Report 1459

Report #1459
Skillset: Psychometabolism Skill: ForcedSymmetry
 Org: Nekotai Status: Completed Mar 2016
Furies' Decision:
Solution 1.
Problem: ForcedSymmetry was one of the best balanced abilities in Psymet due to
its unique mix of pros-and-cons in risk management of wounds. Its greatest
advantage was in effectively halving wound damage on limbs, rendering a large
swathe of burst orientated warrior strategies (*and some cheesy tactics)
useless. At the same time, because it moved the other half of the wounds to the
mirrored limb, and due to the way old wounds curing worked, its usage was a very
high-risk choice for the psymet, as it could easily enable more devastating
wound-building strategies by allowing them to hit multiple limbs at once. All of
these are now gone, though, due to the physical overhaul (can't halve a 1-wound
attack) - this report would ideally like to maintain that kind of risk-reward
balance of the old ability, either by re-creating a similar mechanic, or by
innovating a new imagining of the ability. All suggestions are welcome.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change ForcedSymmetry's effect to the following:
 Every 10s, it will "tick", combining wounds in both
 arms, and then spreading it out equally to the other
 arm. Also do the same step for legs. Extra wounds due
 to odd numbers are given to the left limb. Example:
 left arm is 5 wounds, right arm is 18 wounds.
 ForcedSymmetry ticks, left arm is now 12 wounds,
 right arm is 11. Example 2: left arm is 6 wounds,
 right arm is undamaged. The tick happens, and now
 both arms are 3 wounds.
Player Comments:
---[Raeri on 2/23 @ 03:16 writes]:
Supported. Could potentially also just spread equally and round down as a perk
for psymet.
---[Lerad on 2/23 @ 11:34 writes]:
That won't work for one-handers, who would get their 1 wound attacks rounded
down to nothing. If you have other ideas or suggestions, feel free to continue
suggesting
---[Tredian on 2/24 @ 07:21 writes]:
Sure, not sure why left arm though. If its odd, the greater end-wound after tic
should be where there was greater pre-wound. Although if that doesn't matter,
Support Solution 1.
---[Lerad on 2/25 @ 04:09 writes]:
Just for convenience and ease of coding sake. Other suggestions welcome, please!
---[Wobou on 2/26 @ 05:49 writes]:
Looks good to me.
---[Shuyin on 3/1 @ 01:30 writes]:
Sure