Report 140

Report #140
Skillset: Elementalism Skill: Cleanse
 Org: Aquamancers Status: Completed Feb 2009
Furies' Decision:
We will implement a variant of solution 2.
Problem: Due to the extreme equilibrium (6 seconds) of Super psi balance,
slitlocks/ectoplasm/gunk/etc are all nearly impossible to deal with if you
maintain an offense. One can be ecto'd and crucified inside of six seconds,
slitlocked and tendoned, windpiped and knocked down with calcise; etc all before
super comes back, creating constant green/gedulah or die situations even 1 v 1
for any mage who dares to use the super channel.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Allow elementalism cleanse to be cast while off psi
 balance, at the normal cost of 4s. Do not allow
 rubbing of the enchantment still.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Create a substratus skill in Psionics base that
 purges the body of one cleanse cure at a time.
Player Comments:
---[Ceren on 2/12 @ 01:36 writes]:
There is a similar problem with rejecting lust and Super balance, but one thing
at a time I suppose
---[Nydekion on 2/12 @ 10:05 writes]:
Solution 1 sounds good, solution 2 is a bit iffy as there are states that would
prevent a normal cleanse from occurring but would allow psionic skills to be
used.
---[Nejii on 2/14 @ 02:52 writes]:
Solution 2 also allows TPs to attack while cleansing with mindblast and
whatever.
---[Shuyin on 2/14 @ 07:30 writes]:
1 is fine by me
---[Xiel on 2/15 @ 03:12 writes]:
Sure. Go one go.
---[Synl on 2/16 @ 22:21 writes]:
1 is fine by me
---[Steingrim on 2/24 @ 09:30 writes]:
Solution 1 doesn't help psionic users who are not elementalists. Solution 2
would do that. Solution 2 better addresses the problem.
---[Lanfayr on 2/24 @ 13:31 writes]:
1 seems fine. The only psionics users who don't have elementalism are monks,
whose main offense is not psionics/psymet.
---[Ceren on 2/24 @ 15:17 writes]:
Right, and there are precious few situations where a psymet user would have to
cleanse off balance anyway (only one I can think of right now is CellMetabolism,
and they never use that because they have their channels locked). Also, as
Nydekion pointed out, Solution 2 would be a pretty big nerf to slitlock, sap,
and ectoplasm.
---[Gregori on 2/25 @ 16:09 writes]:
1 works