Report 555

Report #555
Skillset: Aeonics Skill: TimelessBody
 Org: Sentinels Status: Completed Oct 2011
Furies' Decision:
We will look at implementing solution 1.
Problem: Timelessbody is a defence which has a 25% chance to stop the following
subset of physical afflictions: weakness, mangledtongue, rigor mortis,
dislocatedlimb, gashedcheek, puncturedlung, slicedear, and slicedlimb. It
suffers from having an overlapping effect with Futureglimpse and the rarity of
some of the physical afflictions it fires on - weakness (given through the
rarely used mellitin poison), and mangled tongue (a Shofangi only affliction and
near ignorable to non-bards) - resulting in a situation where it has long been
misunderstood, and is very rarely triggered. Altering the list of afflictions
which trigger timelessbody by replacing weakness and mangled tongue with a more
common affliction will improve its use.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: In keeping with physical afflictions, replace
 weakness and mangledtongue with piercedlimb.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: As above, and have it provide the user with some
 physical DMP.
Player Comments:
---[Ushaara on 10/5 @ 01:32 writes]:
For reference, the AB for Timelessbody reads - "By tempering your body with the
time field around you, you can provide some protection against some physical
ailments." This suggested the second potential solution of providing some
physical DMP to Aeonicists.
---[Enyalida on 10/6 @ 19:15 writes]:
Is there a chance to fail when it blocks an affliction? If so, what is it?
---[Ushaara on 10/8 @ 22:10 writes]:
No, timelessbody stays up till death/logout.
---[Shuyin on 10/9 @ 03:05 writes]:
Solution 1 is fine
---[Raeri on 10/10 @ 09:45 writes]:
Support for Solution 1.
---[Morbo on 10/15 @ 20:53 writes]:
Solution 1 seems fine
---[Shedrin on 10/15 @ 21:03 writes]:
Solution 1.
---[Xenthos on 10/15 @ 22:55 writes]:
The reasoning for the DMP in solution 2 is that "Sentinels do not have access to
DMP if they take Rituals," but I would like to comment that neither do Crow
Ebonguard or Stag Serenguard. Solution 1 seems acceptable.
---[Enyalida on 10/20 @ 05:06 writes]:
We get DMP in Stag and Crow, just not physical dmp. Stag gets a bunch of Cold
dmp (wooooo), and Crow gets Poison dmp of the same amount, that mysteriously
vanishes when they turn on Crowform, in exchange for flying regen (wooooo).
---[Xenthos on 10/23 @ 16:10 writes]:
I don't count DMP to one (rarer) damage type in the same vein as DMP to
everything. However, for the sake of clarity I must point out that Cloak's DMP
does not vanish in Crowform-- what the AB means is that when you use Crowform &
Cloak you don't get the poison resist twice. You have to have a cloak for the
resists.