Report 667

Report #667
Skillset: Starhymn Skill: CrusaderCanto
 Org: Cantors Status: Completed Sept 2011
Furies' Decision:
We will increase the damage.
Problem: Right now, this ability is almost completely useless. It deals,
according to my testing on an enemy with no defenses or racial resistances, 95
damage at 1 level, 203 damage at 2 levels, and 295 damage at 3 levels of holy
fire, and takes ten seconds to raise each level. Furthermore, to make use of
this ability, we have to trigger it by dealing damage to the target, which
sometimes means halting our offense just for the purpose of dealing a tiny bit
of extra damage. The scaling of the damage on each level also doesn't
incentivise storing up a full three levels before discharging it rather than
just discharging it at level 1 each time, and changing that would make it
something that has to be used more intelligently, rather than just a "fire and
forget" approach.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change damage to 95 at level one, 240 at level two,
 and 470 at level three. Additionally, allow it to
 discharge against denizens to help with bashing.
 Optionally, also make it that when a Cantor has
 stored up the full three levels, give them a 33%
 chance to resist phobia-related afflictions
 (agoraphobia, vestiphobia, claustrophobia,
 hypochondria, omniphobia, and fear) in line with the
 'valor and courage' theme of Methrenton. This would
 make it a choice to either leave the defense up or
 discharge it for an offensive effect.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Keep damage as it is, but change it to deliver one
 affliction of increasing severity per level -
 sunallergy at level 1, ablaze at level 2, and
 epilepsy at level 3. Optionally, also make it that
 when a Cantor has stored up the full three levels,
 give them a 33% chance to resist phobia-related
 afflictions (agoraphobia, vestiphobia,
 claustrophobia, hypochondria, omniphobia, and fear)
 in line with the 'valor and courage' theme of
 Methrenton. This would make it a choice to either
 leave the defense up or discharge it for an offensive
 effect.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Scrap the whole levels of holy fire thing entirely
 and just make having the effect imbued deal 200ish
 damage (50% Divinus, 50% Fire) to all undeaf enemies
 in the room every ten seconds. Alternatively,
 increase the damage and make it so that only one
 CrusaderCanto in a room can take effect at a single
 time.
Player Comments:
---[Senna on 8/27 @ 05:46 writes]:
The main problem here is that we don't even have anything to imbue in the place
of this ability. Since attempts at getting us new imbuable powers haven't really
gone anywhere, we're forced to work on improving the abilities we do have.
---[Asmodea on 8/29 @ 13:45 writes]:
Another option could be to add a syntax for Cantors to make it an active release
of damage. PLAY MINORSECOND CRUSADERCANTO <target> or something to that effect
which would allow them to choose when to discharge the extra damage.
---[Raeri on 8/30 @ 12:50 writes]:
Or add a balanceless syntax to activate the charge, letting it proc on the next
bit of damage dealt?
---[Senna on 8/31 @ 04:24 writes]:
If it's being changed to an active release of damage, it'd be preferable to just
add a syntax to release the holy fire as its own attack that requires but does
not consume balance. The solutions up above are already a little bloated, so:
---[Senna on 8/31 @ 04:24 writes]:
Solution #4: Solutions 1 or 2, but also change it to an active release through
STARSONG CRUSADERCANTO <target> or some similar syntax rather than a triggered
release on any damage-dealing ability (as it currently is). This would require
but not consume balance/equilbirium.
---[Asmodea on 9/1 @ 06:36 writes]:
Yes, making it require but not consume balance is a better option which I am
happy with.
---[Talan on 9/20 @ 16:24 writes]:
I do not think any more afflictions are necessary. Does this not trigger when
the aurics/angel hits the target?
---[Senna on 9/20 @ 21:08 writes]:
CrusaderCanto only triggers on damage, whether it's minorsecond, newbie
punching, or even the passive damage from Rainbowpattern. If you don't think
more afflictions are necessary, I'm assuming you're saying no to solution 2, but
do you have any problems with solutions 1 or 3? (or 4?).