Report 138

Report #138
Skillset: Shadowbeat Skill: Nightfade
 Org: Harbingers Status: Rejected Feb 2009
Furies' Decision:
Penumbra provides both a charisma bonus and level 2 racial regeneration, so we
do not see a need for this.
Problem: Glomdoring has no way to give ego to allies. This puts us at a strong
disadvantage during revolt situations.
Solution #1: Nightfade, when imbued and active, would also give ego to allies
 and the bard. Following its current mechanic, the amount given
 will be more during nighttime. Only the ego-boosting effect of
 the skill would tick during peaced revolts or in sanctuary.
Player Comments:
---[Synl on 2/18 @ 18:52 writes]:
Give ego as in regeneration or add on to maximum ego?
---[Sadhyra on 2/19 @ 15:34 writes]:
Sorry for the vagueness. By giving ego, I mean regenerates
---[Synl on 2/21 @ 02:33 writes]:
Sounds good to me, then
---[Sadhyra on 2/21 @ 14:24 writes]:
Suppose I shouldn't have finalized - to clarify, from the messages I've gotten,
the skill would give regeneration to ego, overall on par with the other bardic
ego regeneration imbues. During night, that regeneration speed/strength would be
boosted. However, if people think a chunk of ego restoration given when the song
ticks would be better, I'm fine with that as well
---[Shuyin on 2/24 @ 07:35 writes]:
Doesn't penumbra already do this?
---[Xiel on 2/25 @ 00:59 writes]:
I believe that Prenumbra gives a weighted charisma boost as well as a level of
ego regeneration, so some clarification from those with access to Prenumbra
(read that as all of Glomdoring) would be appreciated before more thoughts
towards this proposition are made.
---[Sadhyra on 2/25 @ 03:36 writes]:
I've tested and Penumbra already gives ego regeneration, however it requires
power to put up and it seems to be the lowest level of regen, which puts
Glomdoring still at a disadvantage compared to other orgs. To be honest, a
targettable option of burst ego sharing would be most ideal, but I'm at a loss
for how to integrate that well. NightFade changes seem to meld well with how the
skill already works, without adding an awkward or overpowered addition
---[Sadhyra on 2/25 @ 16:42 writes]:
Ok, tested some more. This is what I'm seeing: Without beauty enchant, just
Penumbra gives ego regen. Without Penumbra, beauty enchant gives it's own regen
(obviously). However, with the two together, you get one fast tick of regen
right away (for about 1/5 of normal tick, beauty on me gives 500 every 8ish
seconds), and then standard beauty regen speeds. There might be something buggy
with Penumbra regen (I'm bugging it for review). However, regardless of this,
Glomdoring is still on the backfoot ego-wise compared to other orgs and their
abilities, especially as our current option requires power. Furthermore, I think
Shadowbeat's low stanzas are moderate enough in effect that this addition
wouldn't be anything that would tip any balance. If Penumbra is a concern,
though (provided it's not currently buggy), then I'm absolutely fine with a
check in there saying that the two (Nightfade ego regen and Penumbra regen)
don't stack.
---[Xiel on 2/25 @ 21:50 writes]:
I have to disagree with the comment that "However, regardless of this,
Glomdoring is still on the backfoot ego-wise compared to other orgs and their
abilities, especially as our current option requires power." since I believe
this not to be true at all. I would gladly take a skill that can give a heavier,
weighted amount of statistical charisma to be given to everyone as opposed to
the regeneration given by Light (which is just funky at best), and the envoys
have seen the arguments people had for any propositions to change Light to be
more than what it is right now.