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Subject: Re: Skills...

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Elementalist

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Date Posted: 13:13:07 02/02/03 Sun
In reply to: drayab 's message, "Re: Skills..." on 01:25:16 02/02/03 Sun

>yeah, that's happened to me before, too. when you pick
>your class you make a decision on what sort of skills
>your character will be most suited to learning. that
>doesn't mean that he can't learn skills outside his
>class, but it does mean that it is going to be much
>more difficult to learn that skill. in fact, for some
>skills it is so difficult to learn them to any degree
>of effectiveness if you are not the proper class that
>it might as well be impossible to learn it at all. i
>haven't played many thieves myself, but it seems
>common sense that you should be able to learn to climb
>reasonably easily. also, xanthippe is right in what
>she said about command spamming. i'm not saying that
>you're doing this, but new players are notorious for
>doing that to try and increase their skills. a little
>every day is not only better for gameplay since nobody
>likes to see other characters acting unrealistically,
>but the code is set up so that you will not be
>rewarded for spamming a skill. my greatest advice to
>you to make a great pc is to SURVIVE. the more people
>you meet and rp with the more you will enjoy your time
>in 4L, and as your character grows older the skills
>and the associated power will come naturally. watch
>out for bandits and leopards. find someone to work
>for; just because you're a thief doesn't mean you've
>got to make (all of) your money by stealing from
>others. thief skills can be marketable! anyhow, it's
>4:30 am which probably has a lot to do with how long
>this has become, so i'll stop
>

Ok. I'm going to re-vamp my attempts and stop spamming.

Yes, I admit to being a spam learner.

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