>>some Empaths would still rather train it by healing.<<

Good luck with this. As you observed, those that choose to train empathy strictly by healing have to compete for patients. The only time I can get empathy moving through healing is during an invasion with lots of deaders getting dragged to triage.

The idea of healing critters doesn't appeal to me because I can see lots of issues with what might be considered mech abuse. Combat oriented character starts whacking at a critter, empath with said character starts healing the critter, keeping both the critter and the character alive continuously. I don't see the ability to heal critters happening.


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You flat out, absolutely, 100% have no idea what you're talking about.

Solomon

<<There should be a significant increase in experience given for devastating type-injurys (broken neck,back,abdomen a bit more than limb stumps, etc.) as compared to someone who maybe has cuts and bruises on every body part. The way it works now quickly healing a full cuts and bruises patient will teach more than healing one with a broken neck>>

This makes sense to me.


Mialeigh, Triager of the Order of the White Rose
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There are two ways to live your life,
One is as if nothing is a miracle.
The other way is as if everything is.
-» Albert Einstein

I may be wrong here, but things that have been mentioned seem to suggest that empathy is being worked upon to work in balance with the new combat system.

I am not suggesting that we don't give suggestions, I just also don't want people to feel that Empaths aren't getting looked at.

I know a lot of guilds have a somewhat large feel of are we going to get anything soon. I am seeing these posts in all guild folders. I understand the feeling, because well I care a lot about my Ranger and Thief, and I feel both of these guilds haven't seen much. While Empathy is backseat, I've always had a lot of respect for both the guild in game, and the players that put the time into playing them.

To the GMs, could we have an update on that Combat Rewrite, and if my speculation that Empath experience will be in the rewrite as well as other things.

You can even phrase it with very vague things like. CURRENTLY WE are in BELIEF that...

It is LIKELY that [this] will be changed to [that].

We have [something] in QC now for the combat rewrite, but it MAY need some changing.

Please, put some extra love for all the TLC the empaths have shown us over the decades. :) (: !


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(First sorry if you think this is TL,DR. However I hope it wasn't annoying and instead got to the point of. Yes I want to know more of the Combat rewrite, the releases have been good. I like them, but I am more focused on other things.)


Just got a box rewrite... ahh sorry... didn't notice that (Not even sure when that was, do you mean the new box trap?). Lockpick rings, I am not sure how helpful... you could argue the same thing I guess for the fletching items that are in stores that sells boxes of stuff. These are updates but they aren't entirely Thiefy, heck there is a discussion about Backstab experience. I think you even posted there... [I don't want to concentrate on Thiefie or Rangerly things here. I was trying to suggest all Guilds are seeing this and not to feel Empaths are just getting left out].

And you failed to mention the whole Muspar'i addition that was very Thiefish.

Oh, and yes while I am at it Empaths have had a few new constructs added to the critter ladder.

And all of these things are improvements, and nice to have. However the Constructs are awesome to see. Not just for Empaths either, I am glad there is another thing to hunt at differing levels at differing places.

Kudos to the GMs!

However, I do feel that to suggest some of these things are things that every thief wants. They are nice, and once again Kudos to the GMs for coding and releasing them. However there is a lot of stuff that I'd like to see, i.e. the combat rewrite, or at least a little bit of, yes it is moving along or players bit of a bummer here, a bit more of SNAFU then normal heck that is what SNAFU is. We are working on it, it will get there. We don't know when.

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Victory Over Lyras, on the 397th year and 156 days since the Victory of Lanival the Redeemer.

>What? Thieves just had a total khri rewrite, box rewrite, lockpick rings... what counts as development?

Yeah. I took a year+ break and when I came back everything had been entirely rewritten for my thief, and my empath was exactly the same. My WM got a few new toys too.

Fortunately in the 6 months I've been back there's been a flurry of empath stuff, which was long over due, but well worth the wait (constructs ftw).


~ Purehand