26, RE: Hmm...
Posted by TheFirstApostle on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
>My first two characters on the >mud got tattoos. I had >Shokai's tattoo and Twist's tattoo. >They were in cabals, and >I explored like a maniac. >90% of my knowledge of >Thera comes from those two >original characters.
My experience was very similar. My first three characters were tattooed and cabaled. I never practiced any of my skills/spells/songs. I just never viewed it as being fun, and since none of my characters at that time or since have been "power rankers", I found my skill/supps/spell levels to be at competitve levels. I play(ed) the game for the roleplay and the immteraction.
> I never ONCE >practiced skills to perfection with >any character, save for my >master and Twist made me >do it! Trewyn had a >role reason to perfect all >of his weapons, but that >was it.
The only character of mine that did any amount of practicing was Saerin. With Saerin, I had to. (Nepenthe made me do it!) Actually, Saerin was a carry over from the old invokers to the new invokers. I had to either practice or delete. There were a few times I had delete typed in once.
I find that I don't have the patience, the inclination and more importantly the time to practice.
>The rest I >just got to a "reasonable >level of reliability". I remember >looking over my skill list >of a storm giant axe >spec and noticed that dodge >was at 96 when I >was rank 46. I still >could kill people. I never >once understood the practicing trap.
I played a storm warrior who never practiced a damn thing, and the skill levels never were a problem. They went up as a normal part of leveling/exploring.
>Sure there are certain skills >that MUST be perfected. Those >being skills like sing and >the invoker spells. Shapeshift is >HANDY if you get it >perfected, but I wouldn't spam >it for the life of >me. I tend to do >a lot of solo exploration >when the competition's hot for >me, so I get my >practice in there. When my >range looks sick, look for >me in the most obscure >places.
hmmmmmmmm. I'm very much the same way... and it makes me wonder. ;)
>Trewyn
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