ENVOY REPORTS

by Ashteru

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Xiel2011-03-11 06:09:22
Deathsong, yes. Looks like a good group buff, but solo, people will still just walk or gust the Cantor out, I think. Theorycrafting, of course.
Sior2011-03-11 11:49:52
I may have forgotten to write it in, but angelichost does NOT work with deathsong or with perfectfifth. Please bug ASAP if you see it doing otherwise. Actually rewrote deafness checking to do this!

QUOTE (Xiel @ Mar 11 2011, 01:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Deathsong, yes. Looks like a good group buff, but solo, people will still just walk or gust the Cantor out, I think. Theorycrafting, of course.

Nydekion2011-03-11 12:16:13
It actually doesn't seem to be working with any songs except for princess farewell and possibly deathsong right now. Heh.

Edit: Well, that was fixed fast.

PS: Deathsong I can understand not working with the skill, but I'm not sure I understand the logic behind preventing perfect fifth from being used with it since AngelicHost already prevents much of the passive affliction songs from being used by the Cantor and standard tactics to break perfectfifth still exist even with the extended timer on AngelicHost.
Eamon2011-03-11 17:18:08
what were the justchorale affs changed to?
Enyalida2011-03-11 20:14:10
Hey, won't this song unwinding help them versus other bards? It's annoying to have to sing your song back a few stanzas, but in bard v. bard combo, it lets you wind yourself back to avoid your entire song being ended with fugue.
Lendren2011-03-11 20:18:54
Being able to go back one stanza is very useful, and when we used to be able to fugue ourselves, that was deemed a bug. I think we envoyed being able to do it and had it rejected, but not sure. Going back two or three... might be more bad in some situations, may occasionally still be useful though.
Raeri2011-04-08 05:39:20
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ANNOUNCE NEWS #1753
Date: 4/8/2011 at 5:34
From: Sior the Anomaly
To : Everyone
Subj: Feb 2011 Envoy Reports and Fixes

=== February 2011 Envoy Reports ===
o Skills will effectively max now at transcendant so divine favours
won't affect things like dispelling, dismantling, etc.

o Damage from inquisition will be delivered at the end instead of during
it.

o Firewalls will block enemies of pyromancers unless they have frost
potion up.

o Added a DEMESNE option to sapling that costs 10 power to sapling the
whole demesne.

o BOND DISMISS FAMILIAR added (see AB ECOLOGY REBIRTH).

o Chance for Biocurrents (Psychometabolism) to proc has been increased.

o Grip no longer takes balance to put up.

o Beast will no longer provide a good hunger benefit.

o Full (Moon) has been raised from 3p to 4p.

o Clearbonds added to Night. Please see the AB under BONDS.

o Kata momentum won't increase if Boganj (Shofangi) is used in a form.

=== Fixes ===
o When powerplex crystals are used as powerstones, they longer crumble
to dust when fully drained, but simply remain drained.

o Snubbing no longer blocks Transmology Fleshform Scream.

o Sacraments HolyLight is no longer used up in the arena.

o Ascendance Thunderclap now shows walls being destroyed on both sides.

o Shadowbeat SpiderCantiga no longer bypasses Avenger.

o Aides to city/commune ministries can now resign from them. The syntax
is the same as for the minister, e.g., RESIGN AS TRADE OF GAUDIGUCH to
resign as either the Trade Minister or aide thereto.

o Fixed a bug that would cause Harmonics Resonance crystals to vanish
under some circumstances.

o Nature Flow now always takes you to the ground elevation.

o Moon Dark now always shows afflicting even in the room attack.

o Harmonics CrystalWeapons no longer show a spurious number of
enhancements when weaponprobed.

o Theater productions can not be categorized as one of the following:
PLAY, LECTURE, DEBATE, or PERFORMANCE
Set with new BACKSTAGE TYPE command.
You'll see the new types on STAGE LIST and BACKSTAGE LIST.
You can filter those lists: STAGE/BACKSTAGE LIST .

o The STAGE LIST and BACKSTAGE LIST are now paged with more prompts.

o Scrambled brain will no longer cause massive willpower drains.

o Sacraments Fervor will now increase wounding insteaed of decreasing
it.

o Sacraments HolyBeing now cures the caster when it ticks.

