Report 1742

Report #1742
Skillset: Athletics Skill: New
 Org: Gaudiguch Status: Completed Jun 2017
Furies' Decision:
Solutions 1 and 2.
Problem: This is in keeping with the Envoy discussions of how to make Warriors
able to support groups more. It follows the design of increasing surivability of
warriors in order to initiate Group support tank roles. For placeholder name we
will call it 'Aegis Lite'.
[A:11 R: 1] Solution #1: Create a new skill 'Aegis Lite' for 5 power that
 enables the warrior to target a MUTUAL ally and
 transfer all damage from them to the Warrior for 15
 seconds. This allows a Warrior to help save an ally
 under fire and combined with the Numbness changes
 allow for both to possibly survive, or the Warrior to
 sacrifice himself to save the ally by taking the
 damage full on, depending on available power to the
 Warrior. - This is not stackable i.e multiple
 warriors cannot target the same person, nor can it be
 daisy chained.
[A:13 R: 0] Solution #2: As well as Solution 1 if the target or warrior have
 paranoia or are seperated from each other, for more
 than 4 seconds the 'Aegis Lite' (Bulwark) bond breaks.
Player Comments:
---[Danquik on 6/12 @ 17:27 sets as pending]
---[Ciaran on 6/12 @ 17:38 writes]:
I like both of these solutions taken together. The more choices we have to make
as players in groups, the better. This adds some counter play to the damage
meta.
---[Aeldra on 6/12 @ 17:42 writes]:
Solution 2 sounds good, having both a ery thematic skill if written right and a
deal changer for someone being focused as well as a counter if well placed.
Like.
---[Bandeon on 6/12 @ 22:41 writes]:
I like both these solutions combined. Paranoia seems like a great counter to
this.
---[Shedrin on 6/12 @ 23:04 writes]:
Hopefully someone comes up with a better name. :P But this seems fine in
principle, might need to adjust the specifics after testing.
---[Falaeron on 6/12 @ 23:43 writes]:
I feel this would be too powerful but with solution 2 or some other fairly easy
way of breaking it then it's not so bad.
---[Danquik on 6/12 @ 23:44 writes]:
Wobou didn't like the name either! It's so accurate though! (he suggested
calling it 'Protect')
---[Shedrin on 6/12 @ 23:52 writes]:
One things I thought of... Do those you're lusted to count for mutual allies? (I
think lust shouldn't override manual allies, but that's a report for another
day.) Also, will paranoia break it entirely, or just temporarily while they're
paranoid.
---[Danquik on 6/13 @ 01:52 writes]:
It could just stop the timer, until paranoia is cured, but with a 15 second
duration I am not sure how feasible that would be. I would say actual allies,
not lusted ones.
---[Tarken on 6/13 @ 13:11 writes]:
I'm ok with this with solution 2. Would also like to see moving away from the
defended target disable the defend and cancel it after a short time (so you can
gust the warrior but if they're quick to move back in it doesn't break, though
the defended target would still take damage while the warrior was out of the
room). To add a name idea: bulwark.
---[Veyils on 6/13 @ 19:11 writes]:
I'd say that paranoia should not "break" the link but simply make it not work
while paranoia was in play. If it broke it totally it'd be too easy to counter
a five power ability. Also the warrior and target being out of each others
presence for 4+ seconds should break it as Tarken suggests. Like the sound of
bulwark. Other than that it sounds good.
---[Wobou on 6/14 @ 16:39 writes]:
I agree with paranoia suspending the effect but not breaking it outright. I also
agree with Tarken's name idea and ideas related to the ability being suspended
when the warrior is not in the same room and breaking fully if they are not in
the same room for several seconds. You could possibly combine these ideas and
say if the effect is suspended due to paranoia or not being in the same room for
x seconds the effect breaks. With that minor change in verbiage I like solution
1 and 2 together.
---[Danquik on 6/14 @ 22:42 writes]:
Updated Solution 2 as per comments
---[Iytha on 6/15 @ 00:46 writes]:
I like Solution 2. As far as names go, I think PROTECT <foo> is still unused as
a comand?
---[Anelissa on 6/30 @ 13:52 writes]:
Would like to have a 3p message to allow counterplay if sol 2 is done