Opinions on DoL ability activation.

[Eruantien]

well ya as said, Yoshi mentioned in one of the E3 interviews that gatherers and crafters will be getting a tp type system as well. I am looking forward to that, because I agree the current system is a bit silly

[Masamune1004]

I think they should just turn them into traits or something, would be a lot more helpful.

[Suirieko]

I'm not a big fan of the current gathering system at all, after leveling Miner and Botanist.

What bothers me the most is the very slow exp climb after level 40, and it gets much worse after level 45, where the EXP rate stays the same at this point.

The fact that you can effectively farm off grade v nodes at 35 bothered me, as well as getting your last ability at level 38. It's basically after this point, all it matters are stats as you level up. At this point it's like "Oh, hey. I can find and mine Grade V nodes, no need to rush in exp anymore" unless you REALLY want that level 40 and 50 achievement.

During the leves, what bothered me the most is the fact that sweat of brow gets activated RIGHT as I finish a leve. This happened to me very consistently, and it bothered the hell out of me. I can't tell you how many times I've seen "Sweat of Brow activated" and then "Assaying Iron Lake completed!" in the log. I felt trolled there. :|

I am looking forward to the big gathering overhall when 2.0 comes, because, seriously. this needs to be fixed. Badly.

[Modoru]

I don't even understand half the stuff I'm doing as a Botanist, pls halp. :c

Seriously though, I started this game over [I never got far to begin with], so I'm completely unfamiliar with what I'm doing half the time, and these so-called abilities don't really show up for me? I feel like the DoL system is a bit cryptic in some respects.

[Ruisu]

I'm.....pretty whatever on this topic. It's annoying when I get master of rock when I only have one attempt left and it's brimstone. But then again, I have Master of Rock with 5 attempts left, and I still don't really get anything worthwhile. Same with King's Yield. So it's whatever.

[Suirieko]

I don't even understand half the stuff I'm doing as a Botanist, pls halp. :c

Seriously though, I started this game over [I never got far to begin with], so I'm completely unfamiliar with what I'm doing half the time, and these so-called abilities don't really show up for me? I feel like the DoL system is a bit cryptic in some respects.

Basically, when you equip the abilities, you don't always get them. They will be 'activated' on its own quite randomly. In other words, the game chose when you can use the abilities. Not you. You just equip what you may get to use.

As for the 'bar' and 'strike' area. There's basically a sweet bar, that makes you would be more likely to farm a certain item. It's a little hard to explain how that works.

DoL takes a little time get used to, but once you understand how the gauges work and how you can use it to your advantage when you're looking for a particular material, it'll be pretty fun and profitable.

[Modoru]

Basically, when you equip the abilities, you don't always get them. They will be 'activated' on its own quite randomly. In other words, the game chose when you can use the abilities. Not you. You just equip what you may get to use.

As for the 'bar' and 'strike' area. There's basically a sweet bar, that makes you would be more likely to farm a certain item. It's a little hard to explain how that works.

DoL takes a little time get used to, but once you understand how the gauges work and how you can use it to your advantage when you're looking for a particular material, it'll be pretty fun and profitable.

I feel like I somewhat understand hit zones for botany, but mining throws me for a loop, I'll be honest. Strike zones seem so random sometimes, I don't know. Thanks for the info, though.

[Suirieko]

I feel like I somewhat understand hit zones for botany, but mining throws me for a loop, I'll be honest. Strike zones seem so random sometimes, I don't know. Thanks for the info, though.

It's really not random. The chop zone is pretty much the same as the strike zone. The more you level up, the more sense this would make anyway.

[Modoru]

Noted. I guess I'll just try and work on it some more then. I'll get a sense for things eventually.

[Rognis]

...what bothered me the most is the fact that sweat of brow gets activated RIGHT as I finish a leve. This happened to me very consistently, and it bothered the hell out of me. I can't tell you how many times I've seen "Sweat of Brow activated" and then "Assaying Iron Lake completed!" in the log. I felt trolled there. :|

After this happened to me 5 times in an hour is what drove me to create this thread...