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^ This is terrible. Why is that even real?
A: I already have to be in a harbour to change it, so ti's not like you can just change it on the fly... why on earth is there a cooldown to that?
B: Someone joins your crew unexpectedly and has a specific aura to bring to the table, oh shit well, looks like you can't really help anyway because I"m on that aura and I can't change my aura! Sorry!
!?!?!? Ug I just hate change for the sake of change
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
All of these changes changed enough to where you have to relearn a whole plethora of stuff to seafare almost exactly as one could before.
Its still a minute enough change from the way thing were in the beginning that o want to pull my hair out . If 0 things had changed and they added tethers and chopping tethers and removed forceboard and added plunder we would -almost- be in the same spot we started at. But now we have relearned the entire skill set twice. Fun.
I don't mind the respecing or even having to learn the new mechanics and start fresh. It's new, fresh, and exciting change in an area which for years sat stagnate and we just made due with the broken toys we had.
We've got new toys now. That's something to celebrate, because we're likely going to keep getting more.
The cooldown is necessary to avoid certain exploits, such as switch aura command/invoke wavecall/lol when you get starshot'ed, or swapping to Watch aura when you need to climb the rigging and then swapping back to something useful.
Challenge accepted.
But I wasn't referring to saving figurehead power, I mean the ability to cast seaspells without being melded, which is the rank V Command Aura perk. That's a huge perk that's fine if Command is the one Aura benefit you choose over the others, but if you can swap freely, then you can keep Helm, Deckhand, or Weapons up for those benefits until you get starshot'ed, switch to Command and cast your spells anyway, then go back to whatever you wanted. That effectively makes starshot obsolete.
That seems like a "little thing" until you actually face it, I'd wager. The first time you jump a ship and starshot it to disable it, and it immediately Shields/Wavecalls away anyway, you're going to have some choice words about that. That's a pretty powerful capability that's fine as long as it's the one benefit you choose from the start, but if you can stack that capability on top of whatever other Aura benefits you want the rest of the time, that's kinda OP and removes starshot as a legitimate option.
Yes, the CD is inconvenient at times, but without it, you're getting into the one-man-army, solo-sailor territory. The CD means that you actually need to have multiple crew to benefit from multiple auras, instead of one guy with multiple auras swapping between them as is mechanically prudent. Besides, isn't the CD 10 minutes now? That's not so bad. Usually takes 10 minutes to get wherever you're going after picking up a new crew member.
I like this, too.
ETA: @Nicola, are the other rank five perks bound to the associated auras? For example does the rowing speed bonus of helm need the helm aura active? To my understanding this was not the case, but I am not sure. I only know that is not the case with Command.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
Okay, how about we tackle this from another way. Say i wanted to go out sailing with my friend and we were both specc'd command and watch.before the changes there were big gaps in what we cant do. We could maintain, couldnt fire weapons, couldnt do a lot of things and it would be pretty pointless to go out other than trade/fish/dive / things that recquire no skill.
Now it is viable for us to go out together. All the base skills you will need to fight seamonsters or get more aggressive/defensive can be used by anyone. If your in a sticky spot all your crew can shoulder maintaining duties instead of being reliant on that one guy who has deckhand's endyrance.
The auras should really be thought of as small perks, but they arent vitally needed to have a functioning crew.
Additionally, while a strider may have more options, those options now also require a crew. The aforementioned aspects were always there and a benefit, as they should be for a larger ship. People have been griping about Cutter vs Strider for years, but the fact of the matter is that the cutter is an entry level ship and, for the most part, the Strider is the sweet spot.
I've only played around with the Auras for a little while, but if anything they're an extra added benefit to Cutters and really confused as to why there's this big issue with them. If you set your aura and go sailing, and pick someone up, and want to change auras, find a port to stop in and make a quick change if that's what it takes.
I don't see it so much as change for the sake of change as I do this being a case of complaining for the sake of complaining.
The changes have been overall very well received and very practical.
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