Karma and Shrines

by Estarra

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Estarra2007-03-01 18:54:34
Regarding the update on karma and shrines (thanks to Morgfyre!), we are certainly open to more ideas for personal powers! Keep it balanced and somewhat logical--and remember there are 3 shrine types: shield, healing and war.

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Aiakon2007-03-01 19:00:47
I am a very very happy chappy with this change.
Unknown2007-03-01 19:08:58
Sounds like a fun change smile.gif

War:
- chance to stun your foe (0.5 seconds) if they hit and damage you.

Shield:
- gives you the parry skill if you don't have it, and/or allows you to parry even if you don't wield a shield or weapon to do so.

healing:
- vitality like ability that pushes your health or mana up again once or twice if it gets too low.
Unknown2007-03-01 20:16:38
Can anyone post the announce for this for those of us that can't log in?
Daganev2007-03-01 20:25:59
how much karma do these powers cost?
Unknown2007-03-01 20:26:03
QUOTE
3260h, 4700m, 4460e, 10p, 15200en, 22400w ex-beseech charune for healing with karma

You are not a member of a Divine Order.
That answers my question. tongue.gif I was afraid at first anyone could use this new way, including enemies raiding.

Healing-
Immortal bounty: Herb and Potion balance is increased to lvl3. (Gives Viscanti some lov'in, though very useful for all)

Edit:Reverse ninja.gif 'ed by Morgfyre, and Acrune. Triplicate posting removed.
Morgfyre2007-03-01 20:26:49
This is the post:

There has been a major change to the way shrine powers work: You can now use personal karma to beseech your God for individual shrine powers!

What this means is that any shrine power that affects you individually (ie, is not an area- or order-wide affect) can have its cost drawn from your karma rather than your God's essence if you so desire. The amount of karma used will depend upon the power you are beseeching. To do this, use the syntax: BESEECH FOR

As an aside, the change to Brumetower reported in my last post has been reversed. There was some confusion over this, but it was actually an envoy change and not a bug that led to Brumetower affecting people in the trees. The messages given have been made more clear to prevent this confusion from occurring again. Also, you can now see a Brumetower when it is active in a room (given that it is a massive tower of shadows, I'm not sure how you could manage to miss it before!).

Enjoy!
Acrune2007-03-01 20:27:51
ANNOUNCE NEWS #744
Date: 3/1/2007 at 18:22
From: Morgfyre, the Legion
To : Everyone
Subj: Shrines and Karma

There has been a major change to the way shrine powers work: You can now
use personal karma to beseech your God for individual shrine powers!

What this means is that any shrine power that affects you individually
(ie, is not an area- or order-wide affect) can have its cost drawn from
your karma rather than your God's essence if you so desire. The amount
of karma used will depend upon the power you are beseeching. To do this,
use the syntax: BESEECH FOR


Thats the relevant part

Edit: ninja.gif 'd
Unknown2007-03-01 20:31:12
Wait...I still didn't really get to read all of that...

Anyone else mind posting what the news post actually said? dunno.gif
Unknown2007-03-01 20:51:52
Ooh, very nice.
Unknown2007-03-01 20:59:07
QUOTE
-- Personal Powers --
NOTE: These powers can use karma instead of your god's essence at your
choosing.

VENDETTA (War) - This power will allow you to do more damage to order enemies.

HEAL (Healing) - This power will continously heal your health, mana and ego.

CURE (Healing) - This power will continuously cure your afflictions.

PROTECTION (Shield) - This power will create a chance whenever you are attacked
that you will bend reality slightly in order to dodge the attack.

CELERITY (Shield) - This power will increase the speed of your mind and body,
allowing you to recover equilibrium and balance faster for a time.


Coool. How long do the effects last?
Vix2007-03-01 21:06:18
QUOTE(daganev @ Mar 1 2007, 02:25 PM) 387319
how much karma do these powers cost?

Echoing this question.
Aiakon2007-03-01 21:17:05
Celerity = 50
Protection = 30

Not sure about the others.
Unknown2007-03-01 21:33:02
Nice thing is that now there's a good reason to have shrine wars to take control of prime bashing locations, since some of those powers would be a nice boost.
Eole2007-03-01 21:34:48
Something better to do with all these gobs and gobs of karma I've got lying about? Delight! The posted powers look delicious, indeed; do they require hourly upkeep, like karma blessings, or is there a set time limit on them?
Vix2007-03-01 21:37:52
They have a set time of about an hour I believe. I never used them before save on the test server.
Forren2007-03-01 21:37:54
Anyone know how much karma these use?
Ashy2007-03-01 21:40:21
May I please suggest that the effects don't scroll my screen with something like this every 3-5 seconds: "A Divine wave of healing washes over -person-, and he looks heartier and more aware." -Especially if a bunch of people had this, it would be rather hard to see what is going on over all the text scroll from the shrine powers. surrender2.gif
Unknown2007-03-01 21:44:53
heh, something like...

War-
Disorientation:Spams your enemies with lines of shrine spam, you however are uneffected.

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Unknown2007-03-03 03:22:34
Does the equilibrum bonus for Celerity affect influencing?

Edit: For that matter, do any equilibrum bonuses affect influencing?