Report 1114

Report #1114
Skillset: Skill: Snoefaasias
 Org: Blacktalon Status: Completed May 2013
Furies' Decision:
The Snoefaasia is and will remain for now a temporary fae - it will not be made
permanent or longer-lasting. We will reduce its efficacy so that it does not
provide such a contentious place in combat and remains a cute perk like
bluebell/foxglove.
Problem: Snoefaasias last too little time (1 IC year) after the 'bugfix' for the
amount of effort the quest requires (~8 IRL hours) and the benefit they give.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Have snoefaasia be permanent for wiccans after doing
 the frostica quest, only being destroyed when a
 person leaves the wiccan guild associated with their
 fae.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Have snoefaasia last for an RL month with the Wiccan.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Make it similar to the symbol quest of Guardian
 symbols: once the quest has been completed once,
 doing it again is much easier.
Player Comments:
---[Xenthos on 5/9 @ 00:15 writes]:
I really like solution 3. It leaves it as a questable thing that you have to do
(which is the design), but it alleviates a lot of the tedium and frustration
involved for the wiccans. Basically, if you've already done the quest once,
make it so that some of the other parts need fewer components (for example, you
don't need to kill / influence all the snoelorae & eissfaasia, each step would
only take 10 or some more agreeable number on a repeat). Then you could do the
quest in an hour-ish.
---[Rivius on 5/9 @ 12:15 writes]:
I don't see a lot of reason to make them quest for it again. I think solution 1
is fine.
---[Laysus on 5/9 @ 16:40 writes]:
Supporting solution 1
---[Enyalida on 5/9 @ 22:22 writes]:
Any of these are fine. Solution 1 would be easiest and makes plenty of sense.
Solution 3 would also be alright.
---[Ushaara on 5/10 @ 14:00 writes]:
Supported, no particular preference.
---[Thoros on 5/12 @ 23:56 writes]:
What does snoefaasia do? never seen it in play
---[Viynain on 5/13 @ 05:39 writes]:
I quite like solution 3, provided the same idea is given to the
bluebell/foxglove fae as well. It retains the overall quest-based nature of the
boost without necessitating more tedium.
---[Llandros on 5/13 @ 20:09 writes]:
Support 3. @thoros afaik snoefaasias give 5 cold dmp and, for a power cost,
makes snowmen that try to sprawl enemies leaving the room. Bluebell/foxglove
give an influence buff
---[Enyalida on 5/15 @ 16:44 writes]:
Snoefaasia works when you lowmagic winter, that's where the power cost is coming
from. It works like freeze ground, but with a higher chance to fire.
---[Shuyin on 5/16 @ 01:01 writes]:
Solution 1
---[Synkarin on 5/20 @ 18:39 writes]:
Solution 1 seems best to me
---[Tulemrah on 5/21 @ 19:28 writes]:
Solution one supported, the snoefaasia quest is too time consuming for every
wiccan who wants one to do every two weeks. I feel like you would quickly run
into the problem of wiccans without access to a Frosticia bubblix having no
chance to complete the quest, not to mention non-wiccans who just want to do it
for fun/gold/honors line. The bluebell/foxglove quest does not need to be
changed sinec it is a much easier quest. You can do it in an hour or less.