Umiron | Sat 27-Aug-16 03:10 PM |
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#64650, "Empowerment is Now Optional"
Edited on Sat 27-Aug-16 05:34 PM
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Empowerment is now optional.
Priests may still choose to pursue empowerment just like before, and the empowerment process itself has not changed. However, unempowered priests will now have access to all of their supplications, with two of caveats:
1) Healing through supplications has been reduced by 30% for any communer who is not empowered. 2) When not empowered, ALL level 21+ supplications are communed with a -1 level penalty (e.g., ignoring other modifiers, an umempowered L51 paladin would commune wrath at level 50 instead of 51).
Class Specifics:
- Paladins who are not empowered will not be eligible for virtues. - The lag on wrath has been increased to two rounds for all paladins.
- All healers lose fly. - Gate may only be used on trusting targets going forward (for all healers).
- Shaman who are not empowered will not receive a shaman path.
- All druids lose transmute metal to wood. - Druids who are not empowered may still gather the same number of herbs as before, but will incur a -1 penalty for any bonuses calculated for a given type.
Empowerment Going Forward
As stated above, the empowerment process itself hasn't changed. Priests who wish to seek empowerment should go about it as they always have.
The only significant (in a sense) change to empowerment is that "custom empowerment" should now be considered an even more uncertain and cautioned-against endeavor.
The In-Character Narrative
The gods are more lenient in this age, and have become more willing to part with their power. As a result, ordinary priests trained through the four priest guilds are able to wield their power without first earning the favor of an individual deity. This informal contract can be strengthened through empowerment but is otherwise somewhat tenuous and should be understand as something that can be taken as easily as it is granted. Priests who are not true to their alignment, ethos, sphere, or merely the whim of the gods may eventually find themselves powerless and alone.
Priest Class and Roleplay
CF has always been and continues to be a RP-enforced MUD, and priests have historically been held to a higher bar of RP (directly or indirectly) by virtue of having to RP in order to be successful. We intend to do our best to maintain this bar both for priests and the MUD in general. While that bar may not be set any higher for priests who are not empowered, the consequences of poor RP will likely be more sudden and severe for those characters who were content with the path of least resistance.
Future Changes
This change obviously has pretty huge implication for game balance and the overall dynamic of the class system. We will almost certainly be making additional changes (all of which will be documented) as we see how things play out, and at this point I'm not even ruling out a complete reversal if we don't like the direction this takes us in.
Housekeeping
I have a number of helpfiles to update over the course of the next few days, but I wanted to get this announcement out now as the Q&A that will likely ensue may help frame helpfile changes.
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Empowerment is Now Optional
[View all] , Umiron, Sat 27-Aug-16 03:10 PM
PK range reduction would be a great change.,
Chirkaw SteelBeak (Anonymous),
03-Sep-16 04:12 PM, #94
*cheers* ... but wait ...,
Warren,
31-Aug-16 02:02 PM, #76
RE: *cheers* ... but wait ...,
Umiron,
31-Aug-16 04:27 PM, #77
RE: *cheers* ... but wait ...,
Old Newbie Priest (Anonymous),
03-Sep-16 10:33 AM, #92
RE: Empowerment is Now Optional,
Luthantulas,
29-Aug-16 03:42 PM, #71
RE: Empowerment is Now Optional,
tanoomi71,
28-Aug-16 10:28 PM, #62
No. Fly has been removed from the Healer class altoget...,
Bemused,
28-Aug-16 10:39 PM, #63
This is correct, w/ comment.,
Umiron,
29-Aug-16 11:14 AM, #69
Thanks for this change, and one question:,
xrus,
28-Aug-16 09:37 PM, #61
RE: Thanks for this change, and one question:,
Daevryn,
31-Aug-16 05:54 PM, #78
So unempowered druid is basically -1 to all herbs?,
Tac,
02-Sep-16 01:04 PM, #83
RE: So unempowered druid is basically -1 to all herbs?,
Destuvius,
02-Sep-16 04:42 PM, #84
You remind me,
Beront (Anonymous),
02-Sep-16 05:29 PM, #86
?,
Destuvius,
02-Sep-16 05:33 PM, #87
I see,
Beront (Anonymous),
02-Sep-16 05:47 PM, #88
RE: I see,
N b M,
02-Sep-16 05:50 PM, #89
And you wonder ,
Demos,
02-Sep-16 06:05 PM, #90
Not as harsh as having no supps though NT,
Kstatida,
02-Sep-16 04:55 PM, #85
Thanks for this great change,
DeathIncarnate,
28-Aug-16 08:49 PM, #60
Cool changes! nt,
Mcbeth,
28-Aug-16 12:59 PM, #57
Healer changes,
KoeKhaos,
28-Aug-16 07:41 AM, #46
Great Change.,
Elerosse,
28-Aug-16 06:15 AM, #40
Transmute,
Aereglen,
