Maelstrom Venting

[binidj]

Fucking downtime! I'm fed up to the back teeth with it.

I'm going to give it a few weeks but at the moment the whole co-operative downtime thing (which has to be done in order to gain new Priest skills) is getting me so down that I'm thinking of packing in Jagular and just playing a bland character so I can hang out with my chums.

It's entirely possible that I'll get over this particular burst of disgruntlement but it's an infuriating system that never fails to get me into a boiling rage at some point. Come back Omega downtimes, all is forgiven!

Comments

[wulfboy.livejournal.com]

Warning : PeeDee Drone Here

Co-operative downtimes are evil beyond belief. I am in favour of them but I wish there was a better way of sorting them out.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Downtime system, from my time as Anaguma Tanaka and beyond. It *should* be helping people do cool stuff without forcing Pennington to read 3,000 multi-page downtime submissions that make no sense. It is *actually* fucking peoples games up completely instead.

I can say that it is [i]probably[/i] worth e-mailing PeeDee about the problem. They want [i]your money[/i] to make you happy. I for one would not like to see one of the people who "gets" the Faith game drop his character because of electronic idiocy.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

I had, in fact, already emailed PeeDee before writing this rant and I have sufficient faith in Matt and the team that if things don't change then there's probably a bloody good reason for it.

For myself, I think that gaining Priest skills should be between the priest and their deity (ie. I spend 90 days in meditation and prayer at the end of which time the Merchant sends an Eidolon to give me instant inspiration), why a one should be forced to negotiate with other priests (of any faith!) or a random Eidolon is beyond me as it seems to be going in the wrong direction if you see what I mean ... can't say more because of FOIP.

[wulfboy.livejournal.com]

So - the priest chooses the action "Meditate" and hopes for the best. The Eidolons take the "Enlighten" action but they don't pick a specific person to enlighten. They declare their willingness to enlighten someone. Only as many priests as there are Eidolons choosing the "Enlighten" action can actually gain new skills.

[ellistar.livejournal.com]

nah

again deity gives the eidolon the inspire as a result of the meditation. He then gets to pass it on to the priest in a I am here to bless you child bit of roleplay.

sounds good

I concur.

[harrytc.livejournal.com]

Meditiation - long periods of tedious silence - happens in downtime.

Englightenment - potentially interesting roleplay - happens at events. Maybe not the next event, but one day...

(I've retired, you know...)

[binidj.livejournal.com]

That would rock ... and would give the Eidolons a bit more kudos, let's face it, they need it.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

How about letting Eidolons inspiring any devotees during their downtime to improve what they're doing? They could be like a portable blessing ... that would make them really sought after ... and would make devotion a more tempting prospect ... which would, in turn, mean us priests get to Excommunicate power-gaming twats!

That last alone is worth the price of admission to me.

not negative, just poking holes ...

[yapman.livejournal.com]

Main issue I can think of is Eidolons who fail to deliver the blessing of enlightenment, or give it to the wrong person, as is their wont.

Still, not necessarily a showstopper, I'm sure we could work something out. Am a bit leary of the return to the Omega world of "I spent 3 months in downtime doing this and don't get the result til the 3rd day of the event" potential problem too, but again, not something that can't be worked around.