WANGOB2
TDP's for 150 and up
02/22/2016 09:44 AM CST
When,oh when,will characters above Circle 150 be offered tdp's? All that was ever done was to add the additional 50 circles to 200. This is a big detriment to players wanting to continue, in my opinion. It's like we get a penalty for advancing. If it ever happens, it should be retroactive back to circle 150 too for fair play sake.
DR-ARMIFER
Re: TDP's for 150 and up
02/22/2016 10:03 AM CST
There is currently no intention of supporting growth beyond 150th in terms of slots, stats or guild abilities. That may change in the future, but right now we struggle to get all guilds (or even most guilds) up to the levels we have actually committed to.
-Armifer
"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino
-Armifer
"Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong ... or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." - Italo Calvino
DR-RAESH
Re: TDP's for 150 and up
02/22/2016 12:02 PM CST
>>When,oh when,will characters above Circle 150 be offered tdp's? All that was ever done was to add the additional 50 circles to 200.
The only real reason we even allow advancement beyond 150th circle was because we needed it for better grandfathering of the skills 3.0 conversion. We've always maintained that we aren't trying to do fine balancing or developing abilities for that range of circles. They exist for bragging rights and little else.
>>It's like we get a penalty for advancing.
I'm trying to figure out how this is a penalty?
>>If it ever happens, it should be retroactive back to circle 150 too for fair play sake.
Under 3.0 TDPs are constantly recalculated whenever it's relevant - this avoids the problems we had prior to 3.0 where TDPs were more variable and sometimes due to bugs people would end up with more or less TDPs than expected and there'd be no way to get back to the prior value.
-Raesh
"It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true." ― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The only real reason we even allow advancement beyond 150th circle was because we needed it for better grandfathering of the skills 3.0 conversion. We've always maintained that we aren't trying to do fine balancing or developing abilities for that range of circles. They exist for bragging rights and little else.
>>It's like we get a penalty for advancing.
I'm trying to figure out how this is a penalty?
>>If it ever happens, it should be retroactive back to circle 150 too for fair play sake.
Under 3.0 TDPs are constantly recalculated whenever it's relevant - this avoids the problems we had prior to 3.0 where TDPs were more variable and sometimes due to bugs people would end up with more or less TDPs than expected and there'd be no way to get back to the prior value.
-Raesh
"It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true." ― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
WANGOB2
Re: TDP's for 150 and up
02/22/2016 04:42 PM CST
Why would you have needed the 50 extra circles for grandfathering in, if they have no value?
TEVESHSZAT
Re: TDP's for 150 and up
02/22/2016 05:02 PM CST
>>Why would you have needed the 50 extra circles for grandfathering in, if they have no value?
Circles are used as the bare-minimum metric for what types of skills players would have at point X. They were being forward-thinking and nice to players.
In other words, the initial benefit was to let players who got new skills due to reasons get them at a level that is at least comparable to the bare-minimum they'd have to be in relation to their other skills. The benefit past that point is just chest-puffing.
Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.
Circles are used as the bare-minimum metric for what types of skills players would have at point X. They were being forward-thinking and nice to players.
In other words, the initial benefit was to let players who got new skills due to reasons get them at a level that is at least comparable to the bare-minimum they'd have to be in relation to their other skills. The benefit past that point is just chest-puffing.
Uzmam! The Chairman will NOT be pleased to know you're trying to build outside of approved zones. I'd hate for you to be charged the taxes needed to have this place re-zoned. Head for the manor if you're feeling creative.
DR-RAESH
Re: TDP's for 150 and up
02/22/2016 05:22 PM CST
>>Why would you have needed the 50 extra circles for grandfathering in, if they have no value?
Because we introduced new skills and requirements that we wanted to keep in line with the existing skills someone had and a character with minimum requirements for 150th circle and a character with 1000+ ranks in many skills are very different beasts.
-Raesh
"It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true." ― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Because we introduced new skills and requirements that we wanted to keep in line with the existing skills someone had and a character with minimum requirements for 150th circle and a character with 1000+ ranks in many skills are very different beasts.
-Raesh
"It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true." ― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
