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QuixoticMon 03-Aug-15 09:47 AM
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#60280, "A few ideas regarding edge reform."


          

1. If it is an expensive edge that people always take, do not incorporate it into the class. Delete the edge, as it is probably making a skill considered essential to the class more powerful. That conflicts with the goals stated when edges were introduced. Smoke and Mirrors comes to mind, as it is probably my favorite assassin edge.

2. If (pk) successful characters tend to take a low-cost or medium cost edge, particularly if it is exclusive* to other edges, this edge is should be weakened or removed. I would include Steal Sight, my all-time favorite edge, in this category. This edge is stupidly cheap for its reliability and utility.

If it is a low cost, popular non-exclusive edge, consider setting its cost to zero and putting an asterisk in front of its name in the edge list. When hour/level minimums are met, players can acquire them in their guilds. No intensive coding changes required.


*By exclusive edge, I mean an edge the prevents the character from choosing different edges in the same category, like the martial trance and barkskin edges.

  

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HOT TopicThought Experiment: Incorporating Edges [View all] , Umiron, Sun 19-Jul-15 04:59 PM
Reply Wand edges., Kalageadon, 11-Aug-15 05:19 PM, #84
Reply Combat Elementalist, Malakhi, 11-Aug-15 01:47 PM, #83
Reply Herbal Forage, trewyn, 10-Aug-15 12:02 PM, #81
Reply That too much power to give away., Aereglen, 10-Aug-15 11:45 PM, #82
Reply MOAR EDGES, TrapperJohn (Anonymous), 06-Aug-15 11:30 AM, #78
Reply This one is nice ~, Kstatida, 07-Aug-15 02:55 AM, #79
Reply Feign strength/weakness should be toggleable skills, no..., Relio, 04-Aug-15 06:10 PM, #69
Reply I could just about but into thi, incognito, 05-Aug-15 01:15 AM, #72
Reply Feign weakness should just be removed, Kstatida, 05-Aug-15 09:30 AM, #74
     Reply Yeah, no, that edge is hardly OP., lasentia, 05-Aug-15 09:58 AM, #76
          Reply I'm not sure I agree, Talisin (Anonymous), 05-Aug-15 10:11 AM, #77
               Reply Agreed totally, Kstatida, 07-Aug-15 02:58 AM, #80
Reply I'd like to two things with edges. More this or that ch..., KoeKhaos, 04-Aug-15 06:05 AM, #68
Reply I like all of this, incognito, 05-Aug-15 09:42 AM, #75
Reply A few ideas regarding edge reform., Quixotic, 03-Aug-15 09:47 AM #66
Reply As said before, incognito, 04-Aug-15 01:26 AM, #67
     Reply RE: As said before, Isildur, 05-Aug-15 12:43 AM, #70
          Reply RE: As said before, incognito, 05-Aug-15 01:13 AM, #71
               Reply RE: As said before, Isildur, 05-Aug-15 08:29 AM, #73
Reply I don't think I'd like this, Swordsosaurus, 02-Aug-15 12:56 AM, #65
Reply I also niminate the Slaver edge, laxman, 23-Jul-15 12:29 PM, #61
Reply My two cents on slaver., Tac, 24-Jul-15 10:43 AM, #63
Reply A couple of (insomnia induced) thoughts, Calion, 21-Jul-15 06:01 PM, #50
Reply RE: A couple of (insomnia induced) thoughts, Bemused, 21-Jul-15 07:08 PM, #51
     Reply obs/exp grind is demented, KaguMaru, 21-Jul-15 08:00 PM, #52
          Reply RE: obs/exp grind is demented, Bemused, 21-Jul-15 10:24 PM, #53
               Reply RE: obs/exp grind is demented, Isildur, 22-Jul-15 12:52 AM, #54
Reply Bewildering Jolt. nt, TMNS, 21-Jul-15 12:39 AM, #42
Reply Your reading comprehension is ####, Bemused, 21-Jul-15 12:59 AM, #43
     Reply +1 nt, Artificial, 21-Jul-15 01:12 AM, #44
     Reply 3 Things..., TMNS, 21-Jul-15 01:56 AM, #45
          Reply When I did my lowbie tranny, Artificial, 21-Jul-15 07:43 AM, #47
               Reply What Race?, Sarien, 21-Jul-15 01:22 PM, #49
                    Reply half-drow.nt, Artificial, 22-Jul-15 01:54 PM, #56
