Report 1280

Report #1280
Skillset: Runes Skill: Haegl
 Org: Pyromancers Status: Completed Apr 2015
Furies' Decision:
Approved for solution 1.
Problem: With the affliction Overhaul removing the cloudcoil kill condition of
the Aeromancers, another manakill has been introduced to the game that's already
been saturated with 5 other manakills (toad, absolve, wrack, eternalsleep,
swoop). Mantra Deathtouch as well, but to a far lesser extent. Group manadrains
need to be reconsidered to balance the wider availability of manakills, lest
this devolve group combat to be less dynamic and be who can drain mana the
fastest.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Disable or render ineffective superslung haegls, much
 as Dramaturgy limits repeated effects with Climax. By
 virtue of haegl being stackable, it's currently
 considered the strongest manadrain in the game that's
 too magnified in groups.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Change haegl to instead afflict with Succumb,
 changing Succumb's flavor text to be applicable in
 any situation. This addresses the Overhaul goal of
 negating single-class afflictions by making it more
 widespread.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Cut haegl's manadrain equation exactly in half,
 limiting the drain to the manageable levels of a
 current single haegl sling.
Player Comments:
---[Vivet on 4/11 @ 02:59 writes]:
Solution 1
---[Shuyin on 4/11 @ 04:10 writes]:
Solution 1 or 3
---[Lerad on 4/11 @ 17:10 writes]:
Solution 1
---[Raeri on 4/11 @ 23:02 writes]:
Maybe make the second haegl on a doublesling to apply succumb rather than drain?
You know, so we don't have embeddable demesne succumb. That said, I feel
Solution 1's parallel is better drawn with not being able to subtext catharsis
in normal scenes, rather than climax.
---[Maligorn on 4/15 @ 17:09 writes]:
Succumb-mesne doesn't sound too imbalancing to me. Go for 1 or 2.
---[Shuyin on 4/15 @ 17:59 writes]:
Nah no thanks to meld succumb
---[Kaimanahi on 4/17 @ 17:37 writes]:
Support solution 1
---[Llandros on 4/19 @ 03:57 writes]:
Solution 1
---[Kierstin on 4/20 @ 13:51 writes]:
Support Solution 1
---[Enyalida on 4/20 @ 22:37 writes]:
Solution 1.
---[Elanorwen on 4/27 @ 19:17 writes]:
Solution 1 seems good. I'd add a caveat to change this for chem/woods with fused
double haegls.
---[Yarith on 4/28 @ 08:39 writes]:
Solution 1 or 3.