleeding on the tick-- it
might be all right, but I'm wary about going just a bit too far with this skill
since it can passively give slickness.
---[Eamon on 7/12 @ 06:01 writes]:
I don't know that it needs to be made a defense. The situation you describe
sounds similar to a druid/mage having to cast regrowth/flashflood/etc (which is
8p) to get back their effects after another druid/mage has broken their demesne.
Albeit regrowth et al is an instant restoration of all effect, so I can see
reducing the power cost of Encore since you still need the time to replay your
song.
---[Talan on 7/15 @ 01:42 writes]:
This would be a welcome addition. You could even go a step further and, keeping
it at 5p, in one action bring yourself up to the stanza of your choice. Either
way the skill could use some improvement... it's not really worth using as is.
---[Raeri on 7/18 @ 01:10 writes]:
Would be very helpful, and perhaps see Encore get used. Solution 1, or Talan's
idea above. Or both.