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Dred

03-08-2005, 06:02 AM

<DIV> First off im all for the mentoring system and cant wait till it comes out. I think it will be the best thing since the solo patch.also I don’t prentend to know the how gears and balances behind the system nor am I tell the dev team how to do there jobsbut just giving the advice I would give to them. But reading through some of the forms about how the mentoring system will work I have got a comment for the dev team. The bonus exp to the person getting mentored > I don’t see a point to this at all. Being able to mentor some one and able to group with the lower lvl ppl is a bonus for me at least. The way im seeing it is when i get into a group of low lvls (after the mentoring system comes out) I would want to give the bonus to the lowest lvl person in the group but on the other hand I would want be the lowest with him. Being kinda selfish I don’t want to be out done by the highes lvl person in the group so I most likely mentor him so I would seem worthless in the group. Now if one gets into a group with the ppl all of about the same lvl theres really no problem there but if I get into a group with a good lvl range (say about a 7-8 lvl difference in party) being the 2nd lowest person wont help much. I remember being lvl 26 ang just able to group with some high lvl friends in EL… I must have hit mobs for like 50 damage in the once I hit out of the 10-20 odd times I missed. I felt worthless and kinda was to the group but finaly being able to group with them was a great reward. I also see the possible of gevery mentoring one person not to give him a huge exp bonus but to make every on in the party the same lvl. I don’t know how many ppl would do this or what this would be good for. Other that getting a raid party together and being maxium lvl to still get loots but highe enough to blow through the lvl. Like I was saying I would want the mentoring exp to go to the lowest party member but I would most likely choose one of the higher lvl ppl in the group to mentor and they don’t need extra exp since highest lvl person in the group suck up most of the exp anyways (or at least what ive been told and have seen) I was thinking that if the dev team did not put in the bonus exp it would make the balance act easer and it should speed up the process of getting it released on live> No matter what the dev team does I know its going to be great. P.S. I was a eq player and it still makes me laugh every time I think u guys blew up luclin. I fell out of my chair laughing (literally) when I installed the game and saw that…</DIV>

Kendricke

03-08-2005, 06:18 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Dredok wrote: <DIV> First off im all for the mentoring system and cant wait till it comes out. I think it will be the best thing since the solo patch.also I don’t prentend to know the how gears and balances behind the system nor am I tell the dev team how to do there jobsbut just giving the advice I would give to them. But reading through some of the forms about how the mentoring system will work I have got a comment for the dev team. The bonus exp to the person getting mentored > I don’t see a point to this at all. Being able to mentor some one and able to group with the lower lvl ppl is a bonus for me at least. The way im seeing it is when i get into a group of low lvls (after the mentoring system comes out) I would want to give the bonus to the lowest lvl person in the group but on the other hand I would want be the lowest with him. Being kinda selfish I don’t want to be out done by the highes lvl person in the group so I most likely mentor him so I would seem worthless in the group. Now if one gets into a group with the ppl all of about the same lvl theres really no problem there but if I get into a group with a good lvl range (say about a 7-8 lvl difference in party) being the 2nd lowest person wont help much. I remember being lvl 26 ang just able to group with some high lvl friends in EL… I must have hit mobs for like 50 damage in the once I hit out of the 10-20 odd times I missed. I felt worthless and kinda was to the group but finaly being able to group with them was a great reward. I also see the possible of gevery mentoring one person not to give him a huge exp bonus but to make every on in the party the same lvl. I don’t know how many ppl would do this or what this would be good for. Other that getting a raid party together and being maxium lvl to still get loots but highe enough to blow through the lvl. Like I was saying I would want the mentoring exp to go to the lowest party member but I would most likely choose one of the higher lvl ppl in the group to mentor and they don’t need extra exp since highest lvl person in the group suck up most of the exp anyways (or at least what ive been told and have seen) I was thinking that if the dev team did not put in the bonus exp it would make the balance act easer and it should speed up the process of getting it released on live> No matter what the dev team does I know its going to be great. P.S. I was a eq player and it still makes me laugh every time I think u guys blew up luclin. I fell out of my chair laughing (literally) when I installed the game and saw that…</DIV> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> Are you actually a tester or just someone who plays production only stating an opinion on a system you've not yet seen? I can't tell which from your post.

Geilt

03-08-2005, 07:07 PM

Eh, your point makes Sense! But i believe they removed the Exp sucking capability of the highest lvl person in the group, so it about evens out now. I havent seen how the mentoring system works myself but it would be strange to have the highest lvl guy outlvling the lowest, with the possibility of outranging the others, unless of course that guy is willing to mentor another lower level while you mentor the lowest so it averages out a bit better?