[dev1134] Guildleve Revisions

[Mortikhan]

These are just some immediate things I can see. There may be more pros and cons that I am not seeing.

Pros:

1) No more "stress" about completing the entire cycle of leves.

2) No more division of leves...more focus on what the player really wants to do.

3) Reduced cost and grind time.

Cons:

1) Exploitation of leve system (ie. pounding through multiple levels in a single sitting, never leaving town to complete crafting leves, only going to favored location to complete battle and gathering leves, farming a specific item through repeated use of a crafting leve etc.)

2) Reduced daily server activity by players. Instead of being on every 1-2 days people will only be online for 1-2 days a week, pound out their accumulated leves and disappear the rest of the week. Less activity gives the impression of even less players.

3) Keeping the exploitation methods in mind from my first con...new travel methods (as well as other methods of travel now in game) will be nullified by anima costs for favored locations. 56 battle leves per week at 8 per 24 hours for 7 days. 3 Leves per location. That would be 19 trips to a location at 2 anima for a grand total of 38 anima use. Going back to town to renew a leve would not be a worry with the return command. Regeneration of 6 anima per 24 hour period would mean you would have 42 anima per week to work with. With an average of 4500 per battle leve in the 40+ range even a solo person would pound through 2-3 levels per cycle with minimal effort and minimal time on this game.

Not sure how this will work out but I am seeing LS's recruiting based on when you will be on for your 1-2 days that week.

[Arcell]

2) Reduced daily server activity by players. Instead of being on every 1-2 days people will only be online for 1-2 days a week, pound out their accumulated leves and disappear the rest of the week. Less activity gives the impression of even less players.

However there is also no dead day when no reset is happening. Since there will always be resets happening every 12 hours, some people will keep on top of it and log in to do them whenever possible.

[Delmontyb]

I like the idea of storing up leve slots and then running a lot when I have time... Based off my schedule I'll always have leves to run when I'm online now, as opposed to having to wait for a reset, or feeling like I have to login to run leves or I'll be missing out.

When this comes out, I might hold off running leves for a week, just so I can build up my slots and then start running them and always have a nice buffer.

[Estellios]

I don't think LS's recruiting based on what days you are available is a bad thing. People already have LS's based on time zone. I don't know how any of your 1st Cons counts as an exploit either, except possibly the crafting reward thing but if this is in place as is the devs have already taken it into consideration. Your 2nd con is probably unfounded, since people have different playstyles and most people would have different days they would want to do leves. With more content coming people would most likely be doing other stuff on other days.

[Shika]

I'm quite happy about this as it means on event days (dungeon runs etc) when I get home from work and log in, I won't have to miss out on local leves or battle leves for a new class I'm ranking up due to time restrictions and ultimately missing out on the reset

I'm sure if it becomes exploitable then they will adjust it, like they have the current leve rewards in only getting SP at the end of a completed or handed-in leve.

[viion]

Guardian Aspect has a big effect on completion SP

What makes you assume I did not have Guardian Aspect on?

[Chardrizard]

if you get 700, you are not doing it from the correct rank range, right now if you do a leves that is too high or too low for you, you only get 25% of the total SP reward.

like u were doing horizon on r13 class.

[Royal]

Speaking of Guardian Aspect is the cap still going to be 200? That would be limiting factor. It would be important to use the GA and make sure it is not wasted. Granted it only applies to battlecraft but still.

[viion]

if you get 700, you are not doing it from the correct rank range, right now if you do a leves that is too high or too low for you, you only get 25% of the total SP reward.

like u were doing horizon on r13 class.

I did 5 star leve, Solo, with Aspect, at horizon on my rank 25 Thaumaturge and got 120SP a kill, and then 700 reward. Maybe unlucky?

[Chardrizard]

I did 5 star leve, Solo, with Aspect, at horizon on my rank 25 Thaumaturge and got 120SP a kill, and then 700 reward. Maybe unlucky?

something is wrong but idk what.. but, you should at least get 1.5k for those.. You didn't clear the mobs with r50 class first did you o.o