Some added context: I have personally watched firsthand as somebody seemingly ground Herbalism from nothing to 75 in about a week flat. I have not been actively trying to grind anything as I've used nearly all of the XP my character has gained to purchase wealth, but just from incidental activity ov...

I suppose it's possible that my teaching skill is sufficiently high that I'm getting people I teach to capped pool faster than it can pool any acting, but I've tested quite a few times and have gained no percent in acting from teaching. I've gained multiple levels of teaching, though.

1) Perform with other people then. The bards previously had 5-6 practices or more for their plays they put on. Bands practice together irl, bards can too. Focus on shorter pmotes to break them up and get the most from the session and keep the scene moving. I imagine this is probably the “intended” ...

Why is solo-spamming pre-written emotes that nobody else will see desirable behavior that needs to be incentivized while practicing with others and performing live is not? It makes zero sense in game design terms. Natural RP will rarely if ever take your pool above the lowest possible tier of fullne...

What exact functional good is achieved by requiring that performers get most of their progression from spamming pre-written emotes that nobody sees in private rather than getting most of their pool from ACTUAL performances? You're saying one thing while advocating for something that does another. Ye...

What I am saying is that if the amount of pool you get for performance skills is so abysmally low that you have to spam out a bunch of pre-written emotes every time you leave your PC's house to make any progression at all, I don't see why it would remotely be an issue to just make the amount you get...

It's also common for people to spend hours mindlessly grinding in the safest, least costly way possible to get the skills they want to do what they're trying to do with their concept on RPIs. Sometimes before they ever even RP. Thankfully, TI:L has a really cool experience system that integrates rol...

The having to spend money to make money and having a 3-6 month turnaround before you even break even thing with assets is a bit problematic (and can be stifling to the game's economy) since it ensures that the people who are making enough money to spend regularly are the ones who have probably alrea...

Is the intention that it take multiple years to master a skill in a game where people can grind crafts to master in a week flat without RPing the craft at all? Or that it be functionally impossible to believably play a character above the age of thirty because the game is designed around the assumpt...

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Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:25 am

I'm not sure if I agree or disagree specifically. But I will point out that teaching of course works.

Only if there's somebody with the skill to teach which isn't going to be the case for a lot of performing skills and especially so when Troubadours have had a leadership void, etc.