Post by Mayonezu on Feb 27, 2018 21:13:38 GMT -6
Recently, gravity chambers were changed to benefit only the owner of the item. The reason for this mechanical change was to more or less to curb faction wide use of a single gravity chamber or simple borrowing as it was on souls. I agree with the idea in some ways, as the benefits of the gravity chamber are very nice, and it could throw off site balance. In other ways it doesn't feel right that a gravity chamber can not be used by a group just out of principal of what a gravity chamber is.
I have a couple of different suggestions that could either compromise between the imbalance or at least make it a bit less odd that it can't be utilized by a group.
Suggestion 1.
Attunement Item- Label it what you will, but basically the idea is that lore wise the gravity chamber comes with an attunement item that accepts the biological (or mechanical) signature of the owner. Just like a Baotendo, it only comes with one of these items, and if your friends want in on the action they'll need to buy an attuner of their own. The attuner is a safety device that newer gravity machines require due to safety protocols (or so they say, it is probably just a ploy to sell accessories). The attuner would allow the user to control the gravity level (meaning that people can progress their gravity level at their own pace and still do a group thread).
I would suggest the cost of such an item being around 4,000. This would be about 66% of the cost of the chamber, and still provide a small savings for factions while still gating it. I personally think 3,500 would be fair.
Suggestion 2.
Chamber slots. Like how ships could be upgraded on souls maybe let people add a slot to their chamber. Maybe max it out to three at a time or something like that. Probably around the same cost range in suggestion 1. Verse suggestion 1 it allows any number of people to cycle in without personally paying a cost, but it does put a limit on the number of people that can be in on a chamber.
Suggestion 3.
Change the name of gravity device to gravity belt explicitly.
I will admit a partial bias here because I am not a fan of solo training.
I have a couple of different suggestions that could either compromise between the imbalance or at least make it a bit less odd that it can't be utilized by a group.
Suggestion 1.
Attunement Item- Label it what you will, but basically the idea is that lore wise the gravity chamber comes with an attunement item that accepts the biological (or mechanical) signature of the owner. Just like a Baotendo, it only comes with one of these items, and if your friends want in on the action they'll need to buy an attuner of their own. The attuner is a safety device that newer gravity machines require due to safety protocols (or so they say, it is probably just a ploy to sell accessories). The attuner would allow the user to control the gravity level (meaning that people can progress their gravity level at their own pace and still do a group thread).
I would suggest the cost of such an item being around 4,000. This would be about 66% of the cost of the chamber, and still provide a small savings for factions while still gating it. I personally think 3,500 would be fair.
Suggestion 2.
Chamber slots. Like how ships could be upgraded on souls maybe let people add a slot to their chamber. Maybe max it out to three at a time or something like that. Probably around the same cost range in suggestion 1. Verse suggestion 1 it allows any number of people to cycle in without personally paying a cost, but it does put a limit on the number of people that can be in on a chamber.
Suggestion 3.
Change the name of gravity device to gravity belt explicitly.
I will admit a partial bias here because I am not a fan of solo training.
