Make skill building take less time

[LelureSogerom]

I don't know if what I heard is true, but I was told that Talad wants to make earning skill levels raise on a yearly basis.

Is that true? If so, I find it depressing v_v.

It would be nice if I could gain a level in sword making in hour instead of several weeks or months.

I love PS, but why did it have to go so hard on all of us?

[Vakachehk]

Really! once a year!
Well I have told the devs this over and over that I don't have time to spend hours trying to make my characters work well to fit in there profession, my OOC life is very busy! I have managed to find ways around so that if I am busy I may be able to get a little of PLing done while I go off and get some errands done. This is nonsense and I think that it should be very easy go up a level.

And RP includes using your stats and skills how can you be Vakachehk who is a protector if he can barely use a sword, cant hold Heavy Armor, cant even use his Heavy Armor, can't fun for long, etc etc. making it harder is just pointless!

If I pretend that Vakachehk is a protector but not using my stats and skills that is just going to make game play really bad, why did you add shaders to PS that lost a lot of good RPers, for game play sacks...

[Illysia]

@LelureSogerom: I doubt that it would ever get implemented that way. It's not feasible to do that without an upper limit which can be implemented from the start without the raising part.

@ Vakachekh: You can easily RP your character being a protector without loosing tons of time training. You just have to decide which is more important, being able to duel or having being a protector as a defining trait of your character. Being able to have the mindset of of a protector isn't solely dependent on the stats and is apart of the RP too. Have fun with the role if grinding for stats isn't fun enough.

[Falcon Avian]

Training takes almost no time at all XD Only complaint I have is the cost of it.

[RlyDontKnow]

I don't know if what I heard is true, but I was told that Talad wants to make earning skill levels raise on a yearly basis.

Is that true? If so, I find it depressing v_v.

It would be nice if I could gain a level in sword making in hour instead of several weeks or months.

I love PS, but why did it have to go so hard on all of us?

don't just believe everything some weird guy tells? I suppose he either just made a bad joke or he/you got something wrong.

[weltall]

people maxed weapon and armour in 2 weeks fine

[Sarras Volcae]

you mean rich kids who can't even bathe themselves and have all the time in the world? or the adult nerds living in their mothers' basements? i can't even stay online for 30 mins without crashing or having to quit out of frustration because i lag every 10 seconds. this is strange since my game behaved this way befor the server moved, when i had 500 ping, and now it's 100-200. g4yyy

illysia, a lot of players prefer to be able to back up their roleplay with skills. this is a video game. it should be played like one.

[Illysia]

This is an MMORPG not Halo, Sarras. I am well aware of different RP styles.

The only problem is becoming too tied to mechanics in this game. The mechanics haven't been fully balanced and not everything is implemented. It is always a good idea to be able to stretch a little beyond what you can actually do with mechanics (within reason of course ) But anyone with limited time, and even those that are on all day to be honest, have to prioritize and decide where they lie on the sliding scale of storytelling vs using combat mechanics. You can only do so much in a given time.

[bloodedIrishman]

I live in my mom's basement,
hoping one day a hot chick will stare in amazement
at my skills.
That I accrued in a video game,
where I achieved great fame
as a badass.

Still livin in my mom's basement,
hoping one day a hot chick will stare in amazement,
and be like 'omg, that's hot'
at my warlock.

Took me a whole year,
of endless hours and shouting "NO FEAR!"
I had my hot pockets and my doritos,
but by the time I had 100 sword I ran out of fritos!

If only I could spend less time doing the grind,
to scour Yliakum so I can find
some roleplay.
Somethin better to do
instead of playing this game, even on the Lou.

[Candy]

Yeah, it's the people that are willing to sacrifice their entire weekend and all or most of their evenings - even their days, in the case of the unemployed - to this game that max things in two weeks. And then there's all that mining you have to do to fund it. The ones with too much time on their hands will always have an edge over the rest of the players; making it easier to level will be beneficial for the ones with lives.

[Illysia]

If anything, I think lowering the cap level is the most likely to do good. 200 is a bit outrageous and I've seen less than 20 done effectively and result in more crafting skill cooperation, too I might add.

[Geoni]

This topic is somewhat repetitive, and I would have said something about it, but everybody (even mr. poet) has said what I would have. Darn.

[Earowo]

I don't know if what I heard is true, but I was told that Talad wants to make earning skill levels raise on a yearly basis.

Is that true? If so, I find it depressing v_v.

It would be nice if I could gain a level in sword making in hour instead of several weeks or months.

I love PS, but why did it have to go so hard on all of us?

if he made how long it takes any slower or harder then it already is now, people would just stop playing, and eventually the game is deserted, and all the years put into it would be wasted effort, i doubt he'd want that

people maxed weapon and armour in 2 weeks fine

yeah, mabey the people who spend a good 12 hours a day playing, i've played this game for over a year, and i STILL havnt maxed my sword, i've been busy hanging at a friends, or messing around at the stonehead :3 but i fight monsters constantly, and it takes pretty much all day long just to get 1 lv in sword, id much rather just do things with my guild

[Sarras Volcae]

if levelling was easier, there'd be no "roleplayers vs powerlevellers". no mad grinders to whine about, and no whiny roleplayers to whine about either!

[Candy]

if levelling was easier, there'd be no "roleplayers vs powerlevellers". no mad grinders to whine about, and no whiny roleplayers to whine about either!

If for no other reason, make it easier because of this.

Then again, we'd probably still find something else to whine about. Us PS players are a fussy bunch.