I miss that I can't choose among real possibilities, what to do when I reach lvl31.
I either retire or I play virtually forever the same build.
I don't know what will I do when everything is lordly and mw.
First I wanted to write this into my previous post but I think it worths to read, so:
I think you should have a choice whether to retire (upgrade+bonus+restart), or to continue.
(hero,ronin,master, etc. however you call, it's covers "continue").
It would work this way: If you retire, then the skills I will write about gonna be vanished.
Maybe it worths to run through some generations before passing through, to have a well upgraded gear
and a nice xp boost.
To master an expert skill you have to apply for it, and then grind some levels.
You can apply for an expert skill from the moment you reach level 31,
but while you are learning these skills, you won't gain neither attributepoints nor skillpoints.
This is to avoid überbuilds.
Above level 31 the xp boost wouldnt work anymore for higher generation player,
but every XP gap between levels would be something sane, like ~1-2million xp, with a slight increase.
You can enter an expert skills only once, so for example: not possible to have
two different Weapon Specialist II., one for bow and another for 2h, but you can
have I., II., or even III. for bow, if you want.
It is called specialism, because it bounds your character to a single weapon.
In my next example I would say you have 4 points to spend.
So possible builds would be:
- WeaponSpecialistI+StealthIII
- Healer+StealthIII
- LeaderI+StealthIII
- WeaponSpecialistIII+LeaderI
- etc..
My quick example ideas:
- "Weapon Specialist I, II, III":
[Requirements: 2 levelups / skill-level + you choose the weapon when you apply for this skill]
Whenever you use your "imbued" weapon:
+ the weapon's wpf increases with I:5% II:15% III:30%
+ you can not heirloom the "imbued" weapon (but you can "imbue" a heirloomed one)
Ofc, if somebody else loots the weapon, he won't experience the bonus.
It's important that you select the weapon only once before I., so if you choose mastering your favorite
twice heirloomed longsword, but you change your mind after you completed I. skill level,
you either retire, or you finish mastering the twice-heirloomed longsword. (what a twist!!!)
You need 6 levelups in total to reach the +30% wpf addon. Only one weapon.
So if you had 173 wpf at lvl31, and you complete this skill at level III., then with the chosen weapon you will get ~225 wpf
- "Stealth I, II, III":
[Requirements: (I:2 lvlups) (II:+4 lvlups) (III:+6 lvlups)
Whenever you wear your "imbued" gear, you gain these bonuses:
+ jump height is increased with I:5% II:15% III:30%
- on lvl I. - footsteps are very quiet (or maybe without any sound) + you never bawl/groan anymore
- on lvl II. - weapon switching is very quiet (or maybe no sound)
- on lvl III. - if you use a dagger AND can facehug an enemy, THEN he wont deathscream and your swing will be silent.
It works similar to couching with lance this way:
you have to stand still for 4-5 seconds, then the red dot disappears, now you press 'X' and you have 7-8 seconds to facehug
an enemy. If you can hug somebody in that interval, you will instakill him. Not easy.
You need 12 levelups in total to master this skill.
!if you are a healer, then you can not be healed!
- "Healer":
[Requirements: (I:4 lvlups)]
You can heal your teammates up to 50% of their hitpoints.
Healing a mate lasts very very long:
1) you have to put away your weapon. if you have a weapon in your hands, you can't be asked to heal.
1) your teammate near you have to hold down "USE" for 3 sec while aiming at you.
2) its up to you to confirm it (holding down "USE" for 3 sec while looking at him),
3) then both of you are freezed for ~15 seconds (None of you can cancel it, once started),
so both of you will be vulnerable during the procedure.
If and only if not interrupted, then you healed the mate, and just like by couching lance, you can't
heal again for a while (10 seconds maybe), else if interrupted like after 12 seconds, then no heal happens.
!without the following skill you can't even pick up flags!
- "Leader"
[Requirements: 3 levelups/skill-level]
- on lvl I. - you can pick up flags and everybody near you in your batallion gains 5 foot armor+5 body armor+5 head armor
- on lvl II. - additionally, you spread +5% damage
players see on their hud what bonuses they receive.
THESE BONUSES WON'T AFFECT TO YOU! So you remain the same.
If you wan't to get the bonuses also for yourself, then you have to find another Leader,
and join his batallion. If he joins to yours as well, then you both can gain the bonus.
So it's enough to team up with a Leader, and you two can get a nice bonus.
as you can see, getting the very cool StealthIII lasts 12 levels, so it's not one day or two!
I have lot other ideas, but I'm not really sure that even a single soul thinks that it can be implemented
I just felt like to write about it a bit, maybe somebody reads it.
What I wrote here is only a basic concept, I know there are many factors, but it can be planned.
Important to notice that this ADDON will not "produce" supermen.
It just puts some color into the game. I think useless to put into suggestion's corner, they will say its unimplementable
but would be fun.
