Report 690

Report #690
Skillset: Skill: Declare
 Org: Paladins Status: Rejected Sept 2011
Furies' Decision:
We do not believe this to be necessary nor that it would be used enough to
justify being added.
Problem: Currently, the DECLARE syntax for aggressive actions on Prime can be
ambiguous. It can be used as an intent to kill or merely to debate/hinder. The
biggest problem is when it is used as an intent to kill and the target ends up
dying, but the attacker does not get classified as a suspect (denizen lands
finishing blow, drowning, etc). The attacker may get issued and time gets
wasted. Furthermore, using a seduced denizen to kill someone should classify the
influencer as a suspect, but this is currently bugged (I think).
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Introduce a new command (DECLARE <target> FIRM?) that
 acts like DECLARE but have the timer last 1 minute
 (still automatically refreshed) instead of 5. The
 person declaring will be classified as a suspect, no
 matter how the target dies.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: In addition to Solution #1, require this new command
 to be used in order for seduced denizens to begin
 attacking.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Add a new command (PK BULLY <person>) that
 automatically classifies you as a suspect for that
 person. Maybe make it so it has to be done no later
 than 5 minutes after the person's death. (So, for
 example, I could gust someone into the lava pit near
 Morgfyre's god realm entrance and then mark myself as
 a bully.)
Player Comments:
---[Elana on 9/16 @ 14:39 writes]:
Not sure how this will change anything. Overall, I think it should probably be
changed to where if you attacked the person you declared and said person dies
within 20-30 seconds of the last time you hit them, you are considered suspect.
Might end up with a few extra suspects here and there, but overall should work
better than declaring target firm... or relying on people to use the PK BULLY
command, which a decent amount of people simply won't do.
---[Xenthos on 9/17 @ 20:04 writes]:
Problem with that, Elana, is that I can just heartstop after person Y attacks me
and get suspect (even if they weren't doing anything but gust or going for a
toadcurse).