Report 405

Report #405
Skillset: Skill: Angelfont
 Org: Paladins Status: Completed Aug 2010
Furies' Decision:
Decay time doubled and phial equilibrium lessened.
Problem: The abilities granted by the Angelfont, while seemingly reasonable in
theory, ends up being very limited in practice making it one of the least useful
organizational constructs. Currently, the phial costs 10 power and decays in 10
months. Those with the phial count as a Sacraments user for the purpose of
Sacraments Honour regeneration but do not gain the regeneration themselves if
they do not possess the skillset or ability. In addition, sipping the phial
grants the user 60 seconds worth of additional unmasked afflictions from a very
small set, which hit a single target once every 10 seconds only triggered off
direct damage, and costs 3 seconds of equilibrium to activate.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change the phial to grant the Sacraments Honour
 regeneration defense through the syntax: TOUCH PHIAL.
 In addition, grant Sacraments users 5 DMP to all
 damage types upon raising the Honour defense if in
 the possession of a phial.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: In addition to Solution 1, change SIP PHIAL to the
 following: Instead of a 60 second duration, make it a
 temporary defense that fires once on the next direct
 damage attack. Remove the initial equilibrium cost
 entirely and allow 6 sips per game day.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: In addition to Solutions 1 and 2, increase the decay
 time of the phial to 50 months.
Player Comments:
---[Inagin on 8/2 @ 00:14 writes]:
Also, I'm not sure whether the lack of SPRINKLE PHIAL PSI is intentionally not a
function of SPRINKLE PHIAL or not. I was somewhat surprised, considering
Psionics' Shatter has a faster balance recovery time.
---[Fillin on 8/16 @ 19:46 writes]:
Should have just went with solution 3 without the "in addition"s. The rest I
feel is unnecessary, if not overpowered, given the rest of the font's benefits.
Though, I could be misunderstanding your solution 2; if someone damages you, you
get 60 seconds of afflicting with your own damage, 6 times a day?
---[Fillin on 8/17 @ 05:30 writes]:
Yep, I did misunderstood. Solution 2 means sipping the phial gives you one shot
of delivering an affliction when the phial user does damage. I approve of that
one and solution 3. Don't think solution 1 is necessary though; all city members
being able to benefit from honour is quite a boon as is, imo
---[Inagin on 8/17 @ 20:41 writes]:
Fillin, I assume you disagree with the 5 DMP portion of Solution 1? I would just
like to point out that the Blackcrypt does the same for liches (and 10 DMP for
cold damage). I didn't think it would be a big deal for ONLY Sacraments users
but if it is felt to be unbalancing, I do not mind removing that suggestion from
Solution #1. However, I think you have misunderstood the Honour regeneration
benefits of the Angelfont. I'll explain it in the next comment.
---[Inagin on 8/17 @ 21:20 writes]:
Okay, this is how the Angelfont currently works. If you're a user of Sacraments
and someone with a phial is in the same room as you, you will incur the
regeneration benefits per the ability Honour in Sacraments. If you're NOT a
Sacraments user (most citizens of Celest), you get no regeneration at all, even
if you are in the presence of a Sacraments user who has the Honour defense up.
Whether this is a bug or not, I do not know. My Solution #1 is to give the
Honour defense to everyone who has a phial, raisable through TOUCH PHIAL (so all
phial users can benefit from the regeneration).
---[Fillin on 8/18 @ 00:01 writes]:
If you have say, 3 sacraments users with honour up and 5 other people, and those
5 other people are in on the lvl 3 regen, I'm completely fine with that. That's
how I thought it already worked; apparently not! The way you worded it, it
sounds like you also want 3 non-sacraments users to also get lvl 3 regen for
being together, which I disagree with.