Right, because you're not going to be able to use it as a perpetual, uncurable balance-taking stupidity anymore.

You really do switch sides quick.

Ah well, it's possible it's a bit too far, but I would imagine fixing it, much like fixing Pyromancy, will be like pulling teeth.

Er, no, I don't. Even as an Illuminati I realized that badluck was a completely faceroll skill that disproportionately cripples Psionics users and 1-handed warriors. Being on an organization's 'side' in an in-game sense doesn't mean you're obligated to envoy war for it when it comes to game balance.

The Announce post is really vague. Badluck will trigger on all the actions it did previously (which is "just about everything"), but the chance for it to fire and the duration of the offbalance has been cut in half. 15% and 1.5 seconds, respectively. The 'random timer' refers to the mechanic where, if you proc badluck, you cannot do so again for (based on the discussion prior to the change) 1-3 seconds, perhaps more. This is based, again, on the discussion prior to the change's implementation, so some of the perceived mechanics may be different.

So if an Illuminati actually uses their skills (!) a badluck proc will result in the old 3s balance loss (ectoplasm) or, better yet, 4.5s (ectoplasm + hekoskeri). Still a considerable amount of time, but now it just requires brains and setup.

Sorry, yet to see a competent Illuminate on the combat field... this doesn't say a whole lot (yet).

You need a hug. All I said was it wasnt worth three power. Not woe as me what ever am I do to.

Petty condescension aside, I might be inclined to agree with you. Depends on if the Illuminati actually put out someone fairly seasoned with timed ectoplasm etc and how well they do with it. If it's too much, it could be lowered to 2p, but probably no lower than that. Homunculi give a 'weaker' version of it for 0p, but I don't know if that's in magnitude or duration.

I am disappointed by the BadLuck changes; they are even worse than what Estarra initially pitched at us (cut proc rate by half). Unfortunately, the proposed alternatives (prevent badluck from procing while off balance; retain current proc rate, switch badluck to stripping focus balance+1-2 second balance loss OR minor insanity; move BadLuck over to a semi-randomized 10-14 second timer; retain current proc rate but prevent badluck from fireing within 5 seconds of last proc, etc.) were all rejected for technical reasons, balance issues or because the Administration didn't like the idea for thematic/complexity problems.

I remain hopeful that I and the other envoys will be able to find a good solution for BadLuck and for the other issues that the Illuminati currently have.

I wish there would have been more time to comment on the changes.

Might as well put it here since it's more like an Envoy change than a Tweet.

Bubblix is looking better and better.

So wait...

Whistles now have a 5 minute wait on summoning and absolutely nothing happened to bubblixes at all...

You can't bubble a ship up, but you can totally bubble a squad of people for the ground war. This is rather confusing.

Ships are also on a, maybe, 10 minute re-entry unless you get another ship to come back for them so they can synchrofuse but that requires that you lose forces, I wonder if it would be faster to fly back to most places.


EDIT: Yeah, considering taking Estarra up on the offer. I like the whole, being able to summon my ship when I die on a bubble, I don't think on, a five minute wait, it is worth 250 credits.

If it required you to be perfectly still, like gateweaving and destroying paintings, then I think it'd be fine to cut transit time down to a minute. Because then it's still useful for casual travel and such, but not a sure thing for using a whistle to summon more players unless you actually have people to watch your back while you whistle.

Or as I said in the other thread, just make the five minutes apply during flares. Problem solved, everyone's happy.

ANNOUNCE NEWS #1710
Date: 1/24/2011 at 5:39
From: Sior the Anomaly
To : Everyone
Subj: Constructs and Nov 2010 Envoy Changes

o New construct powers have been released and documented appropriately
per-city. Two new constructs have been added to each commune, one to
Celest and Magnagora, and Hallifax and Gaudiguch have been given full
complements.

=== November 2010 Envoy Reports ===

o Slung nyd runes will bypass deafness.
o You will always be able to see shrouded people climbing out of pits.
o SpiderCantiga has been added to Shadowbeat
o Druid Cudgel no longer protects against projectiles and instead gives
10 physical DMP.
o Oolong tea prevents recklessness instead of lethargy.
o Psionic actions sustain momentum.
o Having a blizzard up will prevent the use of MAP and you cannot cast a
blizzard in a Pyromancy demesne.
o SeersCandle and CrimsonEye added to Phantasms.
o Nervous (Healing) now cures narcolepsy, hypersomnia, and daydreaming.
o Alacrity now gives a 10% buff to brute damage.
o The monk speed formula has been adjusted - weapon speed affects monk
speed less.

Enjoy!

Penned by My hand on the 24th of Urlachmar, in the year 287 CE.

It's been four solid minutes and I don't see the new abilities on any wiki. What's going on?

wtb Standingstone

Gaudiguch has:



BLOW CANDLE is room ablaze, not terrain.

Not super impressed by these, but I suspect Gaudiguch will go for the Enigmatic Pyramid.

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Edit: Ninja'd


Shouldn't have sent in those two typo reports on it.