Your knowledge over mechanics is at least laughable Pyras. I replied to Achernar already who made a similar comment.
Pyras wrote:
On the flip side, even etherealform forces the target to stay in the room until taunt wears off, which means that if the swashie has an ally to either remove etherealform or fight with the target while ethereal, he has plenty of time to do so.
All that he has to do is 2 things. Either spam quaff word(you don't quaff the potion while taunted, so spam means you get out the moment taunt wears off), or the moment someone turns ethereal, you disband the group, set wimpy 100 and when you are attacked from another person, taunt is broken and you are free to flee/quaff word.
Generally, etherealform is a safehouse from taunt. Only with scripted etherealform items a swashie can kill someone who turned ethereal and knows what he is doing while taunted.
But even if we take the approach that this would overpower taunt, can anyone simply explain to me how 1 single item makes taunt weaker when etherealform in all its forms(casted/scrolls/wands/staves/scripted items) is not? What balance is disturbed exactly?
Oh right, I know the answer. The balance of my char holding said item and using it against you. For all the years that it was used in similar occassions none QQed about it.
PS: I don't disagree that removing etherealform would overpower taunt. But anyway, taunt is broken and needs to be reworked from scratch. I've stated far too many bugs in this thread(whatever explanation you choose to accept), and they need to be fixed. But until Dulrik decides to clearly choose a side, we can't propose to him possible bugs and fixes for this broken skill of the game.
EDIT: ardith, regardless of my motivation, my arguments are 100% correct and valid, unlike those of many of you. Reading this thread again proves it. But then again, you are the one with obvious reading comprehension problems.