Enjoy!

Penned by My hand on the 23rd of Estar, in the year 293 CE.
Unknown2011-04-08 05:47:12
wub.gif Especially the first change.
Talan2011-04-08 06:19:29
I am beginning to wonder if they read the right ecology report. This seems like it might have been intended for 401.

Problem: Getting the familiar of you choice is random, so it might regularly cost 20, 30, 40 power to get as you kill and rebirth several consecutive familiars. Also these gender restrictions on which familiars you can get are unfair and seem incongruous.
Solution: New command to dismiss your bond.

Really? You took from this that the problem was having to physically bash the familiar?

This is actually worse to use since it doesn't leave a corpse to rebirth from. (Also if you use it on armoured familiar it destroys your fetish!) doh.gif
Razenth2011-04-08 06:34:03
Given the nature of the Inquisition report, I was really confused by the solution offered until I reread the thread again. I guess that works?
Unknown2011-04-08 06:37:18
They basically decided to approve what was report 308, which had been rejected. I mean, something must have changed to warrant that, right right?

Edit: actually now that I read it again, it's slightly different. But I thought they removed sleep from one of the things that stop tumble?
Xiel2011-04-08 06:47:22
Yay for saplings. cheer.gif Now, if only they'll let me organize past theatre submissions with this new category system. It bothers me intensely to see them all clustered still. D:
Fuyu2011-04-08 06:55:52
QUOTE (Caerulo @ Apr 8 2011, 01:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
wub.gif Especially the first change.


I agree!:D
Krellan2011-04-08 13:44:24
Gotta love everybody's favorite solution 4

Similar to the ghost on Red Team.

Unknown2011-04-08 14:05:45
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o Skills will effectively max now at transcendant so divine favours won't affect things like dispelling, dismantling, etc.

o Snubbing no longer blocks Transmology Fleshform Scream.

Thank you! smile.gif
Ayisdra2011-04-08 15:09:03
QUOTE (Xiel @ Apr 8 2011, 02:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yay for saplings. cheer.gif Now, if only they'll let me organize past theatre submissions with this new category system. It bothers me intensely to see them all clustered still. D:


I know. All of the plays and such that never got performed bug me as well. sad.gif
Sylphas2011-04-08 15:15:53
Leprechaun report rejected? Well, so much for it having any real use, even if it was just convenience. Guess we should have tacked on some combat use that would have been shouted down as "You don't need any buffs, you're fine". Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Eventru2011-04-09 00:20:31
QUOTE (Sylphas @ Apr 8 2011, 11:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Leprechaun report rejected? Well, so much for it having any real use, even if it was just convenience. Guess we should have tacked on some combat use that would have been shouted down as "You don't need any buffs, you're fine". Damned if you do, damned if you don't.


Sior can get into the nitty-gritty of it, but the problem, as I understand, wasn't 'no new buffs for wiccans!' but 'the benefits we were okay with would take way, way, way too much time and require a lot of rewriting to code'.

Or so was my impression.
Daraius2011-04-09 01:02:24
QUOTE (Xiel @ Apr 8 2011, 02:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Now, if only they'll let me organize past theatre submissions with this new category system. It bothers me intensely to see them all clustered still. D:


I assigned labels to all of Hallifax's productions this morning, and they showed up properly categorized at the world stage. I'd imagine any stage manager could do it, or else the MoCA.


QUOTE (Ayisdra @ Apr 8 2011, 11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I know. All of the plays and such that never got performed bug me as well. sad.gif


No sense having a production cluttering up the backstage list if it's never going to get off the ground. DELETE DELETE.
Xiel2011-04-09 01:07:18
Oh, dandy. I'll have to try and see if I can clean up the past submissions in Glom then.