Report 540

Report #540
Skillset: Ecology Skill: Rebirth
 Org: Spiritsingers Status: Completed Feb 2011
Furies' Decision:
"BOND DISMISS FAMILIAR" added to dismiss familiars so one can be rebirthed
again.
Problem: This report aims to address two issues - randomness, and gender
discrimination. Each familiar, when deepbonded via Transmigration, provides an
unique set of bonuses to the Ecologist. However, the familiar gained via Rebirth
is random and also gender-restricted(1 of 3, out of a total 4 for each org).
Thus, it can take multiple attempts, and feverent prayers to the RNG to attain
the familiar one seeks. This is both costly powerwise, poor form RPwise (even
more so to have to change gender to gain access to a familiar), as well forming
an pvp imbalance (female ecologists get +cha instead of DMP, for instance).
Thus, the proposed two-part solution is as follows:
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Allow an additional optional syntax: REBIRTH <animal>
 <choicehere>, that allows the Ecologist to select the
 familiar type (i.e. "REBIRTH <animalkilled> BADGER"
 to get a badger) that would either
 guarantee(preferred) or greatly increase the chances
 of getting that familiar type. This would provide
 better RP (no more slaughtering familiars until the
 one you want is obtained)
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Allow Ecologists of both genders to have access to
 both foxes and vixens if Seren, and both tarantulas
 and widows if Glom. This would provide combat balance
 (via deepbonded bonuses) and remove the disparity
 between male/female Ecologists, by allowing any
 Ecologist access to all four of their organization's
 familiars, regardless of their gender.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Both Solution 1 and Solution 2 is the aim here - they
 have been separated for ease of reading.
Player Comments:
---[Talan on 1/29 @ 09:57 writes]:
Absolutely, both please!
---[Viynain on 1/30 @ 01:50 writes]:
I agree, addressing this issue would be wonderful for Ecology. Both as well,
please.
---[Lehki on 2/1 @ 15:28 writes]:
I have killed more owls in hopes of getting a badger then I can count. Both
please.
---[Xenthos on 2/22 @ 23:38 writes]:
1 & 2. Together. It's so absurd seeing ecologists just killing their 'bonds'
over and over and over again to get what they want, and there's no reason that a
male can't prefer / make a bond with a Black Widow over a tarantula (I'd
personally prefer the widow for RP reasons).