Low Level Exp
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:31 pm
First I must say that this mud has the most newbie friendly zone I've ever had the pleasure to experience. Scardale is perfect as a learning ground for newbies....but the early exp is not, at least not for spell casters.
Every time I log on, I'm pretty much alone. Even as a necromancer, at level one this can be difficult...yet I've managed to attain level three in about 2 hours playing time.
Most of my success has come from utilizing the use of pets as meat shields. Without that class ability, I see how the early game could be quite frustrating for new players.
I realized early on that my dagger was far superior in dealing out damage than my spells. It was better to keep the few spells I had in preserving and raising undead minions to keep fresh pets, than waste them on offensive spells that did nearly nothing in comparison to the time it took to memorize them.
My point? Low level spell casters either need more spell slots in the extremely low levels, or perhaps more melee orientated gear and/or a much more powerful starting weapon, to get them from levels 1-10.
I haven't found a group yet.....I know I will eventually, but the current system needs to take into consideration that most new players are on their own, and the majority don't have the benefit of starting as a soloist class. Because of this I see alot of newbie corpses in scardale where the equipment is just left there, the player probably gone to find some other less frustrating means of entertainment.
EDIT: This is definitely an issue for spellcasters only, I watched a level one troll warrior tear through scardale with ease.
Every time I log on, I'm pretty much alone. Even as a necromancer, at level one this can be difficult...yet I've managed to attain level three in about 2 hours playing time.
Most of my success has come from utilizing the use of pets as meat shields. Without that class ability, I see how the early game could be quite frustrating for new players.
I realized early on that my dagger was far superior in dealing out damage than my spells. It was better to keep the few spells I had in preserving and raising undead minions to keep fresh pets, than waste them on offensive spells that did nearly nothing in comparison to the time it took to memorize them.
My point? Low level spell casters either need more spell slots in the extremely low levels, or perhaps more melee orientated gear and/or a much more powerful starting weapon, to get them from levels 1-10.
I haven't found a group yet.....I know I will eventually, but the current system needs to take into consideration that most new players are on their own, and the majority don't have the benefit of starting as a soloist class. Because of this I see alot of newbie corpses in scardale where the equipment is just left there, the player probably gone to find some other less frustrating means of entertainment.
EDIT: This is definitely an issue for spellcasters only, I watched a level one troll warrior tear through scardale with ease.