Entertainer Archive
Thread: Idea for entertainers: Action wounds
This may or may not be a popular idea.. But someone mentioned it on the developer forum, and I thought it sounded like a great idea.
The original idea was that as a person had critical failures, they would take action wounds. Say, falls, and such. This may work for dancers, and assuming they fixed the fall rate for higher skill dancers. But it doesn't do anything for musicians.
However, I think just a general action wound that comes from entertaining. Have it slow, so someone with a good action bar could entertain for hours.
This is realistic.. I mean, if you danced for hours, or played some instrument, don't tell me you wouldn't be soaking your swolen joints, or dealing with blisters.
It's also a "natural" cure for AFK entertainers. If they aren't around to get their wounds tended to they eventually won't be able to do anything. Perhaps it will also help with the perception that entertainers are just a bunch of freeloaders. Yes, it would be annoying having to go do the doctor occasionally, but you want to stay in top dancing form, right?
Tiaga wrote:
However, I think just a general action wound that comes from entertaining. Have it slow, so someone with a good action bar could entertain for hours.
This is realistic.. I mean, if you danced for hours, or played some instrument, don't tell me you wouldn't be soaking your swolen joints, or dealing with blisters.
It's also a "natural" cure for AFK entertainers. If they aren't around to get their wounds tended to they eventually won't be able to do anything. Perhaps it will also help with the perception that entertainers are just a bunch of freeloaders. Yes, it would be annoying having to go do the doctor occasionally, but you want to stay in top dancing form, right?
Well, doctors and entertainers have a bit of a symbiotic relationship. Medics come in and heal action damage for entertainers. Entertainers help medics recover their wounds and fatigue.
So this would just make the relationship more symbiotic. I can dig it. No falling, though. Falling is horribly out of character anyway. But a gradual action wound is okay with me.
But make it just Action wounds. Quickness and Stamina wounds are nasty for us.
A dancer will have to take some periodic breaks. And I'm sure that a well-known entertainer will easily be healed for free by a medic.
I didn't even think about what this would do for AFKers. Interesting.
I should add, credit where credit is due. The idea was not mine (Though I did change it a little) but from here, with slightly different intent.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=483985&view=by_date_ascending&page=1