Report 1175

Report #1175
Skillset: Skill: Beastpowers
 Org: Shadowdancers Status: Completed May 2013
Furies' Decision:
Solution 1.
Problem: The various beast powers available to Ascendants are notably lacking
compared to other available powers. They require a very large essence investment
as well as consume a large portion of available weight. The issue is they last
only an hour once an IG month for very small boosts. For instance
peacefulcompanion gives a 300 mana/ego drain and peace affliction on beast
balance for 12 million essence and 25 weight, yet only lasts for an hour and for
a small benefit.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Make all ascendant beast powers permanent
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Also include demigod beastaura.
Player Comments:
---[Veyrzhul on 5/3 @ 16:38 writes]:
Solution 1 supported. I've always felt the 1h/day restriction made the powers
rather unwieldy (this includes the newer demigod power BeastAura). I believe it
is better to make all of them permament and then take care of imbalances from
there.
---[Rivius on 5/3 @ 19:24 writes]:
Agreed and supported.
---[Vivet on 5/3 @ 22:34 writes]:
Sure, sounds fine.
---[Shuyin on 5/4 @ 02:31 writes]:
Yeah sure
---[Enyalida on 5/4 @ 05:01 writes]:
Solution 2, supported.
---[Dynami on 5/7 @ 18:23 writes]:
Solution 1 supported
---[Llandros on 5/8 @ 16:41 writes]:
Sure
---[Viynain on 5/13 @ 06:06 writes]:
I agree with both proposals and would like to suggest a consideration be made.
In light of the recent changelog and the beast-centric focus of this report, I'd
like to make MinorBreath not consume beast mana when used on a denizen or
drastically lower the current 500 cost to 5 on denizens (like Destruction's cost
fluctuating depending on targets). Even with a high-mana beast, 500 per shot
means extended bashing ventures would quickly use up a beast's reserves,
requiring either a beast change (unwieldy) or a cycling of beast empath (more
unwieldy and added coding).
---[Llandros on 5/14 @ 15:37 writes]:
I agree with Viynain, having a hunting beast with lots of different damage type
attacks would be pretty sweet.
---[Wobou on 5/15 @ 00:52 writes]:
I support both solutions.
---[Wobou on 5/17 @ 14:27 writes]:
It's been pointed out to me that one of the differences between ascendant beast
powers and others is a lack of mana cost. Perhaps a small mana cost should be
added, I wouldn't want it too large since the (in my case) 12 million essence
and 25 weight I spent should mean something.
---[Rivius on 5/17 @ 21:30 writes]:
SanctityOfLife costs 500 beast mana. Are the others costless? I think that cost
is pretty reasonable all around.
---[Synkarin on 5/20 @ 18:48 writes]:
Supported, both the report and Viynain's idea.