Kit Changes

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

Overall Ability:
Shouldn't all instances of "Reiatsu Strength" read "Offensive Stat" given Orobas will be a Spiritual Pressure build with next to no RS? If it says RS, the cap on your swarm would be 189. Should have a Cap on amount in a swarm as well, but I'm guessing there will be more about that in the specific details. Edit: Not seeing it anywhere.

Not sure how I feel about the "no cap on reiatsu" thing, especially given the talks about Quincy going on.


The Great Hivelord:
Only 1 resist to the itching of the mosquitoes isn't unbalanced, but there are a few other Skills I can see helping with avoiding distraction from itching. Willing to talk about it.

Tercera Etapa: Super not okay with your 1750 Spiritual Pressure being translated into Strength without a stated Cap.

Quarta Etapa: How many insects are born per egg? And how frequently can they lay eggs? More specifically, how much reiatsu would be regained if 100 botflies laid eggs after that 3 posts, since that's what I'm most worried about becoming imbalanced.

Strength of the Swarm:

Stag beetles are super too powerful as is. Orobas usually has 42 Strength, being able to deliver 1750+ strength attacks with that is hard for me to pass.

Insectoid Rush
No problems with this one, very cool technique.

Wilted Bolt:
"Every stage of release after Segunda, starting in Tercera and increasing up to Quinta, increases this speed up to 800 in Quinta Etapa." So... forgive me, math is hard. What is the speed of Tercera and Quarta?

Exoskeleton:
I'm wary about Mosquitoes power, given that could be a lot of reiatsu regen on a character with 17,500 reiatsu naturally... Yes, the powers require large amounts of reiatsu, but if they aren't destroyed you can just reabsorb them for free.

Nesting Tactics:
No problems here

Horrid Double
No problems here

Necrotoxicity:
No problems here

Waking the Fallen:
No problems here

Spreading the Hivemind:
Unfortunately, this one I have a lot of hangs up with. It just seems way too easy to debilitate. 100 stings is next to nothing when your swarms are potentially infinitely large given I haven't seen a cap on those (and if there is no cap, 10000 would be possible, much easier 2000) I think multiplying each of these levels by 10 would be much more balanced, even for a Class 1/0 Release. Especially when the stings do necrotoxins and more.

overall, super cool powers, really scared of them, tbh. Not looking forward to seeing that against any of my characters, Beast in particular with his tiny SpPr pool and those mosquitoes...

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Changes made!

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Overall Ability:

I changed every instance of Reiatsu Strength to now say Offensive Stat. I also added a cap to the amount of insects that can be in a swarm equal to 3x Orobas' own OS, but with linearly increasing costs every time their OS is met or doubled.

The Great Hivelord:

Added Strength of Will and Battle Focus resists to the mosquitoes!

Changed the effects of stag beetles completely, now having double the durability of a normal insect when used!

Specified: A botfly can only lay one egg, and only one insect can hatch from said egg. Reiatsu intake from assimilation is also 1:2 instead of 1:1!

Strength of the Swarm:

Instead of using strength, stag beetles are now effectively AP rounds, being extra effective at breaking through defensive techniques and weapons.

Wilted Bolt:

The way it's set up, this will increase by 100 Speed per stage, going at 600 in Tercera, 700 in Cuarta, and 800 in Quinta!

Exoskeleton:

With the way this technique is set up, insects are still going to die regardless of taking a hit. Because the intake from mosquitoes is limited to the amount of reiatsu put into the technique, this serves as a way to help mitigate damage done to the armor. Should someone fire off an 800 OS Byakurai, only 25 reiatsu is going to be absorbed while 800 insects are killed, allowing that to effectively be changed to 775 insects considering they can spawn more. Unless someone has a technique that costs significantly more than their OS (which while absolutely possible, isn't too too likely), Orobas is generally gonna be at a net loss!

