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Vote how you will play. Just for fun.
Dradiin
Member Posts: 259
Just curious how we all will play the game once released. More of a fun poll really. Only had 10 choices so i could not list just 2 sphere options.
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Total time played: 9125 Days, 21 Hours, 29 Minutes, 27 Seconds
Time played this level: 39 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes, 5 Seconds
How is crafting anyway? Do you get more out of the items you make, other than feeling a sense of accomplishment? As in, can you make good weapons or armour to help you in adventuring or do the rewards and random loot make them useless?
Also, can you choose the looks or at least colouring of the armour you're crafting? That's something I've always missed. At least Ryzom had that, but there weren't that many looks to choose from, so meh.
Sorry to play quiz in your nice poll btw
Crafting is hard to explain. I think it's fairly off-putting. There isn't going to be much "casual crafting" going on.
You can't grind crafting by making items, so the market for gear won't be depressed by people trying to skill up. However, this has the impact of meaning you need to be level 10+ before you ever get any real sense of creating anything useful. As a bonus, the system is very unusual - and while really great at higher levels - at the lower levels, it's frankly tedious and will confuse a lot of people.
Adventuring, supported by your crafting your adventuring equipment, with diplomacy on the side for fun.
I advise everybody try out all three, just for a change of pace from time to time.
This poll would have been a little cooler if there was also an option for harvesting, which you can do without ever crafting if you want.
This is actually a really interesting poll.
Personally I chose Dip, Adv, Craft. I just love the Diplomacy system to death. I think more people would like it if it was a little easier to understand, but I know there's a bit of a learning curve to start out with.
"Because it's easier to nitpick something than to be constructive." -roach5000
I had to vote Crafting Adventuring and then diplomacy...
Why? I spent 3 days crafting and it frustated me - to the point of being so upset while I wasn't playing that I realized how much fun I was having...
It's good to know I might become wealthy!
Glad you all voted just wish more would. Thanx in advance.
"Adventuring, supported by crafting your adventuring equipment"
I don't see a cute icon that quite captures the degree of ROFLMAO implied in that statement. I think you missed the part where it was explained that it takes about as long to level up crafting as it does to level up adventuring (and presumably, the same sort of timeframe for diplomacy) It may even take longer to level crafting than adventuring due to some definite roadblocks in the crafting progressions that will require plentiful third party (guild or hired)support or a requirement to level in order to survive the mobs near the resource nodes needed for crafting progression (not leveling) quests.
And to make some things well, your crafting level will need to be higher than the adventuring level needed to use said items. I don't expect the "part time crafter" will last long once that really starts to sink in.
Another important point is that, unlike other games, maxxing your adventuring level and then trying to "power level" your crafting will not work. It is not gather/buy mats, hit button, instant skillup. It is see taskmaster, stock up on utilities, and start grinding. Money from adventuring is not going to reduce the time involved in leveling crafting.
Not to mention the fact that its harder then any other Harvesting line to get ore/minerals. By far the Skinning and plant gathering is the easiest to level up.