Aye, I'll ask about a race again. I am soon getting a load of credits, and after I bought Thorgals system with 100 of 'em, I am going to finally be able to cure a bit, and then I'll start fighting again.

Now, my question would be:
What would you think about a Geomancer Telekinet Tae'dae?
I mean, he would have REALLY high ego with all the boosts, not to forget the high constitution and all those resistances too. And another big plus would be the sip bonus.

On the other side, it would really cost me, going from +3 equi to -3 equi, as well as balance. Not that I'd mind that THAT much, everyone has to live with some penalties. :>
But a more important question: How would be the damage of such a guy? I like to bash, really, and I wouldn't like that it could take me around 10 staffcasts for a krokani.
And how'd be the damage of staffcast against other players? Not that that would matter much, since I'd pretty much depend on chasm and trans telekinesis....

Bashing would be hell. Low damage, ultra-slow eq recovery, ect. The sip bonus and resistences would allow you to do it, but it would still be tedious.

Bshing wil lbe just slower. You will be able to tank much more but you wont be killing as fast as you did before.

Hrm, aye, doesn't sound that bad then...
Okay, and what about PvP? Since...well...I think it would be actually quite cool to kill through chasm and Heartburst...

Yeah, a Psionicist tae'dae would be pretty sweet, seeing as how it works on its own three seperate balances, meaning the -3 equi/balance will be no issue at all. You'll actually be able to kill with heartburst, as ya said, and although bashing will undoubtebly be slower, you'll have the added advantage of level 3 blunt/cutting resistance.

Meaning, *psi superstratus barrier* when your (warrior) foe enters the room, sit there tanking him for a while, yawning, maybe staffcasting occasionally and curing very occasionally, and once you've got the power.. *chasm*

On the downside, angry Moondancers with moonburst + level 3 magic weakness = much pain.

Hehe....aye...I guess I'll switch then, since I already fear somehow that Mugwump downgrades loom heavily over me.

And don't forget that I am going to nearly trans magic too as I told you...

Don't waste time staffing as a Tae'dae, just go with the burst vessels attack with a few other telekinetic abilities to harass and hinder your opponent. Your staff would be too slow and feeble to be worth using against anyone but a novice.

Didn't it get changed to normal eq?

Hrm, don't think so actually, since I regain them a lot slower than normal equilibrium.

I mean, the channels moved to regular eq usage.
Confusing Drunk Angry Stage, continueing.

If you are talking about psionic attacks, no they are still on their own channels.

I would still be leery about locking the Superstratus channel even as a Tae'dae. Still, if any race is sturdy enough to survive being unable to move for 8-seconds, Tae'dae would be that race (Just keep in mind the pitfalls that go with locking channels when dealing with fighters that are well prepared).

That post was a joke. Channel balances weren't changed.

Ah, my mistake.

I answered Nayls post, commenting that my Mugwumpness didn't help with the channels.


Aye, I know, I'll have to practice a lot, and probably I'll just screw up big time if I try it...but it just sounds too fun not to try, besides Tae'dae are my favourite race, so even if I can't fight as one anymore, I'll still enjoy it.

I can't wait. xD

It's possible. But I'd be a viscanti or mugwump or human or something and bash up to a high level first, THEN reincarnate into a Tae'dae, since bashing will suck utterly. Or, buy a cameo and changeling into one of those races to bash.

I am planning to buy a cameo, but I want to be omnitrans first.

And I should be at around 80 by the time I get my credits and could do all of that, wouldn't be that enough? I mean, I'd still bash, probably even better than as a Mugwump since I could actually hunt Astral seriously, only a bit slower.

If you're a telekinetic faeling would be the tankiest race for you by far, I worked out that with throne, blessings etc you'd be able to get 22 charisma, then add the sip bonus on top of that.

Yeah, but you'd have to lock a channel to do that.

Well as a faeling you wouldn't need to rely on telekinesis so much, seeing as how they have the same int as a mugwump. The dexterity would also help a lot against warriors, with all that dodging on top of the sip bonus and massive amounts of ego.

Hrm....but faelings don't have as many resistances and all. And on top of that, Tae'dae are just really cool... I'll just try it, I am sure it's worth it. And if not, Ash'll be the slowest Geomancer ever. :>