ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Simple enough. It currently takes up a turn to change from controlling my alchemist to my golem (or my summoner to a summon of choice, or my own-self to thought-self) and that's a turn where noone does anything, but enemies get to wail away. For example, if I want to have my golem use taunt, because I see the big cluster of enemies coming up and I want them after her, instead of me in my squishy alchemist form, it takes 3 turns to accomplish this goal, (1 to change control to the golem, a second to use taunt, and a third to change control back to my alchemist) and by this time, it may be too late for this to do any good.

Similar issues exist for summon control on summoner. By the time you switch to the right summon, the situation you could've manually taken advantage of may no longer exist, or be ideal. And then it's even more turns to change back.

Is it somehow unbalancing for the 'control shift' from one character to another to be instant and take no time?

I vaguely remember this being discussed a couple of years ago, with the main counterargument that it would encourage micromanagement too strongly. Maybe add it to the through the crowd prodigy similar to how swift hands enables item micro for those that want it.

That works for summoners, but Through the Crowd is pretty useless for alchemists.

Perhaps adding it as an ability granted with 5 ranks in master summoner or summon control?

Or overmind for solipists?

Or invoke golem for alchemists?

jotwebe wrote:I vaguely remember this being discussed a couple of years ago, with the main counterargument that it would encourage micromanagement too strongly. Maybe add it to the through the crowd prodigy similar to how swift hands enables item micro for those that want it.

I like this idea.

No, it's already instant! it's just bugged :/

Oh, wow! Well, when it's fixed I know which class I'm playing. Although the golem AI isn't half bad in most circumstances.