Comments on: Marketplace Potions: A Lesson http://g33kg0dd3ss.com/2010/03/marketplace-potions-a-lesson/ Geeky to Girly ~ Distressed to Divine Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angela http://g33kg0dd3ss.com/2010/03/marketplace-potions-a-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Angela Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:56:06 +0000 http://g33kg0dd3ss.com/?p=416#comment-654 Good word -- "glacial." That's exactly what it feels like! I think I have enough characters to choose from that I always have an alternative when someone's vitality runs out (so vitality itself is still a huge boon to me), but I wanted to hit cap *so bad* with Ria that the inability to play her for fear of wasting this potion was especially painful. Good word — "glacial." That's exactly what it feels like! I think I have enough characters to choose from that I always have an alternative when someone's vitality runs out (so vitality itself is still a huge boon to me), but I wanted to hit cap *so bad* with Ria that the inability to play her for fear of wasting this potion was especially painful.

]]> By: GreenArmadillo http://g33kg0dd3ss.com/2010/03/marketplace-potions-a-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-653 GreenArmadillo Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:46:19 +0000 http://g33kg0dd3ss.com/?p=416#comment-653 I personally think that vitality is an outdated mechanic whose time has come. The bonus for having it is so great that it feels like a huge waste of time to ever do anything without it. The problem is only exacerbated on scholars because they have so many first pristines - you end up feeling like vitality + grinding first pristines is the default rate of advancement and anything less feels glacial. Meanwhile, level gain is sufficiently rapid these days that you're not going to catch up with your friend who spends more time online than you do, even with vitality (and that's what mentoring is for anyway). Lyriana has spent weeks on the shelf on more than once occasion while I waited for her vitality to recover. This is fine because I have other games that I play (ironically, I think I'm at or very close to the point where I won't run out again between now and 90 Jeweler), but it's a bad design. They should just scrap vitality and boost exp 20% across the board or somesuch to compensate. I personally think that vitality is an outdated mechanic whose time has come. The bonus for having it is so great that it feels like a huge waste of time to ever do anything without it. The problem is only exacerbated on scholars because they have so many first pristines – you end up feeling like vitality + grinding first pristines is the default rate of advancement and anything less feels glacial. Meanwhile, level gain is sufficiently rapid these days that you're not going to catch up with your friend who spends more time online than you do, even with vitality (and that's what mentoring is for anyway).

Lyriana has spent weeks on the shelf on more than once occasion while I waited for her vitality to recover. This is fine because I have other games that I play (ironically, I think I'm at or very close to the point where I won't run out again between now and 90 Jeweler), but it's a bad design. They should just scrap vitality and boost exp 20% across the board or somesuch to compensate.

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