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So, what are the chances we can refund people who made splendours at a higher cost than greatrobes, and then skillflexed it out, and basically lost comms on the deal if they don't want to actively be tailors?
/almost serious
Though I note that, from what I've read, while they're less useful than they were, even without tailoring you can maintain the extra proofings (which isn't useless!) and I think part of the change was that splendours can be repaired without becoming tawdry (I'm not sure if that occurs without the skillset?)
*writes a report*
For those who asked, we aren't doing refunds for trade skills at this time. Putting aside the mechanics on how to refund every tradeskill that anyone could claim they got just for the trans item and tracking down and voiding any trans skill item (or any other item that you've crafted and benefited from while having the skill), I don't believe this is a change that makes those skills "worthless" but rather was a balance adjustment which I've been worried over for some time and was underscored by a certain envoy report. Further, I do not believe setting a precedent that we will refund any time there is a balance change would be very product--and you know someone will start claiming since we refunded before we should again whenever a skill gets changed that they don't agree with. And, finally, if we decide to tweak tradeskills further, I certainly don't want to be put into the position of people screaming that because they didn't know of upcoming tweaks that they now demand that we refund whatever they spent a prior refund on to get the tradeksill back. So, yes, I know some people are very upset and question my integrity and/or scruples because I've declined to give refunds at this time, but I think that is our best way forward for now.
Robe users who wanted to get into combat before this had 2 choices:
1) Take up and trans tailoring
2) Take up and trans tailoring, then buy a doctoral cord before switching to another trade.
Robe users who wanted to get into combat now have 1 choice:
1) Take up and trans tailoring
Nothing has changed about the minimum level of investment needed to get into the combat scene seriously. It's still as obscene as it always has been. I've not been a tailor since tattoos came out, but if I remember correctly, splendours last around 70 in game months. So you had to buy a doctoral cord or eat the lesson loss for flexing every 2 rl months or so to upkeep your splendours, even before this change. Splendours have never been a "trans trade item" that could be abused in the same way masterarmour, tierstones etc were unless you were a cord owner.
As for all the other trans trade items, none of them are essential for combat. None of them even give significant benefits alone. If you had every single trans trade item, though, obviously you'd have a decent edge in both utility as well as actual combat buffs over someone who doesn't. 5dmp isn't much, but 5dmp plus sip bonus plus reduced ego or mana use will add together to give you a decent buff. So, what does this mean?
It means that before the change, people who had the credits had an advantage over people who didn't, in combat. This is reasonable, of course, credits cost money or (a shit load of) bashing/questing time to get. But it's also frustrating for those who don't have either of those to sink into a game. Not only do they have to get omni trans, they have to compete with a disadvantage unless they're willing to get multiple trades as well. Well, this advantage has now been neutralised. My response? F*** yeah!
You can fully bypass waylay, motion alarms, illusions, runes, ancestral spirits, hexes, and reality shift.
^ According to the AB file, information provided by Malarious.
Perhaps, I just wonder how the players would feel about "taking more things away"
But like... ever since the change to prized that stopped it working across aetherspace, I've never really been able to justify it over any other skill.
That or strip its power costs entirely.
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Though I do feel bad for the people who spent so much getting it and all the trades.