Report 152

Report #152
Skillset: Axelord Skill: Severspine
 Org: Cantors Status: Rejected Mar 2009
Furies' Decision:
We do not believe this to be necessary.
Problem: Axelord severspine is a critical gut affliction delivered only on a
swing, as such, it is rarely seen as swings to that body part it 2-3 other areas
and the lack of afflictions hindering afflictions in between.
Solution #1: Allow severspine to be delivered on a strike as well as a swing
 at critical wounds.
Player Comments:
---[Gregori on 3/14 @ 17:51 writes]:
There are two times I have had to worry about my willpower. 1 when I am bashing
2 when I was making motes. I have never had issues keeping endurance/willpower
up beyond those times and I from what I hear nobody else does either. I am fine
with removing the curing of affs, but like I said it does not need to be made
useless either. It is afterall a "gift from your God". I actually like the
Allheale idea. There is nothing in Lusternia that reduces allheale time and it
would be neat to have a way of doing that.
---[Gregori on 3/14 @ 17:52 writes]:
Dammit, wrong report number!
---[Gregori on 3/14 @ 17:53 writes]:
This is why we need a comment delete option.
---[Xenthos on 3/19 @ 00:21 writes]:
Is this really necessary? Severspine is already a very good aff, and Axelord
seems to be a pretty well-rounded spec (one of the better ones at the moment).
Hm.
---[Nydekion on 3/19 @ 01:31 writes]:
Yes, it is a necessary change. If you take a look at the afflictions that
axelords receive, you'll notice that the spec is severely limited in
chest/gut/arm afflictions, its main saving grace has been knockdown. However, it
is a simple manner to just focus either parry or stance on the legs, negating
much of an axelord's combat potential. You'll also notice that changes to
Green/Gedulah have made it so a hard lock using this aff is no longer possible.
In addition, nekotai get this affliction at level 4 momentum, along with slit
throat, and from what is seen thus far, it has not been excessive.
---[Nejii on 3/20 @ 02:35 writes]:
Wait, what? "It has not been excessive" is not what I'm hearing from every
single other angle.
---[Nydekion on 3/24 @ 20:42 writes]:
Where's the change to it then? There hasn't been a single move on that I can see
on the wiki, reports, or the forum to address the fact that a nekotai can
potentially lock with sever spine and slit throat in a single combo (which is
far and beyond what an axelord can accomplish in the first place). Besides, the
only suggestion made here to to put the affliction on a strike as well as a
swing. Parrying or stancing the gut/lower is still 100% as effective as before,
it just allows an axelord a reasonable chance of actually delivering the
affliction instead of hitting legs all the time. As it stands right now, execute
is more reliable than sticking this affliction for an axelord.
---[Xenthos on 3/24 @ 22:18 writes]:
The guild-specific Monk ideas are waiting for Charune to put up the comments on
the Kata report. Kata report gets comments, we do the guild specific ones based
on the changes he tells us are going in, we submit those, and everything is
changed in one big go.