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GMBob · **Joined:** Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:07 pm **Posts:** 1760

The formulas are getting adjusted, Right now they're all at a rough approximation of the old gain rate. This is only until we can work out where the new gain rates should be.

For those who care, things that we're basing gain rate off of:

Skill utility(i.e. how often you'll use it in normal gameplay when it's a finished skill. If it's a more frequently used skill, it will take more uses to gain than a rarely used skill)

Skill Production Cost ( can you make really cheap items all the way to gm, or do you have to make really expensive items for the last 10 points or whatever).

Skill use time ( how long does the skill take to use, etc).

So hopefully when all is said and done, talking about the final modifications to crafting skills, as well as the gain rates, we're hoping you'll have a system that does 3 things:

1. Gains at a rate that is respectable, meaning that people who have GM or relatively high skill have put in work and it will mean something, not a "Everyone has a gm xxxx".

2. Should be most profitable to work on through normal playing, and not feel that it is required to macro out the ass, and more often than not will not benefit from mass macroing/production.

3. Is not as completely boring as hell, which also promotes macroing. This means that certain skills are going to get a huge facelift in how they are used and what can be done with them.

As always, this is just the "big plan" for skills, so you can get a feel for how changes are going/where they are headed. Gain rate is going to get a preliminary adjustment here in the next week or two hopefully, depending on how far down my to-do list i get. It's been rather busy with fall starting up and i've been unable to do any real work for 90% of this, and maybe the next, week.

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