Hi,
Yes. Again Blizzard takes the easy way out, the stupid way.
The trade skills have level requirements on them now, Apprentice requiring level 5, Journeyman level 10, Expert level 20 and Artisan level 35 (subject to change as we balance things).
*Level* requirements -- requirements that you have killed enough monsters so that your ability to pick flowers can go up.
A smart, innovative game company would look at character levels and say, "That's just a simplifying artifact carried over from pnp and small computer days. It makes no real sense and we can do better. We can actually make the effects depend on reasonable causes." Blizzard says, "Screw gameplay -- it's only about the graphics and sound effects anyway. Oh, and a lot of items. Every time we can't figure out how to do something right, we'll just take some more of the player's options away. We'll just force everyone to play the same way."
--Pete
Yes. Again Blizzard takes the easy way out, the stupid way.
The trade skills have level requirements on them now, Apprentice requiring level 5, Journeyman level 10, Expert level 20 and Artisan level 35 (subject to change as we balance things).
*Level* requirements -- requirements that you have killed enough monsters so that your ability to pick flowers can go up.
A smart, innovative game company would look at character levels and say, "That's just a simplifying artifact carried over from pnp and small computer days. It makes no real sense and we can do better. We can actually make the effects depend on reasonable causes." Blizzard says, "Screw gameplay -- it's only about the graphics and sound effects anyway. Oh, and a lot of items. Every time we can't figure out how to do something right, we'll just take some more of the player's options away. We'll just force everyone to play the same way."
--Pete
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