Spreading The Hivemind:

Added a cap to the amount of insects in a swarm, and made it increase in intervals of x10, up to 100,000 for the highest effects!

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

I like the changes. I still think that Spreading the Hivemind is really powerful at just 100 stings, given it only has a single resist. Not sure how best to adjust that, though. Definitely feel like you gave up a lot on that tech, but am just having trouble with the first stage in particular.

What I had originally meant by the multiplying by 10 was instead of 100 stings it would be 1000, up to 20,000 at the highest tier, if I remember the number breakdown that it was originally correctly.

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Changes made~

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

1/2 approved

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Alright I shall be doing your 2/2 grading for Orobas's new shenanigan fest you call powers. You're justification seemed good to me so you're good to go as far as the why.


Stats:

Just a thing I would reccomend personally. You might as well pick HE for the stat to "increase" so that you have to invest in ES. Then get your 42 points in ES so you can have some energy sensing capabilitys. It ain't much but it's at least something you can make use of you know? I highly doubt you'll make use of such low HE.


Just a preference thing though so moving onto the powers.



Saisei Oni Overall:

So my thoughts on bugs aside this is a pretty interesting power on the whole. I actually can't say I have much qualms with the overall barring two things.

1. When the insects store reiatsu for you (which I assume is solely when they have assimilated again with Orobas) is there any way to lose this reiatsu? Like would hitting Orobas kill the insects storing this reiatsu? Or is it simply just there until you use it? Also does this still get affected by abilities that require you to pay reiatsu for their effects? I.E. draining reiatsu, increased costs.

Lastly what happens if you run out of reiatsu on Orobas but you still have this extra pool? Do you continue on until you regain reiatsu or are you knocked out cold?

It's a lot more questions than I intended but there's just a lot that I'd like to understand with this aspect.

2. The staminaless casting. I get that it's not taxing in the same way but I'm going to say this needs to get removed. It's not your reiatsu so you're not going to be drawing from your energy reserves. But molding and utilizing energy regardless of whose it is would be taxing. At least somewhat. You shouldn't get away with stamina-less use of your extended reiatsu pool.



Primera Etapa:


The Great Hivelord:

So I'd just like to say I enjoy this power for it's simplicity. I know that is has a lot of "At X point X thing happens." However it's not hard to understand and it's easy to see where your going with it.

Primera: This is fine however I just want to ask. Is this stolen reiatsu go to Orobas or his extended pool the insects can store? Or perhaps is it both? I'm certain it's both upon re-reading your overall but I'd like to make certain.

Segunda: I'll own up and say I've got concerns at the numbers here for your effects but given everything is a 1 durability minion I'm going to let this ride out. I can see both sides of where this could be ludicrously easy to achieve or it could be nigh impossible depending on the character you face.

Tercera: Gucci

Cuarta: I'm ok with this. I've got one question, is there any way to remove the eggs? Perhaps it's hard to, and I would expect it to be for a cuarta but I've got to ask regardless.

Quinta: Utterly horrifying personally. However this tech is good. It's costly to get HSR regardless and even still organ damage still has a timer even at the peak. I'm willing to let this be honestly.



Strength of the Swarm:

Primera: No issues with this.

Segunda: Same as before surprisingly.

Tercera: Considering you can have a swarm that's stupidly powerful by just spending a lot of reiatsu I think we can drop the 2x to 50%. The bonus to breaking through is fine but I just don't see you needing more than 50% honestly.

Cuarta: Fair.

Cicadas: So I'm seeing a healing bitch slap. And this instance of slapping someone with HP is considered to be a full post duration of healing from the cicadas? If so I'd like this to be a once a post burst with a cost attached since the cicadas do not need to be on the person for the entirity of a post to try and give them the benefit. Which you could then do to ensure someone basically gets the full effect of your 2k+ ability for a full heal.



Segunda Etapa:

Insectoid Rush:

Segunda: I'm good for this.

