Report 1436

Report #1436
Skillset: Stag Skill: AncestralCurse
 Org: Hartstone Status: Completed Apr 2016
Furies' Decision:
Solution 2.
Problem: The affliction overhaul caused overlap in Ancestral Curse's pool, which
is now impatience, clumsiness, recklessness, addiction, paranoia, paranoia
(again). This report seeks to replace the extraneous paranoia with another
affliction.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Replace the extra paranoia with confusion.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: As Sol.1, with hallucinations.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: As Sol.1, with epilepsy.
Player Comments:
---[Wobou on 4/2 @ 03:38 writes]:
Since this isn't increasing affliction rate these all seem fine. Supported.
---[Xenthos on 4/2 @ 14:57 writes]:
Just a question, but don't all the solutions you're proposing to replace
paranoia with actually provide more hindering (confusion makes any EQ use
longer, hallucinations knock off-eq, epilepsy knocks off-balance)? It seems to
be adding a more hindering affliction to the list than what is being replaced.
---[Shuyin on 4/2 @ 19:52 writes]:
2
---[Enyalida on 4/2 @ 23:16 writes]:
The mental afflictions left off the list/solutions are anorexia, sensitivity,
and stupidity. Having both anorexia and impatience seemed like a bad idea.
Stupidity is a hindering affliction, leaving sensitivity the only option that
isn't a hindering affliction. That can be a solution 4 if you really want it,
but I prefer one of the three options presented.
---[Raeri on 4/3 @ 18:50 writes]:
Impatience shouldn't have any effect anymore with removal of focus, so I would
imagine that it could be replaced with something else too!
---[Enyalida on 4/3 @ 23:54 writes]:
I'd like to see impatience make a return hindering the new focus mechanics!
---[Enyalida on 4/5 @ 01:11 writes]:
It's been confirmed that impatience is going away for sure. I'm going to
slightly amend the problem statement to indicate that two affs should be chosen.
---[Lerad on 4/5 @ 12:01 writes]:
Rather than replace an affliction, if we're running out of appropriate
afflictions, maybe you could consider something like a utility upgrade? Like
smart afflicting (if it doesn't already smart afflict) or maybe something like
dealing low health/mana/ego when it afflicts with something the target already
has (could synergize with aurics?) Otherwise, I'll probably follow Shuyin's
suggestion of supporting solution 2.
---[Tredian on 4/8 @ 12:50 writes]:
Supported any.
---[Synkarin on 4/9 @ 23:14 writes]:
I'm down with solution 2. Additionally impatience should be replaced as well
because focus will be necessary for aeon/sap and nothing should affect the
ability to use those to cure better as you're already giving up things to use
it.
---[Lerad on 4/10 @ 00:48 writes]:
Oh, wait, I just looked at Sidd's comment and realised this is for the STAG
ancestralcurse, not the bard one. Sheesh. Okay, uh, yeah. My suggestion of the
health/mana/ego drain to synergize with aurics was thinking about bards. Sorry.
I agree with Sidd's comment. Sap doesn't need buffs - if it's not going to be
removed/changed at the same time as the focus changes going in, then impatience
shouldn't be a passive part of a druid's offense. Should probably check
blacktalon skills for it as well. I think what you can do, if you're running out
of afflictions, is to keep the pool small (don't add new ones) and have it do a
chunk of damage (~1000 before factoring armour/resists) if the target already
has the affliction it is trying to hit with. Might be worth considering.
---[Enyalida on 4/18 @ 20:08 writes]:
Impatience is going away, as I mentioned in my comment above, so it's a non-
issue. It's worth noting that ancestralcurse costs a whopping 8p for 1-2
afflictions every 10 seconds, so the druid is giving up a big chunk of power and
mobility to make use of this effect. I do think it already smart afflicts. It
may be worthwhile to have a smaller pool and some utility effect and instead
upgrade its utility somehow, so that it sees play outside of a very specific
niche.
---[Selna on 4/18 @ 21:36 writes]:
Supported, solution 2.
---[Rivius on 4/25 @ 11:42 writes]:
Of these, either solution 1 or 2, but not 3. Preference for solution 2.