Seems like people are skilling aimlessly, so my question is this:
When would you consider yourself 'fully skilled", i.e. at what level would you consider to be the skill cap when you will finally stop skilling and actually start playing the game as it is meant to be played?
By the time you reach that point. You will get bored killing AoA and the occational noob. Sit at the rig make oil castles and other various sculptures. Play for an additional 3 ot 4 weeks get bored with selling the thousands of barrels of oil. Go buy 5 or 6 generic implants. Sell off your skills and start over with a new avatar. With 8 to 900 in your bank account lol…But that was just a guess. Its called avatar retirement.
At the rate I’m going, it will be about 5 years before I’m even close to considering avatar retirement!
Personally, I don’t take much to the idea of skilling offensive skills in the ring - at least if you hunt, you get a little loot to offset the cost of ammo & decay. But sitting there as a target for someone who wants to blow their money that way is a good way to build that Evade skill!
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When would you consider yourself 'fully skilled", i.e. at what level would you consider to be the skill cap when you will finally stop skilling and actually start playing the game as it is meant to be played?
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What do you mean with “meant to be played”??
I mean when does a soccer player determine he’s good enough and stop training totally?
I think skilling is a way to play this game. And also as skill level of experienced players raise, MA will introduce more tougher mobs.
Lets face it: most of us are “skilled enough” for lowest mobs, none is “skilled enough” for toughest mobs.
There will always be need for skilling unless you want to decide that you stick with certain mobs but how would that be fun?
Im still waiting to see someone walking in the woods without armor and just walk up to the spider and without armor take him out…that is skill baby lol…I think I am close… Only 9000 levels away lol.
If i am not mistaking the highest level is master or something of that nature that 10000+ in skill..Noe I have been skilling would say more than most or average at best for the last year and i just reached 600 in rifle if that will give you an idea how much time this kinds stuff takes. The game is never ment to be beaten just enjoyed There really is no definitive end that i can see. Would imagine at the rate of a aggesive skiller would take at least a couple yeard to even become proficient at one skill…(close to real life play) Thats the game premise:) Hope that helped
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What do you mean with “meant to be played”??
I mean when does a soccer player determine he’s good enough and stop training totally?
I think skilling is a way to play this game. And also as skill level of experienced players raise, MA will introduce more tougher mobs.
Lets face it: most of us are “skilled enough” for lowest mobs, none is “skilled enough” for toughest mobs.
There will always be need for skilling unless you want to decide that you stick with certain mobs but how would that be fun?
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Well, I highly doubt the purpose of the game, as planned by MA, is to stand infront of a bercycled 24/7 with a Jester. Not sure if the analogy with a soccer player is a good one, after all, all we are doing is sitting here clicking and it doesn`t take any skills to do that, only patience.
Personaly I can currently kill mid level mobs and some slightly higher, i could take an atroc young at a pinch but I stick to skill of low level mobs like snablesnots until I reach about 1k is laser then I will probely buy a chip and start hunting properly.
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Well, I highly doubt the purpose of the game, as planned by MA, is to stand infront of a bercycled 24/7 with a Jester. Not sure if the analogy with a soccer player is a good one, after all, all we are doing is sitting here clicking and it doesn`t take any skills to do that, only patience.
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I think MA foresaw skilling. And I dont think they planned that skilling wouldnt be purpose of this game. Its not like MA specially would have designed this game to be such that you would get advantage on not skilling.
MA gave us a sandbox to play in. Its up to us to think what is the purpose for our playing.
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I think MA foresaw skilling. And I dont think they planned that skilling wouldnt be purpose of this game. Its not like MA specially would have designed this game to be such that you would get advantage on not skilling.
MA gave us a sandbox to play in. Its up to us to think what is the purpose for our playing.
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not true vemon…
started playing 3 months ago…am proficient swordsman..think will hit good swordsman any day now..have 4200 lbskills..unlocked martial arts,marksmanship/melle damage assesment…121 hp
and didnt buy any chips nor did i skill in ring..just plain old hunting..so years is a bit exaggerated as you stated
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not true vemon…
started playing 3 months ago…am proficient swordsman..think will hit good swordsman any day now..have 4200 lbskills..unlocked martial arts,marksmanship/melle damage assesment…121 hp
and didnt buy any chips nor did i skill in ring..just plain old hunting..so years is a bit exaggerated as you stated
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Wow good working.. But… 4200 LBskills and just proficient?
Anyway. Yea you can get pretty good in short time. For example I know a certain lady thats been here under half a year now and she’s on her way to becoming good laser sniper, if she havent hit it allready.
Im too lazy tho.. If I had the same tempo as she… Phew. Then Id acctually be allright skilled!
yup…and melee combat is at 3800 orso..but i never use shortblades or powerfist so i think the professionel standing is an average of all those..i am waiting to get serendipity and then ill go on hunting more with rifle..thats only at 1700 now,so lots of work to do
If Im not mistaken Good should be around 3k in whatever combat skill you use.
If you have 4.2 k in Skills you should be “advanced” not proficient thats around 2.6k-2.8k.
And; For example if you have 3k in handgun your “good pistoleer” and if you dont have 3k in rifle it doesnt matter on the handgun, so really shortblades or fist shouldnt have anything to do with your prof.standing on longblades.
However it could be other skills that “holds you back” but a 1,4k in skilldiffernece on what you should be and what you are is the strangest thing Ive heard.
UNLESS youve chipped it.
This discussion, on what determites a prof standing, goes here: https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=630
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Noe I have been skilling would say more than most or average at best for the last year and i just reached 600 in rifle if that will give you an idea how much time this kinds stuff takes
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How long did it take you to reach 600rifle? I remember when I had only level 100 in handguns and skilled it up to 450 in a few hours,took 1-2weeks of relaxed skilling on tantardion young to make it 2k and I used m2201 :rolleyes:
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How long did it take you to reach 600rifle? I remember when I had only level 100 in handguns and skilled it up to 450 in a few hours,took 1-2weeks of relaxed skilling on tantardion young to make it 2k and I used m2201 :rolleyes:
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