Report 132

Report #132
Skillset: Skill: Avatar
 Org: Shofangi Status: Completed Feb 2009
Furies' Decision:
Solution 1.
Problem: The Avatar auras, EXALT AURA and EXALT WRATH are overpowering in solo
(first) and group (both) combat, particularly because their cost is almost
nonexistant for people who bash a lot and because they can stack up to
ridiculous levels (4 avatars on a side are putting out something like 3200
passive damage every tick on all order enemies.) This gets worse when orders
enemy whoever they want for no reason.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Make wrath work on a universal tick like bard songs.
 If Sarrasri and Nejii have wrath on, and are fighting
 Thoros, the game should check if he's a charune
 enemy, if so do damage, then a maylea enemy, if so do
 damage unless he was already hit by Charune's wrath,
 etc.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Because exalt is good against affliction classes in
 solo too, it might be better to change the effect -
 something like make it a single-person truefavour for
 10 minutes (counts as the god's truefavour, does not
 stack with existing favours.) Since this effect is
 already widely available to some people it shouldn't
 imbalance things to the same extent as it currently
 does.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Instead of replacing exalt, make it not stack (as per
 solution 1 for wrath) and also not cure afflictions.
Player Comments:
---[Ceren on 2/12 @ 01:45 writes]:
Spot on with solution 1. A single individual should not be affected by more than
one wrath in a 5 second interval (wrath's tick), and the only wrath that hits
them should be the one that would do the most damage. For example, if Nejii and
Nydekion both had wrath up but no relevant buffs, it would randomly decide which
one would hit me. If Nydekion used Fervour and boosted his damage, Nydekion's
wrath would be the one to hit me
---[Ceren on 2/12 @ 01:50 writes]:
As far as Aura goes, I think the simplest solution would be to just make it not
cure afflictions so it doesn't degrade affliction based combat like it has been.
Stacking Aura is more difficult because it's based on order membership (so you
can only be affected by the auras of one order), whereas with wrath a group of
orders can have an individual enemied to all of them. If we go with your TF
suggestion, it would have to be roomwide I think because, as I understand it,
the idea of avatar powers is to make an effect that extends beyond the avatar
---[Nejii on 2/13 @ 01:50 writes]:
Well, if you think the pretty damn large healing tick wouldn't still get in the
way, I suppose so. I'm not so sure. And I still don't want stacking aura even if
it is slightly harder to have more than one per order (Maylea's has four so even
though one very rarely fights it's not like we couldn't stack it if we wanted to
to fairly good effect.)
---[Nydekion on 2/13 @ 17:25 writes]:
Solution 1 sounds good and probably should have been the case to start with. In
fact, Exalt Aura would likely be suitably changed if it did not stack across
avatars but still retained its ability to cure afflictions.
---[Ceren on 2/13 @ 20:05 writes]:
Well I wouldn't mind so much because my offense doesn't depend on afflictions
and I'd get access to passive curing for basically no tradeoff, but for classes
like warriors, monks, wiccans, guardians, and druids whose offense depends on
the integrity of afflictions, I can see why it's a bad thing
---[Shuyin on 2/14 @ 07:25 writes]:
I'd prefer if we really did start lessening passive cures everyone has access
to, so the TF idea is fine by me
---[Gregori on 2/17 @ 12:19 writes]:
The point of exalt aura is to heal your order members. You as the Avatar of your
order are giving a benefit to all order members in the room. A single person TF
is not benefitting all members, and for the most part is useless to any order
members that actually are active and have TF's. Aura is also not stackable. I
would be more agreeable to making exalt aura tic on 10 seconds instead of 5.
---[Gregori on 2/17 @ 12:20 writes]:
Sorry it is stackable, it is not as easily stackable.
---[Sarrasri on 2/19 @ 19:55 writes]:
I have to agree with Gregori. Not too fond of the TF idea, due to it being
pointless for those who usually always find themselves with a TF anyways. I'm in
support of possibly slowing down aura's tick, not overly changing it.
---[Gregori on 2/20 @ 06:03 writes]:
I would just like to point out I am also fine with the affliction curing of Aura
being removed. I agree that all the extra passive affliction curing from avatar
aura and shrine cure is a hindrance to any affliction based classes. Speaking as
someone who stacks them to keep affliction based classes from making headway
against me.
---[Gregori on 2/27 @ 19:55 writes]:
Forgot to add if the Aff curing is removed from exalt aura, then the cost should
be reduced as well since it is no longer Shrine Cure + Shrine Heal.