28-Aug-16 01:03 AM, #30
RE: Transmute,
Umiron,
30-Aug-16 12:51 PM, #72
RE: Transmute,
Sollin (NOT Outlander),
31-Aug-16 02:40 AM, #73
Its far from the only way,
Destuvius,
31-Aug-16 04:58 AM, #74
Funny enough,
Kstatida,
31-Aug-16 06:55 AM, #75
RE: Empowerment is Now Optional,
Kaito (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 12:56 AM, #28
As much as I support that change, I have only one quest...,
Beront (Anonymous),
27-Aug-16 11:35 PM, #27
Shield Dedicants have never lacked,
Jormyr,
28-Aug-16 01:15 AM, #31
That change is basicaly this,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 01:27 AM, #32
RE: That change is basicaly this,
incognito,
28-Aug-16 02:20 AM, #35
This is what I am trying to say,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 02:25 AM, #36
RE: That change is basicaly this,
Destuvius,
28-Aug-16 05:40 AM, #38
Then,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 05:50 AM, #39
I agree with this guy. ,
Lhydia,
28-Aug-16 06:57 AM, #41
What? Shield deds have been the most popular I always t...,
KoeKhaos,
28-Aug-16 07:36 AM, #44
Did you miss the part,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 07:41 AM, #47
Flank? Angels? Still have wrath as well...,
KoeKhaos,
28-Aug-16 07:46 AM, #48
Did you read my post?,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 07:48 AM, #49
It appears you are talking to a mirror. Good luck! nt,
KoeKhaos,
28-Aug-16 08:03 AM, #50
He has a very valid point that anyone who has played sh...,
Lhydia,
28-Aug-16 12:33 PM, #55
I disagree.,
KoeKhaos,
28-Aug-16 12:42 PM, #56
If it actually was my mud....,
Destuvius,
28-Aug-16 07:11 AM, #42
You continue to ignore,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 07:30 AM, #43
RE: That change is basicaly this,
Umiron,
28-Aug-16 10:50 AM, #51
Oh,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 11:11 AM, #52
Fwiw,
Destuvius,
28-Aug-16 12:06 PM, #54
I love ####-showing contests! NT,
TMNS,
28-Aug-16 08:11 PM, #59
I have fewer than 100 PK deaths on 30+ chars combined,
Murphy,
29-Aug-16 12:13 AM, #64
Pfft ,
Demos,
01-Sep-16 01:52 PM, #79
Time to roll a gnome gnome hand spec and go for 200.,
lasentia,
01-Sep-16 02:17 PM, #80
Sorry dude,
Kstatida,
01-Sep-16 04:00 PM, #81
I mean, I guess. It's called Carrion Fields though...,
TMNS,
01-Sep-16 07:05 PM, #82
Whatever, I do what I want!,
Murphy,
03-Sep-16 12:35 AM, #91
Don't even hope,
Kstatida,
03-Sep-16 12:40 PM, #93
RE: Oh,
Bemused,
28-Aug-16 05:54 PM, #58
Note my suggested change was very modest,
incognito,
29-Aug-16 05:29 AM, #66
RE: Note my suggested change was very modest,
Mcbeth,
29-Aug-16 12:31 PM, #70
I chuckled NT,
Kstatida,
28-Aug-16 11:43 AM, #53
Ffs ,
Demos,
28-Aug-16 01:49 AM, #33
Boring? When pointing at the mistakes,
Beront (Anonymous),
28-Aug-16 01:52 AM, #34
Weird, it doesn't LOOK like it's to make the game bette...,
Doof,
29-Aug-16 03:48 AM, #65
Yikes, this really ####s savages over,
Trip (Anonymous),
27-Aug-16 10:33 PM, #23
Eh.,
Umiron,
27-Aug-16 10:48 PM, #24
Felar savages even more,
-flso,
28-Aug-16 07:40 AM, #45
It's a good change,
incognito,
29-Aug-16 05:31 AM, #67
My fire giant savage scarab app,
Murphy,
29-Aug-16 06:46 AM, #68
Great move. n/t,
wareagle,
27-Aug-16 09:07 PM, #22
Great change.,
Shapa,
27-Aug-16 08:39 PM, #21
More questions re healers,
NoobAgain,
27-Aug-16 06:09 PM, #16
RE: More questions re healers,
Umiron,
27-Aug-16 06:22 PM, #17
Makes sense,
NoobAgain,
27-Aug-16 06:27 PM, #19
Well...now I'm rolling a druid and a shaman.,
TMNS,
27-Aug-16 06:04 PM, #13
RE: Well...now I'm rolling a druid and a shaman.,
lurker,
28-Aug-16 12:59 AM, #29
Oddly enough, never played a thief. ,
TMNS,
28-Aug-16 03:02 AM, #37
Loving the recent changes!,
E4rth,
27-Aug-16 05:43 PM, #11
By assassin lag + damage do you mean edged throw? nt,
TJHuron,
27-Aug-16 06:07 PM, #15
RE: By assassin lag + damage do you mean...,
E4rth,
27-Aug-16 11:30 PM, #26
RE: Empowerment is Now Optional,
Drehir,
27-Aug-16 05:24 PM, #9
Fixed. Thanks. (nt),
Umiron,
27-Aug-16 05:34 PM, #10
RE: Fixed. Thanks. (nt),
Drehir,
27-Aug-16 06:47 PM, #20
RE: Empowerment is Now Optional,
amazingdonnie,
27-Aug-16 05:06 PM, #8
Tone down anti-lag communes.,
ibuki,
27-Aug-16 04:44 PM, #7
We'll see.,
Umiron,
27-Aug-16 10:56 PM, #25
RE: Empowerment is Now Optional,
Dan83,
27-Aug-16 04:31 PM, #6
You have just succeeded in convincing me in playing an ...,
Kstatida,
27-Aug-16 03:47 PM, #5
Also, for clarification:,
Iunna,
27-Aug-16 03:33 PM, #3
RE: Also, for clarification:,
Umiron,
27-Aug-16 03:34 PM, #4
Further clarification request:,
Iunna,
27-Aug-16 06:03 PM, #12
Wrath is 2 rounds even if the Paladin is empowered? n/t,
Lhydia,
27-Aug-16 06:05 PM, #14
Correct. (nt),
Umiron,
27-Aug-16 06:25 PM, #18
RE: Empowerment is Now Optional,
Demos,
27-Aug-16 03:30 PM, #2
As a huge supporter of empowerment...,
Iunna,
27-Aug-16 03:22 PM, #1
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