Curse

samifly · Jun 06, 2006, 10:26 PM // 22:26

I prefer quest having something useful to me like skills rather than xp (whoopie) and small amount of money. Some Quests are annoying - like lyra said - try being a earth/water ele or a hammer warrior, trap ranger before maguuma and the desert. One way you could fix this is get skill credits for at the trader. Makes you less worried about if a skill is questable or not. I sorta still like getting certian skills, for diversity puropses. People would just buy all the same skills with skill credits, and ignore skills which have a less obvious purpose. unless you buy every skill, like me

Lord Iowerth · Jun 06, 2006, 10:26 PM // 22:26

1 plat per skill above 20 is expensive. Don't get me wrong, I can most likely afford it ... but the point is: I didn't get money buy wasting it buying skills that are questable, and I don't plan on doing it now.

There is *NO WAY* i'd start a prophecies-based class ("core") in anywhere other than Tyria: all the missions/quests are familiar, you know the maps, you know what to expect, and you don't have to buy skills really until you get to ember light ... and even at that point it's just to flesh out the non-elites you're missing that aren't questable.

xuemin · Jun 06, 2006, 11:03 PM // 23:03

i think it should be a mix of the two, since i think it's highly unlikely for a new player to know what skills to buy at first, most of the posters here already have experience of how to play and so know what they want or what's expected of them.

they probably need to develope a system where you can decide what attribute you prefer to max out or just go with their default. i started my first char as an ele thinking i could go straight into water magic but was pretty disappointed when i realised that you had to start as fire and didn't get decent water magic for a long long time.

Tuoba Hturt Eht · Jun 07, 2006, 12:55 AM // 00:55

Please post your support for an alternate means of acquiring skills for our characters in this thread:
L.Totems, I.Commendation, M.Credits, E.Requisition for SKILLS, SOC, FACTIONS