Report 1726

Report #1726
Skillset: Aquamancy Skill: Currents
 Org: Celest Status: Rejected Jun 2017
Furies' Decision:
No. May be looked at in October however.
Problem: Aquamancy currents is extremely strong in group settings. Arguably
moreso than any other meld effect.
[A: 9 R: 3] Solution #1: Currents no longer procs on a timer. Instead it works
 as currently, but has a chance to proc on each
 movement within the demesne. I.E. each time you
 attempt to move a room, currents has a % chance to
 move you towards the demesne center. This might
 leave you in the same room if you are attempting to
 swim away from the center.
[A: 7 R: 5] Solution #2: In addition to solution 1, currents only has a chance
 to proc on swimming movement. (A stronger nerf,
 albeit flavorful)
[A: 0 R: 9] Solution #3: Disallow embedding rad into aquamelds. It's not very
 flavorful, but it would bring aquamelds more into
 line with radmelds of other mages. It's a sort of
 asymmetrical balance.
Player Comments:
---[Ciaran on 6/12 @ 17:36 sets as pending]
---[Aeldra on 6/12 @ 18:50 writes]:
I'd support both solution and and solution 1+2. I am not really a fan of
solution 3, but if that's what it needs to be, so be it. solution 1 and 2 highly
preferred.
---[Ciaran on 6/12 @ 19:33 writes]:
Indeed, sol1 and 2 are the preferred solutions here.
---[Shedrin on 6/12 @ 22:56 writes]:
This makes it a lot like Rainbowclouds/Ashfall, which aren't that strong, but
have an occasional impact. Though it'd be a bit more combined with forced
swimming (and whirlpool?) I don't think Solution 3 is necessary, or rather, I
think we should either do it for all melds or none.
---[Shedrin on 6/12 @ 23:48 writes]:
Forgot to say, supported for 1/2.
---[Wobou on 6/13 @ 02:35 writes]:
I agree with Shedrin, I think rad-mesne is fairly annoying across the board so I
wouldn't want to make a specific exclusion for just aquamelds. Solution 1+2
sounds good to me.
---[Tarken on 6/13 @ 13:04 writes]:
Agree, solutions 1/2. Solution3 should be all melds or no melds.
---[Crek on 6/13 @ 19:11 writes]:
Support solution 1 and especially 2. Remove fused rad entirely from all demesne
types.
---[Falaeron on 6/14 @ 04:00 writes]:
I kind of think that we need currents to be strong for the aquameld. With either
solutions 1 or 2 I think we'll see aquameld becoming significantly weaker than
the other mage melds. If the problem is that rad is simply too good, then we
should look at targeting that instead. I prefer sol 3 but for all melds.
---[Veyils on 6/14 @ 09:55 writes]:
I'm agreeing with the majority consensus here from the comments. I think
solution 1 will be fine on its own. Solution three to apply to all melds for
obvious already stated reasons. Solution 2 is maybe not needed. Solution 1 is
definatly needed though.