On the fourth day of ESN, empaths gained the ability to share some of their learning with their patients through the bond temporarily shared between them by the act of healing. When empaths are awarded their experience from healing, the patient will also be awarded 20% percent of that amount as Long Term Experience up to a maximum of 250 LTE per day. For those curious, the goal of this update is to encourage players to seek out healers over the alternatives when possible.

Questions, concerns, joy, anger? Feel free to share!

Enjoy!

~ Konacon

Wow!!!

One question - will this require an empathic link, or is the effect automatic?

~Land Pirate Maylan~

I'm assuming this is the thing that was teased yesterday that the transfer effect was needed for, my first impression is to have mixed feelings about it.

On one hand, it's great to have something to encourage folk to seek out healers and make town healing a more reliable way to earn EXP.

On the other hand, I can see some obnoxious twit coming in right as I'm trying log out for the night/track down a merchant/etc and demand I mess around with linking to them and waiting for them to get their exp... but at least I won't have to mess around with orbs the way clerics do. My girl would have to live like Otis Campbell if that was the case...


Starchitin

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> One question - will this require an empathic link, or is the effect automatic?

This is just automatic from transferring. Nothing special required.

> I'm assuming this is the thing that was teased yesterday that the transfer effect was needed for, my first impression is to have mixed feelings about it.

It is not.

> On the other hand, I can see some obnoxious twit coming in right as I'm trying log out for the night/track down a merchant/etc and demand I mess around with linking to them and waiting for them to get their exp...

I am not sure I understand what you're saying here. If you heal people, they will get LTE. There's nothing more complicated to it.

~ Konacon

As a long-time primarily healing Empath, all I can say is..

WOOOOOOOWWWW...

Pretty neat.

~Traiva's Muse

> What if the patient is dead at the time of healing?

This shouldn't stop the patient from getting the LTE. :)

> As a long-time primarily healing Empath, all I can say is..
> WOOOOOOOWWWW...

Thanks!

~ Konacon

Something I've always thought would be a good idea. Great addition. Do the same for lock picking and raising please.


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AIM: Kaight (Matt) GS4

Thumbs up. I dig small, innocuous, and no-hoops-jumped incentives for seeing a player for a service. Not a massive thing to miss out on if you absolutely must be self sufficient/can't find an empath, but a nice bonus if you do the community thing.

Also, FYI, I'm really enjoying the shiny new announcement every day format. Good presentation. Looking forward to seeing what else unfolds. :D

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Small, but amazing. Thanks so much for all the awesome ESN stuff so far, Konacon, and definitely looking forward to the rest of what's coming for ESN!

~Cylnthia Kythnis Ardenai
~Paragon of Kuon
~Rose Guardian, House Sylvanfair
~Officer, Ardenai Temple Knights

Really like this. Great change.

Rishi
- Player of Kembal

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