on the job LP

[joojoo1975]

one of the things I do miss from before the curio update is the fact I could do stuff and always have lp as a result. now with the curio system, I find myself time and time again logging out and playing something else as I don't have any lp(and one can only go out and forage for so long). I know this will change as I get more and more into my char(higher int lvls as well as a more developed hermitage to, in turn, give me the ingrediants for more curios) but in the meantime, here I am.

So I propose 2 things that basically walk hand in hand, but they are not dependant on the other.

I propose that:

A. you be able to convert up to 50% of your exp to LP(only 1 time every 24 hours)
B. as you do stuff related to the skill, you get % points to be able to buy the next skill for up to 50% off(IE: you farm some crops and you accumulate 4% off your next skill point in farming)


now mind you not every skill will have a benefactor(only one i can see that this would effect is stealth). as well as you couldn't got like 50% in like a hour's worth of work.
what do you all think?

[Hasta]

A. you be able to convert up to 50% of your exp to LP(only 1 time every 24 hours)

I believe that would become obsolete as soon as you discover Mirkwood and crush your first herd of chickens.

B. as you do stuff related to the skill, you get % points to be able to buy the next skill for up to 50% off(IE: you farm some crops and you accumulate 4% off your next skill point in farming)

Even disregarding the enormous advantage this would give to all the botters (making skill-o-matic bots pretty much mandatory), I feel very bad about this idea. When you're past your character's midgame, every skill point costs, in average, ~20k LP (and your exp would rarely go higher than 4-5k, and you're making 'round 200k LP per day -- do the math for that "A" idea yourself =)) - so, if i had a way to halve the amount of LP I need - I would use it to the maximum. So, all in all, this would give a slight advantage to new players, the benefit would grow exponentially as the character levels, and would save a tremendous amount of time and resources closer to endgame. I can't say we have a problem with reaching endgame as it is now, we have a problem with activities after we reach it.

So - nay, this would not be a good mechanic to implement.

[joojoo1975]

hmmm

didn't know the earning potential of the average end game char.

thank you for the info

[jorb]

I agree that the curiosity system provides some strange incentives.