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Novice Old Timer Question 05/07/2015 05:52 PM CDT

I recently came back after ~15 years off to find all sorts of new stuff to play with. One thing I haven't been able to find an answer to is the basic mechanics of the guild system -- if I Master Illusions, can I not Master Alchemy? Is the only ceiling how much effort I put into it? Or does specializing in one hamper the other?

I'm level 52 at present.

Thanks!

SILVEAN

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Re: Novice Old Timer Question 05/07/2015 09:33 PM CDT

Welcome back. You can master all four of the sorcerer guild skills: Illusions, General Alchemy, Alchemic Potions, and Alchemic Trinkets. If you focus on just one skill it will get to a point where you are forced to diversify and train one of the other skills (a little) before advancing further. Each skill caps out at "master" when you reach rank 63; training everything in the guild adds up to 248 ranks. You can be promoted to Guildmaster and gain a new title once you have mastered at least one skill and have 125 total ranks. Let me know if you'd like some help with training illusions.

If you do everything, here's what it looks like:

>gld
You are Guild Master of the Sorcerer Guild.
You are current with your dues and must check in again sometime in the next 79 days.
You currently have 0 task trading vouchers.
You currently have 248 ranks out of a possible 372 for your training.

You are a Master of Illusions.

You are a Master of General Alchemy.

You are a Master of Alchemic Potions.

You are a Master of Alchemic Trinkets.

Click GLD MENU for additional commands.

SILVEAN

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Re: Novice Old Timer Question 05/07/2015 09:57 PM CDT

I should add that the total number of guild ranks you can earn among all of the skills is level dependent using, I believe, the formula (4*((Level-4)). So at level 52 you can earn 192 ranks of the 248 ranks you need to master everything.

Silvean's Player

TROUBLE13

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Re: Novice Old Timer Question 05/08/2015 03:17 PM CDT

How many guild skill ranks you can have is based on experience, not level. Wish I had tracked that years ago when I had been leveling up. And yes you need to diversify, one rank of something else for every 5 ranks in your highest skill. You also can't have more ranks in trinkets and potions then you do in generally alchemy. Once you master all three alchemy skills you get the title of Grandmaster Alchemist.

SILVEAN

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Re: Novice Old Timer Question 05/08/2015 05:07 PM CDT

>Once you master all three alchemy skills you get the title of Grandmaster Alchemist.

aka Grandmaster Masochist

VANKRASN39

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Re: Novice Old Timer Question 05/08/2015 05:11 PM CDT

If anyone would like to assist in completing the general guild mechanics page, there seems to be some knowledgeable people paying attention.

https://gswiki.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Guild

SPYRIDONM1

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Re: Novice Old Timer Question 05/08/2015 09:15 PM CDT

>How many guild skill ranks you can have is based on experience, not level. Wish I had tracked that years ago when I had been leveling up. And yes you need to diversify, one rank of something else for every 5 ranks in your highest skill. You also can't have more ranks in trinkets and potions then you do in generally alchemy. Once you master all three alchemy skills you get the title of Grandmaster Alchemist. -- TROUBLE13

Character	Total	Maximum
Level	Experience	Ranks

15	265,000	39
15	270,000	40
15	277,500	41
15	285,500	42
15	292,500	43
15	300,000	44
-	-	-
20	500,000	64
-	-	-
69	4,350,000	372

1. 5,000 exp from rank 39 to 40
2. 7,500 exp per rank from 40 to 44
3. 10,000 exp per rank from 44 to 64
4. 12,500 exp per rank for ranks above 64
5. Guild Master title available at level 33 (1,262,500 exp) with 125 ranks and one skill mastered.

Mark

SPZR0

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Re: Novice Old Timer Question 05/08/2015 10:55 PM CDT

Thanks for all the info Silvean's player, and Mark. That's exactly what I was looking for. (and oddly wasn't on the wiki!) So much to learn!

I also learned today that people need to be in your group before attempting to go through your Planar Shift rift. Sigh.

Glad to see you're still around after all these years, Silvean. I didn't know you, but I certainly knew OF you.

Cheers,
-Phyro's player.

GemStone IV · Sorcerer Guild Discussions