weekly quests and quest xp

[Mayobe]

Going through it at the moment, my brute level does seem sort of like my "now I have to stop having fun and go fight with syntax for a week" level.

[Ody]

Going through it at the moment, my brute level does seem sort of like my "now I have to stop having fun and go fight with syntax for a week" level.

That's the best way to put it. It's not fun when the game forces you to quest to grow.

[Draugor]

Going through it at the moment, my brute level does seem sort of like my "now I have to stop having fun and go fight with syntax for a week" level.

That's the best way to put it. It's not fun when the game forces you to quest to grow.

Ayupp

[Mayobe]

On the other hand, the epic quests were fun, but the normal ones are sort of meh and the brute reduction is agonizingly slow.

AND WHY CAN'T I FIND THE BLACK HORSE!?

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And then I found him like 2 minutes later.

[Kvator]

you dont have to fight the syntax since quest solutions are published

[Mayobe]

(I still have to fight the syntax.)

Incidentally I just spent four hours questing and my brute went from brutal to somewhat brutal.

That's the part that chafes the most.

[Draugor]

you dont have to fight the syntax since quest solutions are published

They are far from 100%

[varian]

A lot of these comments revolve around where I would have one of my concerns.

I think what everyone is saying is that they just want to get free quest xp to maximize the grinding... which is not really a solution at all in my eyes. If the game gets to that point, I would just suggest that the quest element of xp is removed entirely.

After all.... what would be the point of having it?

Anyways... this is nothing more than a personal take on things. I think that there might be some people out there who enjoy solving puzzles and interacting with the game world (rather than pwning every mob they can see). I always saw quests as a way to balance those types of players against the hardcore hack and slashers. It allowed both types of players to be relatively equal, as one would tend to get a lot more instances of combat xp for lower values, while the other would get fewer instances at higher values. Meaning the game didnt just become dominated by one style of player alone.

Of course, these days, there are people who can grind through the solutions to every quest out there and then start grinding on npcs for maximum value and benefit. So, I guess any model can be broken. But, that concept always appealed to me in its nature.

That Genesis could be a place where all sorts of players could succeed and be an important part of the community.

As such, I still maintain that removing the quest portion of the game detracts from our ability as a game in the long-term. Just a personal, private opinion. I don't think that I would ever enjoy seeing it go unless we had some other game mechanic to replace it.... one which offered more options for different types of players. Not just the hack 'n slash grinder.

For the record... again.... this is a personal viewpoint... these comments do NOT reflect the views of the wizarding community in whole or part. Just me.

Varian

[Draugor]

Meh, we could just make it into one XP pool and be done with it : ]

Make quests repetable and/or add/change them now and then so people dont script them

[Melarec]

Meh, we could just make it into one XP pool and be done with it : ]

One big pool.. Or..
Independent accumulation for all sorts of experience points..
One for quests, one for general combat, one for herbing, one for sneaking around/hiding, one for stealing, one for each type of weapon, so on and so forth..

Could use these to dictate how far skills can be upgraded.. Eg; fight with a sword a lot if you want to level your Sword skill up.

Meh. Too complex.