by AnnaC » Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:27 pm
The only thing I don't like about this, is now to warp to Nople or some other trading hubs, I have to do so unarmored. Also this sort of made me aware of the grinding nature of this game, which I have been able to avoid in my 6 months of playing by just letting my characters grow naturally and not trying to grind specific skills or stats. Now, just to get up to my previous par, I'll have to go about to grind up a stat, every part of my actions would have to be designed for one single purpose. What a drag, that with keeping up authority by myself takes the fun the hearthlands once had for me.
Was leather armor buffed by any chance? Or is the cuthroat cuirass exempt from the agility-killing armor penalty? Considering the strength of bronze plate, it's easier to get a q40s bronze armor, and it's much more effective than probably the highest quality leather that exists, and cuthroat is more of a hassle to make (can't make hardeneded leather more than 1 at a time). Perhaps this can force more diversity in industry, but that's just a silver lining type of thing.
Hearthlings: Marona; Chamberlain (retainer alt), Vincavec (shaman of the Dryad Wells Forest)