Shaman classleads

Xith

However brief this discussion will be, questions, observations, etc.

ANNOUNCE NEWS #3954                                     (10/03/2013 at 21:25)  

From   : Tecton, the Terraformer

To     : Everyone

Subject: Shaman Classlead Changes

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Hot on the heels of our Serpent classlead, we're pleased to present the changes 

for the Shaman class. The details are as follows:

Curses

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* BLEED willpower cost has been lowered.

* BLEED has an increased effect on other adventurers.

* INFLAME has been added, as a powerful new curse against a bleeding opponent.

* TZANTZA timing has been reworked. It now requires only four afflictions, and 

scales downwards based on the number of additional afflictions on the target. 

Addiction has also been added to the pool of ailments that count for this 

ability.

* Initiating a TZANTZA curse while already channeling one will no longer 

interrupt the first.

Survival/Curses

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* CURSEWARD now has a higher equilibrium cost the more frequently it is enacted.

Vodun/Puppetry

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* IMBIBE fashion cost has been reduced.

* SLOW has a reduced balance cost when stripping the speed defence.

As always, we'll be monitoring these changes and further tweaks and adjustments 

may be made. If you encounter any problems or oddities, please file a BUG with 

as much information as possible.

Penned by My hand on the 15th of Mayan, in the year 636 AF.

So, the obvious questions:

*what/how much does INFLAME do?

*how much/often is the CURSEWARD eq increase?

*how fast is TZANTZA with 4 affs and how does it increase?

And:

*Does this improve Evileye BLEED too?

I went ahead and tested PUPPET SLOW. Appears about 2.8s strip speed vs. 3.5s aeon. (with nimble)

PUPPET IMBIBE is down to 10 fashions required, 1 used (from 20 fashions required). basically means a smart Shaman can do you in super easy with 21 fashions.

Makarios

Evileye bleed remained unchanged.

Dunn

Man that curseward change probably caused @Sabiru to go into a coma IRL due to happiness.

Penwize

I was kind of surprised that didn't happen to @Iocun with the serpent classleads, honestly.  He just about drove himself into one in anticipation.

Rangor

Dunn said:

Man that curseward change probably caused @Sabiru to go into a coma IRL due to happiness.

I'mma spam call butterfly and trumpet on him instead now. See how happy that makes him!

Sabiru

probably only a matter of time until they give elephant reflexes anyway, at this rate!

Borran

Sabiru said:

probably only a matter of time until they give elephant reflexes anyway, at this rate!

Rangor enters from the east on a red rubber ball.
Rangor begins juggling a handaxe.
Rangor begins juggling a handaxe.
Rangor begins juggling a handaxe.
Rangor leaves to the west, noisily trumpeting like an elephant.

Penwize

Borran said:

probably only a matter of time until they give elephant reflexes anyway, at this rate!

Rangor enters from the east on a red rubber ball. Rangor begins juggling a handaxe. Rangor begins juggling a handaxe. Rangor begins juggling a handaxe. Rangor leaves to the west, noisily trumpeting like an elephant.

That isn't even his final form.

Borran

what does this inflame ability do?

Mizik

Laugh at the efforts of penicillin

Bambizlo

@Borran Inflame cauterizes bleeding and does direct damage in return.

Borran

Bambizlo said:

@Borran Inflame cauterizes bleeding and does direct damage in return.

So, turns bleed damage into burst damage? o.0 Seems like that'd be a bad idea. Can it be used on yourself?- Ha! I'll take this damage to the face, Bloodmaster, and now you can't hurt me!

Penwize

I actually like that.  Depending on how strong it is, it gives Shamans some decent options to play with their target's mana.  Either they bleed the target empty of mana, which makes Tzantza easier to stick, or the target doesn't clot and gets exploded.

Sidonia

Trigger allied bladetwists to inflame, infuriate friendly Blademasters in group combat

Xith

Daeir said:

Penwize said:

I was kind of surprised that didn't happen to @Iocun with the serpent classleads, honestly.  He just about drove himself into one in anticipation.

If it included lifevision illusion detection removal, we all probably would have heard OH YESSSSSSSSSSS echoing out from Austria or wherever it is that Iocun lives.

I believe it's Loompaland. Iocun is secretly a vermicious knid.

Zii

Bambizlo said:

@Borran Inflame cauterizes bleeding and does direct damage in return.

I wonder if it hits mana if the target is corrupted by an alchemist.

Synbios

Is the bleed-to-damage ratio 1:1? 

Xer

I heard it's more like 1:3 or 1:4 - bleed to damage. I believe INT affects it, not sure about Collar

Blujixapug

Xer said:

I heard it's more like 1:3 or 1:4 - bleed to damage. I believe INT affects it, not sure about Collar

Haha what. This I've got to see.

Iocun

Uh wat.

Inflame damage, whenever I was hit by it so far, was always almost 6 times my current amount of bleeding.

We're probably missing out on a constant basis though, which would lead to a much higher ratio for lower amounts of bleeding.

Mannimar

Iocun said:

Uh wat.

Inflame damage, whenever I was hit by it so far, was always almost 6 times my current amount of bleeding.

We're probably missing out on a constant basis though, which would lead to a much higher ratio for lower amounts of bleeding.

that sounds terrifying.... Did you get to test how curse bleed has changed? I'm curious of how useful it is now...

Mizik

Oh man. Wb vodun bleed

Iocun

Serpent/shaman lack a great way to stop movement though to truly excel as a jumping team. Something like occie/shaman, BM/shaman, or bard/shaman might be more suitable for that.

Alchemist/shaman sounds like a fun combo too.

Rangor

I await the blademaster tears as Shamans all over steal their kills with massive bleed turned to burst damage.

Iocun

Yes, all those many shamans.