Jedi Archive

• Force Heal

• Mild defence bonuses.

• Beast Calm - allows the jedi to break aggro by beasts for 8 seconds, and cannot be aggroed again in that time. (this should help low level padawans when they are grinding and get in too deep. Note this is for beasts only to minimise any possible exploits with dungeons etc - would also have a long cooldown i expect.

• Incremental increases in force healing

• Personal healing over time as now at box 2.

• aura of healing at 4th box to provide a very slow, low power heal over time for group characters within 12m

• Only 1 version of remove fire and heal wounds - to be honest since CU these are both much less important in the game.

• Introduce buffs that can be applied by the healer - however make them jedi-orientated so as to not step on the feet of docs. The Force Enhancer quite rightly has the area of personal buffing covered. I suggest this tree be there to cater for group buffs. This will also encourage jedi to group together and go off to be self sufficent: so perpetuating an illusion that there are not as many jedi around.
  
  Examples I have thought of could be buffs that give mild increases to force regen, saber block and total force. This gives very specific jedi bonuses but will still mean doc buffs will be greatly sought after. Also a form of battle meditation could be implemented in box 4 - giving mild benefits in defence and accuracy to squad members within range whilst reducing the defences and damage output of the jedi healer (I dont't want to step on the toes of the awesome new changes to Squad Leader, so this would definitely need their input).

• Malacia (box3?)- this is a force technique used by light siders which causes extreme dizziness and nausea in a target. This allows jedi to overcome an opponent without causing them harm, I suggest his causes the target to become dizzy, and then have the same effect as a spice downer, with associated animation. This debuff would last for the same time as a spice downer.

• Box 1: Cure Toxin - heals poison, disease and bleeds.

• Box 2: Plant surge - the jedi causes roots and vines etc on the ground around a target to wrap around their legs, causing them to be rooted for a time.

• Box3: Force Light - the jedi projects a beam of light force energy at a target, causing them to be blinded (and possibly a slight snare effect as they stumble around?). This ability would also cause damage to npcs who are associated with the dark side (dark jedi ncs and/or dark side spirits if they are ever introduced).

• Box4: Heal states - this heals ALL states that are now in the game.. including all post-CU states. It would also heal snares, and reduce roots to a snare.

• Imbue life - a resurrection ability (after all, now that docs and CMs no longer use res packs to ressurect players, their abilities are essentialy force-like anyway, so why shouldnt master healers have a rez ability too?

• Total Heal (at the moment this is weak compared to the force required, especially considering BF has been removed) this heals all damage, removes ALL states and debuffs and will remove snares and roots.

• Morichro - this is a documented light jedi technique which is banned to all but the most experienced (master) healers. The technique slows the bodily functions of a target, potentially killing it if continued for extended durations. The technique can also be used to extend a meditative state indefinitely, keeping the jedi alive for years if necessary.
  
  I am not totaly sure of the exact effect morichro should use. But i suggest an extreme combat speed debuff and minor damage over time. The technique would be toggled on/off in the same way force fun can be done so now, and of course as this is a potentially powerful power if used properly, it would have an appropriate force cost.
  

Message Edited by MsNiL on 09-17-2005 01:25 PM

The ability to channel the force into healing energy is one of the rarest and most precious of all Jedi powers. Though many Jei learn some healing skills and Jedi consulars often develop a special talent for it, very few Jedi devote themselves entirely to healing. These specialists find that their understanding of the Force strengthens when they use it to cure the ill and aid the wounded.

Jedi healers are experts in the arts and sciences of medicine. As peaceful scholars, they spend most of their time tending to patients and meditating on how the Force connects all living things. Jedi healers are less likely to be tempted to the dark side, becouse the path of anger and hatred cannot enhance their natural talents. Many of the greatest philosophers and teachers in the history of the Jedi Order where healers who sought to share their insight regarding peace of mind and body. Apprentices who show a talent for healing arts are carefully tutored toward becoming healers so their rare gifts do not go to waste.

Jedi healers are far from passive. Many are more than willing to take up arms to prevent the suffering created by tyrants and villians, putting an end to the cause rather than simply treating the symptoms. Jedi healers often seek out battlefields, travel to plague-ridden worlds, and place themselves in perilous situations where their healing talents do the most good. Traveling Jedi healers are often accompanied by other Jedi, or at least encouraged to travel with a well-armed and trustworthy group.

