Mind Buffing (Game Mechanics)

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Description Template (Game Messages) Related Tags 0% This document has not been started. Mechanics This document is about game mechanics. Completion Guide - 0% - No substantive information available on game feature 25% - page has been started but not completed 50% - page is as complete as possible with the currently available information but probably needs more research done on the subject matter 75% - page is probably complete but needs to be reviewed for accuracy of the page content and to make sure that no information is missing about the game feature 100% - page has been reviewed and compared against enough sources to the extent that there is reasonable confidence that the game feature is completely documented. Overview At Novice Musician and Novice Dancer, and up, players receive the ability to enhance other players' mind attributes from 10 seconds to 2 hours. Musician buffs are linked to enhancing secondary mind attributes (willpower and focus) where as dancer buffs are linked to enhancing the primary mind pool. The buff strength depends on the Musical Mind Enhancement and Dance Mind Enhancement skill modifiers and each point in the skill will increase the effective size of the buff recipient's base attribute pool by 1%. At Novice Musician, this skill is 10, which results in a 10% increase in the relevant stats. At Music Tech 4, this skill is 75, resulting in a 75% increase. At Master Musician, this skill is 100, resulting in a 100% buff in effect a doubling of the player's base focus and will power attributes. Issuing Buffs In all cases, In order for a buff to be applied to a player, the player must be actively listening to or watching the entertainer and the entertainer must be actively performing. Buffs go into effect on the recipient when the player stops listening or stops watching the entertainer. Furthermore, the player must remain watching an entertainer for a total of 2 minutes of active performance time before the buff can go into effect. This means that the entertainer must have performed for at least 2 minutes while the player was watching them. Buffing may be initiated on players by two methods: Passive Means Active Means Passive buffing entails grouping players who wish to receive the buff and have them watch or listen to the entertainer. In this manner, entertainers are able to buff up to 19 different players at once. Ungrouped players are not able to obtain buffs from watching entertainers. Active buffing entails using the /setPerformanceBuffTarget command to select a player to receive a buff. The setperformancetarget command will focus the entertainer's buffing ability directly towards a specific target. This is used to buff players who are not in the entertainer's group since anyone who is in the group can automatically gain access to the passive buffing. Entertainers may also add a parameter with the command that includes a player's name. This will have the same effect as directly targeting a specific player so long as the target is within range. The buff recipient must be watching or listening to the entertainer through this process. Buff Duration & Strength The size and duration of a mind buff depends on a number of factors that include whether the entertainer uses flourishes, what song or dance is used and what instrument is used. This section will first cover buff durations and then move on to discussing buff size factors. Buff Durations Buff durations have a minimum duration of 10 seconds and can range up to a maximum of 2 hours. As an entertainer is performing, every 10 second tick cycle that passes or flourish performed increases the duration of a buff by 1 minute. For purposes of calculating duration, both dancers and musicians may queue up a flourish every 2 seconds. This allows for a maximum of 5 flourishes to be queued up within a 10 second time frame, and thus 5 minutes being added to the buff timer for the recipient. This means that at the end of the 10 second tick cycle, an entertainer can create a buff duration of 6 minutes. Buff Strengths The buff size is the amount that the buff adds to the player's attributes. Buff size ranges can be anywhere from 10% up to 125% with skill enhancement clothing. As with buff duration, every flourish and experience tick add to the buff, but what they add is different. At each 10 second interval, a base amount is added. The base amount they add is based on the type of dance or song being played and the type of instrument used. Whichever is the highest level will add to the buff at each interval. For example without flourishes, a musician playing virtuoso with a slitherhorn will gain 7% added to their buff enhancement at each 10 second interval. A player with a slitherhorn playing starwars 1 would be granted 2% at each cycle. Fourishes come into play by dramatically increasing the growth rate of the buff. Flourishes add 5x the base rate when executed. For example a dancer performing exotic 4 will increase the buff size by 35% per flourish. what you are performing, or what instrument you are playing. Specifically: Dancing Music (% per tick) (% per flourish) Basic, rhythmic Starwars 1, slitherhorn 2% 10% Basic 2, Rhythmic 2?, Footloose Fizzz, Fanfar, Rock, Starwars 2, Folk 3% 15% Formal Kloo Horn, Starwars 3 4% 20% Popular, Poplock, Popular 2, Poplock 2? Traz, Ballad, Bandfill 5% 25% Lyrical, Exotic, Exotic 2? Chidinkalu Horn, Ommni Box, Waltz, Jazz 6% 30% Lyrical 2?, Exotic 3?, Exotic 4 Nalargon, Virtuoso 7% 35% Note: Guide did not offer values for the Master Entertainer lines such as Ceremonial, footlose2, formal2 and the instrument Mandoviol nor for the special Theater Manager reward song and dance, theatrical (1 & 2) and Western song. I will assume they are the same as the other Master Professions until new evidence is uncovered to show otherwise: 7% 35% Source References Source Source in Context