The CD system is backwards!

Interesting... I think it's still probably slightly more limiting than the current system (because you've effectively put 3 extra tiers on CD but have only opened up 2 more classes relative to the old system). But I mean it helps ease the quick draw issue we currently have at the expense of meaning that people would just not bother to use tier IVs?

I think BM if we implemented your idea, changing the CD from double duration to the current minimum CD applied from the post after the tech finished would work. I.e. you activate a tier IV, use it for 3 posts, and then have 1 post of CD after you've finished.

Feel free to ignore everything below the line- it would be nice for your opinions though even if no-one would even consider implementing it. *shrug*

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I will take this moment to tentatively propose a completely alternative kind of "self-replenishing rei pool" system. Whereby at higher ranks you gain a wider pool of rei, and all techs drain out of the same count. It would also restore itself (more at higher ranks and at higher rei control mastery). It's way simpler to keep a track of- you have 1 number and using any tech subtracts its tier from it.

The issue of the current system is having to juggle cooldowns for 4 technique classes, 7 technique types, and 4 possible tiers. Like that's upwards of 100 things to potentially (though not realistically I know) keep track of.

IMHO it would make combat way more interesting. Because in order to do any significant damage you would have to put yourself at risk by using stronger techs as the weaker ones would only ever do minimal damage- and it also makes 0 sense in that system to just spam tier VIIs from the start. Careful calculations can mean that it replenishes at a rate fast enough that no fight ends up being two people standing around waiting for their rei pool to recover (anyways if in that situation you revert to H2H/Zanjutsu anyways). We know people have a rei pool in canon and can't just keep fighting forever and ever.

Literally the only reason people don't like the idea of the "mana pool" is because it reminds them of the fucking retarded "cost" system on the old site which had the key difference of (1)Having 99 different costs and each tech having a wildly variable creation/maintain cost which this totally gets rid of, and (2)Not actually having a "mana pool" for the cost to come out of so it was basically honour system with kido numbers.

It provides so much more freedom than the CD system which kind of arbitrarily restricts what techs you can use in sequence for no other reason than to stop OPness. A rei pool would make combat way more versatile and unpredictable. This kind of system is so great because it balances itself- sure you can use 4 tier VIIs back to back but then u gon get #rekt.