Before the fall of the Old Republic, most Jedi healers where Jedi consulars who followed the Ossus tradition and received special training from the Jedi Order. No Jedi Healers are known to have escaped the Jedi Purge. Jedi healers are extremely rare in the New Republic and later eras.
Fortunely, Master Skywalker's Jedi academy managed to produce a few, so this most treasured of traditions has not been lost.

- Power of the Jedi Sourcebook

lol I have been referencing the same book when coming up with my ideas above

I think it's an awesome reference when considering how to make jedi a system that has balanced, exciting and in-role powers. The more opportunity we get to differentiate between light and dark jedi in more than name the better... after all: Actions speak louder than Words. And I dont Yoda would think I was a good light side jedi, if I turned up on Dagobah and went.. ooh a slimy-thing lair! Time for wanton death because that will make me more skilled!

Whoop me bad he would, yes?

BR

I'm a master healer/defender 0404ls on sunrunner, one of the few master healers on my server that i know of post cu. My role in the game seems to be the tank that can keep the rest of the group standing as well. Nothing like haveing a group member go incap in PvP and then click, total heal! It normally surprises the hell out of the competition when i do that. Normally ppl in my group dont die from a deathblow in PvP, normally its the 3rd incap that kills them.

Although id have to say one on one im lacking in the damage output department, but i accept that as my role in the big picture.

My suggestion to balance Enhancer a bit, and give something to healer.

Remove Statis from the Master Enhancer box. (Master Enhancer has ALWAYS had too much stuff in comparision to the other jedi proffesions. And for some reason just keeps getting more)

Add Statis to Master Healer.

Add Force sap in it's previous form to Master Healer box.

Add revive effect to total heal.

Add a healing timer modifier to one of the trees of healer that is currently not even very useful, for game balance I would advise it being a tree other then the Force Heal tree, and a Huge healing modifier for Master Healer. (Personally, I think a Master Healer should have no cool down at all considering the huge amount of skill points nessacary to get it.)

And one of the following new ideas to the master box:

Force Atrophy: This power causes the target's muscles to become weakned causing a signifigant drop in their damage capability. Modifiy damage by -25% (Similiar to the Force run Damage reduction)

Note: If Healers dont get defensive bonuses, their defensive capability should come from making it more difficult for their opponents to do damage, in the same spirit as force sap. Give a master Healer the old style of Force Sap, Force Atrophy, and lower or no healing timers, and they wont need to be defenders in 1on1. But this wont take away from Defender as the Healer would need to spend a lot of force to deal with damage from multiple opponents. This makes Healer viable in combat without taking away from Defender.

Force Empowerment Self/Other. This is a health buff similiar to the Health Crystal. It would only last 30 minutes, and would require a lot of force. When applied to others the bonus would only be 1k health. When applied to self it would be 2000.

Note: This is no longer any threat to Doc buffs. Because Docs cannot boost health directly any longer. Docs will still be the king of regeneration of health/action/mind. This ability would merely add to the total.

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Torleen wrote:

My suggestion to balance Enhancer a bit, and give something to healer.

Remove Statis from the Master Enhancer box. (Master Enhancer has ALWAYS had too much stuff in comparision to the other jedi proffesions. And for some reason just keeps getting more)

Add Statis to Master Healer.

Add Force sap in it's previous form to Master Healer box.

Add revive effect to total heal.

Add a healing timer modifier to one of the trees of healer that is currently not even very useful, for game balance I would advise it being a tree other then the Force Heal tree, and a Huge healing modifier for Master Healer. (Personally, I think a Master Healer should have no cool down at all considering the huge amount of skill points nessacary to get it.)

And one of the following new ideas to the master box:

Force Atrophy: This power causes the target's muscles to become weakned causing a signifigant drop in their damage capability. Modifiy damage by -25% (Similiar to the Force run Damage reduction)

Note: If Healers dont get defensive bonuses, their defensive capability should come from making it more difficult for their opponents to do damage, in the same spirit as force sap. Give a master Healer the old style of Force Sap, Force Atrophy, and lower or no healing timers, and they wont need to be defenders in 1on1. But this wont take away from Defender as the Healer would need to spend a lot of force to deal with damage from multiple opponents. This makes Healer viable in combat without taking away from Defender.

Force Empowerment Self/Other. This is a health buff similiar to the Health Crystal. It would only last 30 minutes, and would require a lot of force. When applied to others the bonus would only be 1k health. When applied to self it would be 2000.

Note: This is no longer any threat to Doc buffs. Because Docs cannot boost health directly any longer. Docs will still be the king of regeneration of health/action/mind. This ability would merely add to the total.

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