Hello Everyone,
I know folks have kind of dropped the TKMs due to:
1) Lack of 3rd class
2) Lack of 150 level max
3) Nerfing of Cosmos skillsets
Here are some ideas to revitalize the class.
Name Suggestions:
1) TaeKwon Elder: similar to a village elder of a particular art.
2) TaeKwon Grand Master: the black belt ranks often go...teacher/instructor, master, and grand master, so this would be a next logical progression.
Skills Suggestions (doesn't have to be everything):
1) Add take down moves (For added damage). For example, just like when you had to learn Flying Kick to learn Tumbling; a person you could learn the specific block (Upper Block) and then a respective take-down move. This adds another dimension to the class while doing added damage, but is NOT a buff. So, when you are attacking you would see something like "Upper Block" then "Arm Throw". This could have the same effect of pushing a monster back like the "heat skill" but the respective damage could be adjusted by GMs if they ever saw it being abused so it's flexible for the future.
2) Add some hand movements. This will still keep them different from the Monk class. The traditional forms of TK use hand movements unlike many of the Olympic styles which focus on kicks only.
3) Different weapons (e.g. nunchuks, bo staff). I am still scratching my head and trying to figure out how any true martial artist would fight with a book. It's just utterly silliness. Not too many folks would watch a Martial Arts movie like that...unless it had someone like Bruce Lee :-)
4) Drop the Heat, Wrath, blessing skills as they are only good on 3 maps (major de-motivator). Recommend the addition of the 3 Cosmos environments to attacks we already have. An example is a Solar Tornado Kick or Stellar Counter-Kick. This would be like a buff but it would only add a little damage and could not be used immediately since the kicks are picked at random when you melee fight. They would NOT be limited to maps of course.
Storyline: as a TaeKwon Elder, the TaeKwon Master explores the roots/history into greater detail to learn the origins of the style and the influence nature has on it (This would be a job change quest). This goes above an beyond the whole Solar, Lunar, and Stellar areas which got nerfed. Basically, you could say you have succeeded the Grand Master or Elder of a dojang...or school for short.
Job Change Quest: represents the culmination of everything learned in the TaeKwondo art. I say this because the final test is over EVERYTHING in order to get it and is a very long test. Just like Hooyun, the first guide could be a Grand Master at a school who directs you to an etheral plain like Heaven which is represented in the martial art.
Items to Collect: things that represent the Kwaes (divination signs) such as 2 heavenly bodies, 3 natural resources, 2 plants and 3 animals.
Movement Test: Possibly have the Grand Master in the ethereal plain require a combination of movement tests (which you can take as many times) which progressively gets faster towards the end showing the culmination of everything learned, e.g. kicks, stances...etc. Again, just a thought to add dimension and diversity to the class.
Knowledge Check: this is just for S&Gs, basically put something in which asks what the items you gathered represent...
Added Features:
1) Become a school leader. Basically, when you hit your 3rd class you have the ability to train other Taekwondo characters through a system. Additionally, if we have levels for the skills why not add belts and make it more realistic. This way your costume changes.
**Of course I would never imagine leaving other classes out. The other classes would have a school within their respective town and not just the beginner one in Prontera or a single NPC.
In Conclusion....
So that's everything I can think of at this time. I am not the end-all-be-all to the class. My only goal is to revitalize the class and I've always found ideas get more done than complaining. So, please don't flame me. I would only ask that you add your comments for a consolidated and concise response for the GMs for submission to Gravity. Thanks again everyone and here's to wishing for a 3rd TK class modification :-) <fingers-crossed>