What's the point of 10 Disciple of the Hand ability slots -

[JohnSeret]

i really hope this is a bug and will be fixed i want to get my 10 abilities to use even at random

[Green_and_a_Half]

Nope, already got a reply

Greetings,

As others have mentioned in the thread, the reason for this limitation has to do with striking a balance based on the adjusted effects of the abilities.

[Ramsey]

Wow at 90% of the people reading this thread not even understanding it.

To answer your question, there is no point. It's terrible game design.

There is no legitimate reason to want to have 5 random abilities for the duration of an entire synth. They should have just capped us at 5 abilities if they were going to do this.

[Deltara]

Ya, the OP could use a lesson in manners, but he is completely correct with what he is saying.

It will never be beneficial to dilute your pool of 5 great abilities with 5 that aren't as good for your current task. The ability to set 10 skills is meaningless, since you should only ever be setting the 5 most optimal abilities.

This could be poor design, unless they allow quests or gear in the future to let you use more than 5 abilities in one synth.

[Vangoh_Delacroix]

I guess Catharsis kind of got a little impatient of people not understanding his point. Yes he could've been more diplomatic on the topic but I totally agree with his point. It's completely unnecessary to have 10 abilities and having 5 random picked abilities out of 10 renders your ability to craft rather useless. People need to understand that just because the game is that way doesn't mean is effective, it only is illogical and irrational.

Ask yourself this. If you go to a 5 star restaurant that serve high quality burgers and they bring you a random burger from either Mcdonald's or Burger King because a burger is a burger either way, will you be fine with that? Or better yet, will you gamble away your precious materials that you've worked so hard to get just to lose them in a volatile synthesis procedure?

As the thread starter said, if a chaotic craft is the thrill you get off on is your concept of "fun" then you might as well go play the Russian Roulette.

[SirOleas]

Whats the point in being an irritating jerk?

*walks away whistling*

[Vangoh_Delacroix]

Whats the point in being an irritating jerk?

*walks away whistling*

Is that an attempt to annoy someone? How about we just focus on the subject please?

[Teakwood]

Yup, terrible design.

They'll probably be going back over all this in 2.0, though.

[Alkar]

They're revamping crafting come 2.0. Yes, right now it doesn't make much sense but it's also not that big of a deal to request a change right now.

[SirOleas]

Is that an attempt to annoy someone? How about we just focus on the subject please?

I actually agree that the topic at hand needs to be looked at/fixed/whatever.
Without the seeming requirement of being an irritating jerk.

But hey, I suppose nothing gets done around these parts unless you act like a complete ass.