Ability, Qi, And Stat Updates

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Game Changes And Balances

Hello! This thread is for everyone who is transferring their character's items, stats, and abilities to our new system. Please note that this is a guide, and you are welcome to ask the mods any questions if you need clarification.

Ability Percentages/Hard Number Changes

To prevent power creep and keep things going smoothly, we are removing the percentage system and moving to hard numbers, instead. Abilities also need to be reworked to reflect a lower potency. The new potency is listed below to make things easier for everyone before converting those abilities to hard numbers.

Standard Ability Potency:

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25% - 4
50% - 8
75% - 12
100% - 16
125% - 20
150% - 24

These numbers are for augment abilities. (Adding 4 to ATK instead of using just ATK). Straight damage (Ex: using just ENG) is set at what your Energy stat is.

Please note that any and all changes will need GM to look over and adjust as needed before they go into play.

Healing & You

The last part of our ability update concerns anyone using a healing or regenerative ability. With the new potency, we don't want our healers to suddenly become useless. Nobody disrespects a white mage!

That being said, with the new system we have to change how healing is viewed since healing for 8 damage is useless.

Healing moves should do a standard 30, then add depending on Tier of Qi.

Zero: +16
Normal: +12
Super: +20
Ultimates: +24


Given you can use most qi abilities more than once a post or thread, this adds up and keeps our frontline buddies safe. A normal qi ability healing for a total of 42 covers enough for even Spike![/ul]

Other Ability Examples

Shields: Characters are able to create shields with their qi if they want. The sheild's hp is equal to the character's energy stat at the time of creation, and lasts until the shield's HP reaches zero. Characters can add additional HP to their shields, but this does require an additional ability in their qi list to be used and created. This is different from a Defense boosting ability, which lasts only for the post it's used.

Reflect Abilities: These abilities reflect damage back to the person who attacked you. The character can do up to their ENG stat in damage to the person who targeted them. (Example: A person with 50 ENG can only reflect 50 ENG of an attack that is stronger than their ENG, but can only reflect a weaker attack of 30 at the attack's potency of 30).

Redirect Abilities: These abilities are different from reflect abilities as they focus the attack on a third party/target. Regardless of the potency ofthe attack directed at the user, they can redirect it for to a total of 12 damage to the new target.

Piercing Abilities: These attacks no longer exist, and have been converted to "Break" attacks. These abilities are debuffs that can lower a target's physical damage (power break), defense against physical attacks (armor break), qi damage (mind break), or defense against qi attacks (mental break). These debuffs are affected by the number of opponents against the target. One on one fights have a potency of -12, two opponents has a potency of -8, and three or more reduces the debuff to -4. These ability cannot stack potency, but do stack the number of posts the debuff lasts.

Area of Effect (AoE) Abilities: These abilities are affected by the number of posts the buff lasts and must have a range indicated in the post. A buff that lasts for four posts may buff a stat for +4, or one post can buff targets for +12.

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New Stats: EXP And You!

To make room for characters that focus solely on social interactions and those who use more strenuous stats and abilities, we have added two new stat pools that are available to all characters. This does mean that any new or prestiged characters gain 110 exp to start rather than the previous 100 so that all stats can have the minimum of 5.

Both combat and non-combat threads gain 1 EXP, and fights no longer give out additional EXP for additional fighters. We are adding two non-combat stats, as well. We have also updated our assignment list with new and improved assignments for every character to grow and gain additional experience.

The new stats are:

PRS/Persuasion: Your ability to influence others through social interaction, this is not a way to force player characters to do what you say, but a way for a diplomatic resolution to convince the other party to see your point of view, or push for a new outcome.

INS/Insight: Your ability to see into what someone may be trying to get you to do, your ability to understand the other party in a social interaction and even to reject another persons persuasive and charismatic ways.

- These two stats share the same stat caps as combat stats.
- You will start with 5 exp in each of these new stats moving forward.
- There will also be a period of time when the changes take place to reallocate your stats to adjust your build strictly if you want to add some of your previous EXP to your social stats.

A GM must approve these changes in order to make sure the numbers are correct.

Please note that the experience gained in social threads only contribute to the social stats listed above. This includes social assignments, as well. This also means that combat experience is only available for combat stats, and an assignment labeled “both” can be used for either type of stat.