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Re: The state of Aeonics
That would be why I brought it up. It isn't fun on the receiving side (more so because it is tilted in the Institute's favour), but I can't imagine it being greatly appreciated even on the researcher's side because it is RNG and thus a lot harder to plan around. There was a nod to this earlier from one of them saying that they wouldn't mind things being less RNG as well.Alexandria said:I recognise that generally these things are balanced around people who know a heck of a lot more about anything combat related than me, but RNG as a strategy doesn't sound like much of a strategy at all.
Xenthos
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Re: The state of Aeonics
Feoragan said:2 competent Hallifaxians would be a pretty deadly combo tbh. I'm not going to tell people how to break stuff if they somehow haven't already realised how. Even if it only lasts for a week (it'll last for months) it'll still be annoying.Enya said:Feoragan said:
Let's be honest, if you really wanted to, you could abuse the hell out of how Aeonics works in a way that other skills would struggle. It'd need some organisation but it'd be spicy and would probably result in near instant nerfs.
You really buried the lede on this thread asking for Aeonics nerfs: if you have some combos that would require instant nerfs, out with them. Be specific.
Ah so you're just making it up.
Enya
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Re: The state of Aeonics
Feoragan said:
In the 3 or so years since I made the jump to admin, I've seen quite a few players make claims such as the ones being made here. In general, if I'm not buying it, I typically say something along the lines of 'you may be right, but I just don't see that happening. Feel free to prove me wrong though.' This is one of those situations.
If there really are combos and situations with Institute that would require 'instant nerfs', then I encourage you to demonstrate them and show how it can be done and how powerful they really can be.
I do think Institute it strong, easily comparable in strength to SD at the least, but I don't believe they're a burst class and are rather an attrition class. Yes, they're faster in groups than solo but we made group considerations when implementing them, such as insight only working for the caster and the afflictions they give.
I'm always open to constructive discussion and adjustments (it's an ever-evolving game, new tricks and tweaks open up new avenues of stuff all the time, many of them unforeseen) but we definitely need to make sure that our concerns and points are rooted in facts and not just opinion or theory. Concerns about RNG are fine (that's the nature of RNG, it's pretty fickle) but I think it adds an extra element to the strategy. It's much more linear with known values, both offensively and defensively.
2 competent Hallifaxians would be a pretty deadly combo tbh. I'm not going to tell people how to break stuff if they somehow haven't already realised how. Even if it only lasts for a week (it'll last for months) it'll still be annoying.
In the 3 or so years since I made the jump to admin, I've seen quite a few players make claims such as the ones being made here. In general, if I'm not buying it, I typically say something along the lines of 'you may be right, but I just don't see that happening. Feel free to prove me wrong though.' This is one of those situations.
If there really are combos and situations with Institute that would require 'instant nerfs', then I encourage you to demonstrate them and show how it can be done and how powerful they really can be.
I do think Institute it strong, easily comparable in strength to SD at the least, but I don't believe they're a burst class and are rather an attrition class. Yes, they're faster in groups than solo but we made group considerations when implementing them, such as insight only working for the caster and the afflictions they give.
I'm always open to constructive discussion and adjustments (it's an ever-evolving game, new tricks and tweaks open up new avenues of stuff all the time, many of them unforeseen) but we definitely need to make sure that our concerns and points are rooted in facts and not just opinion or theory. Concerns about RNG are fine (that's the nature of RNG, it's pretty fickle) but I think it adds an extra element to the strategy. It's much more linear with known values, both offensively and defensively.
Orael
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Re: The state of Aeonics
Maligorn said:ectoplasm from their nose
This has actually been changed to apparently give mental afflictions instead of ectoplasm.
Re: The state of Aeonics
Enthrall is a ~20% chance to lose balance for 1s if you try to leave the room and are lusted to the illuminatus. Tumble bypasses it, flux, etc.
Usually it's not worth the balance to cast. Maybe if you're chasing?
Usually it's not worth the balance to cast. Maybe if you're chasing?
Dys
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Re: The state of Aeonics
This should already be the case - smoking steam prioritizes aeon unless you focus something else. If that's now how it's working, you should bug it.Feoragan said:
Aeon - Make Aeon automatically the first steam aff cured when you smoke a pipe and change SSC to reflect this, no longer making you focus. Remove overwriting commands.
Orael
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Re: The state of Aeonics
Feoragan said:So we're just pretending Harmonics doesn't exist, then?
You're more than welcome to make a thread named "The state of Harmonics", and try to contrast it with Transmology. That's not this thread.
Ignoring actions is generally not really an issue.
Taking tempinsanity instead of sipping, trying to cure, attempting to walk out of the room, or any other action is indeed powerful. Instead of curing away tempinsanity, you get more of it. Instead of tumbling out, you're still in the room when that meteor falls on your head. Instead of curing stupidity, you take more insanity and the stupidity causes you to fall asleep, check secrets or otherwise spam other commands that might get denied and give you more insanity.
Re: Maylea, Nocht, and keeping an Eye on Snapdragons
What an absolutely incredible event! I love this continued back-and-forth between Nocht and Maylea.
Ironbeard, though, really *does* have the worst timing! He seems to wait for the most dramatic moment!
Ironbeard, though, really *does* have the worst timing! He seems to wait for the most dramatic moment!
Elexia
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Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
Changelog 1920 seems -very- interesting. Will be neat to see how aethercraft changes play out in due time.
Jolanthe
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