First Three Morphs

[Jullian]

So I don't feel terribly strongly about this. As in, if it stayed the way it is then I'm fine. The amount of posting it takes to move from 10 to 25 is pretty small and I don't think it will change much OCCly if it stayed that way.

That said, figured we might as well have a convo about it. Not every change made has to be far reaching and the solution to a terribly big problem. As long as it's an improvement that's great. So maybe this will be an improvement or maybe it'll just be one of those ideas that falls by the way side.

So I really like the idea of making it so that you don't get your morphs right away. As Drake pointed out, people were at 10 posts anyway by the time they got their morphs in morphing 101. But something else I noticed was that it was a little odd, ICly, that Jullian told them to just get three random morphs and that everyone was trying out multiple morphs in their first class. ICly I think it would make sense to get one morph at a time. It doesn't have to be played out, just as we didn't always play out going to the freezer and getting the blood, but it was something we could reference in our posts.

So what if the first three morphing levels were at 10, 15 and 20? Then the next is at 25. It's a small break that won't actually affect game play negatively. But it gives you a bit of time to get used to each morph, ICly. "I practiced using my owl morph last week. Cockroach this week," sort of thing. And it would make it fall more in line with the rest of the leveling system. Not to mention it creates just a slight anticipation effect of, "yes, I reached 20, I get my owl today."

[Dean]

The staff and I had a long discussion about this and came to the conclusion that one of the bad things about the academy in the past was the need to stay there for so long. Making the post count for your morphs the same as the post limit for the old Academy kinda defeats the propose of revamping the Academy at all. We were at a point not to long ago where we were going to nix it altogether.

[Drake]

I think the 10, 15, 20 idea could be fun in some instances, but hardly needs a set limit on the posting levels to happen.

What I mean is, even if a new animorph is allowed to get all three of their beginning morphs at the same time (rules-wise) doesn't mean that they have to (roleplaying-wise). But I think it is best if this decision is made on a case by case basis, depending on the circumstances.

For instance, if it is one person plus an instructor, it could be fun to acquire and try out each morph one by one. But if there are, say, five beginner animorphs getting the morphing power in the same thread, having everyone get their morphs one by one could easily turn into a hectic mess.

So, while I agree that it could be a good idea in certain circumstances, I still think overall it would be better to keep it as is with people being allowed to get their first three morphs at ten posts. For simplicity's sake if for nothing else.

[Jullian]

Hmm. Maybe it's something I'll just mention ICly then...in fact I think I want to make it that each student does have individual class ICly. That may also allow for more posting opportunities instead of getting bogged down like we did in the original Morphing 101 thread where I had to wait for everyone to respond. Then again posting with only two people can be boring. Maybe 2:1 lessons? Jullian works with two students at a time? What do you think?