Report 70

Report #70
Skillset: Druidry Skill: Treelife
 Org: Ur'Guard Status: Completed Oct 2008
Furies' Decision:
We'll swap Treelife for Swarm.
Problem: Treelife is unbalanced in group combat because it can dissolve a group
anywhere in the druid demesne without the druid even having to take active
action against you, and nothing can be done about it short of outright breaking
the demesne (climbing up is not an altogether viable option because then the
group is dissolved by wind and, if the druid is on the ball, treebane). If
you're not convinced yet, I qualify this as a problem because, if you look at
non-druid (mage) demesnes, the only demesne effect that directly breaks up
groups is aquamancer currents, and that has a simple and effective counter in
the form of protection scrolls. Overall, there simply is no where near as much
challenge of keeping a group together in a mage demesne as there is in a druid
demesne
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Make protection scrolls block treelife instead of
 pollen. This would create a counter for treelife in
 group combat while having negligable effect for
 druids in 1v1
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Make protection scrolls block treelife instead of
 spores. Same reasoning as solution 1
Player Comments:
---[Xiel on 10/25 @ 21:48 writes]:
In regards to the problem of Treelife completely hindering group dynamics, it
would be negotiable to see that Treelife would be stopped by Protection, but
instead of Spores or Pollen (both of which do very little in compensation to
being unblocked by Protection in comparison to Geomancy Lodestone or Aquamancy
Jellies, both of which stun and hinder group dynamics more effectively than
either asthma (Pollen) or dementia(spores) would do), I'd suggest that Swarm be
instead the one no longer being blocked by Protection in exchange for Treelife.
---[Nyir on 10/25 @ 21:51 writes]:
I think Xiel's comment is groovy. That would be a fair exchange for having
Treelife blocked by protection.
---[Ceren on 10/26 @ 06:08 writes]:
Can't change it now, but Charune, consider swarm an option as well
---[Shuyin on 10/26 @ 23:14 writes]:
I'd vote for the swarm option as well. Giggity
---[Gregori on 11/4 @ 05:53 writes]:
I would just like to point out that unlike mages. Druids are -forced- by the
mechanics of their skills to fight in 2 elevations. Blocking treelife completely
negates the danger to a group in that regard and the life span of a druid trying
to go into a group and dissolve people so Treelife will hit is < 4 seconds