I was messing around with psi triggers, and I realized that there were a few triggers that couldn't be cast in battle. "Impossible! You can't concentrate enough!" Anyways, I was thinking that a powerful psi should have awesome powers of concentration, so maybe there could be a psi skill called Concentrate that allows all skills and spells that could ordinarily only be cast out of battle to be cast in battle with an extra wait state imposed. Now, for psi skills and triggers, this wouldn't be all that special. It could lead to some interesting effects when used in conjunction with remort combinations. Being able to word stun in battle for example. Backstabbing in battle. Since psis aren't really known for being able to stand mano a mano and fight, I don't see this being overpowered.

Anyways, this thought is coming to me at 6am, so I haven't really thought of all the possible skills and spells that could be abused with this. Just throwing out a new idea.

I agree. I think this would be a nice addition to psionics. I think concentartion could be a level 10 skill generation 1. It could also be called psionic focus.

I like the idea very much, though I do think this would be a "powerful psi" skill as kitano said, so gen 1 is a little low. maybe gen 5? sounds more balanced to me.

Kitano said: ….Since psis aren't really known for being able to stand mano a mano and fight, I don't see this being overpowered…..

Okay - lemme paint you a picture of a psion / merc. This skill as you have proposed it would allow them to hamstring in battle…. Or what about a Psion / Thief: Stun in battle anyone? And you can't see that being overpowered? :P

It's not a bad idea if you limited it only to the psionic triggers.

So I guess I made a mistake when I said backstabbing in battle, I meant circle backstabbing in battle. Things like thief stun wouldn't work because thief stun doesn't work on mobs or players that are fighting. Word stun, however, would. Refresh would. Hamstring would. And to balance the overpowering nature of these skills, an extra wait state is imposed after it's used. So yes, hamstring and word stun become super-powered hiptosses, but in return, you can't do anything for a while. Again, a psi with 500 hp isn't going to be able to tank much no matter what skills or spells they use. Being able to cast nopain or vertigo during battle is nice, but mastering the mind should pay other dividends in other classes too when remortalized.

I very much think for balance sake this should be limited to just all psionic triggers being usable in combat, no word stunning or hamstring. If it were just psionic abilities I think this would be a great addition.

I think this is a good idea if it had its limitations. As for the name of the skill. Please leave 'psionic' or 'psychic' out of it. Be more freaking creative damnit! You know what I mean.

i see a name in the title of this thread

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I meant to respond to Tereus's suggestion for the name.