Report 760

Report #760
Skillset: Wicca Skill: Broom
 Org: Moondancers Status: Completed Jan 2012
Furies' Decision:
While we don't see much point with Solution 1 (drop broom;mount broom is
extremely simple), we will investigate implementing mounting a broom from the
inventory. We will also investigate calling brooms similar to whistling beasts
(range restrictions and delay).
Problem: The Wiccan Broom currently requires 4 different commands in order for
it to function. Three of which consumes equilibrium or balance. Although Report
641 adds greater practicality to the skill, there are still issues when applying
it to the primary purpose it was deisgned for - flying, especially compared to
other abilities which enable flight. This is especially the case with forced
movement where a user will be forced to go through the lengthy process of
calling, dropping, and mounting in order to be able to use it again.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Remove the requirement to drop the Wiccan broom in
 order to mount it, ie, make the broom directly
 mountable from the inventory.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: In addition to Solution 1 combine MOUNT BROOM and
 SPUR BROOM SKYWARDS into one command, this will place
 it in line with other Flight abilities
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Allow brooms to be recalled to your inventory at no
 balance/equilibrium
Player Comments:
---[Sidd on 1/12 @ 19:01 writes]:
Solution 1 is easily bypassed with some simple scripting, mounting/flying works
in a similar fashion with beasts as well, I'd like to see them get grouped into
this as well if it goes through
---[Enyalida on 1/13 @ 19:27 writes]:
Solution 2 seems a-ok. I don't think beasts need to be upgraded with a similar
change because of vault and their (beasts) greater avalibility.
---[Sivas on 1/15 @ 23:06 writes]:
As Enyalida said, Brooms aren't really beasts (beasts can follow etc.). The
flight abilities I was looking at were the guild specific ones - such as
Windwalk and AngelWings. These don't have the complications of broom, but allows
flight just as well.
---[Iytha on 1/15 @ 23:19 writes]:
All of the various guardian wings require a one-time balance cost to enable the
ability and then 6s to actually start flying. Brooms require 3s to summon, 0s to
drop, 3s to mount and 3s to spur skywards, for a total of 9s to fly. I recomend
reducing the balance time for all of these abilities to 2s, presurving the
current thematics without making broom-flight randomly slower.
---[Iytha on 1/15 @ 23:26 writes]:
Solution 3 does the same thing, so I supporr that as well.
---[Inagin on 1/15 @ 23:33 writes]:
Solution #3 is more in line with other abilities that have a one-time activation
cost as Iytha mentioned.
---[Neos on 1/26 @ 23:31 writes]:
I'm okay with sol 2 and/or 3.