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
ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 10:01 AM CST
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 10:08 AM CST
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 11:30 AM CST
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 11:33 AM CST
>My only concern is pocket empaths. Beyond that love the idea to give bonuses to interactive while not forcing it
I would think the LTE cap of 250 per day would help to mitigate that. And if someone is maxing that out via a pocket empath, I don't see that as a huge concern necessarily.
~Land Pirate Maylan~
I would think the LTE cap of 250 per day would help to mitigate that. And if someone is maxing that out via a pocket empath, I don't see that as a huge concern necessarily.
~Land Pirate Maylan~
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 11:34 AM CST
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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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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Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 11:36 AM CST
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 11:38 AM CST
> 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
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
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 12:17 PM CST
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 12:18 PM CST
Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 12:23 PM CST
<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.>
I saw the following from the original post and (apparently incorrectly) read it to mean the empath had to LINK to the patient in order for them to get the EXP: "through the bond temporarily shared between them by the act of healing."
Nothing more to see here, carry on.
Starchitin
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I saw the following from the original post and (apparently incorrectly) read it to mean the empath had to LINK to the patient in order for them to get the EXP: "through the bond temporarily shared between them by the act of healing."
Nothing more to see here, carry on.
Starchitin
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Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 12:31 PM CST
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Re: ESN: Rewards for patients! on 11/18/2017 12:59 PM CST
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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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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