Report 381

Report #381
Skillset: Glamours Skill: Fireworks
 Org: Cantors Status: Rejected Aug 2010
Furies' Decision:
We do not find this to be necessary.
Problem: Currently fireworks sees zero use within combat due to its power cost.
Currently the only affects of fireworks is that it sets enemies ablaze.
Forestsmudge in ecology costs zero power, does base damage, and sets enemies
ablaze.
Solution #1: Easiest way for me to explain this suggestion is to have
 fireworks work like holocaust bombs in other realms. Where it has
 a set timer and does damage to everyone present in the room, and
 have the damage type be psychic instead of fire.
Solution #2: Lower powercost of fireworks to 3 power and have it remove
 sixthsense of all enemies within the room. To increase the
 potential of colourmaelstrom effects.
Player Comments:
---[Kalin on 8/7 @ 20:12 writes]:
Bards most certainly do not need holobomb. The power cost as far as I am
concerned is right where it chould be to eliminate the less desirable people
spamming an already spammy skill
---[Kalin on 8/7 @ 20:18 writes]:
To further my comment There is a reason it sees zero use in combat - it is not
supposed to. Right in the AB it clearly states "Though not of any value beyond
the aesthetic"
---[Jayden on 8/9 @ 06:56 writes]:
Have you seen the skill sparkles in Illusions which mages and glamours have the
ability to illusion. It was more spammy than fireworks. While the help file says
it is purely asthetic, that is the whole purpose of the envoy process so that
skills might get changed no? Someone who decides to take up ecology can set
people ablaze and do base damage with the same amount of "spam" as fireworks and
it costs ZERO power.
---[Lehki on 8/9 @ 16:06 writes]:
Those abilities are different from fireworks, in that they're not visible
throughout an entire area. This is an unnecessary change
---[Inagin on 8/14 @ 09:14 writes]:
Can keep the ability the same but lower power cost to like... 5?
---[Fillin on 8/16 @ 19:36 writes]:
Abilities that hit everyone are awkward because of the declare system. Only one
I know of is Crow squall, and honestly I'm not sure how that behaves on prime.