I'm not sure either.
@Twofold Could you add in that we aren't necessarily spending the favor on ninjutsu, just seeing what's available before deciding? I know the current winning plan isn't yours, but it references yours directly.
Hazou's jutsu shouldn't cost us any current favor since Jiraya promised it to us earlier. That being said, we
are choosing a jutsu that Jiraya makes the effort to find (read: QMs make the effort to create) and not just getting a list of options. I think
@Velorien was pretty clear about that.
I'm under the impression that the action plan will make the actual decision whether we get jutsu or not, but I added the following line to the jutsu plan just in case:
This is Hazou's jutsu preference list assuming that the winning action plan has him acquire a new jutsu.
My concern is operational secrecy. Right now, we're awful at keeping information from our enemies. This results in things like Zabuza finding out we're alive and chasing us, and Leaf getting levitating defenses. The only way to actually stop doing that is to start being serious about secrecy in our organization. That includes hiding who does the talking. If our enemies know Keiko is going to be our talker, they have an advantage. If they know Hazou is our deciever, they have an advantage. We need to minimize the information we give to our enemies, and we need to have started yesterday. Starting today is better than starting tomorrow though. I don't really expect Noburi or Keiko to have drama affect their performance that much, though it is a concern. The more major issue is simply keeping information from our enemies.
True, but I doubt that we are actually going to be able to keep the social roles a secret from people who are actively spying on us. Our enemies will figure them out first time they interact with us, or observe us interacting with anyone. In this case, we are buying false secrecy at the cost of team unity and that is not a good trade in my opinion.
Mechanically, I agree with you. That said, it's not like Noburi's going to get worse at diplomancing by doing medical training, and I really think he should do medical training, not diplomacy work right now. And diplomacy is something Keiko needs as a summoner. In all likelihood, we'll just be gaining a second diplomancer we can use. Who represents our group can be a different discussion.
Noburi is not going to get worse, it's just that he is not good enough for our current challenges as he is. He needs to spend XP on Diplomacy if he is going to do stuff related to it, but with medical training he is not going to afford to. Especially since we need to spruce up our basic ninja skills soon.
This means we kinda have to sideline him, and with the way we are pushing for the training plans, he is not going to get the chance to disagree with us.
That being said, if we are not discussing rewards in the next update Nobby is not really getting the medical training yet either. I guess we can opt to spend less XP on medical in case we can't work out Keiko into the Diplomancer role.
Pretty sure we won't get a mission until Akane recovers or decides to leave us, which is ~ a month? Thus one day of training time is not a huge percentage. Also, regardless, I doubt the QMs will let us train a lot in that day, unless we're intensly only doing that thing.
With Jiraya pulling us to Leaf and insisting that Nobby gets his barrel fixed, I can't help to think that we are going to see a mission really soon. I would not be surprised if we are not going to get any time outside Konoha for training and team discussions before the next mission hits.
@eaglejarl @Velorien I confess that I've been very confused about what we are voting about for this round. Maybe provide more guidance and explicit directions next time?
