Skill suggestions.

[Negyth]

could anyone translate the first post?

[Poots]

Alright, correct me if I'm wrong...

but it sounds like your basic objection is 'I didn't get it, so it shouldn't be that way for new people'.

What? How does that make sense?

I have tried to get no less than 10 other people to join Illa since I first started playing. Every last one of them got frustrated anywhere from an hour to two days in, despite having me to guide them around and show them the basics, because of HOW impossible this game is as a newbie.

We want to ATTRACT new people, not scare them away.

I see NO problem with making it a bit easier for a newcomer to jump right into the game. I have never played another game where you didn't get at *least* one skill at a moderate level... in terms of this game, perhaps a turquoise color; about 1/3 of what is possible.

To once again use UO as an example, I believe you are given 100 total points to distribute between up to three skills of your choice, with none allowed to be over 50.

In some games you get 'package skills', with one or two moderate skills and a few more very basic ones depending on the class you take.

And so on.

was that directed towards me?

I could care less about the skills, but a third of the skill is a ton. a third of the skill on goldsmithing (I'm only using this example because it's the one skill I know the most about) and you can make almost everything. maybe everything. I don't don't have a third yet, I have less than a fourth, and I think I can make everything except two items

[AlexRose]

*Looks up quixotic..*

*makes the 'oooh' sound with his mouth* I like it!

And that is actually a pretty good idea. I can't use it now though because it is written in my background that I learned music from my mother growing up.

For now I will just sit around going:

"#me practices his harp playing again."

and then hitting right click, use, right click, use, right click, use until I turn blue (literally)

Move mouse pointer to lute, exert pressure on shift key, exert pressure on left mouse button, release pressure on both keys, rinse and repeat... a few times, not 10000000000000000000000000000 times, every few type #me practices his chords. #me practices his picking. #me practices slow tunes. #me practices fast tunes. etc. etc. do this is a secluded area. Don't disturb anyone's RP, don't uber powergame.