Skill Specialization

Richard Cypher · Post by **Richard Cypher** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:51 am

Okay, a lot of people have been mentioning about how slow their skills increase, and how there should be just one main profession etc. I have been thinking and thinking about how to come up with a solution for this and I think I came up with a good idea. I am not sure if it can be implemented but I think it will help.

A new feature when you create a new character would be a skill specialization. You choose a main skill to specialize in. The point of this would be to focus people more, and promote less jack of all trade people, since apparently that is such a horrible thing.

Lets say someone specializes in mining. That person would have an increase in mining faster than now. Gain more experience for performing the actions. Now every other skill though would stay at the same rate of experience gain that the system has it now.

Also, so people who have trained their skills already will not bitch, they could send in PM's to one GM. That GM looks at the skill they would like to specialize in and adjust it for them, and gove them a 10% increase in their already accumulated skill points, so they are balanced out as if they worked to get that high with the skill system.

If this can be implemented I think it would be pretty cool and useful. Keep more people on one trade then split into several.

Post by **Nitram** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:57 am

Not compatible to the core concept "learning by doing" There is no way to say that the character is from the very beginning on a specialiste in one special skill and will increase that one much faster then everything else.

The only possibility to realize something like this is to lower the skillgain of all other skills in case one skill gets over a setted "level"

Richard Cypher · Post by **Richard Cypher** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:59 am

You heard Nitters people! Discuss!

Post by **Estralis Seborian** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:13 pm

I don't think this is necessary. Jack of all trades are as old as the game itself and to be honest, having the option to learn more than one skill is one of the reasons I play this game. It is the freelancer-feeling that I like about this game, the more restrictions and limits are introduced, the less fun people have.

Don't take away the things that are unique in Illarion. There are so many games with better graphics, better gameplay and even better roleplay, but the combination of Illarion is unique and it has some things other games simply do not offer.

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:57 pm

this proposel seems to have one disadvantage.
new players will not know, which skill to elect.

i still stick to the idea of "forgetfullness".
a cap for the numbers of all skills combined.

so, once you got your numbers all in use, for learning more in one skill, you loose in another. (preferably the skill you did not use for the longest time)

so everybody has the advantage, to learn, what he wants. but if he masters in too much skills, he has to "relearn" some, to be master again in a skill neglected for too long.

Llama · Post by **Llama** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:30 pm

I SERIOUSLY do not like this idea.

Jack of all trades, who spent time practicing their skills will SUFFER. There is no fun in losing skill if you ever decide you want to do somethign else.

Choosing from before will ruin roleplay. One of my characters started out as a rp character (chose bard) and ended up collecting herbs with the druids. I do not want to be penalised for having my character 'evolve' with tyme.

Kevin Lightdot · Post by **Kevin Lightdot** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:33 pm

I'm with Headrian.

Taeryon Silverlight · Post by **Taeryon Silverlight** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:36 pm

Kevin Lightdot wrote:I'm with Headrian.

/signed

Alytys Lamar · Post by **Alytys Lamar** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:38 pm

Taeryon Silverlight wrote:
Kevin Lightdot wrote:I'm with Headrian.
/signed

agree aswell

Post by **Jupiter** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:40 pm

Alytys Lamar wrote:
Taeryon Silverlight wrote:
Kevin Lightdot wrote:I'm with Headrian.
/signed
agree aswell

And me too

Post by **Nitram** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:45 pm

So this can be considered as "rejected by community input" ? ^^

Taeryon Silverlight · Post by **Taeryon Silverlight** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:49 pm

Nitram wrote:So this can be considered as "rejected by community input" ? ^^

yes please

:) · Post by :) » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:06 pm

I didn't read the whole thread, but maybe make it so you can only reach level 100% in one or two skills, and the rest can only reach level 50 or so..

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:27 pm

More skill specialisation would be nice, but I doubt this is a good way to achieve it.

Llama · Post by **Llama** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:51 pm

:) wrote:I didn't read the whole thread, but maybe make it so you can only reach level 100% in one or two skills, and the rest can only reach level 50 or so..

Read from post 6 down

Richard Cypher · Post by **Richard Cypher** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:19 am

Well, I am with you fellows. I wanted it my way so everyone could gain skills at the speed we have now, and just pick one they will focus on more for extra skill gain. Nitters said no for my idea and I say no to his. So meh!

nmaguire · Post by **nmaguire** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:08 pm

:) wrote:I didn't read the whole thread, but maybe make it so you can only reach level 100% in one or two skills, and the rest can only reach level 50 or so..

No.