Tercera: It's unique to say the least. Trucking through hits via hyper armor.

Cuarta: I'm ok with this.

Quinta: I really like this. A step tech that shares itself with another. Is the alternate person stepping in addition to Orobas stepping or is it instead of Orobas they can pick another person to have them step?


Wilted Bolt:

So I'm good for this technique so long as the same once per post clause and a reiatsu cost is added for the cicada's. Between this and the Strength of the Swarm Orobas can practically heal anyone from on death's door to full health if he so chooses. And do so in quick succession.

I'd also like to see a reiatsu cost in general for these shots that get fired off by Orobas.

Tercera Etapa:


Exoskeleton:

I'd like to see a standard per post cost for this ability. It doesn't need to be terribly expensive but there should be something here. The fact you pay a lot to keep the durability up (if you're hit) is enough under normal circumstances but we still need something for this being active.

I've got one question though. So say Orobas has 800 total insects and has 200 of each of the first four types. Does he gain all the benefits of all the insects used? Or does he have to use one type of insect only?

Tercera: I'm ok with these actually.

Cuarta: This is also fine.

Quinta: I like this. Again as horrifying as it is I dig this. (The support akki is real lol.)


Nesting Tactics:

I'm ok with this also.



Cuarta Etapa:


Horrid Double:

The only thing this needs is some kind of upkeep cost. Again considering how much your insects cost this doesn't have to be outrageous but there needs to be something. Otherwise it's good.


Necrotoxicity:

I'm going to let this one pass. Part of me wants a reiatsu cost but I think with everything else going on there's enough costs. Besides your insects have to make it to the opponent to get this off. If you manage to hit the numbers more power to you.



Quinta Etapa:


Waking the Fallen:

For this specifically I want there to be a clause about how the bodies durability cannot be restored via the cicadas. It starts with the max durability being the amount of insects initially used. After that it only goes down.

On this point I'd also like to see a limit to how many bodies Orobas can have under his control as well as a clause that says he cannot force in more insects to a body. It would be the equivalent of restoring durability I'm not not gucci for. (Especially when he's likely to find bodies relatively easily.)

Lastly I'd like a clause added that if a body is willed to lose the insects Orobas shouldn't be able to recontrol it later on.


Spreading the Hivemind:

Alright so surprisingly I'm not against this however I'd like to see a means to get rid of his influence. Namely in the form of some sort of healing. To add to this I'd like to see a point at which HE alone can help an individual resist. This is given that high end HE can cure mental problems by simply touching someone and that they can even filter their own body of poisons. So I feel they should have counter play here.



I think that's about it. Surprisingly not as bad as I thought it might end up. Let me take a moment though to say, you did incredibly well with this CIU. I don't like insects. Not usually for personal reasons. But I genuinely enjoy this power. It's flavored well, it's mechanically sound, and it has a great deal of use in and off the battlefield. Well done my dude. Once the changes are made he should be good for my 2/2.

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Stats: made recommended changes.

Overall: stored Reiatsu will now be reduced as insects are killed as normal. Insectile Reiatsu pool will be hit first for draining effects. Stamina line removed. Orobas will still be knocked out if they spend their own pool, Insectile Reiatsu or not. 

Hivelord: mosquito gain is split 50-50. Botfly eggs can be freely purged for 2 Reiatsu per egg. 

SotS: reduced Tercera to 50%. For cicadas, only the instantaneous heals are applied. Those that require a full post of exposure or more are not applied.

Rush: it’s an additive step.

Bolt: added once per post and 50 Reiatsu additive to cicada bolts. 

Exoskeleton: 50 Reiatsu per post upkeep. Insects can be mixed and matched for armor, potentially granting all benefits.

horrid double: 100 p/post upkeep.

WtF: clauses added. 

hivemind: 1 point in HE increases sting thresholds by 3 stings.

[Ludwig Verrlicht]

Changes look good. 2/2