Agility.

GM Oolan Jeel

"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time." Aneurin Bevan, May 1945, on World War II rationing and shortages in England.

i had always mainly used the areas for training ranged. will those weapons be effected by this change?



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I personally think there is something wrong with the la'heke area now, with 36 agility and 30 reflex i fall about one and a half combo's each time, i am using parry, fient, draw, sweep, slice, chop. This is with an LE outcast Katar.

<<Can those of you posting in complaint please include your agility and skill in the weapon you are using at the time? I need to know how you compare to the target that was set in order to judge how the mechanics are working in general.

Agility: 14
Heavy Edged: 57 55% mind lock


~Thilan

Sure


Strength : 30 Reflex : 30
Agility : 36 Charisma : 30
Discipline : 30 Wisdom : 30
Intelligence : 30 Stamina : 30


Shield Usage: 107 54% perplexed Leather Armor: 208 30% bewildering
Cloth Armor: 34 63% perplexing Parry Ability: 222 80% very muddled
Multi Opponent: 180 15% muddled Light Edged: 232 96% thoughtful
Light Crossbow: 116 67% pondering Evasion: 259 87% muddled

Agility : 40
Heavy Edge: 400 +


feint, draw, sweep, slice, chop

Went from nimbly balanced down to very badly balanced.
Casted TR to get back up to nimbly.

Second round I got to sweep before I fell over.


If you want I can post entire combat log, but with those stats and weapon skills its kinda nuts for La'Heke area.


I was initially using a weapon at 150 ranks but was falling almost every 2-4 attacks even though I was hitting them so I decided to see what my main weapon would look like. Kinda scary as it is right now for people hunting at level with them.

>>Well that pretty much settles it...

I thought it was because I was using a weapon at the bare min ranks in there, but when I switched to HE I kinda shuddered, took another drink, then said back to hatchlings to train other weapons.

I was going to bug it but saw this thread. I feel bad for anyone who is actually training at level in there or does not have the defenses already. This is one area which I've been telling people to stay away from on Ratha as the decks appeared to have been greased and to try again later.

I don't really consider dancing with four hunting at level, though I might have a skewed view on how long people milk creatures due to my Prefrence for being able to train TM (Primary) and Melee defenses and offenses(tert) on the same creature.

La'heke soft cap somewhere around 280 as far as I can tell and I'd say somone with high 100's to low 200's is hunting at level in the area because the app begins to be more favorable to the hunter in that range.

I've posted my Weapon skill and agility, wich were the factors the GM asked for as well as the apprasial of the creature which in my view puts me in the "At level" if not a little bit above Range with them.

After a few attacks my blance is totaly tanked and stays that way untill I fall down. I fall rather more often than what in my view would make the area still a good option for hunting. I'm not against having to fall down now and then, or having trouble keeping balance. It makes the area intresting and fun. I just think the penalty is still a little much for my character who outclasses the la'heke and I would hate to be a new character just entering the area in their training window.


-Serc

"Moon Mages have already been given some of the most ridiculously powerful magic in the game, third only to Warrior Mages and Barbarians" -Armifer

I am listening to what you guys are saying and will tweak it in the next day or two. I'm sorry for the delay here, but work got me a bit worn out the last few days and I haven't been around much due to that. It is intended that it be hard to maintain balance. However bad balance won't cause you to fall sooner. In the previous version of the mechanics there was anywhere from a 20-50% chance to fall on your face regardless of skill and dependant only on the move you chose. That has been replaced and in relation made less severe. I want to make the area huntable, but at the same time the intent has always been that melee should be at a dis-advantage. The use of the attack verb simply allowed people to circumvent that restriction in the past.

GM Oolan Jeel

"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time." Aneurin Bevan, May 1945, on World War II rationing and shortages in England.

I do understand and appreciate the feedback on the area. I just wanted to make sure you understood the intent of the area. I've reduced the requirements all around so it should be a bit friendlier.

GM Oolan Jeel

"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time." Aneurin Bevan, May 1945, on World War II rationing and shortages in England.

I have already adapted my hunting style for La'heke to train LX as i hit a third one. Thanks for looking into the situation.