Reply RE: Thought Experiment: Incorporating Edges, Jarmel, 20-Jul-15 08:32 PM, #41
Reply Twitchy., Isildur, 20-Jul-15 04:21 PM, #37
Reply I only ever took it once, and I wouldn't take it again., Murphy, 21-Jul-15 03:04 AM, #46
Reply Paladin & Invoker edges., Perpetual_Noob, 20-Jul-15 11:20 AM, #34
Reply Invoker, Perpetual_Noob, 20-Jul-15 05:48 PM, #39
Reply Paladin, Perpetual_Noob, 20-Jul-15 06:09 PM, #40
Reply That's interesting , TJHuron, 20-Jul-15 10:49 AM, #32
Reply Sacred word, Calion, 20-Jul-15 10:38 AM, #31
Reply Oh and to keep Sacred word as an edge, Calion, 12-Aug-15 12:01 PM, #85
Reply Additional Thoughts, Polmier (Anonymous), 20-Jul-15 10:35 AM, #30
Reply Roll racial edges in as racial traits?, Sarien, 20-Jul-15 07:35 AM, #22
Reply Not sure I like this., Sarien, 20-Jul-15 06:46 AM, #20
Reply Just pick a lane already. n/t, Lhydia, 20-Jul-15 06:31 AM, #18
Reply That wasn't very productive., Lhydia, 20-Jul-15 09:15 AM, #27
     Reply RE: That wasn't very productive., Umiron, 20-Jul-15 09:26 AM, #28
          Reply What about making cabal edges choosable based on cabal ..., Lhydia, 24-Jul-15 04:11 PM, #64
Reply Please leave everything as it is., Murphy, 20-Jul-15 12:48 AM, #15
Reply Just a few off the top of my head, Torak, 20-Jul-15 12:40 AM, #12
Reply Yours too. nt, TMNS, 20-Jul-15 12:47 AM, #14
Reply I don't put steal sight high on my list anymore, KaguMaru, 20-Jul-15 04:10 AM, #16
Reply It's fairly cheap, Torak, 20-Jul-15 09:34 AM, #29
     Reply Not convinced, incognito, 20-Jul-15 12:54 PM, #35
          Reply Yup, KaguMaru, 20-Jul-15 04:44 PM, #38
Reply IMHO Steal sight is a good example of..., Calion, 20-Jul-15 10:56 AM, #33
     Reply It's really got nothing on cure blindness, KaguMaru, 21-Jul-15 08:12 AM, #48
     Reply It really isn't, incognito, 22-Jul-15 10:52 AM, #55
Reply My list (did this quickly), Artificial, 19-Jul-15 11:38 PM, #10
Reply Your reading comprehension is ####. nt, TMNS, 20-Jul-15 12:47 AM, #13
Reply It was previously mentioned the desert folk needed some..., Bedouin (Anonymous), 19-Jul-15 10:20 PM, #9
Reply Roll the Bones, Spin the Wheel, Bemused, 19-Jul-15 09:11 PM, #7
Reply Slaver, Polmier (Anonymous), 19-Jul-15 08:00 PM, #6
Reply RE: Slaver, Jhyrbian, 19-Jul-15 09:18 PM, #8
Reply Nope, KaguMaru, 20-Jul-15 06:43 AM, #19
Reply This isn't true..., Tac, 24-Jul-15 10:26 AM, #62
Reply Nargash and Azhag didn't have it, KaguMaru, 20-Jul-15 06:17 AM, #17
Reply Smoke and mirrors, Mort, 19-Jul-15 07:43 PM, #5
Reply I'd argue, incognito, 20-Jul-15 12:59 PM, #36
Reply I don't think that's a great solution , incognito, 19-Jul-15 05:21 PM, #2
Reply RE: I don't think that's a great solution , Umiron, 19-Jul-15 05:39 PM, #3
     Reply Can I suggest, incognito, 19-Jul-15 11:47 PM, #11
     Reply don't like this either., Sarien, 20-Jul-15 07:33 AM, #21
          Reply RE: don't like this either., Isildur, 20-Jul-15 08:51 AM, #25
               Reply Also - multikilling, Sarien, 20-Jul-15 09:02 AM, #26
               Reply What about edge points for longevity?, The_Shark, 22-Jul-15 02:31 PM, #57
                    Reply This has been brought up before - People would just idl..., Sarien, 23-Jul-15 07:34 AM, #58
                         Reply RE: This has been brought up before - People would just..., Isildur, 23-Jul-15 08:31 AM, #59
                              Reply I seriously doubt it would be a problem, Calion, 23-Jul-15 09:13 AM, #60
     Reply RE: I don't think that's a great solution , Isildur, 20-Jul-15 08:35 AM, #24
Reply Perfect Pitch is the most obvious, Talisin (Anonymous), 19-Jul-15 05:16 PM, #1
     Reply RE: Perfect Pitch is the most obvious, Jarmel, 19-Jul-15 06:32 PM, #4
          Reply wrong on a few accounts, silat, 20-Jul-15 08:04 AM, #23
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